Modulation by retinoic acid of spontaneous and benzo(a)pyrene-induced c-Ha-ras expression. Academic Article

abstract

• The effects of retinoic acid on the expression of the Ha-ras gene were studied in transformed rat hepatoma cells (H4IIE) and in rat aortic smooth muscle cells (ASMC) treated with benzo(a)pyrene (30 microM) in vitro. In H4IIE cells, a dose-dependent increase in steady state Ha-ras mRNA levels was observed upon exposure to retinoic acid for 24 hr. Exposure of ASMC to 10 microM retinoic acid under similar experimental conditions was also associated with increased Ha-ras expression. In contrast, retinoic acid (1 and 10 microM) inhibited benzo(a)pyrene-induced expression of Ha-ras in ASMC. These results suggest that retinoic acid modulates spontaneous and carcinogen-induced expression of Ha-ras in a differential manner.

authors

• Ramos, Kenneth

published proceedings

• Basic Life Sci

author list (cited authors)

• Sadhu, D. N., & Ramos, K.

citation count

• 7

complete list of authors

• Sadhu, DN||Ramos, K

publication date

• January 1993

publisher

• Springer US  Publisher

published in

• Basic life sciences  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Anticarcinogenic Agents
• Aorta
• Benzo(a)pyrene
• Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
• Cell Line
• Gene Expression
• Genes, Ras
• Liver Neoplasms
• Muscle, Smooth, Vascular
• RNA, Messenger
• Rats
• Tretinoin
• Tumor Cells, Cultured

PubMed Central ID

• 8304937

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/978-1-4615-2984-2_24

start page

• 263

end page

• 268

volume

• 61