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  • Title: DNA synthesis in primary cultures of adult rat hepatocytes in a defined medium: effects of epidermal growth factor, insulin, glucagon, and cyclic-AMP.
    Author: McGowan JA, Strain AJ, Bucher NL.
    Journal: J Cell Physiol; 1981 Sep; 108(3):353-63. PubMed ID: 6270165.
    Abstract:
    Epidermal growth factor (EGF) especially in combination with insulin and glucagon, has been shown to stimulate DNA synthesis in liver cells, both in the whole animal and in cell cultures. As a further development we have found that in primary monolayer cultures of freshly isolated adult rat liver parenchymal cells, in which contamination with nonparenchymal cells was negligible, DNA synthesis was substantially stimulated by these substances. In control cultures, incorporation of [3H]thymidine into DNA and labeling of nuclei in autoradiographs was low. The stimulation by EGF was enhanced by insulin and glucagon, whereas these hormones by themselves exhibited only limited activity. These observations were made in cultures of hepatocytes that were never exposed to serum, even during cell isolation and plating. Hence for stimulation of DNA synthesis under these conditions neither serum factors nor interactions with other types of cells or their products were required. The effects of glucagon were reproduced by substances that elevate intracellular concentration of cyclic-AMP, including cholera toxin, isoproterenol, and methylisobutylxanthine. These various substances, especially EGF, glucagon, or cyclic-AMP, altered the morphological characteristics of the cultures during early stages, promoting cellular spreading and aggregation.
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