title: Growth stimulatory effect of pancreatic spasmolytic polypeptide on cultured colon and breast tumor cells.
abstract: The effects of a novel polypeptide, pancreatic spasmolytic polypeptide (PSP) on a colon carcinoma cell line (HCT 116) were examined. PSP stimulated the incorporation of [3H]thymidine into HCT 116 cells as well as cell proliferation in a dose-dependent manner. Maximal increase in [3H]thymidine incorporation of 50-60% occurred at 3-300 microM PSP. The VIP-mediated-increase in cAMP levels was reduced by PSP at greater than 1 microM concentrations. PSP is highly homologous to the estrogen-induced pS2 protein in MCF-7 breast cancer cells. We find that PSP also enhanced [3H]thymidine incorporation in MCF-7 cells. These findings indicate for the first time that PSP has growth stimulatory properties.
authors.affiliation: Bristol-Baylor Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Hoosein
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Thim
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Jørgensen
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Brattain
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006801:Humans; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D009077:Mucins; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D009479:Neuropeptides; D010276:Parasympatholytics; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013552:Swine; D000071164:Trefoil Factor-2; D000071165:Trefoil Factor-3; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D009077:Mucins; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D009479:Neuropeptides; D010276:Parasympatholytics; D010455:Peptides; C099037:TFF3 protein, rat; C000604008:Tff2 protein, rat; D000071164:Trefoil Factor-2; D000071165:Trefoil Factor-3; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide; C034407:pancreatic spasmolytic polypeptide; D004247:DNA; D000242:Cyclic AMP