Simultaneous Suppression of Progression Marker Genes in the Highly Malignant Human Melanoma Cell Line BLM after Transfection with the Adenovirus-5 E1A Gene

Author： van Groningen J.J.M. Cornelissen I.M.A.H. van Muijen G.N.P. Bloemers H.P.J. Swart G.W.M.

Publisher： Elsevier

ISSN： 0006-291X

Source： Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Vol.225, Iss.3, 1996-08, pp. : 808-816

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Abstract

The highly metastatic human melanoma cell line BLM was transfected with the E1A or E1A + E1B regions of adenovirus 5 (Ad5). A series of progression markers, correlated with the malignant phenotype of parental BLM (including calcyclin, thymosin beta10, plasminogen activator inhibitors types 1 and 2, urokinase type and tissue type plasminogen activators, vimentin, tissue type transglutaminase, and interleukin-6), was collectively repressed in the transfectants, whereas several control genes were not affected or even induced. The apparently coordinate repression of a set of markers by the same regulator gene, Ad5 E1A in this case, suggests the existence of one pathway under the control of a main switch and predicts that one or more as yet unidentified cellular master genes normally exert this function. A reduced oncogenicity was observed after subcutaneous inoculation of the E1A transfectants into nude mice and provides additional evidence in support of a tumor suppressor function of Ad5 E1A.