title: Detection of colonic growth factors using a human colonic carcinoma cell line (LIM1215).
abstract: Although the colonic mucosa is one of the most rapidly proliferating epithelial tissues in the body, little is known about the factors that direct this proliferation. In this report we have studied the parameters of both a mitogenic and a clonogenic assay for detecting potential colonic growth factors (CGF). Using a colon carcinoma cell line (LIM1215), which has retained a number of the properties of normal colonic mucosa, we have assayed a range of mitogenic factors for CGF activity. 3H-thymidine incorporation by the LIM1215 cell line was stimulated by low concentrations of epidermal growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor and, to a lesser extent, by higher concentrations of interleukin-1 and insulin-like growth factor 1. The cells did not respond to a range of other mitogens and lymphokines. Optimal clonogenic response in a soft-agar assay was obtained using a primary pituitary extract.
authors.affiliation: Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Melbourne Tumor Biology Branch, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Whithead
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Nice
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Lloyd
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Burgess
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002999:Clone Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors / Q000494:pharmacology; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008934:Mitogens / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013552:Swine; D014020:Tissue Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D006133:Growth Substances; D008934:Mitogens; D014020:Tissue Extracts; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor