title: Expression of the human MUC1 mucin cDNA in a hamster pancreatic tumor cell line HP-1.
abstract: A full length cDNA for the human mucin gene, MUC1, under the control of human beta actin promoter, was transfected into a carcinogen induced hamster pancreatic ductal tumor cell line, HP-1. Transfectants were selected by resistance to geneticin. Integration of the foreign human MUC1 cDNA occurred at multiple sites in the genome of HP-1. Northern blot analysis showed MUC1 expression in cells transfected with MUC1 cDNA placed in the correct orientation, but not in control cells (HP-1 cells transfected with vector alone, or with the MUC1 cDNA placed in the antisense orientation). Western blot analysis using monoclonal antibody HMFG-2, which is reactive with the MUC1 protein, showed results consistent with the Northern blot data. Positive immunoperoxidase staining using HMFG-2 was seen in HP-1 cells transfected with MUC1 cDNA but not with untransfected or HP-1 control cells. The integration of human MUC1 mucin gene in HP-1 cells caused no significant change in the growth rate of HP-1 cells in vitro, but resulted in an enhanced growth rate for xenografts of MUC1 transfected HP-1 cells grown in nude mice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Batra
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Metzgar
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Worlock
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hollingsworth
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002455:Cell Division; D006224:Cricetinae; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D018396:Mucin-1; D009077:Mucins / Q000235:genetics*; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D018396:Mucin-1; D009077:Mucins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D004247:DNA