title: Mastoparan, a novel mitogen for Swiss 3T3 cells, stimulates pertussis toxin-sensitive arachidonic acid release without inositol phosphate accumulation.
abstract: Mastoparan, a basic tetradecapeptide isolated from wasp venom, is a novel mitogen for Swiss 3T3 cells. This peptide induced DNA synthesis in synergy with insulin in a concentration-dependent manner; half-maximum and maximum responses were achieved at 14 and 17 microM, respectively. Mastoparan also stimulated DNA synthesis in the presence of other growth promoting factors including bombesin, insulin-like growth factor-1, and platelet-derived growth factor. The synergistic mitogenic stimulation by mastoparan can be dissociated from activation of phospholipase C. Mastoparan did not stimulate phosphoinositide breakdown, Ca2+ mobilization or protein kinase C-mediated phosphorylation of a major cellular substrate or transmodulation of the epidermal growth factor receptor. In contrast, mastoparan stimulated arachidonic acid release, prostaglandin E2 production, and enhanced cAMP accumulation in the presence of forskolin. These responses were inhibited by prior treatment with pertussis toxin. Hence, mastoparan stimulates arachidonic acid release via a pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein in Swiss 3T3 cells. Arachidonic acid, like mastoparan, stimulated DNA synthesis in the presence of insulin. The ability of mastoparan to stimulate mitogenesis was reduced by pertussis toxin treatment. These results demonstrate, for the first time, that mastoparan stimulates reinitiation of DNA synthesis in Swiss 3T3 cells and indicate that this peptide may be a useful probe to elucidate signal transduction mechanisms in mitogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gil
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Higgins
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rozengurt
mesh_terms: D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects*; D002460:Cell Line; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D015536:Down-Regulation; D004357:Drug Synergism; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D051379:Mice; D008934:Mitogens / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D010455:Peptides; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014862:Wasp Venoms / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D007328:Insulin; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008934:Mitogens; D010455:Peptides; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D014862:Wasp Venoms; D005576:Colforsin; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; C037500:mastoparan; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D002118:Calcium; D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine; D007213:Indomethacin