RIBOZYMES DESIGNED TO INHIBIT TRANSFORMATION OF NIH3T3 CELLS BY THE ACTIVATED C-HA-RAS GENE

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作者
KOIZUMI, M [1 ]
KAMIYA, H [1 ]
OHTSUKA, E [1 ]
机构
[1] HOKKAIDO UNIV,FAC PHARMACEUT SCI,SAPPORO,HOKKAIDO 060,JAPAN
关键词
HAMMERHEAD RIBOZYME; SELF-CLEAVING RNA; ANTISENSE RNA; GENE REGULATION;
D O I
10.1016/0378-1119(92)90727-7
中图分类号
Q3 [遗传学];
学科分类号
071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
We have designed hammerhead ribozymes that cleave c-Ha-ras mRNA mutated at codon 12 (GGU --> GUU). Plasmids containing the ribozyme-encoding genes were expressed under the control of the long terminal repeats of Rous sarcoma virus in NIH3T3 cells transfected with the activated c-Ha-ras gene. These ribozymes were found to inhibit formation of foci (by about 50%) by cleaving the oncogene mRNA, rather than by hybridizing to it. Furthermore, when the activated c-Ha-ras gene was cotransfected with the ribozyme-encoding gene, three morphologically flat colonies were found and isolated. We also found that expression of c-Ha-ras was suppressed in cells containing ribozymes.
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