Inducible production of c-fos antisense RNA inhibits 3T3 cell proliferation.

AUTOR(ES)

Holt, J T

RESUMO

Antisense RNA complementary to c-fos mRNA was produced in mouse 3T3 cells by gene transfer techniques. Transcriptional units were constructed consisting of a steroid-inducible mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) promoter, mouse or human 5' c-fos gene fragments in either the sense (5' to 3') or antisense (3' to 5') orientation, and splice and poly(A) signals from the human beta-globin gene. A gene that confers neomycin resistance was included in the vectors to allow isolation of stable transformants. Dexamethasone caused a marked induction of hybrid MMTV-fos-globin RNA. Induction of the hybrid transcript containing antisense c-fos RNA decreased colony formation following DNA transfer and inhibited the proliferation of cells into which the antisense transcriptional unit had been integrated. In contrast, colony formation and cell proliferation were not inhibited by induction of hybrid RNA containing c-fos RNA sequences in the sense orientation. These results indicate that the strategy of generating antisense RNA to inhibit gene expression may be useful in delineating the function of protooncogenes. The c-fos gene product appears to have a required role in normal cell division.

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