Acidic cellular environments: Activation of latent tgf‐β and sensitization of cellular responses to tgf‐β and egf
- 15 May 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Cancer
- Vol. 43 (5), 886-891
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.2910430525
Abstract
Transient (about 2 hr) acidification to approx. pH 5.0 of agar-gelled overlayers containing untransformed NRK-49F or KiMSV-transformed NRK-49F cells in the presence of fetal calf serum or crude 49F-cell conditioned medium, as sources of latent TGF-β, elicited EGF-dependent colony formation of 49F cells and inhibited spontaneous growth of transformed cells. Pure, active TGF-β (porcine, type 1) had the same effects on these respective cell types, suggesting that the above results were due to activation of latent TGF-β in the transiently acidic cellular environment. Similar acidifications in the absence of a source of latent TGF-β enhanced the positive growth response of 49F and AKR-2B cells to EGF and active TGF-β and also the negative growth response of KiMSV-transformed 49F cells to active TGF-β. These results are compatible with the idea that acidic cellular environments, particularly in tumor tissues, are conducive to activation of latent TGF-β, perhaps in conjunction with other activating mechanisms, and to an enhanced response to some growth factors. However, the heterogeneity of cell populations within tumoral masses presents an obstacle to a clear understanding of the consequences of such activation.This publication has 30 references indexed in Scilit:
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