title: The low proliferation rates of human amniotic cells are neither associated to deregulated proto-oncogenes' expression nor to the effect of IFN alpha 2.
abstract: Primary cultures of human amniotic membrane (PCHAM) cells display very low proliferation rates while their doubling times vary between 150 h and 210 h even after mitogenic stimuli. However, the pattern of proto-oncogenes (c-fos, c-myc and c-jun) expression in these cells, upon serum restimulation, resembled that of cell lines that display shorter population doubling times. Serum stimulation of quiescent PCHAM cells promoted a rapid and transient c-fos mRNA expression, which was detected within 10 min, reached maximal levels at 30 min and decreased to undetectable levels 2-3 h later. The levels of c-myc or c-jun mRNA increased within 10 min after serum restimulation, peaked at 3 h and decreased to intermediate levels thereafter. We also present evidence showing that IFN alpha 2 treatment of PCHAM cells had no effect on their population doubling times nor in c-fas, c-myc, or c-jun mRNA expression, under conditions in which induction of IFN-stimulated genes, such as 2'-5' oligo-adenylate synthetase (OAS) and 6-16 was observed. We conclude that the growth constraints observed with this cells are not directly associated with a negative cellular growth regulation exerted by IFN alpha 2, nor due to a deregulated proto-oncogenes' expression.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Kroon
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Bonjardim
mesh_terms: D000650:Amnion / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002455:Cell Division; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D016898:Interferon-alpha; D012333:RNA, Messenger