title: The effects of growth factors on human normal placental cytotrophoblast cell proliferation.
abstract: The effects of growth factors were investigated on the proliferation of a normal placental cytotrophoblast cell line (NPC). Epidermal growth factor (EGF), transforming growth factor alpha (TGF alpha) and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) stimulated NPC cell proliferation. In contrast, TGFbeta1 was found to be a negative regulator, inhibiting EGF-induced cell proliferation. When EGF/TGF alpha receptor was analysed by radio-ligand binding, two binding sites of different affinities were revealed in the proliferating NPC cells but only the low affinity binding site was detected in the non-proliferating cytotrophoblast cells in primary cultures. The results suggest that EGF stimulates cytotrophoblast proliferation through high affinity binding sites.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: L Z
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Zhuang
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D002452:Cell Count / Q000187:drug effects; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D016895:Culture Media, Serum-Free; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D012016:Reference Values; D015291:Transforming Growth Factors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014327:Trophoblasts / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D016895:Culture Media, Serum-Free; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D015291:Transforming Growth Factors