Stimulation of the initiation of DNA synthesis and cell division in several cultured mouse cell types : Effect of growth-promoting hormones and nutrients |
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Authors: | Minnie K. O''Farrell Dorothie Clingan Philip S. Rudland Luis Jimenez De Asua |
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Affiliation: | Department of Cell Regulation, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London WC2A 3PX, UK |
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Abstract: | The ability of prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α) and other prostaglandins to stimulate the initiation of DNA synthesis in quiescent cultures of various mouse fibroblastic cell types has been investigated. PGF2α was found to be more effective than the other prostaglandins. Most cell types, with the exception of BALB/c 3T3, responded to PGF2α. Addition of PGF2α in combination with insulin resulted in a synergistic increase in the proportion of cells synthesizing DNA. The effect of nutrients on the stimulation of the initiation of DNA synthesis has been examined in detail; it was found that Swiss 3T3 cells showed a requirement for hypoxanthine and vitamin B12 whereas Swiss 3T6 cells demonstrated a stringent requirement for vitamin B12 only. The effect of prostaglandin precursors, synthetic analogues of the prostaglandin endoperoxides and inhibitors of prostaglandin synthesis was also examined in two cell types. The effect of PGF2α was compared with that of two polypeptide growth factors, epidermal growth factor (EGF) and fibroblast growth factor (FGF) in Swiss 3T6 cells grown in 0.0025% (v/v) serum. In combination with insulin each of these three growth factors stimulated the initiation of DNA synthesis in approximately the same number of cells. |
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