Aortic endothelial cells synthesize basic fibroblast growth factor which remains cell associated and platelet‐derived growth factor‐like protein which is secreted
- 1 June 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Cellular Physiology
- Vol. 131 (3), 402-408
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.1041310312
Abstract
Cultured bovine aortic endothelial cells synthesize growth factors which markedly differ in the regulation of their storage and secretion. Endothelial cell lysates, but not conditioned medium, contain a growth factor activity that appears to be basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF) by the following criteria: (1) it elutes from heparin-Sepharose at 1.4–1.6 M NaCl; (2) it is mitogenic for bovine aortic and capillary endothelial cells; (3) it is heat sensitive but stable to dithiothreitol; (4) it has a molecular weight of about 18,000 daltons; and (5) it cross-reacts with antiserum directed against basic FGF. In contrast, endothelial cell conditioned medium, but not lysates, contains a growth factor activity that (1) elutes from heparin-Sepharose at 0.4 – 0.5 M NaCl; (2) is mitogenic for fibroblasts and vascular smooth muscle cells but not for capillary endothelial cells; (3) is heat stable and dithiothreitol sensitive; and (4) competes with platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) for binding to fibroblasts. From these criteria, it appears that endothelial cells secrete into the medium growth factors some of which are PDGF-like, but secrete little if any basic FGF. It is suggested that endothelial cell-associated basic FGF acts in an autocrine fashion to stimulate endothelial cell proliferation in response to endothelial cell perturbation or injury. On the other hand, the endothelial cell-secreted growth factors which are smooth muscle cell but not endothelial cell mitogens might exert a paracrine function on neighboring cells of the vessel wall.Keywords
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