Relationship between production of epidermal growth factor receptors, gene amplification, and chromosome 7 translocation in variant A431 cells

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Abstract
Synthesis of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor has been analyzed in a series of variant A431 human epidermoid carcinoma cell clones reported to contain different amounts of EGF binding sites. The amount of EGF receptor protein, quantitated by immunoaffinity chromatography, and EFG receptor mRNA, quantitated by cDNA hybridization, were closely correlated to the extent of EGF receptor gene amplification. This correlation existed in variants selected for reduced EGF receptors and in revenants from those variants with increased EGF receptors. There was also a correlation between the frequency of translocation of chromosome 7, containing the EGF receptor gene, and EGF receptor protein. These results support gene amplification as the mechanism enhancing A431 cell EFG receptor protein and determining growth responses.