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Gromova II, Thomsen B, Razin SV. Different topoisomerase II antitumor drugs direct similar specific long-range fragmentation of an amplified c-MYC gene locus in living cells and in high-salt-extracted nuclei. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1995; 92:102-6. [PMID: 7816796 PMCID: PMC42825 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.92.1.102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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We have analyzed the long-range distribution of topoisomerase II-mediated cleavages induced in an amplified human c-MYC gene locus in the presence of several antitumor agents. The long-range cleavage patterns were found to be nonrandom and similar for all antitumor drugs tested. Cleavages occurred within several kilobase-long areas (approximately 5 kb) highly accessible to topoisomerase II and separated by extended regions (approximately 70-100 kb) of less accessibility, possibly reflecting the mode of DNA organization into loops along the chromosome. Within the cleavage areas, the patterns of cleavage sites showed a certain dependence on the type of drug used for entrapment of topoisomerase II-DNA complexes. Importantly, distribution of cleavage areas in native chromatin and histone-depleted nuclei was very similar, if not identical, suggesting that the primary target of antitumor agents in vivo is topoisomerase II associated with the high-salt-insoluble nuclear matrix. These data show that matrix-attached DNA is preferentially damaged by topoisomerase II-targeting agents, which may be an important cellular event contributing to drug-induced cell death.
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- I I Gromova
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus, Denmark
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We studied the growth characteristics of the insulin-producing HIT cells. Although successful in many cell lines such as βTC1, growth arrest could not be obtained with HIT cells left for 3 days without serum. Cytofluorometric analysis showed that about 24% of the cells continuously exposed to serum peaked in the S phase. A similar proportion was found for cells cultured for 1 or 2 days in serum-free medium. A treatment with suramin, disrupting the binding of ligands from their receptors, was associated with a rapid and transient increase in c-fos and c-jun gene expression after suramin removal, in the absence of serum. In addition, HIT cells secrete mitogenic factors, different from IGF-I or IGF-II, acting on insulin-secreting βTC1 cells and on BP-A31 fibroblasts. Chromatography of the medium conditioned by the HIT cells on gel filtration gave two major mitogenic fractions, of hydrodynamic characteristics 33 000 and 3000-10 000. The activity was heat stable and bound to heparin. Comparative studies of the self-regulatory HIT cells, with the βTC1 cells requiring external growth factors, should contribute significantly to our understanding of the regulation of β cell growth.
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- B Bréant
- INSERM U55, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, 184 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, 75 571, Paris Cedex 12, France
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Kumakura S, Ishikura H, Tsumura H, Hayashi H, Endo J, Tsunematsu T. c-myc protein expression during cell cycle phases in differentiating HL-60 cells. Leuk Lymphoma 1994; 14:171-80. [PMID: 7920226 DOI: 10.3109/10428199409049665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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We examined c-myc protein expression in cell cycle phases during differentiation induction of HL-60 cells by flow cytometry using an indirect immunofluorescence method. In exponentially proliferating HL-60 cells, c-myc protein was expressed in a cell cycle dependent manner. During the differentiation induction of HL-60 cells with dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), c-myc protein was rapidly down-regulated in the G1/0 specific phase prior to the appearance of differentiation associated markers. Our results indicate that c-myc protein functions in the G1/0 specific phase in cellular differentiation, and the rapid down-regulation of c-myc protein in G1/0 phase is closely associated with initial differentiation programs.
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- S Kumakura
- Third Division of Internal Medicine, Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan
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Wechsler AS, Entwistle JW, Ding M, Yeh T, Jakoi ER. Myocardial stunning: association with altered gene expression. J Card Surg 1994; 9:537-42. [PMID: 8069049 DOI: 10.1111/jocs.1994.9.3s.537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Regional and global myocardial ischemia and reperfusion have been demonstrated to induce expression of the stress response protein heat shock 70 (HSP70) and of immediate early genes, c-jun, c-fos, and c-myc. Because of the models that have been utilized, it has not been possible to discriminate whether this response is the consequence of ischemia, reperfusion, or abnormal hemodynamic stress superimposed on stunned myocardium. In a nonworking isolated and blood-perfused rat heart model, we evaluated the mRNAs for c-fos, c-myc, and hsp70. The heart was subjected to varying periods of ischemia and reperfusion. Significant increases in hsp70 and c-fos were observed, which increased with longer periods of ischemia. No significant increase in c-myc was measured. In addition, mRNA encoding the Ca2+/glucose responsive stress protein GRP78 was evaluated. No increase in this early response gene was noted despite the use of a model associated with cellular calcium loading. Based on these observations, we suggest that the induction of hsp70 and c-fos is the consequence of ischemia and reperfusion and not dependent upon an early hypertrophy response such as would be observed in afterload mismatching or on calcium loading. Further investigations are necessary to isolate the effects of ischemia from those of reperfusion.
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- A S Wechsler
- Department of Surgery, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond 23298-0645
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Campbell VW, Davin D, Thomas S, Jones D, Roesel J, Tran-Patterson R, Mayfield CA, Rodu B, Miller DM, Hiramoto RA. The G-C specific DNA binding drug, mithramycin, selectively inhibits transcription of the C-MYC and C-HA-RAS genes in regenerating liver. Am J Med Sci 1994; 307:167-72. [PMID: 8160706 DOI: 10.1097/00000441-199403000-00002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Expression of the c-myc and c-Ha-ras protooncogenes is dramatically increased in regenerating rat liver as an early response to partial hepatectomy. Nuclear runon transcription studies confirm that the increased c-myc and c-Ha-ras mRNA levels in regenerating livers reflect transcriptional activation of these genes. Mithramycin, a G-C specific DNA binding drug, prevents the increased transcriptional activity of c-myc and c-Ha-ras genes after hepatectomy but does not alter the transcriptional activity of the beta-actin gene. Continuous exposure of rats to mithramycin after hepatectomy prevents the increase in both c-myc and c-Ha-ras expression and blocks the increased cellular proliferation characteristic of regeneration. The delayed increase in c-myc and c-Ha-ras gene expression is associated with a delay in cellular proliferation. The inhibition of c-myc and c-Ha-ras transcription by mithramycin, the delay in cellular proliferation, and the ability of mithramycin to prevent protein binding to the c-myc promoter, suggest that the increased expression of these genes is a necessary component of liver regeneration.
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- V W Campbell
- Bolden Laboratory, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Andersson KB, Taskén K, Blomhoff HK. Cyclic AMP downregulates c-myc expression by inhibition of transcript initiation in human B-precursor Reh cells. FEBS Lett 1994; 337:71-6. [PMID: 8276117 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(94)80632-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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In the human pre-B cell line Reh, activation of the cyclic AMP signal transduction pathway induces a rapid, transient 10-fold down-regulation of steady-state c-myc mRNA. We have investigated the mechanisms involved in this cAMP-mediated regulation of c-myc expression. Forskolin did not alter c-myc mRNA stability. Initiation of c-myc transcripts was strongly inhibited after 1 h of forskolin treatment, as measured by nuclear run-on assays. Reinitiation of c-myc transcription was apparent after 3-4 h, and full transcriptional elongation was detected after 8 h of forskolin treatment. These data suggest that cyclic AMP downregulates c-myc expression by inhibition of transcriptional initiation.
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- K B Andersson
- Norwegian Radium Hospital, Department of Immunology, Montebello
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Kharbanda S, Saleem A, Emoto Y, Stone R, Rapp U, Kufe D. Activation of Raf-1 and mitogen-activated protein kinases during monocytic differentiation of human myeloid leukemia cells. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)42193-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Wong FH, Hu CP, Chiu JH, Huang BS, Chang JP, Lin PJ, Chien KY, Chang C. Expression of multiple oncogenes in human esophageal carcinomas. Cancer Invest 1994; 12:121-31. [PMID: 8131089 DOI: 10.3109/07357909409024867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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To study the oncogenesis of human esophageal carcinoma, the expression of a variety of oncogenes was studied in 10 esophageal carcinoma cell lines and 16 pairs of tumor and nontumor tissues removed from patients with esophageal carcinoma. Northern blot analyses using 11 different oncogene probes revealed that 5 oncogenes, i.e. c-myc, c-H-ras, c-sis, c-raf, and c-fos, were expressed. Among them, a variant c-sis mRNA transcript of 2.7 kilobase (kb) was expressed in 7 of 10 cell lines and in 9 of 16 tumor tissues. Furthermore, an overexpression and an amplification of c-myc gene was observed in some cell lines. These results suggest that multiple oncogene expression may be required for the induction, maintenance, and progression of esophageal carcinoma. The expression of a 2.7-kb transcript, of c-sis and overexpression of c-myc gene may play some role in the carcinogenesis of esophageal carcinoma.
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- F H Wong
- Graduate Institute of Microbiology and Immunology National Yang-Ming Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Taskén K, Andersson K, Skålhegg B, Taskén K, Hansson V, Jahnsen T, Blomhoff H. Reciprocal regulation of mRNA and protein for subunits of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (RI alpha and C alpha) by cAMP in a neoplastic B cell line (Reh). J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)49488-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Andersson KB, Deggerdal A, Skjønsberg C, Smeland EB, Blomhoff HK. Constitutive expression of c-myc does not relieve cAMP-mediated growth arrest in human lymphoid Reh cells. J Cell Physiol 1993; 157:61-9. [PMID: 8408242 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1041570108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The Reh cell system is suitable for evaluating events important for control of proliferation independently of mechanisms involved in differentiation, as Reh cells are unable to differentiate. In the human pre-B cell line Reh, activation of adenylate cyclase by forskolin induces a five to tenfold rapid, transient down-regulation of steady-state c-myc RNA within 4 hours. Concurrently, the cells are strongly growth arrested in the G1 phase of the cell cycle. To clarify if the observed growth arrest could be relieved by constitutive expression of c-myc, an exogenous c-myc gene under constitutive promoter control was introduced into Reh cells by electroporation. The c-myc-expressing construct pDMmycHyg contained human c-myc exons 2 and 3 driven by the Mo-MLV LTR and conferred hygromycin resistance. Exogenous c-myc RNA transcripts and protein were constitutively expressed in the transfected clones at levels roughly twice as high as the level in nontransfected cells. Total c-myc protein levels were unchanged upon treatment of transfected clones with forskolin. Yet, the transfected cells were not released from growth arrest. Furthermore, the transfected Reh cells did not differentiate upon forskolin treatment. Constitutive overexpression of c-myc is therefore not sufficient for relieving forskolin-mediated effects on growth arrest in Reh cells.
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- K B Andersson
- Norwegian Radium Hospital, Department of Immunology, Montebello, Oslo
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Resnicoff M, Sell C, Ambrose D, Baserga R, Rubin R. Ethanol inhibits the autophosphorylation of the insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) receptor and IGF-1-mediated proliferation of 3T3 cells. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(20)80610-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Hirvonen H, Hukkanen V, Salmi TT, Pelliniemi TT, Alitalo R. L-myc and N-myc in hematopoietic malignancies. Leuk Lymphoma 1993; 11:197-205. [PMID: 8260894 DOI: 10.3109/10428199309086996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The myc proto-oncogenes encode nuclear DNA-binding phosphoproteins which regulate cell proliferation and differentiation. The c-myc gene is implicated in hematopoietic malignancies on the basis of its frequent deregulation in naturally occurring leukemias and lymphomas. Recent evidence suggests that also the N-myc and L-myc genes may have a role in normal and malignant hematopoiesis. N-myc and to a certain degree L-myc can substitute for c-myc in transformation assays in vitro, and their overexpression can block the differentiation of leukemia cell lines. Immunoglobulin heavy chain enhancer (IgH) -driven overexpression of N-myc or L-myc genes cause lymphatic and myeloid tumors, respectively, in transgenic mice. Furthermore, the L-myc and N-myc genes are expressed in several human leukemias and leukemia cell lines, L-myc predominantly in myeloid and N-myc both in myeloid and in some lymphoid leukemias. All N/L-myc positive leukemias and leukemia cell lines coexpress the c-myc gene, thus exemplifying a lack of negative cross-regulation between the different myc genes in leukemia cells. Taken together, these data suggest that L-myc and N-myc may participate in the growth regulation of hematopoietic cells.
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- H Hirvonen
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Turku, Finland
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Alterations in the c-myc proto-oncogene in colorectal cancer were studied at the level of RNA expression, gene amplification and rearrangements. One hundred cases of colorectal cancer, stratified by Dukes' stage were examined. The level of messenger RNA expression was measured in tumours and matched normal mucosa from the same patient. Between 5 and 400 fold over-expression was found in 66% of tumours. Neither the presence nor the level of over-expression correlated with tumour staging. A significant correlation (P < 0.01) was found between over-expression of c-myc in tumours and the presence of synchronous adenomas elsewhere in the colon. In contrast to other tumours, no rearrangements of the gene were found on Southern analysis of colorectal cancers. Similarly, amplification of the gene was not found in the cancers examined.
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- D R Smith
- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Singapore General Hospital
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Meehan CJ, Krajewski AS, Butcher GW, Smith W, Baird JD. Lymphoma in the BB/E rat: c-myc translocation identified. J Pathol 1993; 170:87-93. [PMID: 8326462 DOI: 10.1002/path.1711700114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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In a prospective necropsy study involving 257 animals in the BB rat colony in Edinburgh, there was an increased incidence of lymphoma (average 10.9 per cent in all three subgroups: 8 per cent in diabetic, 20 per cent in non-diabetic diabetes-prone, and 3.2 per cent in diabetes-resistant rats). The incidence was significantly increased (P < 0.05) in the non-diabetic diabetes-prone subgroup. These results differ markedly from previous results and indicate that the relationship between lymphoma and diabetes is more complex than previously suggested. All the lymphomas bar one involved the ileocaecal nodes and were classified as immunoblastic lymphomas of B-cell origin. There was a striking resemblance both in tissue distribution and in histological classification to the lymphoma seen in the established B-cell lymphoma model, the LOUVAIN rat. Southern blot analysis carried out on the BB rat lymphomas revealed a translocation of variable length involving the c-myc oncogene. Such a translocation has not been demonstrated in the BB rat before.
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- C J Meehan
- University of Edinburgh Department of Pathology, U.K
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Stewart M, Cameron E, Campbell M, McFarlane R, Toth S, Lang K, Onions D, Neil JC. Conditional expression and oncogenicity of c-myc linked to a CD2 gene dominant control region. Int J Cancer 1993; 53:1023-30. [PMID: 8473043 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.2910530628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Over-expression of the c-myc gene is widely implicated in the genesis of lymphoid neoplasia, including tumours of the T-cell lineage. To study the effects of deregulated c-myc expression on T-cell development and oncogenesis, we sought to generate a transgenic mouse model in which c-myc expression was targeted specifically to the T-cell lineage. A plasmid construct containing a dominant control region (DCR) from the human CD2 locus linked 5' to the human c-myc gene was used to generate 2 lines of transgenic mice. Both strains developed thymic lymphoma at low frequency, but thymic development and peripheral T-cell numbers were otherwise apparently normal. Low tumour penetrance was consistent with the observed lack of stable CD2-myc transgene mRNA in tissues of healthy transgenic mice. In contrast, transgene RNA was detected in all malignant tumours as well as in early lymphomatous lesions. RNase protection analyses confirmed these findings and showed that the PI human c-myc promoter was active in all neoplastic tissues but not in the thymus or other tissues of healthy transgenic mice. Despite the low spontaneous tumour incidence, the presence of the transgene markedly and uniformly accelerated the onset of tumours after neonatal infection with Moloney murine leukaemia virus. All tumours were rearranged for T-cell receptor beta-chain genes and were of T-cell origin from their surface phenotype (Thy-1+, CD3+, CD4+/-, CD8+, sIg-). Virus-accelerated tumours contained clonal integrations of Moloney murine leukaemia virus, suggesting that proviral insertional mutagenesis may have played a role in tumour development. Analysis of several candidate myc-cooperating genes failed to reveal any rearrangements apart from a low frequency involving proviral insertion at the pim-1 locus. The CD2-myc mouse should therefore be a valuable system in screening for novel myc-collaborating genes involved in T-cell lymphoma.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Female
- Gene Expression/genetics
- Gene Rearrangement/genetics
- Gene Rearrangement, T-Lymphocyte/genetics
- Genes, Dominant/genetics
- Genes, Immunoglobulin/genetics
- Genes, myc/genetics
- Genetic Linkage/genetics
- Humans
- Leukemia, Experimental/genetics
- Leukemia, Experimental/microbiology
- Leukemia, T-Cell/genetics
- Leukemia, T-Cell/microbiology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/genetics
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/microbiology
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred CBA
- Mice, Transgenic
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Moloney murine leukemia virus
- Phenotype
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics
- T-Lymphocytes/physiology
- Thymus Gland/physiology
- Thymus Neoplasms/genetics
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- M Stewart
- Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Cancer Research Campaign Beatson Laboratories, Bearsden, Glasgow, UK
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Buquet-Fagot C, Fagot D, Mester J. Cell cycle dependent regulation of cdc2 mRNA in mouse fibroblasts: requirement of protein synthesis and of continued mitogenic stimulation. J Cell Physiol 1993; 155:204-9. [PMID: 7682222 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1041550126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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In the chemically transformed mouse fibroblasts (BP-A31) placed in a serum-free medium, the cdc2 mRNA content decreases in parallel with the cessation of [3H]thymidine incorporation. Extinction of the cdc2 gene expression is also observed in BP-A31 cells overexpressing the human c-myc oncogene. At quiescence, the cdc2 gene expression can be reinduced with serum or with other mitogens such as insulin or 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol 13-acetate (TPA). The kinetics of induction is characterized by a lag period which differs according to the mitogen used and reflects the length of the G1 phase (4-6 h with insulin or serum, 9-12 h with TPA). The cdc2 mRNA accumulation is prevented when protein synthesis is blocked with cycloheximide, also if the drug is added at a time when the synthesis of cdc2 mRNA is already under way. Similarly, removal of the mitogen leads to a cessation of the cdc2 mRNA accumulation. These results suggest that the increased expression of the cdc2 gene is mediated by (a) short-lived, growth factor-regulated protein(s).
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Condorelli DF, Dell'Albani P, Amico C, Kaczmarek L, Nicoletti F, Lukasiuk K, Stella AM. Induction of primary response genes by excitatory amino acid receptor agonists in primary astroglial cultures. J Neurochem 1993; 60:877-85. [PMID: 8094745 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1993.tb03232.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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We have characterized the genomic response of astroglial cells to excitatory amino acids by using selective agonists and antagonists for the various receptor subtypes and by analyzing different primary response genes, such as members of the Fos (c-fos and fosB) and Jun (c-jun, junB, and junD) families, zif/268, and c-myc. A rapid and transient elevation of mRNA levels for c-fos, fosB, c-jun, junB, and zif/268 was observed after addition of glutamate to cultured astrocytes, whereas junD and c-myc expression was not affected. The level of AP-1 DNA binding activity, as measured by the electrophoretic mobility shift assay, also increased after addition of glutamate to cultured astrocytes. Glutamate-induced c-fos expression was not affected by the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonists MK-801 and D-2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoate, by the kainate/alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5- methylisoxazole-4-propionate (AMPA) receptor antagonist 6,7-dinitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (DNQX), or by the broad-spectrum antagonist kynurenate. Kainate and AMPA were also effective in inducing primary response gene expression, and their actions were antagonized by kynurenate and DNQX but not by MK-801. 1S,3R-1-Aminocyclopentane-1,3-dicarboxylic acid, a selective agonist for the metabotropic glutamate receptor, induced primary response gene expression, but its action was not antagonized by different glutamate antagonists, including L-2-amino-3-phosphonopropionate. In conclusion, our data suggest that cultured astrocytes express both kainate/AMPA ionotropic receptors and metabotropic receptors coupled to the rapid and coordinated activation of different classes of transcriptional factor genes.
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- D F Condorelli
- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Catania, Italy
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Ottestad L, Andersen TI, Nesland JM, Skrede M, Tveit KM, Nustad K, Børresen AL. Amplification of c-erbB-2, int-2 and c-myc genes in node-negative breast carcinomas. Relationship to prognosis. Acta Oncol 1993; 32:289-94. [PMID: 8100712 DOI: 10.3109/02841869309093597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Primary tumours from 100 Norwegian node-negative breast carcinoma patients were examined for c-erbB-2, int-2, and c-myc proto-oncogene amplification. c-erbB-2, int-2, and c-myc amplification was found in 12.1% (12 of 99), 8.6% (8 of 93), and 1.1% (1 of 89) of the samples respectively. All the c-erbB-2 amplified tumours were of the ductal type, and all the int-2 amplified tumours were oestrogen receptor positive. No other significant or borderline significant associations between gene amplification and clinical or histopathological parameters were found. Relapse occurred more frequently in patients with c-erbB-2 gene amplification (relapse in 33.3% of the patients with c-erbB-2 amplification compared to 20.7% in the non-amplified group), but the difference was not statistically significant, int-2 amplification was not associated with increased risk of relapse, whereas the prognostic value of the c-myc amplification could not be evaluated.
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- L Ottestad
- Department of Medical Oncology, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo
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Lübbert M, Oster W, McCormick F, Mertelsmann R, Herrmann F. Clonal analysis of n-ras gene activation in acute myeloid leukemia. Recent Results Cancer Res 1993; 131:315-27. [PMID: 8210651 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-84895-7_28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- M Lübbert
- Department of Internal Medicine 1, University of Freiburg Medical Center, Fed. Rep. of Germany
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Kvam E, Stokke T, Moan J, Steen HB. Plateau distributions of DNA fragment lengths produced by extended light exposure of extranuclear photosensitizers in human cells. Nucleic Acids Res 1992; 20:6687-93. [PMID: 1480490 PMCID: PMC334587 DOI: 10.1093/nar/20.24.6687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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We have exploited properties of photosensitizers to study an aspect of the packing of chromatin in the cell nucleus. The fluorescent photosensitizers mesotetra(3-hydroxyphenyl) porphyrin and Photofrin II were both localized in the nuclear membrane and other membrane structures, but could not be found inside the nuclei. Light exposure of cells at 1 degrees C in the presence of the sensitizers induced DNA double-strand breaks. The length distributions of DNA fragments were determined by pulsed field gel electrophoresis. Because DNA damage is produced mainly via singlet oxygen diffusing less than 0.1 microns from the sensitizer, DNA double-strand breaks were supposedly produced within this distance of the nuclear membrane. Consistent with this, with prolonged illumination and with increasing concentrations of sensitizer the distribution of DNA fragment lengths reached a plateau level. In contrast, with the hydrophilic, intranuclear sensitizer meso-tetra(4-sulphonatophenyl)porphyrin, no such plateau level was found. The plateau distributions of DNA fragment lengths of different cell types had the same general shape with average fragment lengths ranging from 174 to 194 kilobasepairs. Particular genes, c-myc, fos and p53, were found on broad distributions of photocleaved fragment lengths. The results indicate that on each side of the genes the locus of the chromatin fibre situated close to the nuclear membrane, varied randomly.
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- E Kvam
- Department of Biophysics, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Montebello, Oslo
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Montecucco A, Biamonti G, Savini E, Focher F, Spadari S, Ciarrocchi G. DNA ligase I gene expression during differentiation and cell proliferation. Nucleic Acids Res 1992; 20:6209-14. [PMID: 1475182 PMCID: PMC334506 DOI: 10.1093/nar/20.23.6209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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We have studied the regulation of mammalian DNA ligase I gene by using a cDNA probe in Northern blot experiments with RNA extracted from several cell types in different growth conditions. DNA ligase I mRNA is detected in all analysed cell systems, regardless of their proliferation state, including mature rat neurons. A significant increase in DNA ligase I mRNA level is observed when cells are induced to proliferate, in agreement with the raise of DNA joining activity found in the same cell systems. The increase parallels the start of DNA synthesis, but the messenger remains at high level beyond the end of the S phase and is detected also in the presence of aphidicolin. A decrease in DNA ligase I mRNA is observed in HL-60 and NIH-3T3 cells after differentiation. The high stability of DNA ligase I mRNA in both resting and proliferating human fibroblasts suggests a cell proliferation dependent rate of transcription. On the other hand the presence of a basal level of DNA ligase I in nondividing cells, strongly suggests an involvement of this enzyme in DNA repair. This conclusion is supported by a threefold increase in DNA ligase I observed 24 h after UV irradiation of human confluent primary fibroblasts.
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- A Montecucco
- Istituto di Genetica Biochimica ed Evoluzionistica, CNR, Pavia, Italy
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Diebold J, Arnholdt H, Lai MD, Löhrs U. C-myc expression in early human placenta--a critical evaluation of its localization. VIRCHOWS ARCHIV. B, CELL PATHOLOGY INCLUDING MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY 1992; 61:65-73. [PMID: 1683065 DOI: 10.1007/bf02890406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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A tight association between the expression of the protooncogene c-myc and the proliferation of trophoblast in first trimester human placentae has been reported, supporting the view that c-myc is under close control of the cell cycle. However, this has not been verified in several other cells systems. Therefore we reexamined the exact localization of myc expression at the transcriptional and translational level in 20 first trimester and three term placentae. Myc mRNA and protein was sparse or absent at term but abundant in early gestation placentae. The proliferative cell columns and the villous cytotrophoblast contained the greatest amounts, revealing myc protein in around 60-70% of villous cytotrophoblast cells. Unexpectedly, a considerable fraction of the syncytiotrophoblast nuclei of early placentae (20%) also showed myc expression, and this was particularly evident on the protein level. The myc content estimated by immunohistochemistry decreased with increasing placental maturation. In addition, prominent myc expression was seen in decidual cells, suggesting a paracrine growth regulation of the gestational endometrium. Our findings do not support the notion that myc expression is closely cell cycle-dependent. On the contrary, it appears that in the human placenta, myc expression characterizes the phase of rapid organ development in the first trimester and is not restricted to the proliferative cytotrophoblast.
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- J Diebold
- Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Lübeck, Federal Republic of Germany
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Andreeva M, Markova D, Loidl P, Djondjurov L. Intranuclear compartmentalization of transcribed and nontranscribed c-myc sequences in Namalva-S cells. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1992; 207:887-94. [PMID: 1379916 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1992.tb17121.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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This investigation is centered on the intranuclear localization of transcribed and nontranscribed c-myc sequences in human Namalva-S cells bearing t(8;14) translocation. Southern hybridization showed that the breakpoint in the truncated allele of c-myc lies outside the characteristic 12.8-kbp EcoRI fragment: as Northern analysis indicated, this reorganization induces a high level of c-myc transcription. Following high-salt treatment, EcoRI digestion and centrifugation, isolated nuclei from the same cells are separated into two residual fractions: a heavier P fraction including nuclear matrix structures and a light S fraction representing dehistonized chromatin fibres. Comparative hybridization experiments revealed that the above procedure separates the c-myc sequences between the two fractions. To locate the site of intranuclear c-myc transcription, we performed run-on experiments with two fractions, topologically analogous to the residual P and S fractions but maintaining the original chromatin organization. These experiments indicated that chromatin P fraction harbours actively transcribed c-myc sequences while chromatin S harbours nontranscribed ones. Further experiments have clarified that the transcribed c-myc sequences are firmly bound to the matrix by multiple attachment sites, arranged throughout the entire gene locus. It was found, moreover, that at the site of attachment the interaction between DNA and the matrix components is realized via proteins. Controls with the beta-globin gene, which is constitutively nonexpressed in Namalva-S cells but upon induction is highly expressed in murine erythroleukemia cells, completely confirmed the conclusion we had made for the intranuclear localization of c-myc. Thus the experiments presented here support the more common idea that the transcribed and nontranscribed sequences are precisely compartmentalized.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Blotting, Northern
- Blotting, Southern
- Cell Fractionation
- Cells, Cultured
- Chromatin
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8
- DNA/analysis
- Genes, myc
- Globins/genetics
- Humans
- Mice
- RNA/analysis
- Restriction Mapping
- Transcription, Genetic
- Translocation, Genetic
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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- M Andreeva
- Institute of Molecular Biology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia
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Sebag M, Henderson J, Rhim J, Kremer R. Relative resistance to 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in a keratinocyte model of tumor progression. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)49818-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Gibson JS, Croker BP. Chromatin structure changes suggest a compensatory response to c-myc gene amplification in malignant fibrous histiocytoma. J Cell Biochem 1992; 49:148-56. [PMID: 1328258 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.240490207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Changes in chromatin structure as determined from DNAse I hypersensitive site analysis are associated with c-myc amplification and increased transcript/protein levels in malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) cell lines. A DNAse I hypersensitive site near the PO promoter region was observed in one MFH cell line (UR HCL 1), and in normal fibroblasts (HFF), but not in an MFH cell line with an amplified c-myc gene (P3C). A DNAse I hypersensitive site exclusive to P3C amplified c-myc was identified slightly 3' of exon one. No alterations in c-myc DNAse I hypersensitive site patterns were observed in HFF fibroblasts following serum release, when peak levels of c-myc transcript were induced. DNAse I hypersensitive site patterns associated with gene amplification may reflect a compensatory response by P3C cells to an abundance of c-myc transcript. Furthermore, elevated levels of protein in P3C cells provide additional evidence that amplified c-myc is an oncogene in MFHs.
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- J S Gibson
- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610
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Gunji H, Hass R, Kufe D. Internucleosomal DNA fragmentation during phorbol ester-induced monocytic differentiation and G0/G1 arrest. J Clin Invest 1992; 89:954-60. [PMID: 1541683 PMCID: PMC442943 DOI: 10.1172/jci115677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The treatment of human myeloid leukemia cell lines with phorbol esters, such as 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), is associated with loss of proliferative capacity and induction of monocytic differentiation. The present results demonstrate that treatment of asynchronous human U-937 leukemia cells with 10 nM TPA is also associated with oligonucleosomal DNA cleavage. This pattern of DNA fragmentation, which is observed in programmed cell death, was detectable in populations of TPA-treated cells that had entered a nonproliferative G0/G1 phase. Similar findings were obtained after TPA treatment of a synchronous population of G1 cells. These cells progressed through S and G2/M phases before undergoing internucleosomal DNA cleavage during G0/G1 arrest. These G0/G1 cells displayed characteristics of monocytic differentiation, including down-regulation of c-myc expression and induction of c-fms transcripts. DNA fragmentation was also studied in cells treated with 5 nM TPA for 48 h and then monitored in drug-free long-term culture. Endonucleolytic cleavage was similarly observed in the differentiated G0/G1 population. However, longer periods of culture were associated with a decrease in DNA fragmentation to undetectable levels. This effect was followed by retrodifferentiation and reentry of cells into cycle. Taken together, these findings demonstrate that internucleosomal DNA fragmentation occurs during induction of monocytic differentiation, and that both of these events are detectable in G0/G1 cells.
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- H Gunji
- Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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Chang H, Messner HA, Wang XH, Yee C, Addy L, Meharchand J, Minden MD. A human lymphoma cell line with multiple immunoglobulin rearrangements. J Clin Invest 1992; 89:1014-20. [PMID: 1311715 PMCID: PMC442951 DOI: 10.1172/jci115642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The development of a cell culture system efficient in the establishment of lymphoma cell lines has made it possible to dissect basic biological and molecular aspects of lymphoma cells. We have established a lymphoma cell line from a patient with B cell lymphoma. The cell line has a complex karyotype with translocations involving bands 8q24, 14q32, and 18q21. Molecular analysis revealed that the Myc gene was rearranged; we were unable to demonstrate rearrangement of the Bcl-2 gene. Evaluation of the structure of the heavy chain Ig genes revealed that the cell line carried the same rearrangements as the cells from which the cell line was derived. The pattern of rearrangement, however, was unusual in that there were at least four rearranged bands when DNA cut with HindIII was probed with a fragment of the heavy chain joining region. To further characterize the cell line, subclones were derived. Individual subclones had the same pattern of rearrangement as the parent cell line. The results of these studies provide evidence that multiple rearranged Ig genes may be present in a single clone of cells.
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- H Chang
- Department of Medicine and Medical Biophysics, Ontario Cancer Institute/Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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Oberg F, Nilsson K. Differentiation and activation associated expression of IL-6 and IL-6 receptors in U-937 monocytic cells: relationship to the expression of CD14. Growth Factors 1992; 7:85-96. [PMID: 1380255 DOI: 10.3109/08977199209023940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Activated monocytes play an important role as producers of IL-6 during inflammation and immune response. We show that during monocytic differentiation of U-937 cells, induced by phorbolester (PMA), IL-6 mRNA expression was transiently up-regulated and IL-6 protein was secreted into the medium. In contrast, differentiation induced by VitD3 or Retinoic acid (RA) did not lead to an increase in the IL-6 expression. Thus, IL-6 expression does not seem to be associated with monocyte differentiation per se. However, U-937 cells terminally differentiated by VitD3, rapidly responded to bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced activation by IL-6 expression and secretion. In cells, differentiated by PMA, the IL-6 expression was super-induced after activation by interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and LPS. The capacity of U-937 cells to respond to LPS activation by IL-6 expression was associated with the expression of CD14 and some serum components(s) were a prerequisite for a successful LPS induction. The IL-6R expression was down-regulated during monocytic differentiation of U-937 cells. In the terminally differentiated U-937 cells, the expression of IL-6R could be induced after activation by IFN-gamma and to a lesser extent by LPS, suggesting a mechanism by which activation positively regulates the response to IL-6 in macrophages.
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MESH Headings
- Antigens, CD/biosynthesis
- Antigens, CD/genetics
- Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic/biosynthesis
- Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic/genetics
- Calcitriol/pharmacology
- Cell Differentiation/drug effects
- Cell Line
- Gene Expression/drug effects
- Genes, myc/drug effects
- Humans
- Interferon-gamma/pharmacology
- Interleukin-6/biosynthesis
- Interleukin-6/genetics
- Lipopolysaccharide Receptors
- Lipopolysaccharides/toxicity
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse
- Monocytes
- Receptors, Immunologic/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Immunologic/genetics
- Receptors, Interleukin-6
- Recombinant Proteins/pharmacology
- Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/pharmacology
- Tretinoin/pharmacology
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/pharmacology
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- F Oberg
- Department of Pathology, Uppsala University, University Hospital, Sweden
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Gaforio JJ, Pérez M, Algarra I, Mialdea MJ, Ljunggren HG, Garrido F. Differential mRNA levels of c-myc, c-fos and MHC class I in several clones of a murine fibrosarcoma. Int J Cancer 1991; 49:906-10. [PMID: 1959995 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.2910490618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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We have evaluated the relationship between MHC class-I, c-myc and c-fos proto-oncogene expression in several clones of a methylcholanthrene-induced fibrosarcoma (GR9) which originated in a BALB/c mouse. These clones represent a heterogeneous population and differ markedly with regard to H-2 class-I cell-surface expression, local tumor growth, NK sensitivity and metastatic potential. In the present study we show that cell-surface expression of MHC class-I antigens correlates inversely with levels of c-myc mRNA transcripts. On the other hand, mRNA levels of c-fos are correlated directly with the amount of mRNA of MHC class I. Treatment of the B9 clone with gamma interferon increased mRNA transcription and surface expression of H-2 class-I antigens, while c-myc transcription was simultaneously down-regulated. In contrast, c-fos mRNA levels remained unaltered.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Blotting, Northern
- Clone Cells
- Fibrosarcoma/genetics
- Fibrosarcoma/immunology
- Flow Cytometry
- Genes, MHC Class I
- Genes, fos
- Genes, myc
- H-2 Antigens/analysis
- H-2 Antigens/genetics
- Interferon-gamma/pharmacology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Sarcoma, Experimental/genetics
- Sarcoma, Experimental/immunology
- Transcription, Genetic/drug effects
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- J J Gaforio
- Servicio de Análisis Clínicos e Inmunologia, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Universidad de Granada, Spain
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Bernstein SH, Kharbanda SM, Sherman ML, Stone RM, Kufe DW. Inhibition of protein kinase C is associated with a decrease in c-myc expression in human myeloid leukemia cells. FEBS Lett 1991; 294:73-6. [PMID: 1743296 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(91)81346-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Treatment of human myeloid leukemic cells with phorbol esters such as 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) is associated with activation and then partial down-regulation of protein kinase C activity. Previous work has suggested that the activation of protein kinase C by TPA contributes to the decrease in c-myc expression during differentiation of these cells. The present studies demonstrate that the decline in c-myc mRNA levels following exposure of HL-60 cells to TPA is preceded by an increase in expression of this gene. In contrast, exposure of HL-60 cells to inhibitors of protein kinase C activity is associated with down-modulation of c-myc expression. Similar findings have been obtained in U-937 myeloid leukemia cells. Taken together, these findings suggest that phorbol esters have a biphasic effect on c-myc expression. Whereas the activation of protein kinase C by phorbol esters may be associated with an increase in c-myc gene expression, the subsequent partial down-regulation of kinase activity may initiate a cascade of events resulting in the down-modulation of c-myc expression.
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- S H Bernstein
- Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
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Karmali R, Hewison M, Rayment N, Farrow SM, Brennan A, Katz DR, O'Riordan JL. 1,25(OH)2D3 regulates c-myc mRNA levels in tonsillar T lymphocytes. Immunology 1991; 74:589-93. [PMID: 1783418 PMCID: PMC1384765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The effects of 1,25(OH)2D3 on proliferation, c-myc mRNA levels and 1,25(OH)2D3 receptor expression in activated tonsillar T lymphocytes were studied. Activation of resting T cells with phytohaemagglutinin (PHA) for 72 hr led to an increase in proliferation, c-myc mRNA levels and to induction of 1,25(OH)2D3 receptor expression. However, when activation was carried out in the presence of 1,25(OH)2D3, there was inhibition of PHA-stimulated proliferation and c-myc mRNA levels. Increased cell proliferation, c-myc mRNA expression and 1,25(OH)2D3 receptor number were also observed, albeit to a lesser extent, when T cells were stimulated by phorbol myristate acetate (PMA), anti-CD3 antibody or A23187. However, in these cases 1,25(OH)2D3 was unable to prevent increased proliferation or c-myc mRNA expression. PMA and anti-CD3 used in combination produced similar or greater changes in proliferation, c-myc mRNA levels, 1,25(OH)2D3 receptor expression and responsiveness to the hormone when compared to PHA alone. Thus the inhibition of c-myc expression in activated T lymphocytes by 1,25(OH)2D3 can be related to its anti-proliferative effects. Moreover this inhibition seems to be dependent on the level of 1,25(OH)2D3 receptor expression, which in turn appears to be related to the degree of cell activation.
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- R Karmali
- Department of Medicine, Middlesex Hospital, London, U.K
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Tchang F, Vriz S, Méchali M. Posttranscriptional regulation of c-myc RNA during early development of Xenopus laevis. FEBS Lett 1991; 291:177-80. [PMID: 1936260 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(91)81277-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The remarkable stability of c-myc during oogenesis contrasts with its degradation during the early developmental period in Xenopus laevis. Three evolutionary conserved motifs found in the 3'-untranslated region of Xenopus c-myc RNAs have been analyzed for a possible role in c-myc RNA degradation. No specific degradation was observed when these sequences were cloned downstream of a reporter gene and the corresponding RNAs were injected into fertilized eggs. The relation between polyadenylation and degradation of c-myc mRNA has been examined during early development. c-myc is adenylated during early oogenesis, and a dramatic de-adenylation occurs in full grown oocytes. Consequently, the de-adenylation of c-myc mRNA that occurs in eggs might be a requirement for its degradation after fertilization, but is not sufficient to trigger its degradation.
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- F Tchang
- Institut Jacques Monod, Unité d'Embryologie Moléculaire, Paris, France
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Turpaev KT, Itkes AV, Alexandrova NM, Pokrovskaya OV, Imamova LR, Chernov BK, Kisselev LL. Binding of proteins of HeLa S3 cell extract to oligonucleotides containing the consensus interferon-response sequence (IRS) and to the IRS-containing fragment of the human c-myc gene. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1991; 200:107-11. [PMID: 1715272 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1991.tb21055.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The human c-myc proto-oncogene was recently found to contain a regulatory sequence similar to the consensus interferon-response sequence (IRS) of interferon-activating genes. Binding of regulatory protein(s) to this sequence of cloned fragment of c-myc, lacking the main part of 5'-nontranscribing region, regulates in vitro transcription from I1/I2 initiation sites located in the first intron of the gene. Here, we have shown that HeLa S3 nuclear extract contains different protein factors, at least two, that bind preferentially to the IRS sequence of either the c-myc gene or the interferon-dependent 6-16 gene. Moreover, each of these factors 'cross-binds' to the region of the other gene, although affinity of this interaction is lower. Binding constants of these proteins to oligonucleotide fragments of c-myc and 6-16 genes were determined. In vitro transcription of the human full-length c-myc gene (i.e. the gene containing the complete 5'-noncoding region) initiated from I1/I2 sites, that is controlled by the IRS region, was demonstrated to be blocked. A possible physiological role for the mechanisms described is discussed.
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- K T Turpaev
- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow
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Lømo J, Smeland EB, Stokke T, Holte H, Funderud S, Blomhoff HK. Differential effects of interferon-gamma and low molecular weight BCGF on growth of human B lymphocytes; interferon-gamma prolongs the increased c-MYC mRNA levels after activation. Scand J Immunol 1991; 33:365-73. [PMID: 1902001 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.1991.tb01783.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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We have characterized the growth-stimulating effect of Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) on various parameters of B cell growth, and compared the effects with those of low molecular weight B cell growth factor (lmw BCGF). We have found that IFN-gamma did not affect early changes induced by anti-mu, like initial calcium-flux and rise in mRNA-and protein levels of the proto-oncogene c-myc measured at 3 h. On the other hand, IFN-gamma enhanced the effect of anti-mu on parameters measured later in the G1 phase of the cell cycle, such as expression of the transferrin receptor and general transcriptional activity, measured as an increase in 7-aminoactinomycin D binding. In particular, whereas the c-myc levels in anti-mu-treated cells peaked at 3 h and then gradually declined, IFN-gamma together with anti-mu maintained the c-myc levels at 24 h at approximately the same levels as seen at 3 h. Overall, lmw BCGF had a more potent effect on the parameters affected by IFN-gamma, correlating with stronger enhancement of DNA synthesis. However, in contrast to IFN-gamma lmw BCGF did not affect anti-mu-induced c-myc mRNA levels. Thus this study has revealed differences between two B cell growth factors in effects on B cell cycle parameters.
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- J Lømo
- Institute for Cancer Research, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Olso, Norway
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Duronio V, Huber BE, Jacobs S. Partial down-regulation of protein kinase C reverses the growth inhibitory effect of phorbol esters on HepG2 cells. J Cell Physiol 1990; 145:381-9. [PMID: 1978839 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1041450225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Phorbol ester treatment of HepG2, a human tumorigenic cell line, caused rapid morphological changes characterized by a flattening and spreading of the cells that coincided with a rapid inhibition of thymidine incorporation. Within 24 h, cell division was completely inhibited, suggesting the cells had entered a quiescent state. Continued incubation in the presence of phorbol esters resulted in the resumption of thymidine incorporation and cell division, but this coincided with only a partial down-regulation of PKC activity. Seventy-two hours of treatment was required to obtain down-regulation of greater than 80% of the PKC activity, but reversal of the inhibitory effects occurred between 24 and 48 h after the addition of phorbol esters, when a large proportion of the PKC activity was still present. Northern blot analysis of a number of transcripts showed that the steady-state levels of c-myc and transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) messages increased only after 3 h of phorbol ester treatment and returned to normal levels after 24 h. C-fos, albumin, and alphafetoprotein messages were not affected, suggesting the differentiation state of the cells was not altered. Therefore, phorbol ester activation of PKC causes an inhibition of HepG2 cell growth initially, but this is unlike the promotion of differentiation seen in other systems. Partial down-regulation of PKC activity causes a reversal of the growth inhibition and the cells return to a normal growth rate. This effect is also clearly different from systems in which phorbol esters have been shown to have a mitogenic effect on cells.
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- V Duronio
- Biomedical Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
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Blick M, Bresser J, Lepe-Zuniga JL, Goodacre A, Luethke D, Holder WR, Duvic M. Identification of human immunodeficiency virus hybridizing sequences in the peripheral blood of a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. J Am Acad Dermatol 1990; 23:641-5. [PMID: 2229492 DOI: 10.1016/0190-9622(90)70266-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Systemic lupus erythematosus, a multisystemic disorder, is considered a prototype of the autoimmune diseases. Although its cause remains unknown, a viral etiology has been proposed. We report that a rapid and sensitive messenger RNA in situ hybridization technique detected hybridizing sequences to the human immunodeficiency virus type in the peripheral blood cells of a woman with systemic lupus erythematosus in whom the presence of acquired immuno-deficiency syndrome was reasonably excluded.
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- M Blick
- Department of Clinical Immunology and Biological Therapy, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
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Bréant B, Lavergne C, Rosselin G. Cell cycle and gene expression in the insulin producing pancreatic cell line beta TC1. Diabetologia 1990; 33:586-92. [PMID: 1701744 DOI: 10.1007/bf00400201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The pancreatic cell line beta TC1, established from insulinomas of transgenic mice carrying a hybrid insulin-promoted large T antigen gene, has retained several characteristics of normal cells, including the insulin content and inducibility of insulin secreting by glucose. We show here that the growth of beta TC1 cells is arrested in low serum-concentration medium. Cells exposed for three days to 0.25% fetal calf serum ceased to incorporate [3H]thymidine but were still able to resume the cell division cycle upon addition of serum. In this cell line, we have determined by cytofluorometry the cell cycle kinetic parameters to be of 21 h, 10 h 30 min and 12 h for the G1, S and G2/M phases, respectively. Quiescent beta TC1 cells constitutively expressed the protooncogene c-jun that codes for the transcriptional factor AP1, as well as cdc2, another cell cycle-related gene. A large transient increase in the expression of the c-fos gene was obtained rapidly, 30 min after addition of serum and a similar increase in c-jun expression after one hour. Expression of the cdc2 gene was also enhanced to a lesser extent. The same effects were also observed in the presence of cycloheximide, thus proving that the expression of these three genes is directly stimulated by serum growth factors. Consequently, quiescent beta TC1 cells provide a good model for studying the short- and long-term effects of growth factors on Beta-cell proliferation.
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- B Bréant
- Unité INSERM 55, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
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Cabañas C, Sanchez-Madrid F, Aller P, Yague E, Bernabeu C. Phorbol esters induce differentiation of U-937 human promonocytic cells in the absence of LFA-1/ICAM-1-mediated intercellular adhesion. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1990; 191:599-604. [PMID: 1975240 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1990.tb19163.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Intercellular adhesions which occur during the mononuclear phagocyte differentiation are predominantly mediated by the lymphocyte-function-associated antigen-1 (LFA-1) family and the intercellular-adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) which is a ligand for LFA-1. Thus, differentiation of U-937 promonocytic cells induced by phorbol esters occurs concomitantly with intercellular LFA-1/ICAM-1-dependent cluster formation. Since these homotypic adhesions can be inhibited by monoclonal antibodies (mAb) directed to either LFA-1 or ICAM-1, we have analyzed whether the lack of cell-cell adhesions impairs the differentiation process. Treatment of U-937 cells with the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate in the presence of mAb to LFA-1 or ICAM-1 antigens yielded cells free from homotypic adhesions but differentiated as evidenced by their decreased proliferation and enhanced capacity for generation of superoxide anion. In addition, expression of the CD11c antigen was increased, whereas the transferrin receptor disappeared from the cell surface. Vimentin gene transcription was also greatly augmented as opposed to a clear diminution in the levels of c-myc and ornithine decarboxylase transcripts. These results clearly demonstrate that phorbol esters can induce differentiation of monocytic cells independently of cell-cell adhesion.
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- C Cabañas
- Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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Botteri FM, Ballmer-Hofer K, Rajput B, Nagamine Y. Disruption of cytoskeletal structures results in the induction of the urokinase-type plasminogen activator gene expression. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)38302-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Alexandrova NM, Itkes AV, Imamova LR, Chernov BK, Tulchinsky EM, Ulyanov NB, Kisselev LL. Human c-myc gene contains a regulatory site similar to consensus of interferon response sequence (IRS). FEBS Lett 1990; 265:67-70. [PMID: 2194833 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(90)80885-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Expression of c-myc proto oncogene is regulated by multiple mechanisms. Here, we report that the consensus of the regulatory region of interferon-dependent genes, GGAAAN1-3 GAAA, was found after computer search in the 5'-terminal flank of human c-myc gene in position (-76:-67). In vitro transcription of c-myc gene fragments showed that the consensus region competes with oligonucleotide GGGAAAATGAAACT for binding to specific protein(s). This oligonucleotide was shown to bind selectively the interferon-dependent positive transcription factor. Transcription of c-myc fragments lacking 5'-terminal region up to positions -101 or +71 was initiated at two sites located in the first intron. These sites did not coincide with P1 in vivo RNA cap-site. Binding of the protein factor(s) to the regulatory region of c-myc gene -76:-67 blocked the in vitro transcription initiated in the first intron.
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- N M Alexandrova
- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow
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The myc oncoproteins are expressed in a wide range of normal adult and embryonic tissues. They are also found to be over-expressed in a variety of tumor types. All myc proteins are short-lived nuclear phosphoproteins thought to act as regulatory components of cell proliferation. The rapid induction of c-myc mRNA and protein following the addition of growth factors to quiescent cells, together with the short half-life of these molecules, suggests that they are sensitive and continuous indicators of external stimuli, consistent with a role in signal transduction. Furthermore, in untransformed cells, c-myc protein expression is tightly regulated, at least in part, by a mechanism of autoregulation. Deregulated expression of myc genes is a frequent observation in tumors and may lead to a cell becoming independent of one or more growth factors, with the concomitant potential for uncontrolled proliferation. Although the precise functions of the myc proteins are unknown, they all bear the hallmarks of multimeric DNA-binding proteins probably involved in the regulation of expression of specific genes.
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Roosnek E, Tunnacliffe A, Lanzavecchia A. T cell activation by a bispecific anti-CD3/anti-major histocompatibility complex class I antibody. Eur J Immunol 1990; 20:1393-6. [PMID: 2142461 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830200627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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A bispecific anti-CD3/anti-major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I antibody (Ab) that is able to activate human T cells in the absence of a second signal has been used to compare activation by this Ab to signaling by anti-CD3 Ab or by antigen (Ag). We have studied early, intermediate and late events that occur after triggering of a tetanus toxoid-specific T cell clone. While bivalent anti-CD3 Ab induce transient (less than 20 min) intracellular Ca2+ concentration increases, the bispecific Ab, like antigen-presenting cells plus Ag, produces sustained (greater than 2 h) elevated intracellular Ca2+ concentration. In addition, while the anti-CD3 Ab only induces low levels of c-myc mRNA lasting less than 3 h, the bispecific Ab induces high levels which are maintained for at least 8 h after triggering. Late events, such as interleukin 2 receptor expression and proliferation, occurring more than 20 h after activation, were seen only when T cells were stimulated by bispecific Ab or by antigen-presenting cell and Ag. Cells activated by linking T cell receptor (TcR)/CD3 to MHC class I antigens could not be activated by cross-linking the MHC and TcR/CD3 structures separately. Therefore, we propose that the bispecific Ab functions by modifying the membrane dynamics of the TcR/CD3 complex, rather than by the generation of a second signal through class I antigens.
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- E Roosnek
- Basel Institute for Immunology, Basel, Switzerland
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Smeland EB, Holte H, Kiil Blomhoff H, Asheim HC, Stokke T, Torjesen P, Funderud S. Inhibition of polyphosphoinositide breakdown and c-myc induction accompanying inhibition of human B-cell activation by two monoclonal antibodies against the leucocyte common antigen (CD45). Scand J Immunol 1990; 31:583-91. [PMID: 1693226 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.1990.tb02809.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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In this report we show that the two monoclonal anti-CD45 antibodies, EO-1 and FN-126, potently inhibit G0 to G1 transition and S phase entry in human B cells stimulated with anti-mu and low molecular weight B-cell growth factor. Both antibodies were found to inhibit anti-mu-induced inositol phospholipid breakdown and c-myc mRNA induction. In contrast, EO-1 and FN-126 only partially inhibited the early anti-mu-induced increase in cytoplasmic Ca2+ levels, both in normal and in Ca2(+)-depleted medium. B-cell activation provoked by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA) was not inhibited by these antibodies, except when using high concentrations of EO-1. In addition, both antibodies were found to inhibit G1 entry induced by the anti-CD20 antibody 1F5, which confers an activation of B cells without any detectable increase in [Ca2+]i or in phospholipid metabolism. This indicates that alternative mechanisms in addition to the inhibition of polyphosphoinositide (PI) breakdown are involved in the inhibitory action of these antibodies.
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- E B Smeland
- Department of Pathology, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo
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Maroder M, Martinotti S, Vacca A, Screpanti I, Petrangeli E, Frati L, Gulino A. Post-transcriptional control of c-myc proto-oncogene expression by glucocorticoid hormones in human T lymphoblastic leukemic cells. Nucleic Acids Res 1990; 18:1153-7. [PMID: 2320412 PMCID: PMC330429 DOI: 10.1093/nar/18.5.1153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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We have studied the regulation of the human c-myc proto-oncogene by glucocorticoid hormones in T lymphoblastic leukemic cells. A significant decrease (50%) of the steady state levels of c-myc mRNA was observed as early as 3 h after dexamethasone treatment of CEM-1.3 human lymphoma cells, reaching less than 5% values, with respect to untreated cells, 24 h after hormone administration. Nuclear run-on experiments showed no modifications of the transcriptional rate from the first exon. However, a slight decrease (15%) of the transcript elongation from the first exon/first intron boundary was observed in the dexamethasone-treated cells. Using actinomycin D to block gene transcription, we have observed a significant increase in the rate of c-myc RNA specific decay after dexamethasone treatment. Furthermore, cycloheximide was able to overcome completely the dexamethasone-induced down-regulation of the c-myc gene expression. Our data suggest that dexamethasone is able to inhibit human c-myc gene expression primarily at the post-transcriptional level, through the synthesis of hormone-induced regulatory protein(s) controlling c-myc transcript stability.
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- M Maroder
- Department of Experimental Medicine, University La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
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Nakamura T, Kharbanda S, Spriggs D, Kufe D. Effects of dexamethasone on induction of monocytic differentiation in human U-937 cells by dimethylsulfoxide. J Cell Physiol 1990; 142:261-7. [PMID: 2406276 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1041420207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The present studies demonstrate that dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) treatment of human U-937 myelomonocytic leukemia cells is associated with induction of monocytic differentiation. The DMSO-induced U-937 monocytic phenotype was associated with 1) growth inhibition, 2) loss of clonogenic survival, 3) increases in alpha-naphthyl acetate esterase (NSE) staining, and 4) increases in cell surface expression of the monocyte marker Mac-1. DMSO treatment of U-937 cells was also associated with down-regulation of c-myc and c-myb gene expression as well as with increases in tumor necrosis factor (TNF) mRNA levels. The results further demonstrate that induction of U-937 monocytic differentiation by DMSO is accompanied by increases in phospholipase A2 activity. Moreover, this stimulation of phospholipase A2 was sensitive to dexamethasone. We therefore studied the effects of dexamethasone on DMSO-induced differentiation of U-937 cells. Although dexamethasone had no effect on growth inhibition or loss of clonogenic survival by DMSO, this glucocorticoid blocked increases in NSE staining and cell surface Mac-1 expression. Dexamethasone also had no effect on the down-regulation of c-myc and c-myb expression but blocked the reappearance of c-myb transcripts after 6 hr of DMSO treatment. Finally, dexamethasone inhibited DMSO-induced increases in TNF gene expression. Taken together, the results demonstrate that dexamethasone inhibits multiple characteristics, including the stimulation of phospholipase A2 activity, associated with DMSO-induced monocytic differentiation of U-937 cells.
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- T Nakamura
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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Guillem JG, Levy MF, Hsieh LL, Johnson MD, LoGerfo P, Forde KA, Weinstein IB. Increased levels of phorbin, c-myc, and ornithine decarboxylase RNAs in human colon cancer. Mol Carcinog 1990; 3:68-74. [PMID: 1693276 DOI: 10.1002/mc.2940030204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Our previous work on protein kinase C (PKC) and colon cancer has shown altered levels of PKC activity in human colon tumors, as well as activation of PKC by colon tumor promoters such as bile acids. To understand further the role of PKC in colon carcinogenesis, we analyzed the expression of phorbin, a gene induced by PKC activation, in a series of different stages of human colon tumors. As shown by northern blot analyses of poly (A)+ RNA, higher levels of phorbin RNA were seen in 26 colon tumor samples than in their adjacent normal colonic mucosa. There also appeared to be a correlation between the abundance of phorbin RNA in the tumors and the extent of invasion (tumor-to-normal tissue phorbin RNA ratio = 4.2, 8.0, and 11.9 for Dukes' A, B, and C, respectively). Phorbin RNA was also abundant in a human colon cancer line (HT29). We also examined the expression of other mitogen-responsive genes (c-myc, ODC, and beta-actin) in a set of 19 colon tumor samples. All tumors displayed significant (mean 3.8-fold) increases in the level of c-myc RNA compared with their adjacent normal colonic mucosa. About 47% and 16% of these tumor samples also showed increased levels of ODC (mean 3.1-fold) and beta-actin (mean 1.6-fold) RNA, respectively. The increased levels of c-myc, ODC, and beta-actin RNA did not correlate with the extent of tumor invasion. Taken together, these results demonstrate that human colon tumors usually display increased levels of both phorbin and c-myc RNAs. The marked increases in phorbin RNA suggest that this could serve as a useful biomarker in studies on human colon cancer.
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- J G Guillem
- Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University, New York, New York
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Lombardi L, Grignani F, Sternas L, Cechova K, Inghirami G, Dalla-Favera R. Mechanism of negative feed-back regulation of c-myc gene expression in B-cells and its inactivation in tumor cells. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 1990; 166:293-301. [PMID: 2073809 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-75889-8_36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- L Lombardi
- Department of Pathology, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032
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Mata F, Rius C, Cabañas C, Bernabeu C, Aller P. S-phase inhibitors induce vimentin expression in human promonocytic U-937 cells. FEBS Lett 1989; 259:171-4. [PMID: 2599104 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(89)81521-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The administration of hydroxyurea (3 x 10(-4) M) and cytosine arabinoside (10(-7) M) greatly induces the expression of the vimentin gene in human promonocytic leukemia U-937 cells. The induction takes place at both the mRNA and protein levels, as demonstrated by Northern blot, immunoblot and immunofluorescence assays. On the contrary, the drugs inhibit the expression of c-myc and ornithine decarboxylase, and do not modify significantly the expression of beta-actin. Since hydroxyurea and cytosine arabinoside trigger the phenotypic differentiation of U-937 cells, as demonstrated by the induction of the differentiation-specific CD11b and CD11c antigens, it is concluded that vimentin expression might be implicated in the maturation of these cells.
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- F Mata
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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Moerkerk PT, Kessels HJ, ten Kate J, de Goeij AF, Bosman FT. Southern and dot blot analysis of DNA from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue samples from colonic carcinomas. VIRCHOWS ARCHIV. B, CELL PATHOLOGY INCLUDING MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY 1989; 58:351-5. [PMID: 1971130 DOI: 10.1007/bf02890091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Two extraction methods for the isolation of DNA from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue samples from colonic carcinomas were compared. The processed DNAs were compared with DNAs from fresh specimens of the same tumors. The two extraction methods gave similar results. Formalin-fixation and paraffin-embedding irreversibly denatured DNA and consequently decreased the extraction yield and interfered with the quantitative measurement of DNA. Southern blot and dot blot analysis of processed and native DNA was performed using a c-myc and an actin probe. The results show that for Southern analysis processed DNA can be used but, due to the generation of random breaks, the restriction fragments have to be small. Furthermore, the fixation-induced crosslinking of DNA appears to hamper hybridization. For these reasons processed DNA can be analyzed better by dot blot rather than Southern blot hybridization.
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- P T Moerkerk
- Department of Pathology, University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Locker J, Nalesnik M. Molecular genetic analysis of lymphoid tumors arising after organ transplantation. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 1989; 135:977-87. [PMID: 2556930 PMCID: PMC1880507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A variety of gene analyses were performed on lymphoid tumors from transplant patients who received cyclosporine A for immunosuppression. Epstein-Barr virus DNA was detected in the tumors, and the structure of circular episomal virus DNA was used as a measure of cell clonality. This analysis was correlated with clonality determined by study of immunoglobulin gene rearrangement. Some of the tumors had DNA rearrangements near the c-myc gene. Analysis suggested the pathogenesis of the tumors and indicated four categories of lymphoproliferation, three neoplastic and one reactive.
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- J Locker
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Presbyterian-University Hospital, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
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