title: Increased amplification of abl oncogene in K562 cells after passage in nude mice.
abstract: Human chronic myelogenous leukemic cells K562, carrying the Ph+ chromosome and an amplified abl oncogene, were injected subcutaneously in nude mice and gave rise to myeloid solid tumors after 4-5 weeks. DNA from the cells of the solid tumors was analyzed by Southern blotting using v-abl and actin probes. Increased amplification of human abl oncogene, but not of the actin gene was found. This suggests a clonal selection of a cell population with more copies of the abl oncogene. This in vivo selection appears to increase the tumorigenicity of K562 cells since, in a second transplantation in nude mice, we observed a shorter period of latency before tumor appearance (3 weeks) when compared to the initial transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Tecnogen, Milano, Italia.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tripputi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Corneo
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005784:Gene Amplification; D006801:Humans; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D009857:Oncogenes; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics*; D016315:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-abl; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D004247:DNA; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D016315:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-abl