title: Cellular HSP90 (HSP86) mRNA level and in vitro differentiation of mouse embryonal carcinoma (F9) cells.
abstract: Treatment of mouse embryonal carcinoma (F9) cells with retinoic acid, an inducer of F9 cell differentiation, greatly increased the level of mRNA specific to one of the heat-shock proteins (HSP86). Experiments including the one employing differentiation-resistant mutant F9 cells suggested that the increase represents early molecular events associated with the embryonal differentiation. The increased HSP86 mRNA declined to the original level during further incubation. The presence of cyclic AMP, which stimulates conversion of the retinoic acid-induced primitive endoderm cells to parietal endoderm cells, prevented the decline. These results suggest that not only the elevation of HSP86 mRNA level represents early molecular events in F9 cell differentiation but also that sustaining the elevated level (by cyclic AMP) is associated with further differentiation of the embryonal cells.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Applied Microbiology, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kohda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oishi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D004707:Endoderm / Q000166:cytology; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D051379:Mice; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D013724:Teratoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014212:Tretinoin; D003994:Bucladesine