Density-induced down regulation of epidermal growth factor receptors |
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Authors: | Angie Rizzino Peter Kazakoff John Nebelsick |
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Institution: | (1) Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 68105 Omaha, Nebraska |
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Abstract: | Summary Previous studies have shown that cell density can regulate the binding of several growth factors. To determine whether cell
density exerts a uniform effect on the expression of epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptors, seven cell lines were examined
in detail. For each cell line, EGF binding was found to decrease as cell density increases. Scatchard analysis of the binding
data reveals that decreases in EGF binding are due to reductions in the number of cell surface EGF receptors. The only apparent
exception is the effect of cell density on the binding of EGF to A-431 cells. For these cells, increases in cell density lead
to two effects: decreases in the number of high affinity EGF receptors and increases in the total number of EGF receptors.
In addition to the effects of cell density on EGF receptors, it was determined that increases in cell density can coordinately
down-regulate receptors for as many as four different growth factors. Overall, the findings described in this report for EGF
and those previously described for transforming growth factor type-β (TGF-β) and fibroblast growth factor (FGF) demonstrate
the existence of a common mechanism for down-regulating growth factor receptors.
This work was supported by grants from the Nebraska Department of Health (89-51), the National Cancer Institute (Laboratory
Research Center Support Grant, CA36727), and the American Cancer Society (Core Grant ACS SIG-16).
EDITOR'S STATEMENT The paper by Rizzino et al. demonstrates that receptor number decreases as a function of cell density.
This may represent a mechanism by which cell proliferation is reduced as cell density increases. |
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Keywords: | epidermal growth factor receptors cell density platelet-derived growth factor fibroblast growth factor transforming growth factor-β |
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