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Focus formation in rat fibroblasts exposed to a tumour promoter after transfer of polyoma plt and myc oncogenes.

The gene encoding the large-T protein of polyoma virus ( plt), the E1A genes of adenoviruses, the viral myc gene (v-myc) or rearranged forms of the cellular c-myc gene confer on rat embryo fibroblast (REF) cells in primary culture a series of new properties ('immortality', reduced serum requirement and sensitivity to transformation by viral and activated cellular oncogenes) but do not induce the appearance of transformed foci. We now report that focus formation can be induced after transfer of these genes into either REF or established FR3T3 rat cells by subsequent exposure to the tumour promoter 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA). Frequencies of transformation are in the same range as those usually observed for transformation with complete polyoma DNA or with a mixture of cloned myc and ras oncogenes. These results further characterize the 'immortalized' state induced by plt and myc as one in which the cells maintain a normal growth control in many respects but can be further acted upon to produce a neoplastic progeny.[1]

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