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Enhanced synthesis and extracellular accumulation of hyaluronic acid during stimulation of quiescent human fibroblasts by mouse epidermal growth factor
Author(s) -
Lembach Kenneth J.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of cellular physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529
H-Index - 174
eISSN - 1097-4652
pISSN - 0021-9541
DOI - 10.1002/jcp.1040890211
Subject(s) - hyaluronic acid , epidermal growth factor , glucosamine , glycosaminoglycan , extracellular , growth factor , glycoprotein , chemistry , biochemistry , ascorbic acid , biology , anatomy , receptor , food science
The effect of mouse epidermal growth factor (mEGF) on the synthesis of glycosaminoglycans and glycoproteins by human fibroblasts has been studied. The addition of physiological concentrations (10 −9 M) of mEGF to quiescent cultures preincubated in the absence of serum was found to elicit an increased incorporation of 3 H‐glucosamine into the glycosaminoglycans and glycoproteins of both the cellular and extracellular fractions. Although the growth response to the factor, as measured by DNA replication, was minimal under these conditions as compared with the effect of serum, the mEGF‐induced incorporation of glucosamine into these cellular constituents and into the extracellular glycoproteins was comparable to that elicited by serum shift‐up. Serum, however, caused a significantly larger incorporation of glucoasmine into extracellular, acid‐soluble glycosaminoglycans, which were shown to contain hyaluronic acid as the major component. As previously demonstrated, the growth response to mEGF can be enhanced several fold by an mEGF‐binding arginine esterase, which is normally associated with the factor in vivo, and by ascorbate. The esterase was found to increase markedly the mEGF‐induced incorporation of glucosamine into extracellular hyaluronic acid, while the addition of ascorbic acid did not significantly alter glucosamine incorporation.