title: Basic fibroblast growth factor requires a long-lasting activation of protein kinase C to induce cell proliferation in transformed fetal bovine aortic endothelial cells.
abstract: Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) induces a protein kinase C (PKC)-dependent mitogenic response in transformed fetal bovine aortic endothelial GM 7373 cells. A long-lasting interaction of bFGF with the cell is required to induce cell proliferation. bFGF-treated cells are in fact committed to proliferate only after they have entered the phase S of the cell cycle, 12-14 h after the beginning of bFGF treatment. Before that time, the mitogenic response to bFGF is abolished by 1) removal of extracellular bFGF by suramin, 2) addition of neutralizing anti-bFGF antibodies to the culture medium, 3) inhibition of PKC activity by the protein kinase inhibitor H-7, and 4) down-regulation of PKC by cotreatment with phorbol ester. Thus the requirement for a prolonged interaction of bFGF with the cell reflects the requirement for a prolonged activation of PKC. Similar conclusions can be drawn for the PKC activators 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol 13-acetate and 1,2-dioctanoyl-sn-glycerol. The two molecules require 16 and 6 h, respectively, of activation of PKC to induce 50% of maximal cell proliferation. The requirement for a long-lasting activation of PKC appears to be a mechanism for the control of cell proliferation capable of discriminating among transient nonmitogenic stimuli and long-lasting mitogenic stimuli.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnologies, School of Medicine, University of Brescia, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Presta
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tiberio
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rusnati
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dell'Era
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ragnotti
mesh_terms: D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000276:immunology; D001011:Aorta; D002417:Cattle; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects*; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D013936:Thymidine / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D007546:Isoquinolines; D010879:Piperazines; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D013936:Thymidine