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c-ras-Ha gene expression is regulated by insulin or insulinlike growth factor and by epidermal growth factor in murine fibroblasts.

Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts 02118.

ABSTRACT

Although much is known about the structure of ras-encoded proteins, little is known about how expression is regulated. In serum-stimulated murine fibroblasts, c-ras-Ha mRNA levels fluctuated with the growth state but not with the position in the cell cycle. Two types of growth factors regulated c-ras-Ha expression: insulin (IN) or insulinlike growth factor I, each apparently acting through its cognate receptor, and epidermal growth factor (EGF). In quiescent cells, IN or insulinlike growth factor I induced c-ras-Ha mRNA three- to fivefold within 4 h, but thereafter the mRNA declined. By contrast, EGF had little effect in 4 h but induced the mRNA after 4 to 6 h. When quiescent cells were given serum or IN and EGF simultaneously, c-ras-Ha mRNA rose steadily, beginning 1 to 2 h after stimulation, and reached a stable five- to sevenfold elevation in 16 h. Thus, c-ras-Ha gene expression was sequentially regulated by two growth factors, one of which (IN) does not induce expression of other growth-regulated protooncogenes. A transformed derivative cell line that does not require IN for G1 progression has lost early IN-dependent but not late serum-dependent regulation. The results support the possibility that c-ras-Ha and IN action are functionally linked.

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