title: Platelet-derived growth factor agonist activity of a secreted form of the v-sis oncogene product.
abstract: We have compared the functional properties of a growth factor partially purified from medium conditioned by simian sarcoma virus-transformed cells with those of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF). The factor mimicked the effects induced by PDGF: it bound to and activated human fibroblast PDGF receptors and stimulated DNA synthesis. These activities were specifically inhibited by PDGF antibodies and thus elicited by a factor(s) immunologically related to PDGF. The factor behaved as a secretory protein, since about 95% of the receptor-binding activity was found in the medium after a 48-hr serum-free incubation. Structural characterization of the PDGF-like activity revealed a Mr 24,000 intracellular protein and two polypeptides of Mr 13,000 and 11,500 released into the medium. The Mr 13,000 component bound to human fibroblasts; this binding was competitively inhibited by PDGF. The data support the possibility that oncogene products may elicit transforming activity by interacting with the normal cellular mitogenic pathway.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Johnsson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Betsholtz
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: von der Helm
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Heldin
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Westermark
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral; D006801:Humans; D008970:Molecular Weight; D020575:Oncogene Proteins v-sis; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D012842:Sarcoma Virus, Woolly Monkey; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D020575:Oncogene Proteins v-sis; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D014764:Viral Proteins; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor