title: Induction of DNA synthesis by fibroblast growth factor in temperature-sensitive cell-cycle mutants of rat 3Y1 fibroblasts arrested at restrictive temperature.
abstract: Four temperature-sensitive cell-cycle mutants of rat 3Y1 clonal fibroblasts representing separate complementation groups (3Y1tsD123, 3Y1tsF121, 3Y1tsG125 and 3Y1tsH203) are arrested at restrictive temperature, primarily with a G1-phase DNA content (temperature arrest). We examined various factors affecting signal transduction for activity which induces DNA synthesis at the restrictive temperature when added to the temperature-arrested cultures of these mutants. The factors examined were theophylline, dibutyryl cyclic AMP, cholera toxin (CT), dibutyryl cyclic GMP, sodium nitroprusside, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, 1-oleoyl 2-acetylglycerol, bombesin, vasopressin, basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF), platelet-derived growth factor, A23187, monensin, epidermal growth factor (EGF), insulin and fetal calf serum (FCS). None of these factors induced DNA synthesis in 3Y1tsH203. In one mutant (3Y1ts121), FGF, EGF and FCS individually induced DNA synthesis. In the other 2 mutants (3Y1tsD123 and 3Y1tsG125), FGF and CT individually induced DNA synthesis. The FGF-induced DNA synthesis was suppressed by islet-activating protein (IAP) in 3Y1tsD123 and 3Y1tsG125, but not in 3Y1tsF121. The CT-induced DNA synthesis was also suppressed by IAP, as previously shown. When temperature-arrested cultures were shifted to a permissive temperature, all 4 mutants initiated DNA synthesis in the presence of IAP. These results suggest that (1) a cell can prepare for the initiation of DNA synthesis by using several independent signal transduction pathways, and (2) in a given situation, the cell uses a particular pathway because of its availability, which depends on the culture conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Umeno
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Okuda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Onodera
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000502:physiology; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000502:physiology*; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000502:physiology; D009154:Mutation / Q000502:physiology*; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D051381:Rats; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D013696:Temperature; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; D004247:DNA; D002772:Cholera Toxin; D037342:Pertussis Toxin