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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 103, Issue 2 453-461, Copyright © 1992 by Company of Biologists

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Capillary endothelial cells secrete a heparin-binding mitogen for pericytes

JC Swinscoe and EC Carlson
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks 58202.

The cells of the retinal microvasculature consist predominantly of mesodermally derived pericytes and endothelial cells, and the regulatory factors which govern their co-ordinated growth and define their phenotypic characteristics in vivo may be regarded as key elements of the angiogenic process. An investigation of these cells in co-culture experiments has led to the identification of a potent mitogen for pericytes in medium conditioned by retinal endothelial cells (EC-FBS). EC-FBS activity was shown to be non-dialyzable, and stable to both heat and acid treatment. EC-FBS was inactivated by passage over a heparin-Agarose column. The column-bound activity could be eluted as a single peak at approximately 1.0 M NaCl. Stimulation of pericyte growth was also achieved with platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), acidic fibroblast growth factor (aFGF) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) and could be blocked by using the appropriate antiserum (anti-PDGF or anti-aFGF). Neither antisera, however, blocked the activity of EC-FBS. The EC-FBS mitogen markedly altered the phenotypic behavior of pericytes compared with PDGF and the FGFs; yet, unlike them, it failed to stimulate the growth of smooth muscle cells (SMC) and Balb/c 3T3 cells.


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