title: Cholera toxin treatment stimulates tumorigenicity of Rous sarcoma virus-transformed cells.
abstract: Chinese hamster ovary cells transformed by Rous sarcoma virus form tumors poorly in nude mice. Tumorigenicity was markedly stimulated by pretreatment of the cells with cholera toxin, which raises cyclic AMP levels and activates cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase. Increased tumorigenicity was manifested by a severalfold increase in the rate of tumor formation, as well as earlier appearance and more rapid growth of tumors. In contrast, spontaneously transformed Chinese hamster ovary cells showed decreased tumorigenicity after cholera toxin treatment. The activation of tumorigenic potential in Rous sarcoma virus-transformed Chinese hamster ovary cells by cholera toxin correlated with increased phosphorylation of the viral oncogene product pp60src and stimulation of its tyrosine kinase activity.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001358:Avian Sarcoma Viruses; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects*; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral / Q000187:drug effects*; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D015688:Oncogene Protein pp60(v-src); D010053:Ovary / Q000166:cytology; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D013997:Time Factors; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D014764:Viral Proteins; D002772:Cholera Toxin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D011494:Protein Kinases; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D015688:Oncogene Protein pp60(v-src)