Folate receptor allows cells to grow in low concentrations of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate.
- 1 July 1992
- journal article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 89 (13) , 6006-6009
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.89.13.6006
Abstract
The folate receptor mediates the uptake of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate in certain cultured cells by a process called potocytosis. When these cells are grown in physiological concentrations of folate, the receptor increases the efficiency of vitamin uptake by 30-fold. We now show that PAM 212 cells, a mouse keratinocyte cell line, are unable to grow in 1 nM 5-methyltetrahydrofolate unless they express a functional folate receptor. These results suggest that under certain conditions, tissue cells in the body may depend on the folate receptor to obtain enough 5-methyltetrahydrofolate for growth.Keywords
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