title: c-ras-Ha gene expression is regulated by insulin or insulinlike growth factor and by epidermal growth factor in murine fibroblasts.
abstract: Although much is known about the structure of ras-encoded proteins, little is known about how expression is regulated. In serum-stimulated murine fibroblasts, c-ras-Ha mRNA levels fluctuated with the growth state but not with the position in the cell cycle. Two types of growth factors regulated c-ras-Ha expression: insulin (IN) or insulinlike growth factor I, each apparently acting through its cognate receptor, and epidermal growth factor (EGF). In quiescent cells, IN or insulinlike growth factor I induced c-ras-Ha mRNA three- to fivefold within 4 h, but thereafter the mRNA declined. By contrast, EGF had little effect in 4 h but induced the mRNA after 4 to 6 h. When quiescent cells were given serum or IN and EGF simultaneously, c-ras-Ha mRNA rose steadily, beginning 1 to 2 h after stimulation, and reached a stable five- to sevenfold elevation in 16 h. Thus, c-ras-Ha gene expression was sequentially regulated by two growth factors, one of which (IN) does not induce expression of other growth-regulated protooncogenes. A transformed derivative cell line that does not require IN for G1 progression has lost early IN-dependent but not late serum-dependent regulation. The results support the possibility that c-ras-Ha and IN action are functionally linked.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts 02118.
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Campisi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002453:Cell Cycle; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000502:physiology*; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D007328:Insulin / Q000502:physiology*; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016283:Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras); D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis; D013002:Somatomedins / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D013002:Somatomedins; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D016283:Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)