Abstract
We studied the androgen regulation of fibroblast growth factor (FGF) receptors (FGFRs) in the Shionogi 115 (S115) mouse mammary tumor cell line and its genetic variant Clone 22. In S115 cells, androgen maintains a transformed morphology, rate of proliferation, and serum and anchorage independence. Similar effects were induced by treatment of the cells with FGF-2 or a heparin-binding growth factor (HBGF) fraction prepared from the medium conditioned by the cells. The effects of androgen and FGF-2 could be partly reversed with a specific anti-FGF-2 immunoglobulin G or by suramin, which inhibits binding of FGFs to their high affinity receptors. Testosterone and FGF-2 increased the expression of FGFR-1 messenger RNA (mRNA) and, to a lesser extent, FGFR-3 mRNA, but down-regulated FGFR-2 mRNA in S115 cells. No FGFR-4 mRNA was detected. FGF-2 also down-regulated the expression of syndecan-1, a heparan sulfate proteoglycan that binds FGF with low affinity. The binding of radiolabeled FGF-2 to FGFRs was lower in the cells cultured with testosterone or in the presence of the HBGFs from androgen-treated cells, presumably because of the autocrine production of FGF-like factors. In Clone 22 cells, FGFRs and syndecan-1 responded to androgen ...Continue Reading
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