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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 96, Issue 2 271-274, Copyright © 1990 by Company of Biologists

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Growth factors for human fibroblasts in the solute remaining after clot formation

AJ Gray, JT Reeves, NK Harrison, P Winlove and GJ Laurent
Department of Thoracic Medicine, University of London, UK.

Fibroblasts adhere to, and readily grow into, fibrin clots that form as a result of the cleavage of fibrinogen by thrombin. Subsequent fibroblast replication is believed to be stimulated by mitogens released by entrapped platelets, such as platelet-derived growth factor. We suggest that the supernatant remaining after the fibrinogen-thrombin reaction could stimulate fibroblast replication, even in the absence of other blood components. To examine this hypothesis we expressed liquid from a fibrin clot and measured its mitogenic activity on human lung fibroblasts, in serum-free conditions, using a colorimetric assay based on uptake and subsequent release of Methylene Blue. The clot supernatant caused a mitogenic response of 51 +/- 6% above control and was equivalent to about half that elicited by medium containing 10% newborn calf serum. On their own, both thrombin and fibrinopeptides A and B (small molecular weight cleavage products released from fibrinogen) showed some mitogenic activity, but there was also activity in higher molecular weight cleavage products, suggesting the presence of uncharacterized mitogens. It is proposed that these agents may play important roles in wound healing and diseases associated with vascular leakage and fibrosis, by stimulating fibroblast replication.


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