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Additional evidence that the K-ras protooncogene is a candidate for the major mouse pulmonary adenoma susceptibility (Pas-1) gene.
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Experimental lung research [Exp Lung Res] 1998 Jul-Aug; Vol. 24 (4), pp. 481-97. - Publication Year :
- 1998
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Abstract
- A locus for mouse pulmonary adenoma susceptibility, Pas-1, has been mapped on distal chromosome 6, where the K-ras gene is located. Allele-specific activation and expression of the K-ras allele from the susceptible parent has been observed in lung tumors from F1 hybrid mice. We report here genetic mapping of lung tumor susceptibility genes in urethane-treated A x B and B x A recombinant inbred (RI) mice using microsatellite markers to seek further evidence for the K-ras gene as candidate for Pas-1. The K-ras genotype differs between the A/J and C57BL/6J progenitors of the RI strains, and distal chromosome 6 contained a major lung tumor susceptibility determinant in the RI mice. Additional evidence that Pas-1 is K-ras involved linkage analysis of (A/JOLaHsd x BALB/ cOLaHsd) F2 intercross mice whose parents shared the same K-ras genotype. In contrast to the results with the A x B and B x A RI strains, no distal chromosome 6 site was significantly associated with tumor development in these F2 mice. In addition to this major locus, linkage analysis of the RI mice revealed additional quantitative trait loci for susceptibility on chromosomes 10, 17, and 19. These loci may serve as modifiers of Pas-1. The relationship between the K-ras genotype and the frequency of K-ras mutations in urethane-induced lung tumors from the RI mice was also explored. All 18 tumor DNAs from RI mice with high susceptibility contained an AT-->TA transversion at the second base of K-ras codon 61. This was also true for DNAs from 27 of 27 (100%) tumors in mice with high intermediate susceptibility. In RI strains with a low intermediate susceptibility, the DNA from 39 of 47 (83%) tumors contained an AT-->TA transversion at codon 61, and only 13 of 21 (62%) tumors had this mutation in the most resistant group. This reflects a positive correlation between the frequency of K-ras mutations in lung tumors of A x B or B x A RI strains and their susceptibility to lung carcinogenesis. Since K-ras appears to be Pas-1, these results suggest that some RI mice that have the resistant K-ras or Pas-1 allele undergo tumor development by a K-ras-independent route.
- Subjects :
- Adenoma chemically induced
Adenoma pathology
Adenosine Triphosphatases
Animals
Chromosome Mapping
DNA Mutational Analysis
DNA, Neoplasm analysis
Disease Susceptibility
Gene Frequency
Genetic Linkage
Genotype
Lung Neoplasms chemically induced
Lung Neoplasms pathology
Mice
Mice, Inbred Strains
Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
Urethane toxicity
Adenoma genetics
Fungal Proteins genetics
Genes, ras genetics
Lung Neoplasms genetics
Membrane Proteins genetics
Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras) genetics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0190-2148
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Experimental lung research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9659579
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3109/01902149809087382