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Secretion and dual regulation between epidermal growth factor and transforming growth factor-beta1 in MDA-MB-231 cell
P A Martínez-Carpio1, C Mur, M E Fernández-Montolí
1Biochemistry Department, Ciutat Sanitària i Universitària de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain.
Abstract:
MDA-MB-231 is a breast cancer cell line which possesses large quantities of epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptors and specific high-affinity transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) receptors. We have established that these cells secrete constitutively measurable levels of EGF and TGF-beta1 in conditioned medium. The constitutive secretion of EGF decreased over time in culture (42 h), while the constitutive secretion of TGF-beta1 remained constant. TGF-beta1 secretion in EGF-treated cells was lower than in controls (P < 0.0001), but EGF concentrations were not modified after TGF-beta1 supplement. We postulate that in MDA-MB-231 cell line there is a dual regulation between both growth factors.