NERVE GROWTH FACTOR-INDUCED ALTERATION IN THE RESPONSE OF PC12 PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA CELLS TO EPIDERMAL GROWTH-FACTOR
NERVE GROWTH FACTOR-INDUCED ALTERATION IN THE RESPONSE OF PC12 PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA CELLS TO EPIDERMAL GROWTH-FACTOR
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DOI:
10.1083/jcb.88.1.189
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
7.8
通讯作者:
GUROFF, G
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作者:
HUFF, K;END, D;GUROFF, G
PC12 [rat pheochromocytoma] cells, which differentiate morphologically and biochemically into sympathetic neuronlike cells in response to nerve growth factor [NGF] respond to epidermal growth factor [EGF]. The response to EGF is similar in certain respects to the response to NGF. Both peptides produce rapid increases in cellular adhesion and 2-deoxyglucose uptake and induce ornithine decarboxylase. NGF causes a decreased cell proliferation and a marked hypertrophy of the cells. EGF enhances cell proliferation and does not cause hypertrophy. NGF induces the formation of neurites; EGF does not. When both factors are presented simultaneously, the cells form neurites. The biological response to EGF, as exemplified by the induction of ornithine decarboxylase, is attenuated by prior treatment of the cells with NGF. PC12 cells have EGF receptors. The binding of EGF to these receptors is rapid and specific and exhibits an equilibrium constant of 1.9 .times. 10-9 M. Approximately 80,000 receptors are present per cell; this number is independent of cell density. Treatment of the cells with NGF reduces the amount of EGF binding by at least 80%. The decrease in receptor binding begins after .apprx. 12-18 h of NGF treatment and is complete within 3 days. Scatchard plots indicate that the number of binding sites decreases, not the affinity of the binding sites for EGF.