title: Alteration in the coding potential and expression of H-ras in human cytomegalovirus-transformed cells.
abstract: CMV-transformed cell lines demonstrated a greater level of H-ras RNA (7.5- to 9.5-fold) relative to the level for H-ras in parental cells. Nuclear run off assays showed that the RNA levels for the H-ras gene were regulated at the level of transcriptional initiation. The increased RNA levels for H-ras correlated with the level of p21rasVal-12 in transformed cells, while p21rasVal-12 was below the level of detection in nontransformed cells using Western blot analysis. In addition, an activating mutation was identified in both alleles of the first exon, codon 12 of H-ras resulting in a G:C to T:A transversion in all transformed cell lines examined in this study. These results suggest that the mutated H-ras may be one of the components by which an oncogenic phenotype is maintained in these CMV-transformed cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston 77550, USA.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Boldogh
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rady
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Arany
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tyring
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Albrecht
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000502:physiology*; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D005784:Gene Amplification; D011905:Genes, ras / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017354:Point Mutation; D016283:Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras) / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C501009:HRAS protein, human; D016283:Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)