Losses of 3p, 11p, and 13q in EJ/ras-transformable simian virus 40-immortalized human uroepithelial cells.
Five independent clones of Simian virus 40 (SV40)-immortalized human uroepithelial cells (CK/SV-HUC) were established after transfection of HUC cultures from the same tissue donor with plasmids encoding SV40 large T and small t antigen genes. Each CK/SV-HUC clone contained a unique SV40 integration site, and all expressed similar levels of SV40 mRNA. All five clones were nontumorigenic, but clones 2, 4, and 5 tumorigenically transformed after transfection at P19 with mutant EJ/ras and also spontaneously after 40 serial passages in vitro. In contrast, CK/SV-HUC clones 1 and 3 did not transform when either approach was used. These differences in transformability among CK/SV-HUC clones could not be predicted based on differences in SV40 gene expression nor on any in vitro growth property tested. In cytogenetic analyses, a transformable clone showed losses of three chromosome arms containing putative cancer suppressor gene regions, including 3p14----pter, 13q, and 11p, whereas the nontransformable clones showed none of these losses. Thus these data indicate that genetic losses on 3p, 11p, and 13q may contribute to tumorigenic transformation of SV40-immortalized human uroepithelial cells.
Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53792.
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D002455:Cell Division; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000235:genetics*; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11; D002882:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13; D002893:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D011905:Genes, ras / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D013539:Simian virus 40; D014162:Transfection; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*