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Methods for Evaluating the Role of c-Fos and Dusp1 in Oncogene Dependence
Published on: January 7, 2019
Enhanced expression of the protooncogenes c-myc and c-fos in normal and malignant renal growth
S Vamvakas1, D Bittner, U Köster
1Institut für Toxikologie, Universität Würzburg, Germany.
Abstract:
The protooncogenes c-myc and c-fos play an important role in growth and differentiation of renal tissue. They are highly expressed during embryogenesis in the mitotically active tubule epithelium, while in terminally differentiated tubule cells of the kidney the expression is completely shut off. Furthermore, induction of cell proliferation in cultured renal cells by addition of growth factors is preceded by enhanced expression of c-myc and c-fos. Increased expression of these protooncogenes is also obtained by treatment of kidney cells in culture with the potent nephrocarcinogen N-dimethylnitrosamine and also with the nephrotoxin and possibly nephrocarcinogen S-(1,2-dichlorovinyl)-L-cysteine. Finally, the expression of c-myc and c-fos is induced after unilateral nephrectomy during compensatory renal growth in the remaining kidney and also during regenerative cell proliferation after in vivo application of the strong nephrotoxins folic acid and mercury chloride.
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