人类瘤衍生细胞系含有共同的和不同的转化基因
M Perucho1, M Goldfarb, K Shimizu
1Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York 11724.
Cell
|December 1, 1981
概括
人类瘤细胞DNA可以转化小鼠细胞,揭示至少三种不同的致癌基因. 这些发现表明重叠致癌途径的独立起源,推动了瘤发生研究.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
背景情况:
- 培养的人类瘤细胞系是研究癌症发展的关键模型.
- 识别负责细胞转换的基因是理解瘤发生的关键.
研究的目的:
- 为了选人类瘤细胞系的DNA,能够诱导NIH/3T3小鼠细胞的转化.
- 为了识别和描述这些瘤系中存在的特定的人类转化基因.
主要方法:
- 对人类瘤细胞系DNA进行查,以在NIH/3T3细胞中诱导转化.
- 限制内核酶消化以分析DNA片段.
- 在转变的小鼠细胞中检测人类DNA序列,以确认人类基因起源.
主要成果:
- 五个人类瘤细胞系证明了改变NIH/3T3细胞的能力.
- 在这五个细胞系中,至少发现了三种不同的人类转化基因.
- 三个细胞系的一个子集 (两个肺,一个结肠癌) 转移了相同或密切相关的转化基因.
结论:
- 人类瘤DNA含有能够诱导不同物种细胞转变的基因.
- 存在多个不同的转变基因表明癌症中存在多种不同的遗传事件.
- 在瘤发生过程中,重叠的途径可能会独立出现,从而为癌症异质性提供了洞察力.
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