Ectopic production of high molecular weight calcitonin and corticotropin by human small cell carcinoma cells in tissue culture: evidence for separate precursors.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 1978/12;47(6):1390-3.
Bertagna XY, Nicholson WE, Pettengill OS, Sorenson GD, Mount CD, Orth DN
PMID: 233696
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Abstract
The DMS-79 continuous line of human small cell lung carcinoma cells, which produces immunoreactive (IR)-corticotropin (ACTH), -lipotropin (LPH), and -beta-endorphin (beta END), was found to produce IR-calcitonin (CT). Two major high molecular weight (HMW) forms of IR-CT were observed after gel exclusion chromatography under denaturing conditions (mol wt. approximately 7,000 and approximately 14,000), as well as a minor HMW IR-CT component (mol. wt. approximately 70,000). None of these IR-CT materials was extracted from DMS-79 medium by affinity chromatography using an ACTH antibody covalently bound to agarose. These results demonstrate ectopic production of HMW forms of CT and ACTH/LPH/beta END by human lung tumor cells in tissue culture, but do not support the existence of a common CT/ACTH/LPH/beta END precursor molecule.
MeSH terms
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; Calcitonin; Carcinoma, Small Cell; Cell Line; Chromatography, Gel; Humans; Lung Neoplasms; Molecular Weight; Protein Precursors
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