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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-7-14
pubmed:abstractText
Intact and rearranged p53 genes from Friend virus-induced erythroleukemic cell lines which code for proteins of 53- (p53) and 44-kDa (p44), respectively, were cloned into pUC18 and tested for their ability to immortalize rat embryo fibroblasts. The functional p53 gene from normal Balb/c mouse liver was also tested for immortalizing activity. Immortal cells were obtained with the three genes although the efficiency of immortalization by p44 was lower than that by p53. Expression of murine p53 and p44 in the established rat cell lines was confirmed by metabolic labeling and Western Blotting. Our results demonstrate that elevated expression of the mouse p53 gene, driven by its natural promoter and in the absence of strong heterologous promoters and/or enhancers, can efficiently immortalize early-passage rat embryo fibroblasts. p53-immortalized cells but not p44-immortalized cells could be morphologically transformed by secondary transfection with activated Ha-ras. Thus 5'-coding sequences of the p53 gene appear necessary for ras complementation but not for immortalization.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0950-9232
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
445-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:3287278-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:3287278-Cell Cycle, pubmed-meshheading:3287278-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:3287278-Cell Transformation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:3287278-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:3287278-DNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:3287278-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:3287278-Genes, pubmed-meshheading:3287278-Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute, pubmed-meshheading:3287278-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:3287278-Molecular Weight, pubmed-meshheading:3287278-Neoplasm Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:3287278-Neoplasms, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:3287278-Phosphoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:3287278-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:3287278-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:3287278-Structure-Activity Relationship, pubmed-meshheading:3287278-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:3287278-Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Immortalization of rat embryo fibroblasts by the cellular p53 oncogene.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Biological Research, Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't