GLUCOCORTICOID-REGULATED GENE IN TRANSFORMED TO NORMAL PHENOTYPIC REVERSION

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1994-02-01

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Valentini, Sandro Roberto [UNESP]
Oliveira, MLS
Sasahara, R. M.
Armelin, MCS

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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica (ABRADIC)

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Glucocorticoid hormones modulate the actions of peptide growth factors and constitute important therapeutic tools as anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor agents. The C6 rat glioma cell line responds to glucocorticoids with changes in morphology and growth block. The hyper-responsive ST1 cell variant displays a dramatic phenotypic reversion under the influence of these hormones. Thus, the transformed and tumorigenic cells reversibly change to a normal and non-tumorigenic phenotype. In addition, the cells also produce a C-type retrovirus. We used poly A(+) mRNA from ST1 cells that had been treated with hydrocortisone to generate a cDNA library that was then screened, by differential hybridization,for glucocorticoid-responsive cellular sequences. The retroviral genomic RNA was used to generate a viral-specific probe. Cross hybridization led to the isolation of at least 4 cDNA clones of which 3 are cellular sequences and one corresponds to a retroviral gene. These clones were characterized by DNA sequencing and Northern blot hybridization analysis.

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CDNA CLONING, DIFFERENTIAL HYBRIDIZATION, GLUCOCORTICOID-REGULATED GENES

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Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research. São Paulo: Associação Bras Divulg Cientifica, v. 27, n. 2, p. 541-546, 1994.