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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 261, Issue 25, 11600-11607, 09, 1986

Bovine brain-derived growth factor. Purification and characterization of its interaction with responsive cells

JS Huang, SS Huang and MD Kuo

A large-scale purification procedure for brain-derived growth factors, without chromatography in 0.1% trifluoracetic acid, has been developed. Two related brain-derived growth factors have been purified to homogeneity from bovine brain using this procedure involving ammonium sulfate fractionation, followed by chromatography on CM-Sephadex C-50, sulfated Sephadex G-50, and heparin-Sepharose 4B. Brain-derived growth factor A (BDGF-A, molecular weight approximately 16,000) and brain- derived growth factor B (BDGF-B, molecular weight approximately 17,000) were eluted from heparin-Sepharose 4B at 1.2 and 1.6 M NaCl, respectively. Both BDGF-A and BDGF-B have a pI value of 5.7, have the same specific mitogenic activity, and react with mouse anti-BDGF-A antiserum. Both growth factors have a broad spectrum of mitogenic activity (vascular and aorta endothelial cells, chondrocytes, osteoblasts, epithelial cells, glial cells, fibroblasts, and smooth muscle cells), with a half-maximum effect at 10-20 pM. The binding of BDGF to bovine aorta endothelial cells and Swiss mouse 3T3 cells has been characterized. Binding of 125I-BDGF-A to these cells reached equilibrium in less than 15 min. Scatchard plot analysis of the binding of 125I-BDGF-A to endothelial cells and 3T3 cells showed a single class of high-affinity receptor with Kd values of 20 +/- 5 and 13 +/- 3 pM and receptor numbers/cell of 7,000 +/- 1,000 and 20,000 +/- 3,000, respectively. BDGF-B competed for 125I-BDGF-A binding in the same manner as unlabeled BDGF-A, suggesting that BDGF-A and BDGF-B bind to the same receptor. Basic pituitary fibroblast growth factor appeared to be a weak inhibitor, whereas platelet-derived growth factor and epidermal growth factor had no effect on 125I-BDGF-A binding. Protamine, histone, polylysine, and polyarginine are potent inhibitors of the mitogenic activity of BDGF-A and BDGF-B and of binding of 125I- BDGF-A to responsive cells. The half-time (t1/2) of internalization and degradation of cell surface-bound 125I-BDGF is 3 h.
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