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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-2-25
pubmed:abstractText
To increase our understanding of the potential role of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) in malignant progression of prostate cancer, we determined the production of bFGF, the expression of FGF receptor (flg), and the response to exogenous bFGF in LNCaP, DU 145, and PC 3 cells. We observed that these three prostate cancer cell lines, which differed in their dependence on androgens for growth in vitro and in their in vivo behavior in nude mice, could be distinguished as follows: (a) androgen-sensitive LNCaP cells, which do not metastasize in nude mice, did not produce measurable amounts of bFGF, expressed small but measurable amounts of FGF receptor mRNA, and did respond to exogeneous bFGF; (b) androgen-insensitive, moderately metastatic DU 145 cells did produce measurable amounts of biologically active bFGF, expressed large amounts of FGF receptor mRNA, and responded to exogeneous bFGF and the heparin-binding fractions from DU 145 cell extracts; (c) androgen-insensitive and highly metastatic PC3 cells also produced measurable amounts of bFGF but did not demonstrate a growth response to either the heparin-binding fractions from PC3 cell extracts or exogenous bFGF, even though large amounts of FGF receptor mRNA were expressed in PC 3 cells. These results suggest the possibility that differences in production of, and response to, bFGF may be associated with different biological behavior.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
52
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
571-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1732045-3T3 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:1732045-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:1732045-Biological Assay, pubmed-meshheading:1732045-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:1732045-Blotting, Southern, pubmed-meshheading:1732045-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:1732045-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:1732045-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:1732045-Chromatography, Affinity, pubmed-meshheading:1732045-DNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:1732045-DNA Replication, pubmed-meshheading:1732045-Fibroblast Growth Factor 2, pubmed-meshheading:1732045-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1732045-Male, pubmed-meshheading:1732045-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:1732045-Prostatic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:1732045-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:1732045-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1732045-Restriction Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:1732045-Thymidine
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Basic fibroblast growth factor in human prostate cancer cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't