[Heat shock proteins and proliferative activity of cultured hepatocytes after hyperthermia]

Hepatocytes in cell culture have been studied for their sensitivity to mitogenic effect of the epidermal growth factor, epidermal growth factor and insulin, 10% of cattle blood serum after hyperthermia. It is established that heat shock (43 degrees C, 90 min) induces hypersensitivity of hepatocytes to the mentioned mitogens, its maximum being observed 20-24 h after hyperthermia and coinciding in time with the development of thermotolerance and intensification of protein biosynthesis after the heat shock 68, 70, 94 kD.