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Mol Cell Biol. 1987 July; 7(7): 2512-2520

Rapid and selective alterations in the expression of cellular genes accompany conditional transcription of Ha-v-ras in NIH 3T3 cells.

ABSTRACT

Hormone treatment of NIH 3T3 cells that contain recombinant fusions between the mouse mammary virus long terminal repeat and the v-ras gene of Harvey murine sarcoma virus results in conditional expression of the ras p21 gene product. Levels of ras mRNA and p21 are maximal after 2 to 4 h of hormone treatment. Analysis of cellular RNA by Northern blotting and nuclease S1 protection assays indicates that the expression of two cellular RNA species increases with kinetics similar to v-ras: v-sis-related RNA and retrovirus-related VL30 RNA. Run-on transcription in isolated nuclei shows that the increase in v-sis-related RNA is not dependent on transcription and therefore must arise by a post-transcriptional mechanism. The increase in VL30 expression is a transcriptional effect. Hormone treatment of normal NIH 3T3 cells has no effect on the expression of these DNA sequences. These results suggest that v-ras stimulation of autocrine factors may play a role in transformation of cells by this gene and also suggest a reverse genetic strategy to determine the nucleic acid sequences and cellular factors involved in the regulation of gene expression that is observed.

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