Mouse mammary tumor virus DNA sequences in tumorigenic and nontumorigenic cells from a mammary adenocarcinoma.
Mouse mammary tumor virus DNA sequences in tumorigenic and nontumorigenic cells from a mammary adenocarcinoma.
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乳腺癌致瘤和非致瘤细胞中的小鼠乳腺肿瘤病毒 DNA 序列。
DOI:
10.1016/0042-6822(82)90325-7
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发表时间:
1982
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
McGrath,CM
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作者:
Morris,VL;Gray,DA;Jones,RF;Chan,EC;McGrath,CM
If BALB/c mice are foster nursed on C311 mice, which contain milk-borne mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) associated with a high mammary tumor incidence, their tumor incidence rises from <1 to 89.5° by 12 months; in addition, there is an increase in the integrated MMTV DNA sequences in these mammary tumors. To investigate if all or only a few of these added MMTV DNA sequences are associated with tumorigenicity, we separated tumorigenic and nontumorigenic epithelial cells from a single mammary adenocarcinoma using primary methocel cultures. The MMTV DNA sequences from these cultures were then examined using restriction endonuclease analysis. Our results indicated that the methocel colonies isolated from a single mammary adenocarcinoma were heterogeneous with respect to their integrated MMTV DNA sequences. We also found that not all newly acquired MMTV DNA copies were associated with tumorigenicity. In addition, in one tumorigenic subline we detected only a single integrated copy. Our data thus suggest that the site of integration is more important than the total number of integrated MMTV DNA sequences. Furthermore, tumorigenicity did not seem to be linked to continued transcription of high levels of a major portion of the MMTV genome.