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Differential purification of autocrine motility factor derived from a murine protein-free fibrosarcoma

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We have previously shown that a protein-independent growing fibrosarcoma, Gc-4 PF has a high motile response to its cultured medium, which is associated with an increase in expression of gp78, a cell surface receptor for autocrine motility factor (AMF). Here we show that the cultured medium contains two motile activities, acidic and basic AMFs with regard to binding features on ion exchange chromatography. These two AMFs were purified by sequential DEAE anion exchange, CM cation exchange, and gel filtration chromatographies. However, both acidic and basic AMFs have a similar size of 55 kDa and 65 kDa under non-reducing and reducing conditions, respectively, with the same pI of 6.5. The stimulated motility of both AMFs was inhibited by the pertussis toxin (PT), but not byStreptomyces hyaluronidase. These two AMFs significantly stimulated the lung colonizing properties of the self-producing cells by 1.5-fold. These results suggest that both acidic and basic AMFs may correspond to the previously reported AMF and confirm directly that the AMF-gp78 signaling pathway is involved in cell motility associated with metastatic property.

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Watanabe, H., Kanbe, K. & Chigira, M. Differential purification of autocrine motility factor derived from a murine protein-free fibrosarcoma. Clin Exp Metast 12, 155–163 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01753982

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