title: Co-induction of c-fos and junB during the latent period preceding commitment of Friend erythroleukemia cells to differentiation.
abstract: Chemically induced differentiation of Friend murine erythroleukemia cells (F-MELC) is a multistep process with a latent period of about 12 h preceding irreversible commitment to terminal maturation. To gain understanding of the early genetic response of F-MELC to the dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) inducer of F-MELC differentiation, we have investigated by Northern blot analysis the expression of fos and jun family genes that encode components of the transcription factor AP-1 complex. Our results show that c-jun mRNA is not detected at any time in untreated and DMSO-treated F-MELC. In contrast, DMSO-induced differentiation of F-MELC is associated with an early and transient induction of c-fos and junB mRNAs by 2 to 8 h treatment while in presence of dexamethasone, an inhibitor of F-MELC commitment, c-fos mRNA is not detected and junB mRNA remains at basal levels. junD mRNA is detected at low levels in untreated F-MELC and remains unchanged during DMSO treatment. Furthermore, DMSO treatment in a F-MELC cell line resistant to DMSO-differentiation does not result in an early induction of c-fos and junB mRNAs. Taken together, these results indicate that the DMSO-induced F-MELC differentiation is accompanied by an early co-induction of c-fos and junB during the latent period preceding the commitment to erythroid maturation.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Pharmacologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, ICIG, Villejuif, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Francastel
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mazouzi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Robert-Lézénès
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D015672:Erythroid Precursor Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D005622:Friend murine leukemia virus; D015973:Gene Expression Regulation, Leukemic; D016762:Genes, fos; D016758:Genes, jun; D004915:Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun / Q000502:physiology; D011930:Reaction Time; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun; D003907:Dexamethasone; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide