title: Ethanol inhibits the autophosphorylation of the insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) receptor and IGF-1-mediated proliferation of 3T3 cells.
abstract: The effect of ethanol on cell proliferation was studied in Balb/c 3T3 cells and in stably transfected 3T3 cells constitutively overexpressing the human insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) receptor (p6 cells). Ethanol inhibited growth of both cell lines when they were cultured in serum-free medium supplemented with individual growth factors, i.e. platelet-derived growth factor and IGF-1 for 3T3 cells, and IGF-1 only for p6 cells. Increases in cell number were prevented in both cell lines even when ethanol was present exclusively during the period of IGF-1 stimulation. The inhibitory effect of ethanol was concentration-dependent, with a 30% inhibition observed at 10 mM ethanol. IGF-1 receptor tyrosine autophosphorylation was completely prevented by ethanol both in intact cells and in immunopurified IGF-1 receptor preparations. The binding of IGF-1 to its receptor on intact cells was unaffected by ethanol. Ethanol also inhibited the stimulation of IGF-1 receptor autophosphorylation and the corresponding growth of p6 cells induced by IGF-2. Transcription of c-myc, c-fos, and c-jun in response to IGF-1 was inhibited by ethanol. These findings demonstrate that ethanol at low concentrations markedly inhibits IGF-1 receptor autophosphorylation and IGF-1-mediated cell growth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Resnicoff
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sell
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ambrose
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baserga
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rubin
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009857:Oncogenes; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D017451:Receptors, Somatomedin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D017451:Receptors, Somatomedin; D000431:Ethanol; D014443:Tyrosine; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II