title: Phenotypic transformation of normal rat kidney cells by transforming growth factor beta is not paralleled by enhanced production of a platelet-derived growth factor.
abstract: Phenotypic transformation of normal rat kidney (NRK) cells requires the concerted action of multiple polypeptide growth factors. Serum-deprived NRK cells cultured in the presence of epidermal growth factor (EGF) become density-inhibited at confluence, but they can be restimulated by a number of defined polypeptide growth factors, resulting in phenotypic cellular transformation. Kinetic data show that restimulation by transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) and retinoic acid is delayed when compared to induction by platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), indicating that both TGF beta and retinoic acid may exert their growth-stimulating action by an indirect mechanism. Northern blot analysis shows that NRK cells express the genes for various polypeptide growth factors, including TGF beta 1, PDGF A-chain and basic fibroblast growth factor, but that the levels of expression are not affected by TGF beta or retinoic acid treatment. NRK cells also secrete low amounts of a PDGF-like growth factor into their extracellular medium, but the levels of secretion are insufficient to induce mitogenic stimulation and are unaffected by agents inducing phenotypic transformation. In combination with studies on the effects of anti-PDGF antibodies, it is concluded that phenotypic transformation of NRK cells by TGF beta and retinoic acid is not the result of enhanced production of a PDGF-like growth factor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: van Zoelen
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: van Rotterdam
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Ward-Van Oostwaard
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Feijen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies; D001769:Blood; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002452:Cell Count; D002455:Cell Division; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D015870:Gene Expression; D007668:Kidney; D007700:Kinetics; D010641:Phenotype; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D051381:Rats; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D014212:Tretinoin; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor