Previous studies have shown that plasma membrane compounds are involved in the contact-dependent inhibition of growth of human diploid fibroblasts. The purification of the active plasma membrane glycoprotein is described in this report. The glycoprotein has an apparent molecular mass of 60-70 kD and, due to differential sialylation, isoelectric points between pH 5.5. and 6.2. Treatment with sialidase yielded one spot in two-dimensional gel electrophoresis with an isoelectric point of 6.3. After removal of the N-glycosidically linked oligosaccharide chains, the apparent molecular mass is reduced by approximately 22 kD. Treatment was diluted NaOH, which removes the O-glycosidically linked portion of oligosaccharides, resulted in a reduction of the apparent molecular mass by approximately 5 kD. The addition of 50 ng/ml of this glycoprotein-for which the term "contactinhibin" is proposed-in immobilized form to sparsely seeded human fibroblasts resulted in a reversible 70-80% inhibition of growth. The inhibition was not confined to human fibroblasts as other cells were also inhibited, with the exclusion of transformed cells, which are refractory to contactinhibin. The inhibitory activity was abolished by treatment with beta-galactosidase or glycopeptidase F, indicating that the glycan moiety is the biologically active part of the molecule. Confluent cultures treated with antibodies raised against contactinhibin were released from the contact-dependent inhibition of growth. In addition to enhanced saturation density, these cultures exhibited a crisscross growth pattern and the formation of foci. Immunocytochemical studies showed that contactinhibin was associated with vimentin. Furthermore, contactinhibin was found to be not expressed in a species- or organ-specific manner.
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December 01 1990
Isolation and characterization of a 60-70-kD plasma membrane glycoprotein involved in the contact-dependent inhibition of growth.
R J Wieser,
R J Wieser
Institute of Toxicology, University of Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany.
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S Schütz,
S Schütz
Institute of Toxicology, University of Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany.
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G Tschank,
G Tschank
Institute of Toxicology, University of Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany.
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H Thomas,
H Thomas
Institute of Toxicology, University of Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany.
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H P Dienes,
H P Dienes
Institute of Toxicology, University of Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany.
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F Oesch
F Oesch
Institute of Toxicology, University of Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany.
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R J Wieser
Institute of Toxicology, University of Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany.
S Schütz
Institute of Toxicology, University of Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany.
G Tschank
Institute of Toxicology, University of Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany.
H Thomas
Institute of Toxicology, University of Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany.
H P Dienes
Institute of Toxicology, University of Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany.
F Oesch
Institute of Toxicology, University of Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany.
Online ISSN: 1540-8140
Print ISSN: 0021-9525
J Cell Biol (1990) 111 (6): 2681–2692.
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R J Wieser, S Schütz, G Tschank, H Thomas, H P Dienes, F Oesch; Isolation and characterization of a 60-70-kD plasma membrane glycoprotein involved in the contact-dependent inhibition of growth.. J Cell Biol 1 December 1990; 111 (6): 2681–2692. doi: https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.111.6.2681
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