title: Regulation of c- and N-myc expression during induced differentiation of murine neuroblastoma cells.
abstract: Using clones N1E-115 and N1A-103 from mouse neuroblastoma C1300, a comparative analysis of c- and N-myc gene expression was undertaken both in proliferating cells and in cultures exposed to conditions which induce differentiation. Under the latter conditions, while N1E-115 cells extend abundant neurites and express many biochemical features of mature neurons, clone N1A-103 stops dividing and expresses certain neurospecific markers but is unable to differentiate morphologically. In both clones, chemical agents, i.e. 1-methyl cyclohexane carboxylic acid (CCA) or dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), induce a decrease in c-myc expression. Similar results were found for N-myc gene in N1E-115 cells, but in contrast, in clone N1A-103, N-myc expression is increased with CCA and not modified with DMSO. Globally, this study favours the hypothesis that changes in c-myc expression would correspond to cell division blockade and differentiation, while modulations in N-myc are more closely related to an early phase of terminal differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biochimie Cellulaire, Collège de France, Paris.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Larcher
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Vayssière
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lossouarn
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gros
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Croizat
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005784:Gene Amplification; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D016259:Genes, myc; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D051379:Mice; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D010957:Plasmids; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D013997:Time Factors; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C027655:1-methylcyclohexanecarboxylic acid; D004247:DNA; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide