Effects of 5-azacytidine on expression of endogenous retrovirus-related sequences in C3H 10T1/2 cells

  • Hsiao W
  • Gattoni-Celli S
  • Weinstein I
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Abstract

In a previous study (22) we found that transient exposure of C3H 10T1/2 mouse embryo fibroblasts to 5-azacytidine (5-azaC) induced several changes in growth properties. The treated cells showed progressive changes in morphology, saturation density, growth rate, and serum dependence. By passage 5, the cells had acquired the ability to grow in 0.3% agarose, and by passage 30, they had given rise to fully transformed foci that grew in agarose, agar, and liquid suspension. This progression was rapidly accelerated if the cultures derived from 5-azaC-treated cells were exposed for 48 h to the carcinogen benzo[a]pyrene. The present studies demonstrate that both type C and type A, but not type B, retrovirus-related sequences were expressed in the 5-azaC-treated cells. There was negligible expression of these sequences in the control 10T1/2 cells. The level of expression of the related RNAs tended to correlate with loss of anchorage dependence and other markers of an increase in the transformed phenotype. These changes were associated with hypomethylation of the corresponding cellular DNA sequences, as revealed by differential digestion with the restriction enzymes HpaII and MspI. These studies provide evidence that aberrations in DNA methylation and induction of expression of certain endogenous retroviruses may be one of a series of critical events during the course of multistage carcinogenesis, thus enhancing the evolution of malignant tumor cells.

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Hsiao, W. L., Gattoni-Celli, S., & Weinstein, I. B. (1986). Effects of 5-azacytidine on expression of endogenous retrovirus-related sequences in C3H 10T1/2 cells. Journal of Virology, 57(3), 1119–1126. https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.57.3.1119-1126.1986

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