An activated rasN Gene:Detected in late but not early passage human PA1 teratocarcinoma cells

Tainsky, Michael A., Cooper, Colin S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2013-8042, Giovanella, B. C. and Vande Woude, George F. (1984) An activated rasN Gene:Detected in late but not early passage human PA1 teratocarcinoma cells. Science, 225 (4662). pp. 643-645. ISSN 0036-8075

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Abstract

Early passages of the human teratocarcinoma cell line PA1 are not tumorigenic in nude mice, while late passages are. A transforming gene present in late passages of PA1 cells was isolated as a biologically active molecular clone and is a new isolate of the human rasN locus. Its transforming activity is due to a single G → A (G, guanine; A, adenine) point mutation at the codonfor amino acid 12 which changes the codon for glycine so that an aspartic acid residue is expressed. In contrast to late passage PA1 cells (passages 106, 330, and 338), DNA from the PA1 cell line at early passages (passage 36) does not yield rasN foci in DNA transfection assays. Thus, the presence of an activated rasN in PA1 cells correlates with enhanced tumorigenicity of the cell line and, more importantly, may have arisen during cell culture in vitro.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: general ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1000
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Cancer Studies
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Date Deposited: 18 Jul 2022 17:30
Last Modified: 23 Oct 2022 04:02
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/86537
DOI: 10.1126/science.6740333

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