METHIONINE-INDEPENDENCE, TUMORIGENICITY AND ONCOGENE EXPRESSION OF RAT HEPATOCARCINOMA CELLS

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作者
CASSINGENA, R [1 ]
LAFARGEFRAYSSINET, C [1 ]
PAINCHAULT, V [1 ]
ESTRADE, S [1 ]
NARDEUX, P [1 ]
FRAYSSINET, C [1 ]
机构
[1] INST RECH SCI CANC, PATHOL CELLULAIRE LAB, PLURIDISCIPLINAIRE RECH CANC LAB, F-94801 VILLEJUIF, FRANCE
关键词
hepatocarcinoma; methionine deficiency; oncogenes; tumorigenicity;
D O I
10.1016/0248-4900(90)90337-3
中图分类号
Q2 [细胞生物学];
学科分类号
071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
Methionine-dependent (Met-Hcy+) revertant sublines were isolated from a methionine-independent (Met+Hcy-) rat hepatocarcinoma cell line (LF). Characterization of these sublines has shown that long-term culture in methionine-deprived medium significantly decreases their ability to grow in vitro, their tumorigenicity in new-born syngeneic animals and their level of transcription of 3 oncogenes (c-Ki-ras, c-Ha-ras, c-myc) involved in hepatic growth. These data strongly support a relationship between methioninedependence and ability to grow in vivo as tumors. A shift in methionine-supplemented medium for several cell generations of the various sublines grown in methionine deprived medium, has revealed that under these conditions, the cells maintain a diminished in vitro growth and tumorigenic capacity, despite an increased transcription of c-Ki-ras, c-Ha-ras and c-myc. This points out the complexity of the relationship between the level of activity of some oncogenes and the expression of the malignant phenotypes. © 1990.
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页码:113 / 118
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