title: Analysis of ras DNA sequences in rat renal cell carcinoma.
abstract: The DNA sequences for Ha-, Ki-, and N-ras were determined in six cell lines derived from independent rat hereditary renal cell carcinomas (RCC). Genomic regions encompassing codons 12, 13, and 61 of Ha-ras, Ki-ras, and N-ras, and codon 117 of Ha-ras were PCR amplified and directly sequenced. The DNA sequences of Ha-ras and Ki-ras were normal in all lines tested, as were the codon 12 and 61 sequences of N-ras. However, DNA sequence variations that could code for amino acid substitutions were observed in codons 13, 14, and 18 of N-ras in all the lines. The codon 13 Gly----Val alteration observed was consistent with activating N-ras mutations previously reported. When normal kidney DNA from rats with the hereditary tumor syndrome was sequenced, the same N-ras sequence variations observed in the tumor lines were found. DNA from outbred Long-Evans and inbred Fischer rats also had the altered N-ras sequences. The variant N-ras sequence was not observed in PCR-amplified N-ras cDNA from the RCC lines. Thus, tumor-associated activation of ras oncogene appears to be an infrequent event in spontaneous rat RCC. In addition, these data indicate that rats contain an N-ras DNA polymorphism that appears to be a species-specific anomaly.
authors.affiliation: Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Recio
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ginsler
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000235:genetics*; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics; D011905:Genes, ras; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D016283:Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras) / Q000235:genetics*; D051381:Rats; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D016283:Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)