Abstract
In addition to its powerful vasoconstrictive activity, endothelin-1 (ET-1) has been recognized to stimulate DNA synthesis in some cell lines. In this study, we confirmed the existence of ET-1 receptor in YKG-1 human glioma cells, and investigated its effect on DNA synthesis in YKG-1 for 6 consecutive days, comparing it with that of epidermal growth factor (EGF), platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I).
Scatchard analysis of the binding data revealed the presence of a single class of high-affinity binding molecule. The apparent dissociation constant (Kd) was 5.2 × 10−9 M and the maximal binding capacity (B max) was 4.7 × 104 sites/cell. The percentage of non-cycling cells was initially more than 85%, and decreased to 55.40%, 24.22%, 11.50%, and 7.51% on days 1, 2, 4, and 6, respectively, after ET-1 stimulation. Although ET-1 reduces the fraction of non-cycling cells more slowly than other growth factors such as EGF, PDGF and IGF-I, it reaches the same level as the others by day 6.
These results indicate that YKG-1 human glioma cells have ET-1 receptors and that ET-1 initiates a peculiar slow induction of DNA synthesis in these cells, suggesting that secondary factors might exist to accelerate the DNA synthesis in response to ET-1.
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Asano, T., Aoyagi, M., Hirakawa, K. et al. Effect of endothelin-1 as growth factor on a human glioma cell line; its characteristic promotion of DNA synthesis. J Neuro-Oncol 18, 1–7 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01324597
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