Human endometrial adenocarcinoma cells express endothelin-1
F Pekonen1, O Saijonmaa, T Nyman
1Minerva Foundation Institute for Medical Research, Helsinki, Finland.
Abstract:
The expression of endothelin-1 (ET-1) in five human endometrial adenocarcinoma cell lines was studied. Using specific radioimmunoassay, immunoreactive ET-1 was detected in conditioned medium from two of the cell lines (RL 952 and HEC 1A). In reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), synthetic ET-1 and immunoreactive ET-1 from conditioned media revealed the same elution profile. By amplification of cDNA using the polymerase chain reaction, normal human endometrium as well as cell lines RL 952 and HEC 1A were shown to express ET-1 mRNA. In addition, cell line HEC 1B and KLE, which did not produce measurable amounts of immunoreactive ET-1, contained ET-1 specific mRNA whereas cell line AN3CA had no detectable ET-1 mRNA and did not secrete immunoreactive ET-1.
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