title: Vascular cell responses to a hybrid transforming growth factor-beta molecule.
abstract: Functional biological assays were performed using a hybrid molecule of Transforming Growth Factor-Beta (TGF-5 beta) where nine amino acids near the cleavage site of TGF-beta 1 were substituted with nine amino acids located in the identical position of TGF-beta 2. Bovine aortic endothelial and smooth muscle cells as well as rat epididymal fat pad microvascular endothelia were studied in three distinct bioassays examining proliferation, migration and angiogenesis. The data suggested TGF-5 beta elicited results that do not differ significantly from the TGF-beta 1 isoform, while TGF-beta 2 expressed unique characteristics. We have also shown that these amino acid substitutions to TGF-beta 1 do not, in fact, alter the biological functions of the growth factor.
authors.affiliation: Pathology Department, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06413.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Merwin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tucker
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Madisen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Purchio
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Madri
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects*; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta