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  • Title: Different regulation of N- and c-myc expression during phorbol ester-induced maturation of human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells.
    Author: Hammerling U, Bjelfman C, Påhlman S.
    Journal: Oncogene; 1987; 2(1):73-7. PubMed ID: 3325885.
    Abstract:
    The mRNA expression of c-myc and N-myc in the human neuroblastoma cell line SH-SY5Y was found not to change appreciably during the cell cycle and was also unaffected by proliferative inhibition induced by serum starvation or polyamine depletion. However, an early (0.5-8.0 h post-induction) transient reduction of c- and N-myc transcripts were observed in these cells upon induction to differentiation with the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA). Treatment of these neuroblastoma cells with TPA for longer periods (1-8 days), which induces morphological and functional differentiation and growth arrest, was followed by decreased expression of both myc genes. However, the rate of disappearance differed considerably. The N-myc mRNA level was slightly decreased after 4 days and was still detectable 8 days after induction, whereas the c-myc transcript was down-regulated much faster. In contrast, when the cells were exposed to retinoic acid, which results in a maturation along an alternative pathway, the inhibition of N-myc and c-myc expression was similar. The c-fos mRNA expression increased in TPA-treated SH-SY5Y cells and remained high during extended exposure to the drug. The highest c-fos transcript level in induced cells coincided in time with the transient reduction of N-myc and c-myc. Thus, the TPA-induced neuronal differentiation of SH-SY5Y cells was compatible with high c-fos and a substantial N-myc mRNA expression.
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