title: Effect of gamma-interferon or cycloheximide treatment on viral and c-myc transcripts in bovine-papillomavirus-type-1-transformed primary mouse fibroblasts.
abstract: We have studied the effect of gamma-interferon (IFN-gamma) treatment on the transcription of viral and c-myc oncogenes in bovine papillomavirus type 1 (BPV-1)-transformed mouse fibroblast cell lines. Upon IFN-gamma treatment, viral transcripts always decreased in cell lines containing episomal BPV-1 DNA, while the effect was variable in cell lines containing integrated BPV-1 DNA. Two series of tumour cell lines established by in vivo passage of B6B71 (episomal) and B6B31-J (integrated) cells via nude mice (NuTu A) into immunocompetent C57BL/6 mice (NuTuA B6Tul) also showed a decrease and an increase, respectively, in viral transcripts upon IFN-gamma treatment. IFN-gamma also reduced c-myc transcription in all cell lines derived from tumours, but increased it in the transformed cell cultures. There was selection of c-myc oncogene transcripts in all the tumour-derived cell lines as compared to their transformed cell cultures. Cycloheximide treatment increased both viral and c-myc gene transcripts 3- to 20-fold in all cell lines. These results imply that IFN-gamma produced locally by immunological mechanisms may influence the expression of Papillomavirus oncogenes, and the response to IFN-gamma treatment may change when the viral DNA is integrated into the host genome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, University of Kuopio, Finland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pelkonen
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Mäntyjärvi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D052688:Bovine papillomavirus 1 / Q000235:genetics*; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005111:Extrachromosomal Inheritance; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000382:microbiology; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D016662:Virus Integration
chemical_list: D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012367:RNA, Viral; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D003513:Cycloheximide