title: Genetic analysis of indefinite division in human cells: evidence for a cell senescence-related gene(s) on human chromosome 4.
abstract: Earlier studies had demonstrated that fusion of normal with immortal human cells yielded hybrids having limited division potential. This indicated that the phenotype of limited proliferation (cellular senescence) is dominant and that immortal cells result from recessive changes in normal growth-regulatory genes. In additional studies, we exploited the fact that the immortal phenotype is recessive and, by fusing various immortal human cell lines with each other, identified four complementation groups for indefinite division. Assignment of cell lines to specific groups allowed us to take a focused approach to identify the chromosomes and genes involved in growth regulation that have been modified in immortal cells. We report here that introduction of a normal human chromosome 4 into three immortal cell lines (HeLa, J82, T98G) assigned to complementation group B resulted in loss of proliferation and reversal of the immortal phenotype. No effect on the proliferation potential of cell lines representative of the other complementation groups was observed. This result suggests that a gene(s) involved in cellular senescence and normal growth regulation resides on chromosome 4.
authors.affiliation: Roy M. and Phyllis Gough Huffington Center on Aging, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ning
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Killary
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Ledbetter
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: O M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Pereira-Smith
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002455:Cell Division; D002470:Cell Survival; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002894:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D006801:Humans; D006822:Hybrid Cells; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D009841:Oligonucleotides