Differentiation of mouse erythroleukemia cells is blocked by late up-regulation of a c-myb transgene - PubMed (original) (raw)

Differentiation of mouse erythroleukemia cells is blocked by late up-regulation of a c-myb transgene

D McClinton et al. Mol Cell Biol. 1990 Feb.

Abstract

During chemically induced differentiation of Friend virus-infected mouse erythroleukemia (MEL) cell lines, there is a biphasic down-regulation of the c-myb proto-oncogene. A plasmid containing a murine c-myb cDNA controlled by a mouse metallothionein I promoter was transfected into the C19 MEL cell line. For six transfected clones, it was found that expression of the exogenous c-myb mRNA could be up-regulated by the addition of 120 microM ZnCl2 and that the N,N'-hexamethylenebisacetamide-induced differentiation of these transfectants was inhibited in proportion to the level of exogenous c-myb mRNA expression. By adding or removing ZnCl2 at different times during the induction process, it was possible to show that up-regulation of exogenous c-myb limited to the first 2 days of induction had little or no effect on differentiation. In contrast, continuous expression of exogenous c-myb beginning at any time during the period of induction blocked further differentiation. These results suggest that during HMBA induction of MEL cells, the early down-regulation of c-myb mRNA is not necessary for terminal differentiation, whereas the down-regulation of c-myb at a later time is necessary.

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