INDUCTION OF DNA-SYNTHESIS IN BALB-C 3T3 CELLS BY SERUM COMPONENTS - RE-EVALUATION OF COMMITMENT PROCESS
INDUCTION OF DNA-SYNTHESIS IN BALB-C 3T3 CELLS BY SERUM COMPONENTS - RE-EVALUATION OF COMMITMENT PROCESS
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.74.10.4481
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
SCHER, CD
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作者:
PLEDGER, WJ;STILES, CD;SCHER, CD
Serum contains a growth factor derived from platelets and also growth factors derived from platelet-poor plasma. Extracts of heated (100.degree. C) human platelets function synergistically with platelet-poor plasma to induce DNA synthesis in quiescent, density-inhibited BALB/c 3T3 [mouse fibroblasts] cells. Platelet-poor plasma alone did not induce DNA synthesis. Cells exposed to platelet extracts became competent to enter the cell cycle, but the rate of entry into the S phase depended upon the concentration of platelet-poor plasma. The time required for the induction of this competent state was a function of the concentration of the platelet extract. A 2 h exposure to 100 .mu.g of the platelet extract at 37.degree. C caused the entire cell population to become competent to enter the S phase. At 4.degree. or 25.degree. C the cells did not become competent to synthesize DNA. The platelet extract-induced competent state was stable for at least 13 h after removal of the platelet extract; in the absence of platelet-poor plasma, these competent cells did not progress through the cell cycle. The addition of an optimal concentration of platelet-poor plasma (5%) to these competent cells initiated cell cycle traverse with a rapid, 1st-order entry of cells into the S phase beginning 12 h after addition of the plasma. The addition of a suboptimal concentration of the plasma (0.25%) did not increase the rate of cell entry into the S phase. The induction of DNA synthesis in quiescent BALB/c 3T3 cells can be resolved into at least 2 phases, controlled by different serum components: competence, induced by the platelet-derived growth factor; and progression of competent cells into the cell cycle, mediated by factors in platelet-poor plasma.