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Induction of platelet-derived growth factor B/c-sis by the v-erbA oncogene in glial cells.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7700635     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The v-erbA oncogene codes for a mutated form of the thyroid hormone receptor TR/c-erbA-alpha. Thyroid hormone (triiodothyronine, T3) regulates glial functions such as myelination and both astrocytes and oligodendrocytes have been shown to express thyroid hormone receptors (TRs). To study putative effects of v-erbA on glial precursors, we have expressed it in a glial clonal cell line established from early embryonal mouse brain. We have found that v-erbA increases cell survival in serum-free conditions. Moreover, v-erbA-expressing cells show a substantial growth in the presence of insulin or IGF-I, whereas normal and TR/c-erbA-over-expressing cells progressively degenerate. By Northern blotting, immunofluorescence, immunoprecipitation, and neutralization experiments, we show that v-erbA actions are mediated by an increase in the levels of PDGF B/c-sis mRNA and protein. We used anti-PDGF receptor and anti-phosphotyrosine antibodies to show the constitutive activation of PDGF receptors in B3.1 + v-erbA cells, and neutralizing anti-PDGF antibodies to demonstrate that v-erbA enhances the secretion of active PDGF into the culture medium. Our data indicate that v-erbA induces PDGF B/c-sis, a factor involved in the generation of gliomas, the most common central nervous system tumor in humans.
Authors:
T Iglesias; S Llanos; M López-Barahona; B Seliger; A Rodríguez-Peña; J Bernal; A Muñoz
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Oncogene     Volume:  10     ISSN:  0950-9232     ISO Abbreviation:  Oncogene     Publication Date:  1995 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1995-05-03     Completed Date:  1995-05-03     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8711562     Medline TA:  Oncogene     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1103-10     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, C.S.I.C., Madrid, Spain.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
3T3 Cells
Animals
Cell Division / genetics
Cell Line
Cell Survival / genetics
Genes, erbA*
Mice
Neuroglia / cytology,  metabolism*
Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / biosynthesis*,  genetics
Proto-Oncogene Proteins / biosynthesis*,  genetics
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis
RNA, Messenger / genetics,  metabolism
Receptors, Thyroid Hormone / physiology
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; 0/Proto-Oncogene Proteins; 0/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis; 0/RNA, Messenger; 0/Receptors, Thyroid Hormone

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