spacer gif spacer gif spacer gif spacer gif spacer gif
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


spacer gif
     Home     Help     Feedback     Subscriptions     Archive     Search     Table of Contents    

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Moorby, C. D.
Right arrow Articles by Bowyer, D. E.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Moorby, C. D.
Right arrow Articles by Bowyer, D. E.

Journal of Cell Science, Vol 103, Issue 2 541-549, Copyright © 1992 by Company of Biologists

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Porcine smooth muscle cell-conditioned medium stimulates LDL receptor activity in Hep G2 cells

CD Moorby, E Gherardi, D Riddell and DE Bowyer
Department of Pathology, Cambridge University, UK.

Paracrine factors may modulate low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor activity in hepatocytes. To study this the effect of conditioned medium prepared from a range of cell types on the binding and internalisation of 125I-LDL in Hep G2 cells was studied. Seven of the fourteen conditioned media tested, including those from P388D1, U937, porcine smooth muscle (Pc SMC) Swiss 3T3, STO, = 48 and MDCK cells, were found to increase the binding and internalisation of 125I-LDL at 37 degrees C by Hep G2 cells (P < 0.01). The largest increase in LDL receptor activity was produced by conditioned medium from Pc SMC cells and was, therefore, selected for further analysis. The Pc SMC-conditioned medium increased LDL receptor number in Hep G2 cells by three-fold but had no effect on LDL receptor activity in human skin fibroblasts. DNA synthesis and cholesterol synthesis by Hep G2 cells were inhibited by Pc SMC-conditioned medium. Preliminary characterisation of the Pc SMC-derived factor(s) suggests that it is a protein(s) of low relative molecular mass.


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 J. Cell Sci.Home page
E. Gherardi, K. Thomas, T. D. Le Cras, C. Fitzsimmons, C. D. Moorby, and D. E. Bowyer
Growth requirements and expression of LDL receptor and HMG-CoA reductase in Hep G2 hepatoblastoma cells cultured in a chemically defined medium
J. Cell Sci., October 1, 1992; 103(2): 531 - 539.
[Abstract] [PDF]


© The Company of Biologists Ltd 1992