title: Transcriptional regulation of c-myc during chemically induced differentiation of HL-60 cultures.
abstract: Previous studies have demonstrated both an elevated level of cellular myc-homologous RNA in HL-60 cultures and a decrease in this messenger RNA following the chemically induced differentiation of HL-60 cells. A nuclear transcription system isolated from HL-60 cells was used to investigate whether an alteration in the rate of transcription of the c-myc gene was associated with this decrease in myc RNA. Five days after the addition of either 180 mM dimethyl sulfoxide or 60 nM 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate to HL-60 cultures, transcription of the c-myc gene was markedly reduced when compared with control cultures. This specific decrease was not accompanied by an alteration in either the bulk rate of transcription of the c-myc copy number. This suggests that the decreased cellular myc RNA levels are due to decreased transcription of the myc protooncogene.
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Grosso
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Pitot
mesh_terms: D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002460:Cell Line; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000235:genetics*; D009857:Oncogenes; D012313:RNA / Q000032:analysis; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D012313:RNA; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide