scholarly journals Visualization by fluorescence of the binding and internalization of epidermal growth factor in human carcinoma cells A-431.

1978 ◽  
Vol 75 (7) ◽  
pp. 3317-3321 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Haigler ◽  
J. F. Ash ◽  
S. J. Singer ◽  
S. Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Growth Factor ◽  
Epidermal Growth Factor ◽  
Carcinoma Cells ◽  
Human Carcinoma ◽  
Epidermal Growth

scholarly journals Direct visualization of the binding and internalization of a ferritin conjugate of epidermal growth factor in human carcinoma cells A-431.

1979 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 382-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
H T Haigler ◽  
J A McKanna ◽  
S Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Growth Factor ◽  
Epidermal Growth Factor ◽  
Carcinoma Cells ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
Molar Ratio ◽  
Multivesicular Bodies ◽  
Egf Receptors ◽  
Human Carcinoma ◽  
Epidermal Growth

We have prepared a conjugate of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and ferritin that retains substantial binding affinity for cell receptors and is biologically active. Glutaraldehyde-activated EGF was covalently linked to ferritin to produce a conjugate that contained EGF and ferritin in a 1:1 molar ratio. The conjugate was separated from free ferritin by affinity chromatography using antibodies to EGF. Monolayers of human epithelioid carcinoma cells (A-431) were incubated with EGF:ferritin at 4 degrees C and processed for transmission electron microscopy. Under these conditions, approximately 6 X 10(5) molecules of EGF:ferritin bound to the plasma membrane of each cell. In the presence of excess native EGF, the number of bound ferritin particles was reduced by 99%, indicating that EGF:ferritin binds specifically to cellular EGF receptors. At 37 degrees C, cell-bound EGF:ferritin rapidly redistributed in the plane of the plasma membrane to form small groups that were subsequently internalized into pinocytic vesicles. By 2.5 min at 37 degrees C, 32% of the cell-bound EGF:ferritin was localized in vesicles. After 2.5 min, there was a decrease in the proportion of conjugate in vesicles with a concomitant accumulation of EGF:ferritin in multivesicular bodies. By 30 min, 84% of the conjugate was located in structures morphologically identified as multivesicular bodies or lysosomes. These results are consistent with other morphological and biochemical studies utilizing 125I-EGF and fluorescein-conjugated EGF.

scholarly journals Rapid stimulation of pinocytosis in human carcinoma cells A-431 by epidermal growth factor.

1979 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
H T Haigler ◽  
J A McKanna ◽  
S Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Growth Factor ◽  
Epidermal Growth Factor ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Fluid Phase ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Carcinoma Cells ◽  
Tumor Promoter ◽  
Metabolic Inhibitors ◽  
Human Carcinoma ◽  
Epidermal Growth

Horseradish peroxidase (HRP) uptake was used to measure fluid-phase pinocytosis in monolayers of human epithelioid carcinoma cells (A-431). Histochemistry confirmed that cell-associated HRP was restricted to intracellular vesicles. Biochemical methods showed that HRP uptake in control cultures was directly proportional to the duration of exposure. The addition of low concentrations of epidermal growth factor (EGF) to the incubation media produced a 10-fold increase in the initial rate of pinocytosis. The EGF effect was rapid (within 30 s) but transient; the rate of pinocytosis returned to control levels within 15 min. Metabolic inhibitors reduced the EGF-stimulated rate of pinocytosis by greater than 90%. A conjugate of EGF and ferritin (F:EGF) was used to simultaneously compare the intracellular locations of EGF and HRP. Much of F:EGF was internalized in approximately 100-nm vesicles, while most of the HRP was located in much larger vesicles (range 0.1--1.2 micrometer) which also contained F:EGF. The tumor-promoter 12-0-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate, which shares several biological activities with EGF, was also effective in stimulating an increase in the rate of pinocytosis.

scholarly journals Transit of epidermal growth factor through coated pits of the Golgi system.

1982 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 207-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
M C Willingham ◽  
I H Pastan
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Growth Factor ◽  
Epidermal Growth Factor ◽  
Carcinoma Cells ◽  
Coated Pits ◽  
Human Carcinoma ◽  
Golgi System ◽  
Reticular System ◽  
Entire Cell ◽  
Epidermal Growth

Using the direct conjugate of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and horseradish peroxidase, we have followed the entry of EGF into KB (human carcinoma) cells. EGF initially was found bound diffusely to the entire cell surface at 4 degrees C; on warming to 37 degrees C, EGF was found clustered in clathrin-coated pits on the plasma membrane in 1 min or less. Within 1-2 min at 37 degrees C, EGF began to accumulate in receptosomes within the cell and remained there for up to 10 min. At 10-13 min after warming to 37 degrees C, EGF was found in thin reticular membranous elements of the Golgi system, as well as concentrated in the clathrin-coated pits present on these membranes. By 15 min after warming, EGF began to be delivered to lysosomes located near the Golgi system. These findings suggest that clathrin-coated pits in the Golgi reticular system accumulate EGF before delivery to lysosomes.

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