Identification of a 34,000-dalton mitogenic protein associated with plasma membranes from human A431 epidermoid carcinoma cells.

AUTOR(ES)

Bishayee, S

RESUMO

We present evidence for a discrete 34,000-Da polypeptide with mitogenic activity, associated with plasma membranes from human A431 carcinoma cells. Plasma membranes from A431 cells are highly mitogenic for quiescent fibroblasts. A significant fraction of the membrane-associated activity can be released by treatment with a high concentration of salt and is relatively acid stable. Incubation of 125I-labeled salt-extracted proteins with target fibroblasts results in preferential binding of a 34,000-Da protein--i.e., greater than 90% of the cell-bound radioactivity is associated with the 34,000-Da polypeptide. Studies correlating the mitogenic activity with the cell-binding 34,000-Da protein indicate that this protein is the acid-stable, peripherally attached, mitogenically active component of A431 membranes. Available data suggest that this protein may be mitogenically active in the nanomolar concentration range. Some properties of this protein are described.

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