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Adipose conversion of 3T3-L1 cells in a serum-free culture system depends on epidermal growth factor, insulin-like growth factor I, corticosterone, and cyclic AMP.
A culture system for 3T3-L1 preadipocytes based on a serum-free chemically defined medium containing fetuin, transferrin, and pantothenate is described. In this system, adipose conversion depends on the following conditions. 1) In the presence of high insulin concentrations (1 microM), addition of corticosterone together with 1-methyl-3-isobutylxanthine (MIX) for not more than the first 4 days after confluence to the culture medium induces maximal adipose conversion within 12-14 days. MIX may be replaced by forskolin or permeable analogues of cAMP, indicating that its effect is due to elevated cellular cAMP levels. 2) At low insulin concentrations (1 nM), adipose conversion is reduced. Growth hormone or insulin-like growth factor I together with epidermal growth factor have to be present as a medium supplement together with corticosterone and MIX to get maximal adipose conversion. 3) The induction of adipose conversion by corticosterone and MIX in the presence of either high insulin concentrations or insulin-like growth factor I together with epidermal growth factor is accompanied by post-confluent mitoses. Inhibitors of DNA replication markedly reduce adipose conversion. Fibroblast growth factor and platelet-derived growth factor, although acting as potent mitogens on 3T3-L1 cells, do not support adipose conversion induced by corticosterone and MIX.
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