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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 275: G526-G533, 1998;
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Vol. 275, Issue 3, G526-G533, September 1998

Transforming growth factor-beta inhibits proliferation and maturation of cultured guinea pig gastric pit cells

Kazuhito Rokutan1, Masahiko Yamada2, Jyunko Torigoe1, and Toshihiko Saito2

1 Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine, The University of Tokushima, Tokushima 770-8503; and 2 Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical College, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan

We studied the effects of transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) on guinea pig gastric mucous cells, cultured in serum-free conditions. Electron microscopy showed that most cells were pre-pit cells, characterized by the presence of a few secretory granules scattered in the cytoplasm. Epidermal growth factor (EGF) stimulated cell growth, [3H]glucosamine uptake, and accumulation of mucus granules positive for galactose oxidase-Schiff reaction. This EGF-induced maturation into pit cells was confirmed morphologically by the appearance of uniformly dense ovoid or spherical mucus granules packed in the ectoplasm. Western blotting with an antiphosphotyrosine antibody showed that TGF-beta 1 did not inhibit the EGF-initiated tyrosine phosphorylation of the EGF receptor. Northern blotting with cDNA probes for c-fos and c-myc demonstrated that TGF-beta 1 did not affect the EGF-induced expression of the transcripts. However, TGF-beta 1-treated cells did not replicate and remained in an immature stage, even in the presence of EGF, suggesting a potential role of TGF-beta 1 in the regulation of proliferation and differentiation of a pit cell lineage in vivo.

serum-free culture; pit cell lineage; proliferation and differentiation; mucin synthesis; intracellular signals


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