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Abstract
The serum free medium conditioned by cultured rabbit aortic smooth muscle cells was partially purified using ultrafiltration and heparin affinity chromatography. Incorporation of [3H]-thymidine (3H-TdR) into cell DNA was used to measure the mitogenic activity of the fractions from chromatography for NIH 3T3 fibroblasts. The molecular weight and the iso-electric point of these fractions were determined by NaDodSO4-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and iso-electric focusing, respectively. The results showed that the protein eluted in 1.0-1.6 mol/L NaCl from the heparin-Sepharose was mitogenic for 3T3 cells, and this protein had a molecular weight of 22.8-26.7 ku and an iso-electric point of about 4.6. The fact that the above-mentioned biochemical properties differed from that of PDGF, IGF and FGF suggests that this mitogenic protein may be a separate growth factor.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 9275697 DOI: 10.1007/bf02887962
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Tongji Med Univ ISSN: 0257-716X