title: A model of cell cycle control: sequential events regulated by growth factors.
abstract: PDGF is a potent mitogen that initiates the proliferation of quiescent fibroblastic cells. EGF and somatomedin C (or insulin) can replace the requirement for plasma to function synergistically with PDGF to stimulate DNA synthesis. PDGF, EGF and somatomedin C control discrete cellular events in the cell cycle. Cyclic AMP can potentiate the effects of polypeptide mitogens. The down-regulation of EGF receptors by PDGF and cyclic AMP brings about a loss of the requirement for exogenous EGF. The transient treatment of density-arrested fibroblasts with PDGF allows better study of synergistic actions of PDGF and plasma-derived factors. These synergistic interactions are important to understand in determining how multiple growth factors regulate cellular proliferation.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001769:Blood; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000494:pharmacology; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004357:Drug Synergism; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D051379:Mice; D008954:Models, Biological; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D013002:Somatomedins / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D006133:Growth Substances; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D013002:Somatomedins; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D004247:DNA; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D002118:Calcium