title: Induced interphase cell retraction: its reversal and EGF potentiation.
abstract: Human epidermoid A431 carcinoma cells retract into globular shapes upon activation with epidermal growth factor (EGF) but not normal cells. We find that normal anchor-dependent cultured cells will retract from attachment on incubation in saline with pH upshifting. There is significant potentiation of that phenomenon by EGF prepulsing as seen in (a) dose- and time-response experiments quantitated by measuring profile area and perimeter of cells (b) 22Na+-uptake studies and (c) pHi measurements. EGF action by itself produces quantitatively significant retractions, although only to a very small degree. Blocking Na+/H+ exchanges using (a) trifluoperazine (150 microM), (b) amiloride (2 mM) and (c) Na+-omission could block the cell retractions. Retracted cells can be reversed in low [Na+]o during which rapid 22Na+-efflux is observed. A dose-response ouabain (1 mM) sensitive relationship exists between [Na+]o and retardation of the reversal phenomenon. Ouabain however does not prevent reversal in low [Na+]o, nor even in combination with high [Na+]o given the presence of Ca2+. Retraction into spherical shapes would maximize volume-holding for a given surface area, however they are quantitatively more bulgy than cells rounded by trypsinization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Sit
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D000584:Amiloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005452:Fluoresceins; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007399:Interphase / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D010042:Ouabain / Q000494:pharmacology; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D014268:Trifluoperazine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D005452:Fluoresceins; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; C057433:2',7'-bis-(2-carboxyethyl)-5(6)-carboxyfluorescein acetoxymethyl ester; D014268:Trifluoperazine; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D010042:Ouabain; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D000584:Amiloride; D012964:Sodium