The c-kit receptor transduces the stem cell factor-triggered growth signal in murine interleukin-3-dependent cell line.
The stem cell factor is a glycoprotein hormone which regulates the proliferation and differentiation of primitive hematopoietic cells through its interaction with a tyrosine kinase transmembrane receptor which is encoded by the c-kit proto-oncogene. To examine whether a murine c-kit receptor can be functional in murine interleukin-3 (mIL-3)-dependent hematopoietic cell line, we introduced the murine c-kit cDNA into mIL-3-dependent pro-B cell line Ba/F3. One of the resulting clones, Ba/F3 clone BF-K96, expressed the 140 kDa protein recognized by anti-c-kit monoclonal antibody and the expressed c-kit receptor protein on the cell surface bound to a radiolabeled soluble form of murine stem cell factor (mSCF) with high affinity. BF-K96 clone expressing the c-kit receptor could proliferate in response to mSCF in the absence of mIL-3. The cell clone could also grow in co-culture with mouse 3T3 cells which are endogeneously expressing a membrane-associated type of mSCF on their cell surfaces. These findings demonstrate that the c-kit receptor expressed on mIL-3-dependent hematopoietic cell line Ba/F3 transduce the mSCF-dependent growth signal, indicating that established cell clone will provide a unique cellular system for the study of SCF/c-kit signal transduction mechanism.
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Pharmaceutical Research Laboratory, Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd., Gunma, Japan.
Kameda
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Nishikawa
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Kawagishi
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Liu
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D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology; D002460:Cell Line; D002999:Clone Cells; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000096:biosynthesis; D016298:Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors / Q000502:physiology*; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D016184:Receptors, Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D019089:Stem Cell Factor; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism
D018076:DNA, Complementary; D016298:Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors; D007377:Interleukin-3; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D016184:Receptors, Colony-Stimulating Factor; D019089:Stem Cell Factor; D014443:Tyrosine; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases