Expression of platelet-derived growth factor and its receptors by two pre-B
acute lymphocytic leukemia cell lines
LH Tsai, L White, E Raines, R Ross, RG Smith, W Cushley and B Ozanne
CRC Beatson Laboratories, Bearsden, Glasgow, Scotland.
Platelet-derived growth factors (PDGF) are potent regulators of cell
proliferation. The three isoforms of PDGF AA, AB, and BB are encoded by two
genes: PDGF A and PDGF B. The v-sis oncogene is homologous to the PDGF-B
gene. v-sis can transform cells that express the appropriate PDGF
receptors. Two different types of receptors, PDGF-alpha and PDGF- beta,
also encoded by two genes, have been identified. We show that two cell
lines. SMS-SB and NALM-6, both derived from pre-B-cell acute lymphocytic
leukemias, express the PDGF-A chain gene, and one of them, SMS-SB, releases
PDGF-A chains into the media. The SMS-SB cells also express the PDGF-beta
receptor, whereas NALM-6 cells express the PDGF- alpha receptor and bind
PDGF. This extends the possible targets for PDGF to the B-cell lineage
lymphocytes.
Volume 83,
Issue 1,
pp. 51-55,
01/01/1994
Copyright © 1994 by The American Society of Hematology