title: Ribozymes designed to inhibit transformation of NIH3T3 cells by the activated c-Ha-ras gene.
abstract: We have designed hammerhead ribozymes that cleave c-Ha-ras mRNA mutated at codon 12 (GGU----GUU). Plasmids containing the ribozyme-encoding genes were expressed under the control of the long terminal repeats of Rous sarcoma virus in NIH3T3 cells transfected with the activated c-Ha-ras gene. These ribozymes were found to inhibit formation of foci (by about 50%) by cleaving the oncogene mRNA, rather than by hybridizing to it. Furthermore, when the activated c-Ha-ras gene was cotransfected with the ribozyme-encoding gene, three morphologically flat colonies were found and isolated. We also found that expression of c-Ha-ras was suppressed in cells containing ribozymes.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koizumi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kamiya
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ohtsuka
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000235:genetics; D011905:Genes, ras / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016372:RNA, Antisense / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D016337:RNA, Catalytic / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D016372:RNA, Antisense; D016337:RNA, Catalytic; D012333:RNA, Messenger