title: Cell density-dependent proliferative effects of transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta 1, beta 2, and beta 3 in human chondrosarcoma cells HCS-2/8 are associated with changes in the expression of TGF-beta receptor type I.
abstract: In this study, the growth properties of the human chondrosarcoma cell line HCS-2/8, its response to transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta isoforms 1, 2, and 3, and its expression of TGF-beta receptors I and II were examined. We demonstrated that these tumor cells are not contact-inhibited and that they can proliferate in the absence of additional serum growth factors. In sparse cultures, all TGF-beta forms inhibited the growth of HCS-2/8 cells, whereas they induced a 2-fold increase of DNA synthesis in serum-fed confluent cultures. In serum-free confluent conditions only TGF-beta 1 stimulated the proliferation rate, whereas TGF-beta 2 was without effect and TGF-beta 3 was rather inhibitory. This bimodal effect of TGF-beta forms was associated with a greater level of TGF-beta receptor 1 mRNA in confluent HCS-2/8 than in sparse cultures, suggesting that the growth response to TGF-beta forms is dependent on the receptor profile expressed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biochimie du Tissu Conjonctif, Faculté de Médecine, CHU Côte de Nacre, 14032 Caen, France.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Boumédiene
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takigawa
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Pujol
mesh_terms: D002455:Cell Division; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D003592:Cytophotometry; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis*; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism*; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1; D053781:Transforming Growth Factor beta2; D053782:Transforming Growth Factor beta3; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta; C508960:TGFB1 protein, human; C509041:TGFB2 protein, human; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1; D053781:Transforming Growth Factor beta2; D053782:Transforming Growth Factor beta3