Ornithine decarboxylase gene expression is aberrantly regulated via the cAMP signal transduction pathway in malignant H-ras transformed cell lines

Journal of Cellular Physiology
R A Hurta, J A Wright

Abstract

We have tested the hypothesis that H-ras transformed cells contain alterations in signal pathways important in controlling the expression of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), the highly regulated rate-limiting activity in the biosynthesis of polyamines. Mouse 10T1/2 fibroblasts and a series of 10T1/2 H-ras transformed cell lines were treated with stimulators of cAMP synthesis (forskolin and cholera toxin), a biologically stable analogue of cAMP (8-bromo-cAMP), and an inhibitor of cAMP degradation (3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine). Elevations in ODC gene expression were noted in H-ras transformed cells that were not observed in parental 10T1/2 fibroblasts. The forskolin-mediated effects were not detected with 1,9-dideoxyforskolin, a compound structurally related to forskolin, which does not activate adenyl cyclase. The effects observed with cholera toxin were not detected when cells were treated with the purified subunits of this compound, indicating that the toxin-induced effects were cAMP-specific. Actinomycin D treatment prior to forskolin exposure reduced the elevation observed in ODC gene expression indicating the involvement of the transcriptional process. Furthermore, we observed that cycloheximide treatment of malignant but not...Continue Reading

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