Publication Date:
1987-12-04
Description:
The epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor gene EGFR has been placed in a retrovirus vector to examine the growth properties of cells that experimentally overproduce a full-length EGF receptor. NIH 3T3 cells transfected with the viral DNA or infected with the corresponding rescued retrovirus developed a fully transformed phenotype in vitro that required both functional EGFR expression and the presence of EGF in the growth medium. Cells expressing 4 x 10(5) EGF receptors formed tumors in nude mice, while control cells did not. Therefore, the EGFR retrovirus, which had a titer on NIH 3T3 cells that was greater than 10(7) focus-forming units per milliliter, can efficiently transfer and express this gene, and increased numbers of EGF receptors can contribute to the transformed phenotype.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Velu, T J -- Beguinot, L -- Vass, W C -- Willingham, M C -- Merlino, G T -- Pastan, I -- Lowy, D R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1987 Dec 4;238(4832):1408-10.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Cellular Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3500513" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/chemically induced/*genetics
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Cells, Cultured
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DNA, Recombinant
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Epidermal Growth Factor/*pharmacology
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Fibroblasts/pathology
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Genetic Vectors
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Harvey murine sarcoma virus/genetics
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Humans
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Male
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Mice
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Mice, Nude
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Neoplasms, Experimental/etiology
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*Proto-Oncogenes
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Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor/drug effects/*genetics
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Recombinant Proteins/genetics
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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