Treatment of 10T1/2 cells with promoting phorbol ester drastically enhanced migration of the studied fibroblasts in a serum-supplemented medium. The same cells when exposed to ionomycin or TPA in a serum-free medium did not show any migration. The addition of 1% of serum induced spontaneous and TPA stimulated migration. Also EGF and PDGF separately or together induced the migration of 10T1/2 cells. Parallel studies of protein kinase C documented low enzymatic activity after treatment with TPA, whereas transcripts of PKC were shown independently of TPA treatment.