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Retinoic acid induces changes in c-fgr proto-oncogene mRNA levels in Burkitt's lymphoma cells.

The c-fgr proto-oncogene is expressed in Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) cell and cell lines derived from them. When Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-negative BL cell lines that contain low levels of c-fgr mRNA are infected with EBV, transcription of the c-fgr gene is further induced. In this paper we show that treatment of EBV-negative and EBV-positive BL cell lines with all-trans retinoic acid also stimulates an increase in c-fgr mRNA levels, varying between 2- and 13-fold depending on the cell line. An increase is detectable 12 to 48 h after treatment, depending on the cell line, suggesting that the c-fgr gene is not regulated directly by retinoic acid but responds to other retinoic acid-induced changes in the cell. We also show that treatment of BL cell lines with all-trans retinoic acid either results in a dose-dependent decrease in growth rate, or has no effect on growth, depending on the cell line. It has previously been suggested that the c-fgr gene product might have a role in regulating the growth of BL cells, since treatment of the EBV-positive BL cell line Daudi with alpha-interferon results in a decrease in c-fgr mRNA levels followed by a decrease in growth rate. Our data indicate that there is no general correlation between c-fgr mRNA levels and growth rate in BL cells and so argue against a role for the c-fgr gene product in growth regulation in these cells.[1]

References

  1. Retinoic acid induces changes in c-fgr proto-oncogene mRNA levels in Burkitt's lymphoma cells. Faulkner, L., Katz, D.R., Brickell, P.M. Immunobiology (1993) [Pubmed]
 
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