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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-10-15
pubmed:abstractText
Cultures of fetal rat brain cell aggregates and tumor spheroids from the human glioma cell line GaMG were treated with epidermal growth factor (EGF), fibroblast growth factor (FGF) or isoforms of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF AA or BB). Radioreceptor binding studies displayed a high binding capacity for EGF and FGF, but not binding of PDGF isoforms in the glioma cells. In serum-free culture, 10 ng/ml of both EGF and FGF caused increased growth and cell shedding in the tumor spheroids, whereas PDGF produced no such effect. Similarly, EGF and FGF stimulated tumor cell migration. EGF increased the proliferation and outgrowth of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)-positive cells in brain cell aggregates, while PDGF AA and BB both stimulated the outgrowth of oligodendrocyte-like cells which were negative for GFAP and neuron-specific enolase. FGF stimulated GFAP+ as well as GFAP- cell types. In co-culture experiments using brain aggregates and tumor spheroids, both EGF and FGF treatment caused increased tumor cell invasion. PDGF had no effect on the tumor cells, but instead stimulated the proliferation of oligodendrocyte-like cells in the brain aggregates. The present results indicate that growth factors may facilitate glioma growth as well as invasiveness, and cause reactive changes in the surrounding normal tissue.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-6322
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
84
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
190-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of growth factors on a human glioma cell line during invasion into rat brain aggregates in culture.
pubmed:affiliation
Gade Institute, Department of Pathology, Haukeland Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't