Reversible abrogation of IL-3 dependence by an inducible H-ras oncogene.

AUTOR(ES)

Andrejauskas, E

RESUMO

Immortalized, interleukin-3 (IL-3)-dependent mouse mast cells (PB-3c) were transfected with a human activated c-H-ras gene under the transcriptional control of the mouse mammary tumor virus long terminal repeat. Addition of increasing amounts of dexamethasone resulted in a concentration-dependent increase in expression of the H-ras oncogene. The elevation of p21 ras protein concentrations was paralleled by progressive growth of the transfectants in the absence of exogenous IL-3, leading to complete abrogation of growth-factor requirement at high p21ras levels. The maintenance of the IL-3-independent state required the continuous expression of the H-ras oncogene, since dexamethasone removal was followed by rapid cell death. Expression of the H-ras oncogene induced PB-3c cells to produce IL-3 and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, suggesting that their IL-3-independent proliferation may be due to an autocrine mechanism.

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