Tidd, David M, Giles, Richard V, Broughton, Caroline M and Clark, Richard E
(2001)
Expression of c-myc is not critical for cell proliferation in established human leukemia lines.
BMC Molecular Biology, 2.
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Abstract
Background: A study was undertaken to resolve preliminary conflicting results on the proliferation of leukemia cells observed with different c-myc antisense oligonucleotides. Results: RNase H-active, chimeric methylphosphonodiester / phosphodiester antisense oligodeoxynucleotides targeting bases 1147–1166 of c-myc mRNA downregulated c-Myc protein and induced apoptosis and cell cycle arrest respectively in cultures of MOLT-4 and KYO1 human leukemia cells. In contrast, an RNase H-inactive, morpholino antisense oligonucleotide analogue 28-mer, simultaneously targeting the exon 2 splice acceptor site and initiation codon, reduced c- Myc protein to barely detectable levels but did not affect cell proliferation in these or other leukemia lines. The RNase H-active oligodeoxynucleotide 20-mers contained the phosphodiester linked motif CGTTG, which as an apoptosis inducing CpG oligodeoxynucleotide 5-mer of sequence type CGNNN (N = A, G, C, or T) had potent activity against MOLT-4 cells. The 5-mer mimicked the antiproliferative effects of the 20-mer in the absence of any antisense activity against c-myc mRNA, while the latter still reduced expression of c-myc in a subline of MOLT-4 cells that had been selected for resistance to CGTTA, but in this case the oligodeoxynucleotide failed to induce apoptosis or cell cycle arrest. Conclusions: We conclude that the biological activity of the chimeric c-myc antisense 20-mers resulted from a non-antisense mechanism related to the CGTTG motif contained within the sequence, and not through downregulation of c-myc. Although the oncogene may have been implicated in the etiology of the original leukemias, expression of c-myc is apparently no longer required to sustain continuous cell proliferation in these culture lines.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | Published: 16 November 2001. |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | leukemia cells, c-myc antisense oligonucleotides |
Subjects: | ?? QH301 ?? |
Divisions: | Faculty of Health and Life Sciences |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
Date Deposited: | 07 Jul 2008 15:28 |
Last Modified: | 17 Dec 2022 01:31 |
DOI: | 10.1186/1471-2199-2-13 |
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URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/799 |