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  • Title: Constitutive c-myc expression enhances proliferation of differentiating F9 teratocarcinoma cells.
    Author: Schulz WA, Gais G.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1989 Sep 19; 1013(2):125-32. PubMed ID: 2475175.
    Abstract:
    The c-myc protooncogene is expressed in many tumor cells as well as during normal development. In order to study the role of c-myc in differentiation, proliferation and tumorigenicity of F9 mouse teratocarcinoma cells, the pSVmyc1 plasmid constitutively expressing an active c-myc oncogene was introduced into F9 stem cells by cotransfection with the selectable marker RSVneo. Enhanced expression of c-myc did not alter the properties of F9 stem cells. Prolonged proliferation during retinoic acid induced differentiation was observed in cell clones constitutively expressing c-myc. In contrast, as determined by morphology, by immunocytochemistry for markers specific for stem cells and differentiated derivatives, and by Northern hybridization for mRNAs specific for differentiated cells, differentiation was neither inhibited nor delayed by constitutive c-myc expression. Tumorigenicity of stem cells as well as retinoic acid-treated cells--as measured by soft agar cloning efficiency and tumor formation in syngenic mice--was not altered by SVmyc1. We conclude that in F9 teratocarcinoma cells down-regulation of c-myc is related to arrest of proliferation rather than differentiation.
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