title: Heparin binding affinity of rat prostatic growth factor in normal and cancerous prostates: partial purification and characterization of rat prostatic growth factor in the Dunning tumor.
abstract: The rat prostate contains two types of growth factors capable of stimulating DNA synthesis in BALB/3T3 cells. These rat prostatic growth factors (RPGF) were separable by a different affinity for heparin: low affinity type RPGF and high affinity (HiA) type RPGF. About 80% of the RPGF in the cytosol from normal prostates was low affinity type, whereas more than 80% in the cytosol from the Dunning tumors was HiA type. Elution profile of HiA-RPGF showed two peaks of activity eluted from the heparin-Sepharose column, one at 1.3-1.4 M NaCl (HiA1-RPGF) and the other at 1.6-1.7 M NaCl (HiA2-RPGF). HiA2-RPGF could be purified 1100-fold from the Dunning tumor (AT-3 subline) in about 20% recovery by heparin-Sepharose chromatography. The partially purified HiA2-RPGF in the Dunning tumor has a molecular weight of about 19,000 and isoelectric point of about 3.8, and stimulated DNA synthesis at a concentration of about 0.25 nM. The activity was lost by heat treatment at 70 degrees C for 5 min and by acid treatment, whereas it was stimulated by incubating with dithiothreitol. The HiA2-RPGF did not have transforming growth factor activity at a concentration of 250 ng/ml or lower in the presence of epidermal growth factor.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D003600:Cytosol / Q000032:analysis; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D006493:Heparin / Q000378:metabolism*; D007525:Isoelectric Focusing; D008297:Male; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011467:Prostate / Q000032:analysis*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000032:analysis*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D006133:Growth Substances; D006493:Heparin