Transport changes associated with growth control and malignant transformation
- 1 December 1976
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Cellular Physiology
- Vol. 89 (4), 711-721
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.1040890431
Abstract
We can distinguish two classes of membrane transport changes in cultured cells: (a) growth‐rate contingent changes are those which occur in coordination with the onset of density‐dependent inhibition of growth; (b) transformation‐specific changes are those which occur when cells become transformed, and which can be detected even when normal and transformed cells are growing at the same rate. Growth‐rate contingent changes include the density‐dependent changes in phosphate, nucleoside, glucose, amino acid, and potassium transport. Only one transformation‐specific transport change has been found in Rous‐transformed chicken embryo fibroblasts: an increased rate of hexose transport. The variations in potassium transport are associated with variations in the number of ouabain binding sites in the membrane. The molecular basis for changes in the rate of hexose transport is unknown, although gross changes in membrane bilayer composition and “fluidity” seem not to be involved. In analyzing the regulation of hexose transport activity, we find that decreased cAMP may play a role in the transformation‐specific increase in hexose transport, but that fibrinolytic activity is not necessary.Keywords
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