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Nuclear localization of nerve growth factor (NGF) in HS 294 melanoma cells and SW 707 colorectal carcinoma was determined by indirect immunofluorescence staining and by cell fractionation. NGF receptors were immunoprecipitated from the EcoRI-digested chromatin of HS 294 melanoma cells, of melanocytes proliferating in the presence of 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate, and of SW 707 colorectal carcinoma cells, using a monoclonal antibody to the Mr 75,000 cell surface NGF receptor. Melanoma cells expressed a receptor species with a molecular weight of 230,000. Proliferating melanocytes expressed a small amount of Mr 230,000 receptor, whereas colorectal carcinoma cells expressed a Mr 35,000 receptor. Scatchard analysis indicated one type of NGF chromatin binding site in HS 294 cells with KD = 241 pM but two types of binding sites in chromatin of SW 707 cells with KD = 333 and 1718 pM, respectively. Both the Mr 230,000 and the 35,000 receptor species were tightly bound to DNase II-sensitive regions, which became DNase II-insensitive after nerve growth factor binding. [125I]NGF was detected in the chromatin in nondegraded form. Chromatin binding of NGF inhibited RNA synthesis and cell proliferation.
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PMID:Nerve growth factor receptors in chromatin of melanoma cells, proliferating melanocytes, and colorectal carcinoma cells in vitro. 246 Dec 54

We analyzed the uptake and intracellular distribution of 125I-labeled epidermal growth factor, nerve growth factor, and platelet-derived growth factor in different cell lines that express or do not express the respective surface receptors for these factors. After 1 hr of incubation, all three growth factors were detected in the cytoplasmic fraction and in the nucleus, tightly bound to chromatin. The amount of chromatin-bound growth factors continued to increase during the incubation, and analysis at 48 hr revealed each chromatin-bound labeled growth factor in a nondegraded form. After limited digestion of chromatin with DNase II (10-20% digested sequences), specific release of all three growth factors was detected only after 1 hr of incubation but not after 24 and 48 hr, suggesting that the DNA regions involved in growth factor binding became nuclease-resistant. Binding of labeled epidermal growth factor and nerve growth factor to isolated chromatin was inhibited by monoclonal antibodies specific for the respective growth factor receptor. The data suggest that chromatin binding may represent an important step in the pathway of growth factor action.
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PMID:Chromatin binding of epidermal growth factor, nerve growth factor, and platelet-derived growth factor in cells bearing the appropriate surface receptors. 301 31