title: Effect of tumor necrosis factor-alpha on a cell line transformed by a secreted form of human fibroblast growth factor-1 gene and on its parental cell line.
abstract: In the present study we characterized the responses of the cell line HST-alpha, stably transformed by a secreted form of human fibroblast growth factor-1 (acidic FGF) gene, and its parental NIH 3T3 cell line to recombinant murine (rMu) TNF-alpha. Treatment of HST-alpha cells with rMu TNF-alpha can significantly reduce the number of foci formed in the in vitro transformation assay. In the presence of the RNA polymerase inhibitor actinomycin-D, the transformed HST-alpha cell is more susceptible to the cytotoxicity of rMu TNF-alpha than is its parental NIH 3T3 cell. The median lethal concentrations (LC50) of rMu TNF-alpha to HST-alpha cell and NIH 3T3 cell were 0.35 ng/ml and 4.56 ng/ml respectively. These results demonstrated that the introduction of a single oncogene or a growth factor gene to a cell can change the cell's response to cytokines.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical College, NY 10021.
authors.forename: Q X
authors.initials: QX
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duenas
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rosengart
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed / Q000187:drug effects; D016220:Fibroblast Growth Factor 1 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D014170:Transformation, Genetic; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D016220:Fibroblast Growth Factor 1