title: Human Harvey-ras is biochemically different from Kirsten- or N-ras.
abstract: The biochemical effects of the human H-, N- and K-ras oncogenes were studied. We analysed the induction of c-fos mRNA and protein by the protein kinase C (PKC) activator 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate (TPA) in exponentially growing NIH3T3 fibroblasts transformed by transfection with ras oncogenes. We found that H-ras has the unique ability to inhibit c-fos induction by TPA. In contrast, normal c-fos expression was induced by TPA in fibroblasts transformed by N- or K-ras or by the ras-unrelated oncogenes dbl and trk. The inhibition of c-fos induction by H-ras was not due to alteration in the binding of TPA to the transformed cells or to the selection of idiosyncratic clones. These results provide clear evidence that H-ras is functionally different from K- or N-ras.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Anatomia Patologica, Universitá Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carbone
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Gusella
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Radzioch
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Varesio
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D002460:Cell Line; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D015870:Gene Expression; D011905:Genes, ras; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D009857:Oncogenes; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes / Q000187:drug effects; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011955:Receptors, Drug / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011955:Receptors, Drug; C083141:phorbol ester binding protein; C027776:phorbol ester receptor; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate