Insulin-like growth factors stimulate chemotaxis in human melanoma cells
Insulin and insulin-like growth factors stimulate motility in the highly metastatic human melanoma cell line, A2058. Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) is the most potent with a maximal response at a concentration of 10 nM compared to the activities of insulin and insulin-like growth factor-II (IG...
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Published in | Biochemical and biophysical research communications Vol. 153; no. 3; pp. 1076 - 1083 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
San Diego, CA
Elsevier Inc
30.06.1988
Elsevier |
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Summary: | Insulin and insulin-like growth factors stimulate motility in the highly metastatic human melanoma cell line, A2058. Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) is the most potent with a maximal response at a concentration of 10 nM compared to the activities of insulin and insulin-like growth factor-II (IGF-II) which peak at 300–400 nM. Using checkerboard analysis, the responses to IGF-I and insulin are predominantly chemotactic, although insulin had a significant chemokinetic component. Pertussis toxin does not inhibit the response to any of these polypeptides. However, in previous studies, it was shown that the motile response to autocrine motility factor from these same A2058 cells was markedly inhibited by pertussis toxin.
125I-labelled IGF-I binds saturably and specifically to the A2058 cells. Scatchard analysis indicates a high binding affinity (Kd ∼ 3 × 10
−10 M) and an estimated 5000 receptors/cell. These studies indicate that in addition to their mitogenic properties, certain growth factors may profoundly enhance metastasis of tumor cells by their ability to induce motility. |
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ISSN: | 0006-291X 1090-2104 |
DOI: | 10.1016/S0006-291X(88)81338-X |