To explore the mechanism of mitogenic effect of aFGF on vascular endothelialcell(EC) and smooth muscle cell(SMC)
the ~125I-acid fibroblast growth factor (aFGF)was used as radioligand. The radioassay was applied to detect the expression of aFGFreceptor of vascular EC and SMC. The results showed that the specific binding sitesand affinity of aFGF receptor in EC and SMC increased significantly in exponentproliferating phase vs quiescent phase and aFGF mediated cellular response bybinding and activation of specific high-affinity cell surface receptor.