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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-3-17
pubmed:abstractText
Oncogenic mutations in B-Raf and Kirsten-Ras (K-Ras) are mutually exclusive during human cancer pathogenesis. In an effort to study the biological basis of this epistasis, gene targeting was used to create isogenic sets of human cancer cells differing only in presence or absence of endogenous oncogenic K-Ras or wild-type B-Raf. Whereas cells lacking the K-Ras oncogene were unable to efficiently form xenograft tumors, isogenic cells retaining activated K-Ras but deleted for B-Raf remained highly tumorigenic. Deletion of oncogenic K-Ras failed to reduce the activation state of B-Raf or ERK1/2, despite the requirement of oncogenic K-Ras for tumorigenesis. Genechip analysis revealed numerous genes in which the regulation by oncogenic K-Ras did not require B-Raf. These studies suggest that despite the mutual exclusivity of K-Ras and B-Raf mutations in human cancer and the well-described role for Raf proteins as Ras effectors, B-Raf is dispensable for K-Ras-mediated oncogenesis in a human cancer cell line. Additional studies are required to demonstrate the generalizability of these unexpected findings.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
64
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1932-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15026326-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15026326-Cell Transformation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:15026326-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:15026326-Gene Expression Profiling, pubmed-meshheading:15026326-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:15026326-Gene Targeting, pubmed-meshheading:15026326-Genes, ras, pubmed-meshheading:15026326-Heterozygote Detection, pubmed-meshheading:15026326-Homozygote, pubmed-meshheading:15026326-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15026326-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15026326-Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3, pubmed-meshheading:15026326-Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:15026326-Neoplasms, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:15026326-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:15026326-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf, pubmed-meshheading:15026326-Transplantation, Heterologous
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
B-Raf is dispensable for K-Ras-mediated oncogenesis in human cancer cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Oncology and Tumor Biology Training Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University School of Medicine, 3970 Reservoir Road NW, Washington, DC 20057, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't