title: Role of myc in the abrogation of IL3 dependence of myeloid FDC-P1 cells.
abstract: We have constructed a recombinant retrovirus containing the murine c-myc and the neo gene and introduced the virus into the interleukin-3 (IL3) dependent myeloid cell line FDC-P1. Unregulated expression of the introduced c-myc gene is associated with both an increased viability and constitutive ornithine decarboxylase mRNA levels in FDC-P1 cells grown in the absence of IL3. FDC-P1 cells infected with the c-myc virus gave rise to IL3 independent lines. Three out of four independent lines have an activated endogenous c-myc or N-myc gene. We have also shown that c-myc mRNA levels are tightly regulated by IL3 in FDC-P1 cells. Taken together these results indicate that myc plays a critical role in the signal transduction pathway of IL3. Furthermore, activation of the N-myc gene may be one mechanism for myeloid cells to progress to complete IL3 independence.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001853:Bone Marrow; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors / Q000494:pharmacology; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D005814:Genes, Viral; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000494:pharmacology; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D012190:Retroviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors; D006133:Growth Substances; D007377:Interleukin-3; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes