Fetuin, Fetal Bovine Serum

Fetuin, Fetal Bovine Serum is a glycoprotein from fetal bovine serum, which is often an important supplement to many serum-free media. Bovine fetuin preparation has inhibited trypsin activity and promote cellular attachment, growth, and differentiation in many different culture systems ^[1]. Fetuins are established as a family within the cystatin superfamily ^[2].

Fetuin, Fetal Bovine Serum had activity on the S3 strain of HeLa cells for promoting cell attachment and stretching (flattening) on the glass ^[3]. Fetuin, Fetal Bovine Serum preparations stimulated the growth of a variety of mammalian cells from different species. Fetuin, Fetal Bovine Serum (30- 960 µg/ml) stimulated the growth of Hela cell ^[4]. The nuclei of the LNCaP cells that had been incubated with the Fetuin, Fetal Bovine Serum showed the characteristics of apoptosis ^[5].

Fetuin, Fetal Bovine Serum enhanced survival rate by up to 141% in the P388 leukemia model. In the PC-3 prostate cancer animal model, fetuin (50 mg/kg) seems to completely inhibit the formation of prostate cancer in mice ^[5].

References:
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[5]. Yu C L, Tsai M H. Fetal fetuin selectively induces apoptosis in cancer cell lines and shows anti-cancer activity in tumor animal models[J]. Cancer letters, 2001, 166(2): 173-184.