title: Lymphoma models for B cell activation and tolerance. X. Anti-mu-mediated growth arrest and apoptosis of murine B cell lymphomas is prevented by the stabilization of myc.
abstract: Treatment of the WEHI-2131 or CH31 B cell lymphomas with anti-mu or transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta leads to growth inhibition and subsequent cell death via apoptosis. Since anti-mu stimulates a transient increase in c-myc and c-fos transcription in these lymphomas, we examined the role of these proteins in growth regulation using antisense oligonucleotides. Herein, we demonstrate that antisense oligonucleotides for c-myc prevent both anti-mu- and TGF-beta-mediated growth inhibition in the CH31 and WEHI-231 B cell lymphomas, whereas antisense c-fos has no effect. Furthermore, antisense c-myc promotes the appearance of phosphorylated retinoblastoma protein in the presence of anti-mu and prevents the progression to apoptosis as measured by propidium iodide staining. Northern and Western analyses show that c-myc message and the levels of multiple myc proteins were maintained in the presence of antisense c-myc, results indicating that myc species are critical for the continuation of proliferation and the prevention of apoptosis. These data implicate c-myc in the negative signaling pathway of both TGF-beta and anti-mu.
authors.affiliation: Immunology Division, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, New York 14642.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Kent
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002453:Cell Cycle; D002455:Cell Division; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D007148:Immunoglobulin mu-Chains / Q000276:immunology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense; D010766:Phosphorylation; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D016160:Retinoblastoma Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D007148:Immunoglobulin mu-Chains; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc; D016160:Retinoblastoma Protein; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta