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Effects of fibroblast and epidermal growth factors on ovarian cell proliferation in vitro. II. Proliferative response of luteal cells to FGF but not EGF

D Gospodarowicz, CR Ill and CR Birdwell

The effect of fibroblast growth factor (FGF) and epidermal growth factor (EGF) on luteal cell proliferation in vitro has been examined. Luteal cells maintained in the presence of low serum (1%) go through a doubling after 7 days. Addition of EGF induced one more doubling of the cells, after which the cells became resting. In contrast, FGF induced the cells to divide logarithmically with a cell cycle of 48 h. The effect of FGF was dependent on the serum and FGF concentrations. It has been obtained with serum concentrations ranging from 0.1% to 10% and with FGF concentrations ranging from 0.1 ng to 10 ng/ml. The half- maximal FGF response was observed at 1.5 x 10(-11)M. In contrast, EGF has no effect besides causing an initial cell doubline within the same range of serum or FGF concentrations. Since granulosa cells have been shown to be highly sensitive to EGF as well as FGF, it can be concluded that during the luteinization process that sensitivity of the cells to EGF is lost, while the sensitivity of FGF is retained. This demonstrates that although luteal cells and granulosa cells are interrelated cell types their sensitivity to growth factors such as EGF is quite different.

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