title: Synergistic action of heparin and serum on basic fibroblast growth factor-modulated DNA synthesis and mitochondrial activity of cultured bovine corneal endothelial cells.
abstract: Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) is a major mitogen and chemoattractant for many cell types. The synergistic role of fetal bovine serum (FBS) and heparin on the modulation of tissue-cultured bovine corneal endothelial cells by bFGF was studied. Cell modulation was assessed by DNA synthesis ([3H]thymidine incorporation), mitochondrial activity (MTT assay), mitochondrial volume (transmission electron microscope study), and cell shape in mitotically competent cells and cells mitotically inhibited by 5-fluorouracil, mitomycin C, and irradiation. The dose-dependent stimulation of bFGF was found to be different for DNA synthesis and mitochondrial activity, the maximal effective dose being 1 and 10 ng/ml, respectively. Supplementation of bFGF with FBS enhanced both DNA synthesis and mitochondrial activity and caused a shift in the dose response to lower bFGF concentrations for the DAN synthesis, but not for the mitochondrial activity. Supplementation of bFGF with heparin resulted in an additional response for the mitochondrial activity, but not for the DNA synthesis. In addition, bFGF increased mitochondrial volume and induced elongation of the cells. These processes were further enhanced by the addition of heparin to bFGF. These results suggest that serum and heparin have a differential effect on mitogenic and non-mitogenic cells processes modulated by bFGF.
authors.affiliation: Department of Morphology, Netherlands Ophthalmic Research Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Hoppenreijs
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pels
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Felten
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ruijter
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Vrensen
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Treffers
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001769:Blood; D002417:Cattle; D048429:Cell Size / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004357:Drug Synergism; D004728:Endothelium, Corneal / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006493:Heparin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; D006493:Heparin; D004247:DNA