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. 1992 Oct 1;89(19):8928–8932. doi: 10.1073/pnas.89.19.8928

Cloning and characterization of an androgen-induced growth factor essential for the androgen-dependent growth of mouse mammary carcinoma cells.

A Tanaka 1, K Miyamoto 1, N Minamino 1, M Takeda 1, B Sato 1, H Matsuo 1, K Matsumoto 1
PMCID: PMC50037  PMID: 1409588

Abstract

An androgen-dependent mouse mammary carcinoma cell line (SC-3) requires androgen for growth stimulation. We have shown previously that androgen acts on SC-3 cells to induce secretion of a fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-like growth factor, which in turn stimulates growth of the cells in an autocrine manner. In this study, the androgen-induced growth factor (AIGF) was purified from a conditioned medium of SC-3 cells stimulated with testosterone. cDNA cloning of AIGF by use of its partial amino acid sequence data revealed that AIGF is a distinctive FGF-like growth factor. An AIGF cDNA (pSC17) encodes a 215-amino acid protein with a putative signal peptide, which shares 30-40% homology with known members of the FGF family. The AIGF mRNA was markedly induced by 10 nM testosterone in Northern blot analysis. Expression of AIGF cDNA in mammalian cells clearly showed remarkable stimulatory effects of AIGF on growth of SC-3 cells in the absence of androgen. Thus, it is clear that the androgen-induced growth of SC-3 cells is mediated in an autocrine manner by AIGF, which is secreted by the tumor cells themselves in response to hormonal stimuli.

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