title: [Expression of protooncogenes c-myb and c-myc during the hexamethylene bisacetamide (HMBA)-induced commitment to terminal differentiation of murine erythroleukemia cells].
abstract: Modulation of a number of protooncogene expression occurs during differentiation of eukaryotes. Changes in expression of c-myb and c-myc during the HMBA-induced terminal differentiation of murine erythroleukemia cells were characterized by an early decrease (within 4 hrs), followed by the recovery of c-myc mRNA by 10 hrs, and the retention of suppression of c-myb expression for the rest of the induction period. Two MELC variants were used to further define the relationship between the differentiation and the protooncogene expression. R1 was a MELC variant completely resistant to HMBA, and R1 (VCR), a vincristine resistant R1, became inducible by HMBA again. The cell differentiation and the c-myb and c-myc expression were determined on R1 or R1 (VCR) cultured with HMBA respectively. The results demonstrated that the c-myc mRNA increased and remained relatively high as the cells grew to a saturated density regardless of the induction of differentiation. The R1 (VCR) cultured with HMBA displayed an early decrease in c-myb mRNA and a subsequent suppression of its expression, while the R1 cultured with HMBA showed a stable level of c-myb mRNA. These results suggest that the c-myb expression, rather than c-myc expression, is closely related to the HMBA-induced terminal differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, Suzhou.
authors.forename: Z X
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000081:Acetamides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division; D004351:Drug Resistance; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects*; D016259:Genes, myc; D004915:Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects; D014750:Vincristine
chemical_list: D000081:Acetamides; D014750:Vincristine; C014026:hexamethylene bisacetamide