title: Inverse effects of 20K and 22K human growth hormones on the growth of T-47D human breast cancer cells in culture and in nude mice.
abstract: The major form of human growth hormone (22K hGH) stimulates the growth of T-47D human breast cancer cells in culture and in nude mice by binding to their receptors for growth hormone and prolactin. Another isoform of hGH having a smaller molecular mass (20K hGH) is known to show different binding affinities to these receptors. In this study, we have analyzed the effects of 20K hGH on the growth of T-47D cells in vitro and in vivo. 20K hGH (50 ng/ml) inhibited the proliferation and DNA synthesis of T-47D cells cultured in the presence and absence of 17 beta-estradiol (100 ng/ml), while 22K hGH (50 ng/ml) promoted the cellular growth. In estradiol-treated nude mice, 22K hGH (100 micrograms) remarkably promoted the growth of T-47D tumor, but 20K hGH again suppressed the tumor growth significantly. The results suggest the presence of different signal pathways for these two hGH isoforms and imply a possible clinical application for 20K hGH.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, Mie University Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujikawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hibasami
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakaguchi
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Alam
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakashima
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology*; D019382:Human Growth Hormone / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D011388:Prolactin / Q000502:physiology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D019382:Human Growth Hormone; D011388:Prolactin