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  • Title: Silencing of N-Ras gene expression using shRNA decreases transformation efficiency and tumor growth in transformed cells induced by anti-BPDE.
    Author: Zhou L, Jiang Y, Tan A, Greenlee AR, Shen Y, Liu L, Yang Q.
    Journal: Toxicol Sci; 2008 Oct; 105(2):286-94. PubMed ID: 18567617.
    Abstract:
    Anti-benzo[a]pyrene-trans-7,8-diol-9,10-epoxide (anti-BPDE) is the most important metabolite of benzo[a]pyrene which is a ubiquitous environmental pollutant, and may cause human cancer, especially of the lung. Ras genes (H, K, and N) are activated in 40% of human tumors and may contribute to carcinogenesis. Here, we used malignant human bronchial epithelial cells transformed by anti-BPDE (16HBE-T) to help characterize possible molecular mechanisms of carcinogenesis. We compared H-, K-, and N-Ras mRNA and protein expression levels in 16HBE-T cells and untransformed control 16HBE cells (16HBE-N), using reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) and Western blotting. We further used short hairpin RNA to silence N-Ras gene expression in 16HBE-T cells to determine the effects of silencing on the cell cycle, transformation efficiency and tumor growth. We observed overexpression of H-, K-, and N-Ras genes at both mRNA and protein levels in 16HBE-T cells, compared with 16HBE-N cells. Silencing of N-Ras in 16HBE-T cells using stable RNA interference increased the proportion of cells in G(0)/G(1) phase, decreased the proportion in S-phase, decreased transformation efficiency, and inhibited tumor growth. Our findings suggest that overexpression of N-Ras gene plays an important role in malignant transformation of 16HBE cells by anti-BPDE. N-Ras gene may be a useful target for gene therapy.
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