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Communicated June 29, 1954 | Communicated June 29, 1954 | ||
A growth-stimulating efiect of mouse sarcomas 37 and 180 on the sensory and | A growth-stimulating efiect of mouse sarcomas 37 and 180 on the sensory and sympathetic ganglia of chick embryos has been reported.‘ The response of the ganglia to the transplantation of the tumor into 3- to 4-day chick embryos is characterized by a numerical hyperplasia, a cellular hypertrophy, acceleration of differentiation of the ganglia, and an atypical distribution of nerve fibers. The transplantation of thetumor onto the allantoic membrane” gave evidence for the humoral nature of the agent. | ||
sympathetic ganglia of chick embryos has been reported.‘ The response of the | |||
ganglia to the transplantation of the tumor into 3- to 4-day chick embryos is characterized by a numerical hyperplasia, a cellular hypertrophy, acceleration of differentiation of the ganglia, and an atypical distribution of nerve fibers. The transplantation of thetumor onto the allantoic membrane” gave evidence for the humoral | |||
nature of the agent. | |||
Explantation of the tumor in vitro in close proximity to sensory or sympathetic | Explantation of the tumor in vitro in close proximity to sensory or sympathetic ganglia resulted in an exceptional outgrowth of nerve fibers.3 The parallelism between the tumor effects. in vivo and in vitro suggested that we are dealing in both instances with the same agent. | ||
ganglia resulted in an exceptional outgrowth of nerve fibers.3 The parallelism between the tumor effects. in vivo and in vitro suggested that we are dealing in both | |||
instances with the same agent. | |||
We have now found that cell-free homogenates of the tumors can duplicate in | We have now found that cell-free homogenates of the tumors can duplicate in tissue culture the efiect of the actively growing tumor. For the assay procedure, hanging-drop preparations were made containing 1/3 plasma (rooster), 1/3 chick extract (5 per cent extract of 10-day chick embryos), and 1/3 of the material to be tested. Saline was used in the controls. Each culture contained a sympathetic ganglion isolated from a 10-day chick embryo. The cultures were observed after 18 hours of incubation at 37° C., and the growth of the fibers was semiquantitatively recorded from 1+ to 4+ (Pl. I, Figs. 1-4). The assay was sensitive to twofold changes in concentration of the active material; smaller changes were not detectable by gross observation of the ganglia. | ||
tissue culture the efiect of the actively growing tumor. For the assay procedure, | |||
hanging-drop preparations were made containing 1/3 plasma (rooster), 1/3 chick | |||
extract (5 per cent extract of 10-day chick embryos), and 1/3 of the material to be | |||
tested. Saline was used in the controls. Each culture contained a sympathetic | |||
ganglion isolated from a 10-day chick embryo. The cultures were observed after | |||
18 hours of incubation at 37° C., and the growth of the fibers was semiquantitatively | |||
recorded from 1+ to 4+ (Pl. I, Figs. 1-4). The assay was sensitive to twofold | |||
changes in concentration of the active material; smaller changes were not detectable by gross observation of the ganglia. | |||
Preliminary experiments had shown that extracts of sarcomas 37 and 180, which | Preliminary experiments had shown that extracts of sarcomas 37 and 180, which had been grown in the mouse, were almost completely inactive in stimulating the growth of nerve fibers, as were extracts of mouse liver and muscle. However, after passage of the sarcomas through the chick embryo, extracts were invariably effective. The tumor was then routinely obtained by transplantation into the body wall of the 3-day chick embryo. The tumors were allowed to grow for 5-7 days before they were harvested. | ||
had been grown in the mouse, were almost completely inactive in stimulating the | |||
growth of nerve fibers, as were extracts of mouse liver and muscle. However, after passage of the sarcomas through the chick embryo, extracts were invariably | |||
effective. The tumor was then routinely obtained by transplantation into the body wall of the 3-day chick embryo. The tumors were allowed to grow for 5-7 days before they were harvested. | |||
PLATE I | PLATE I | ||
3 4 | FIGS. 1—4. Microphotographs of living sympathetic ganglia after 18 hours of incubation, showing the nerve growth—promoting effect of increasing concentrations of the tumor extract. The chloroform-treated nucleoprotein fraction was used. _ Fig. 1, control; Fig. 2, 0.2 mg/ml (recorded as 1 plus); Fig. 3, 0.4 mg/ml (recorded as 2 plus); (Fig. 4, 0.8 mg/ml (recorded as 4 plus). | ||
The intracellular localization of the growth-promoting material was then investigated. Ten per cent homogenates of the tumor were prepared in isotonic sucrose (0.25 M, pH 7.4), according to the method of Schneider.‘ The procedure for the isolation of nuclear, mitochondrial, microsomal, and supernatant fractions by differential centrifugation was followed, with two modifications. The nuclear and mitochondrial fractions were washed four times with isotonic sucrose, and the microsomal fraction was isolated by centrifugation at 100,000 X g. Each fraction was then made up to the original volume of the homogenate and dialyzed against saline before assaying for its activity. The results are shown in Table 1. | |||
TABLE 1 | |||
INTRACELLULAR LOCALIZATION or NERVE GROWTH-PROMOTING FACTOR mom SARCOMA 37 AFTER PASSAGE THROUGH CHICK | |||
Cell Fraction Added Growth of Nerve Fibers Cell Fraction Added Growth of Nerve Fibers None - Mitochondria :1: Whole homogenate + + + + Microsomes + + + + Nuclei - Supernatant — | |||
Practically all the activity resided in the microsomal fraction, which contained approximately 16 per cent of the dry’ weight of the original tumor. In some instances the microsomal fraction showed a somewhat greater activity than the original homogenate. | |||
the activity | The clear reddish pellet of microsomal material may be dispersed in distilled. water and the activity completely sedimented by centrifugation at 100,000 X g for 1 hour. However, in slightly alkaline solutions (pH 9-10) some of the activity remained in the supernatant fluid after centrifugation. At pH 5.6 all the activity in the microsome fraction was precipitated; the precipitate could be redispersed at pH 7.4. | ||
The suspension of microsomes in distilled water could be further fractionated by | The suspension of microsomes in distilled water could be further fractionated by the addition of streptomycin, which precipitates highly polymerized nucleic acids and nucleoproteinsfi Streptomycin sulfate (from stock 0.2 M solution, pH 7.2) was added to a final concentration of 0.02 M. The mixture was allowed to stand for two hours in the cold and then centrifuged for 5 minutes at 8,500 X g. The clear reddish supernatant (containing home-proteins) showed no absorption peak at 260 my and no nerve growth-promoting activity. The precipitated streptomycin-nucleoprotein complex was dispersed in a solution containing 0.2 M sodium bicarbonate and 0.2 M sodium chloride. The streptomycin was then removed by dialysis for 24 hours against 0.2 M sodium bicarbonate and, finally, 24 hours against distilled water. This fraction, containing all the microsomal nucleic acid, possessed practically all the activity of the whole homogenate. The ratio of the absorption peak at 260 my to that at 280 my was 1.61. | ||
the addition of streptomycin, which precipitates highly polymerized nucleic acids | |||
and nucleoproteinsfi Streptomycin sulfate (from stock 0.2 M solution, pH 7.2) | |||
was added to a final concentration of 0.02 M. The mixture was allowed to stand | |||
for two hours in the cold and then centrifuged for 5 minutes at 8,500 X g. The | |||
clear reddish supernatant (containing home-proteins) showed no absorption | |||
peak at 260 my and no nerve growth-promoting activity. The precipitated | |||
streptomycin-nucleoprotein complex was dispersed in a solution containing 0.2 M | |||
sodium bicarbonate and 0.2 M sodium chloride. The streptomycin was then removed by dialysis for 24 hours against 0.2 M sodium bicarbonate and, finally, 24 | |||
hours against distilled water. This fraction, containing all the microsomal nucleic | |||
acid, possessed practically all the activity of the whole homogenate. The ratio of | |||
the absorption peak at 260 my to that at 280 my was 1.61. | |||
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FIGS. 5—8. | FIGS. 5—8. Microphotographs of silver-impregnated sensory ganglia, comparing the effect of the intact tumor with the growth-stimulating effect of the cell-free extract of the same time. Fig. 5, control lumbar ganglion of 7-day embryo combined with heart of check embryo (C); Fig. 6, ganglion combined with two fragments of sarcoma 37 (S); Fig. 7, control ganglion; Fig. 8, ganglion growing in a medium to which the cell-free extract of the tumor was added. | ||
the intact tumor with the growth-stimulating effect of the cell-free extract of the same time. Fig. | |||
5, control lumbar ganglion of 7-day embryo combined with heart of check embryo (C); Fig. 6, | One volume of chloroform was added to 10 volumes of the nucleoprotein solution (in distilled water). After gentle mixing by inversion for 10 minutes, the resulting milky suspension was centrifuged at 8500 X g for 5 minutes, and the clear, somewhat opalescent, supernatant fluid was found to contain from 50 to 100 per cent of the original activity. The solution showed a typical nucleoprotein absorption curve, with a peak at 260 my and a 260 to 280 mu absorption ratio of 1.78. The active material was heat-labile ; the activity was completely destroyed by heating for 5 minutes at 80° C. The material was nondialyzable. When adjusted to pH 9-10, the activity no longer was sedimented in the ultracentrifuge (1 hour at 100,000 X g). This soluble active material could again be precipitated with streptomycin. Our purest preparation contained approximately 3 per cent of the dry weight of the original tumor. It was found to contain 66 per cent protein (as determined by the procedure of Lowry et al.,‘‘ using bovine albumin as-a standard), 26 per cent ribose— nucleic acid (determined by the oricinol procedure,’ using adenosine as a standard) and less than 0.3 per cent desoxyribosenucleic acid (determined by the diphenylamine reaction,’ using desoxyribose as a standard). | ||
ganglion combined with two fragments of sarcoma 37 (S); Fig. 7, control ganglion; Fig. 8, ganglion | |||
growing in a medium to which the cell-free extract of the tumor was added. | |||
The nerve growth-stimulating effects of the intact tumor, when growing in close proximity to a sensory ganglion, are compared in Plate II, Figures 5-8, with the growth-stimulating effects of extracts obtained from these tumors. | |||
Our investigations are now directed toward (a) the further elucidation of the nature of the active material, (b) the duplication of the effect of the growing tumor in the living embryo with the active material isolated from the tumors, and (c) an examination of the metabolic response of the nerve cells under the influence of the growth-promoting agent. | |||
growth- | |||
This work has been supported in part by a grant from the National Institutes of Health of the United States Public Health Service. A preliminary report was presented at the forty-fifth annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research at Atlantic City, April, 1954. | |||
United States Public Health Service. A preliminary report was presented at the forty-fifth annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research at Atlantic City, April, 1954. | |||
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1 E. D. Bueker, Anal. Record, 102, 369-390, 1948 ; R. Levi-Montalcini and V. Hamburger, J. | 1 E. D. Bueker, Anal. Record, 102, 369-390, 1948 ; R. Levi-Montalcini and V. Hamburger, J. Exptl. Zool., 116, 321-362, 1951; R. Levi-Montalcini, Ann. N .Y. Acad. Sci., 55, 330-343, 1952. | ||
Exptl. Zool., 116, 321-362, 1951; R. Levi-Montalcini, Ann. N .Y. Acad. Sci., 55, 330-343, 1952. | |||
2 R. Levi-Montalcini and V. Hamburger, J. Exptl. Zool., 123, 233-288, 1953. | 2 R. Levi-Montalcini and V. Hamburger, J. Exptl. Zool., 123, 233-288, 1953. | ||
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4 W. C. Schneider, J. Biol. Chem., 176, 259-266, 1948. | 4 W. C. Schneider, J. Biol. Chem., 176, 259-266, 1948. | ||
5 S. S. Cohen, J. Biol. Chem., 168, 511-526, 1947; H. Von Euler and L. Heller, Arlciv Kemi, | 5 S. S. Cohen, J. Biol. Chem., 168, 511-526, 1947; H. Von Euler and L. Heller, Arlciv Kemi, 26A, No. 10, 1-16, 1948; R. J. Kutsky, Proc. Soc. Exptl. Biol. M ed., 83, 390-395, 1948. | ||
26A, No. 10, 1-16, 1948; R. J. Kutsky, Proc. Soc. Exptl. Biol. M ed., 83, 390-395, 1948. | |||
5 O. H. Lowry, N. J. Rosebrough, A. L. Farr, and R. J. Randall, J. Biol. Chem., 193, 265-275. | 5 O. H. Lowry, N. J. Rosebrough, A. L. Farr, and R. J. Randall, J. Biol. Chem., 193, 265-275. 1951. | ||
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7 W. C. Schneider, J. Biol. Chem., 161, 293-303, 1945. | 7 W. C. Schneider, J. Biol. Chem., 161, 293-303, 1945. | ||
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Cohen S. Levi-Montalcini R. and Hamburger V. A nerve growth-stimulating factor isolated from sarcomas 37 and 180. (1954) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 40(10):1014-8. PMID: 16589582
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A Nerve Growth-Stimulating Factor Isolated from Sarcomas 37 and 180
By Stanley Cohen, Rita Levi-Montalcini, And Viktor Hamburger
Department Of Zo6Logy, Washington University
Communicated June 29, 1954
A growth-stimulating efiect of mouse sarcomas 37 and 180 on the sensory and sympathetic ganglia of chick embryos has been reported.‘ The response of the ganglia to the transplantation of the tumor into 3- to 4-day chick embryos is characterized by a numerical hyperplasia, a cellular hypertrophy, acceleration of differentiation of the ganglia, and an atypical distribution of nerve fibers. The transplantation of thetumor onto the allantoic membrane” gave evidence for the humoral nature of the agent.
Explantation of the tumor in vitro in close proximity to sensory or sympathetic ganglia resulted in an exceptional outgrowth of nerve fibers.3 The parallelism between the tumor effects. in vivo and in vitro suggested that we are dealing in both instances with the same agent.
We have now found that cell-free homogenates of the tumors can duplicate in tissue culture the efiect of the actively growing tumor. For the assay procedure, hanging-drop preparations were made containing 1/3 plasma (rooster), 1/3 chick extract (5 per cent extract of 10-day chick embryos), and 1/3 of the material to be tested. Saline was used in the controls. Each culture contained a sympathetic ganglion isolated from a 10-day chick embryo. The cultures were observed after 18 hours of incubation at 37° C., and the growth of the fibers was semiquantitatively recorded from 1+ to 4+ (Pl. I, Figs. 1-4). The assay was sensitive to twofold changes in concentration of the active material; smaller changes were not detectable by gross observation of the ganglia.
Preliminary experiments had shown that extracts of sarcomas 37 and 180, which had been grown in the mouse, were almost completely inactive in stimulating the growth of nerve fibers, as were extracts of mouse liver and muscle. However, after passage of the sarcomas through the chick embryo, extracts were invariably effective. The tumor was then routinely obtained by transplantation into the body wall of the 3-day chick embryo. The tumors were allowed to grow for 5-7 days before they were harvested.
PLATE I
FIGS. 1—4. Microphotographs of living sympathetic ganglia after 18 hours of incubation, showing the nerve growth—promoting effect of increasing concentrations of the tumor extract. The chloroform-treated nucleoprotein fraction was used. _ Fig. 1, control; Fig. 2, 0.2 mg/ml (recorded as 1 plus); Fig. 3, 0.4 mg/ml (recorded as 2 plus); (Fig. 4, 0.8 mg/ml (recorded as 4 plus).
The intracellular localization of the growth-promoting material was then investigated. Ten per cent homogenates of the tumor were prepared in isotonic sucrose (0.25 M, pH 7.4), according to the method of Schneider.‘ The procedure for the isolation of nuclear, mitochondrial, microsomal, and supernatant fractions by differential centrifugation was followed, with two modifications. The nuclear and mitochondrial fractions were washed four times with isotonic sucrose, and the microsomal fraction was isolated by centrifugation at 100,000 X g. Each fraction was then made up to the original volume of the homogenate and dialyzed against saline before assaying for its activity. The results are shown in Table 1.
TABLE 1
INTRACELLULAR LOCALIZATION or NERVE GROWTH-PROMOTING FACTOR mom SARCOMA 37 AFTER PASSAGE THROUGH CHICK
Cell Fraction Added Growth of Nerve Fibers Cell Fraction Added Growth of Nerve Fibers None - Mitochondria :1: Whole homogenate + + + + Microsomes + + + + Nuclei - Supernatant —
Practically all the activity resided in the microsomal fraction, which contained approximately 16 per cent of the dry’ weight of the original tumor. In some instances the microsomal fraction showed a somewhat greater activity than the original homogenate.
The clear reddish pellet of microsomal material may be dispersed in distilled. water and the activity completely sedimented by centrifugation at 100,000 X g for 1 hour. However, in slightly alkaline solutions (pH 9-10) some of the activity remained in the supernatant fluid after centrifugation. At pH 5.6 all the activity in the microsome fraction was precipitated; the precipitate could be redispersed at pH 7.4.
The suspension of microsomes in distilled water could be further fractionated by the addition of streptomycin, which precipitates highly polymerized nucleic acids and nucleoproteinsfi Streptomycin sulfate (from stock 0.2 M solution, pH 7.2) was added to a final concentration of 0.02 M. The mixture was allowed to stand for two hours in the cold and then centrifuged for 5 minutes at 8,500 X g. The clear reddish supernatant (containing home-proteins) showed no absorption peak at 260 my and no nerve growth-promoting activity. The precipitated streptomycin-nucleoprotein complex was dispersed in a solution containing 0.2 M sodium bicarbonate and 0.2 M sodium chloride. The streptomycin was then removed by dialysis for 24 hours against 0.2 M sodium bicarbonate and, finally, 24 hours against distilled water. This fraction, containing all the microsomal nucleic acid, possessed practically all the activity of the whole homogenate. The ratio of the absorption peak at 260 my to that at 280 my was 1.61.
PLATE II
FIGS. 5—8. Microphotographs of silver-impregnated sensory ganglia, comparing the effect of the intact tumor with the growth-stimulating effect of the cell-free extract of the same time. Fig. 5, control lumbar ganglion of 7-day embryo combined with heart of check embryo (C); Fig. 6, ganglion combined with two fragments of sarcoma 37 (S); Fig. 7, control ganglion; Fig. 8, ganglion growing in a medium to which the cell-free extract of the tumor was added.
One volume of chloroform was added to 10 volumes of the nucleoprotein solution (in distilled water). After gentle mixing by inversion for 10 minutes, the resulting milky suspension was centrifuged at 8500 X g for 5 minutes, and the clear, somewhat opalescent, supernatant fluid was found to contain from 50 to 100 per cent of the original activity. The solution showed a typical nucleoprotein absorption curve, with a peak at 260 my and a 260 to 280 mu absorption ratio of 1.78. The active material was heat-labile ; the activity was completely destroyed by heating for 5 minutes at 80° C. The material was nondialyzable. When adjusted to pH 9-10, the activity no longer was sedimented in the ultracentrifuge (1 hour at 100,000 X g). This soluble active material could again be precipitated with streptomycin. Our purest preparation contained approximately 3 per cent of the dry weight of the original tumor. It was found to contain 66 per cent protein (as determined by the procedure of Lowry et al.,‘‘ using bovine albumin as-a standard), 26 per cent ribose— nucleic acid (determined by the oricinol procedure,’ using adenosine as a standard) and less than 0.3 per cent desoxyribosenucleic acid (determined by the diphenylamine reaction,’ using desoxyribose as a standard).
The nerve growth-stimulating effects of the intact tumor, when growing in close proximity to a sensory ganglion, are compared in Plate II, Figures 5-8, with the growth-stimulating effects of extracts obtained from these tumors.
Our investigations are now directed toward (a) the further elucidation of the nature of the active material, (b) the duplication of the effect of the growing tumor in the living embryo with the active material isolated from the tumors, and (c) an examination of the metabolic response of the nerve cells under the influence of the growth-promoting agent.
This work has been supported in part by a grant from the National Institutes of Health of the United States Public Health Service. A preliminary report was presented at the forty-fifth annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research at Atlantic City, April, 1954.
References
1 E. D. Bueker, Anal. Record, 102, 369-390, 1948 ; R. Levi-Montalcini and V. Hamburger, J. Exptl. Zool., 116, 321-362, 1951; R. Levi-Montalcini, Ann. N .Y. Acad. Sci., 55, 330-343, 1952.
2 R. Levi-Montalcini and V. Hamburger, J. Exptl. Zool., 123, 233-288, 1953.
3 R. Levi-Montalcini, H. Meyer, and V. Hamburger, Cancer Research, 14, 49-57, 1954.
4 W. C. Schneider, J. Biol. Chem., 176, 259-266, 1948.
5 S. S. Cohen, J. Biol. Chem., 168, 511-526, 1947; H. Von Euler and L. Heller, Arlciv Kemi, 26A, No. 10, 1-16, 1948; R. J. Kutsky, Proc. Soc. Exptl. Biol. M ed., 83, 390-395, 1948.
5 O. H. Lowry, N. J. Rosebrough, A. L. Farr, and R. J. Randall, J. Biol. Chem., 193, 265-275. 1951.
7 W. C. Schneider, J. Biol. Chem., 161, 293-303, 1945.
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