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  • Title: Proliferation of Shionogi carcinoma 115 cells by glucocorticoid-induced autocrine heparin-binding growth factor(s) in serum-free medium.
    Author: Yamanishi H, Nonomura N, Tanaka A, Nishizawa Y, Terada N, Matsumoto K, Sato B.
    Journal: Cancer Res; 1991 Jun 01; 51(11):3006-10. PubMed ID: 2032238.
    Abstract:
    Shionogi carcinoma 115 (SC115) has been accepted for 20 years as an androgen-responsive mouse mammary tumor. Recently, the growth of the tumor was also found to be stimulated by pharmacological, but not physiological, doses of glucocorticoid. In a serum-free culture system [Ham's F-12:Eagle's minimal essential medium (1:1, v/v) containing 0.1% bovine serum albumin], we have established that 10(-8) M testosterone, or 10(-6) M dexamethasone significantly stimulates the growth of SC-3 cells (a cloned cell line from a SC115 tumor) via androgen and glucocorticoid receptors, respectively. Recently, we demonstrated that the testosterone-induced growth of SC-3 cells is mediated through autocrine fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-like peptide(s). In the present study, mechanisms of glucocorticoid-induced growth of SC-3 cells were investigated. Serum-free conditioned medium obtained from 10(-6) M dexamethasone-stimulated SC-3 cells was fractionated by heparin-Sepharose affinity chromatography; one sharp peak of growth-stimulatory activity for SC-3 cells, eluted at 1.3 M NaCl, was identified. When the peak fraction was added to serum-free medium, the shape of SC-3 cells changed from an epithelial to a fibroblast-like appearance, similar to that induced with testosterone or basic (b)FGF. Furthermore, the growth-stimulatory activity induced with the peak fraction as well as testosterone or bFGF was markedly inhibited by anti-bFGF antibody immunoglobulin G (75 to 90% inhibition was obtained), and the specific binding of 125I-bFGF on SC-3 cells was significantly inhibited by the peak fraction. These results suggest that the glucocorticoid-induced growth of SC-3 cells is also mediated through FGF-like peptide(s) in an autocrine mechanism, which is very similar to that induced by testosterone, if not identical.
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