title: Fibroblast growth factors are translocated to the nucleus of human endothelial cells in a microtubule- and lysosome-independent pathway.
abstract: Exogenous acidic and basic fibroblast growth factors undergo rapid nuclear translocation in human umbilical vein endothelial cells. When nuclear translocation reaches saturation, more than 70% of the internalized growth factors are in the nuclear fraction. Lysosomal inhibitors, such as leupeptin and chloroquine, and microtubule inhibitors including colchicine and 2-methoxyl-beta-estradiol neither increase nor decrease nuclear translocation. The results suggest that nuclear translocation of fibroblast growth factors does not require cytosolic accumulation or lysosomal processing and that the transportation of exogenous growth factors across the cytoplasm is independent of microtubules.
authors.affiliation: Center for Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences and Medicine, Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, 250 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: G f
authors.initials: Gf
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: H j
authors.initials: Hj
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: C j
authors.initials: Cj
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Riordan
mesh_terms: D001693:Biological Transport, Active; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002738:Chloroquine / Q000494:pharmacology; D003078:Colchicine / Q000494:pharmacology; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D016220:Fibroblast Growth Factor 1 / Q000378:metabolism; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000378:metabolism; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D007976:Leupeptins / Q000494:pharmacology; D008247:Lysosomes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008870:Microtubules / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007976:Leupeptins; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; D016220:Fibroblast Growth Factor 1; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors; D002738:Chloroquine; C032854:leupeptin; D003078:Colchicine