title: Mouse Balb/c3T3 cell mutant with low epidermal growth factor receptor activity: induction of stable anchorage-independent growth by transforming growth factor beta.
abstract: A mutant clone (MO-5) was originally isolated as a clone resistant to Na+/K+ ionophoric antibiotic monensin from mouse Balb/c3T3 cells. MO-5 was found to show low receptor-endocytosis activity for epidermal growth factor (EGF): binding activity for EGF in MO-5 was less than one tenth of that in Balb/c3T3. Anchorage-independent growth of MO-5 was compared to that of Balb/c3T3 when assayed by colony formation capacity in soft agar. Coadministration of EGF and TGF-beta efficiently enhanced anchorage-independent growth of normal rat kidney (NRK) cells, but neither factor alone was competent to promote the anchorage-independent growth. The frequency of colonies appearing in soft agar of MO-5 or Balb/c3T3 was significantly enhanced by TGF-beta while EGF did not further enhance that of MO-5 or Balb/c3T3. Colonies of Balb/c3T3 formed in soft agar in the presence of TGF-beta showed low colony formation capacity in soft agar in the absence of TGF-beta. Colonies of MO-5 formed by TGF-beta in soft agar, however, showed high colony formation capacity in soft agar in the absence of TGF-beta. Pretreatment of MO-5 with TGF-beta induced secretion of TGF-beta-like activity from the cells, while the treatment of Balb/c3T3 did not induce the secretion of a significant amount of TGF-beta-like activity. The loss of EGF-receptor activity in the stable expression and maintenance of the "transformed" phenotype in MO-5 is discussed.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuratomi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yasutake
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mawatari
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuwano
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003470:Culture Media; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009154:Mutation; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015291:Transforming Growth Factors
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D010455:Peptides; D015291:Transforming Growth Factors; D066246:ErbB Receptors