Abstract
A methylcellulose suspension system that prevents cell-surface contact with the substrate was used to study the role of cell adhesion in the regulation of proliferation. The nonadhesive conditions established by suspension culture cause BALB/c 3T3 (A31) cells to enter a G0 state of growth arrest within 48 hr as defined by an inhibition of DNA synthesis and a suppression of c-myc and histone mRNA expression. The adhesion of these suspension-arrested cells rapidly induces c-fos, c-myc, and actin gene expression. This stimulation did not depend on the presence of serum since the adhesion of suspension-arrested cells, in the absence of serum, also induced the expression of c-fos and c-myc mRNAs. In addition, adhesion onto fibronectin increased the number of cells able to respond to epidermal growth factor and insulin and progress into S phase. These results indicate that adhesion of suspension-arrested cells activates the G0/G1 transition independent of growth factors.
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Created | 19 years, 3 months ago (May 31, 2006, 6:41 a.m.) |
Deposited | 3 years, 4 months ago (April 13, 2022, 12:41 p.m.) |
Indexed | 2 months, 1 week ago (June 26, 2025, 8:47 a.m.) |
Issued | 37 years ago (Sept. 1, 1988) |
Published | 37 years ago (Sept. 1, 1988) |
Published Online | 37 years ago (Sept. 1, 1988) |
Published Print | 37 years ago (Sept. 1, 1988) |
@article{Dike_1988, title={Cell adhesion induces expression of growth-associated genes in suspension-arrested fibroblasts.}, volume={85}, ISSN={1091-6490}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.85.18.6792}, DOI={10.1073/pnas.85.18.6792}, number={18}, journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, publisher={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, author={Dike, L E and Farmer, S R}, year={1988}, month=sep, pages={6792–6796} }