title: Expression of platelet-derived growth factor and its receptors by two pre-B acute lymphocytic leukemia cell lines.
abstract: Platelet-derived growth factors (PDGF) are potent regulators of cell proliferation. The three isoforms of PDGF AA, AB, and BB are encoded by two genes: PDGF A and PDGF B. The v-sis oncogene is homologous to the PDGF-B gene. v-sis can transform cells that express the appropriate PDGF receptors. Two different types of receptors, PDGF-alpha and PDGF-beta, also encoded by two genes, have been identified. We show that two cell lines. SMS-SB and NALM-6, both derived from pre-B-cell acute lymphocytic leukemias, express the PDGF-A chain gene, and one of them, SMS-SB, releases PDGF-A chains into the media. The SMS-SB cells also express the PDGF-beta receptor, whereas NALM-6 cells express the PDGF-alpha receptor and bind PDGF. This extends the possible targets for PDGF to the B-cell lineage lymphocytes.
authors.affiliation: CRC Beatson Laboratories, Bearsden, Glasgow, Scotland.
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Raines
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cushley
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ozanne
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D015452:Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor