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Endocrinology, Vol 132, 1729-1734, Copyright © 1993 by Endocrine Society

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Mitogenic signaling by prostaglandins in chemically transformed mouse fibroblasts: comparison with phorbol esters and insulin

D Fagot, C Buquet-Fagot and J Mester
INSERM U.55, Paris, France.

In the quiescent mouse BP-A31 fibroblasts, prostaglandin F2 alpha (PGF2 alpha) induces the expression of cell cycle-related genes c-fos, c-jun, and c-myc, and after a delay of approximately 12 h the entry into the phase of DNA replication. A weaker mitogenic effect was produced by certain other PGs (F1 alpha > D2), whereas the effects of PGs E and I were marginal or absent. The mitogenic effects of PGF2 alpha as well as of 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol 13-acetate (TPA; activator of protein kinase C) but not those of insulin (acting via the insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor) were abolished by a low concentration (7.5 nM) of staurosporine (inhibitor of protein kinase C). Moreover, long-time (24 h) preincubation with phorbol dibutyrate reduced the mitogenic effects of a subsequent exposure either TPA or PGF2 alpha. These observations favor the involvement of protein kinase C in the PGF2 alpha-dependent intracellular signal transduction. However, simultaneous stimulation of the quiescent cells with saturating concentrations of PGF2 alpha and TPA had a greater mitogenic effect than either drug alone, both in cells with and without down-regulation of protein kinase C, indicating that the protein kinase C-dependent signaling does not entirely account for the mitogenic activity of PGF2 alpha.


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