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. 1985 Jan;51(1):9–14. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1985.2

Secretion of transforming growth factors by primary human tumour cells.

A W Hamburger, C P White, F E Dunn
PMCID: PMC1976813  PMID: 3855359

Abstract

We examined the ability of primary human tumour cells to secrete diffusible factors capable of stimulating anchorage independent growth of normal rat kidney fibroblast (NRK) cells. Conditioned media (CM) prepared from cells derived from 31/43 patients with adenocarcinoma of the breast, colon, ovary or lung were found to induce growth of NRK cells in soft agar. The ability of the CM to induce anchorage independent growth was enhanced in 25/35 cases by the presence of epidermal growth factor (EGF). The CM did not compete with EGF for binding to the EGF receptor site. CM from cells derived from nonmalignant effusions also supported the growth of NRK cells in soft agar. There was no significant difference in the ability of the CM derived from malignant or normal cells to support NRK colony growth. The ability of primary human tumour cells to clone in soft agar was compared to the ability of these cells to produce diffusible colony stimulating factors for NRK cells. No correlation was observed between the ability of the primary human tumour cells to clone in soft agar and their ability to induce anchorage independent growth of NRK cells. The secretion of substances with TGF like activity may be a property of many types of primary human cells.

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