title: Studies with insulin and insulin-like growth factor-I show that the increased labeling of phosphatidylinositol-3,4-bisphosphate is not sufficient to elicit the diverse actions of epidermal growth factor on MA-10 Leydig tumor cells.
abstract: In a recent publication we showed that addition of mouse epidermal growth factor (mEGF) to MA-10 Leydig tumor cells rapidly leads to an increase in the incorporation of [3H]inositol-derived radioactivity into an unusual lipid that was identified as phosphatidylinositol-3,4-bisphosphate (PI-3,4-P2). Other ligands that are known to bind to MA-10 cells, such as hCG and arginine vasopressin, however, did not elicit this effect. Inasmuch as mEGF modulates the differentiated functions of MA-10 cells in a number of ways, our findings raised the possibility that PI-3,4-P2 may be an intracellular mediator of these actions of mEGF. In an attempt to answer this question, we set out to determine if other ligands increase the labeling of PI-3,4-P2 in MA-10 cells prelabeled with [3H]inositol, and if such ligands mimic the diverse biological actions of mEGF on these cells. The experiments presented herein show that insulin, insulin-like growth factor-I, and transforming growth factor-alpha increase the labeling of PI-3,4-P2 in MA-10 cells, but only transforming growth factor-alpha mimics the actions of mEGF on the differentiated functions of MA-10 cells. We conclude that an increase in the labeling of PI-3,4-P2 is not sufficient to elicit these actions of mEGF.
authors.affiliation: Population Council, New York, New York 10021.
authors.forename: O P
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: Pignataro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ascoli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007984:Leydig Cell Tumor / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D018129:Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D018129:Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; C060980:phosphatidylinositol 3,4-diphosphate; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I