title: Calcitonin gene-related peptide: an autocrine growth factor with regulatory activity in vitro.
abstract: We show that an autocrine system for calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) exists in F9 teratocarcinoma cells. Synthesis of CGRP by F9 cells was demonstrated by measuring the peptide concentration in cells and medium and by determining specific mRNA in cells. During six days of culture, CGRP secretion did not vary significantly in the medium, while intracellular CGRP and CGRP mRNA levels increased. F9 cells contained a CGRP-sensitive adenylate cyclase system and CGRP increases the accumulation of cAMP in the culture medium. Interestingly affinity purified antibodies against CGRP specifically inhibited growth of F9 cells by 50%. CGRP therefore stimulates F9 cell growth by an autocrine process, suggesting that CGRP may be a growth factor during early embryogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Biologie cellulaire et moléculaire de l'os et du cartilage, INSERM U 349, Paris, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Segond
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gerbaud
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cressent
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lasmoles
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Taboulet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jullienne
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Raynaud
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Moukhtar
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Evain-Brion
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D002455:Cell Division; D002645:Chickens; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D013724:Teratoma / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide