The effect of basic fibroblast growth factor on the growth and function of human thyrocytes
A H Taylor1, L J Millatt, G S Whitley
1Department of Cellular and Molecular Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, U.K.
Abstract:
Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) was quantitated in human primary thyrocyte cultures and thyroid cell lines produced by transfection with pSV3neo. Immunoreactive-bFGF (ir-bFGF) bound to heparin-Sepharose affinity columns eluted with 1.8-2.0 mol NaCl/l and had a molecular weight of approximately 17,000. Recombinant human bFGF in the presence of 5% serum increased the growth of transfected human thyrocytes but not the growth of primary human thyrocytes. Preincubation of cells with up to 100 micrograms bFGF/l potentiated TSH-stimulated cAMP release from the transfected cells but inhibited release from primary human thyroid cultures. bFGF may be an important modulator of thyroid cell function and growth.
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