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Turilova VI, Goryachaya TS, Yakovleva TK. Chinese hamster ovary cell line DXB-11: chromosomal instability and karyotype heterogeneity. Mol Cytogenet 2021; 14:11. [PMID: 33596973 PMCID: PMC7888135 DOI: 10.1186/s13039-021-00528-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Chinese hamster ovary cell lines, also known as CHO cells, represent a large family of related, yet quite different, cell lines which are metabolic mutants derived from the original cell line, CHO-ori. Dihydrofolate reductase-deficient DXB-11 cell line, one of the first CHO derivatives, serves as the host cell line for the production of therapeutic proteins. It is generally assumed that DXB-11 is identical to DUKX or CHO-DUK cell lines, but, to our knowledge, DXB-11 karyotype has not been described yet. RESULTS Using differential staining approaches (G-, C-banding and Ag-staining), we presented DXB-11 karyotype and revealed that karyotypes of DXB-11 and CHO-DUK cells have a number of differences. Although the number of chromosomes is equal-20 in each cell line-DXB-11 has normal chromosomes of the 1st and 5th pairs as well as an intact chromosome 8. Besides, in DXB-11 line, chromosome der(Z9) includes the material of chromosomes X and 6, whereas in CHO-DUK it results from the translocation of chromosomes 1 and 6. Ag-positive nucleolar organizer regions were revealed in the long arms of chromosome del(4)(q11q12) and both chromosome 5 homologues, as well as in the short arms of chromosomes 8 and add(8)(q11). Only 19 from 112 (16.96%) DXB-11 cells display identical chromosome complement accepted as the main structural variant of karyotype. The karyotype heterogeneity of all the rest of cells (93, 83.04%) occurs due to clonal and nonclonal additional structural rearrangements of chromosomes. Estimation of the frequency of chromosome involvement in these rearrangements allowed us to reveal that chromosomes 9, der(X)t(X;3;4), del(2)(p21p23), del(2)(q11q22) /Z2, der(4) /Z7, add(6)(p11) /Z8 are the most stable, whereas mar2, probably der(10), is the most unstable chromosome. A comparative analysis of our own and literary data on CHO karyotypes allowed to designate conservative chromosomes, both normal and rearranged, that remain unchanged in different CHO cell lines, as well as variable chromosomes that determine the individuality of karyotypes of CHO derivatives. CONCLUSION DXB-11and CHO-DUK cell lines differ in karyotypes. The revealed differential instability of DXB-11 chromosomes is likely not incidental and results in karyotype heterogeneity of cell population.
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- Victoria I Turilova
- Laboratory of Cell Morphology, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tikhoretsky ave., 4, St Petersburg, Russia, 194064.
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- Centre of Cell Technologies, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tikhoretsky ave., 4, St Petersburg, Russia, 194064
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- Laboratory of Cell Morphology, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tikhoretsky ave., 4, St Petersburg, Russia, 194064
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Walen KH. Genomic Instability in Cancer II: 4N-Skewed (90°) Reductive Division via Fragile Sites to Fitness Increase for Solid and Hematological Cancer Beginnings. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019. [DOI: 10.4236/jct.2019.107045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Chen K, Li D, Li H, Li B, Li J, Huang L, Li R, Xu X, Jiang L, Jiang C, Gu H, Fang J. Genetic analysis of heterogeneous sub-clones in recombinant Chinese hamster ovary cells. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2017; 101:5785-5797. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-017-8331-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2016] [Revised: 05/03/2017] [Accepted: 05/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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FISH-Based Analysis of Clonally Derived CHO Cell Populations Reveals High Probability for Transgene Integration in a Terminal Region of Chromosome 1 (1q13). PLoS One 2016; 11:e0163893. [PMID: 27684722 PMCID: PMC5042417 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2016] [Accepted: 09/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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A basic goal in the development of recombinant proteins is the generation of cell lines that express the desired protein stably over many generations. Here, we constructed engineered Chinese hamster ovary cell lines (CHO-S) with a pCHO-hVR1 vector that carried an extracellular domain of a VEGF receptor (VR) fusion gene. Forty-five clones with high hVR1 expression were selected for karyotype analysis. Using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and G-banding, we found that pCHO-hVR1 was integrated into three chromosomes, including chromosomes 1, Z3 and Z4. Four clones were selected to evaluate their productivity under non-fed, non-optimized shake flask conditions. The results showed that clones 1 and 2 with integration sites on chromosome 1 revealed high levels of hVR1 products (shake flask of approximately 800 mg/L), whereas clones 3 and 4 with integration sites on chromosomes Z3 or Z4 had lower levels of hVR1 products. Furthermore, clones 1 and 2 maintained their productivity stabilities over a continuous period of 80 generations, and clones 3 and 4 showed significant declines in their productivities in the presence of selection pressure. Finally, pCHO-hVR1 localized to the same region at chromosome 1q13, the telomere region of normal chromosome 1. In this study, these results demonstrate that the integration of exogenous hVR1 gene on chromosome 1, band q13, may create a high protein-producing CHO-S cell line, suggesting that chromosome 1q13 may contain a useful target site for the high expression of exogenous protein. This study shows that the integration into the target site of chromosome 1q13 may avoid the problems of random integration that cause gene silencing or also overcome position effects, facilitating exogenous gene expression in CHO-S cells.
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Moritz B, Woltering L, Becker PB, Göpfert U. High levels of histone H3 acetylation at the CMV promoter are predictive of stable expression in Chinese hamster ovary cells. Biotechnol Prog 2016; 32:776-86. [DOI: 10.1002/btpr.2271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2016] [Revised: 03/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Benjamin Moritz
- Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, Large Molecule Research, Roche Innovation Center Munich; Germany
- Biomedical Center and Center for Integrated Protein Science, Molecular Biology Division, Ludwig-Maximilians-University; Munich Germany
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- Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, Large Molecule Research, Roche Innovation Center Munich; Germany
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- Biomedical Center and Center for Integrated Protein Science, Molecular Biology Division, Ludwig-Maximilians-University; Munich Germany
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- Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, Large Molecule Research, Roche Innovation Center Munich; Germany
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Betts Z, Dickson AJ. Ubiquitous Chromatin Opening Elements (UCOEs) effect on transgene position and expression stability in CHO cells following methotrexate (MTX) amplification. Biotechnol J 2016; 11:554-64. [DOI: 10.1002/biot.201500159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2015] [Revised: 08/30/2015] [Accepted: 12/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Zeynep Betts
- The University of Manchester, Faculty of Life Sciences, Michael Smith Building; Manchester United Kingdom
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- The University of Manchester, Faculty of Life Sciences, Michael Smith Building; Manchester United Kingdom
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Li H, Chen K, Wang Z, Li D, Lin J, Yu C, Yu F, Wang X, Huang L, Jiang C, Gu H, Fang J. Genetic analysis of the clonal stability of Chinese hamster ovary cells for recombinant protein production. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2015; 12:102-9. [PMID: 26563441 DOI: 10.1039/c5mb00627a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells are frequently used for the production of recombinant proteins for therapeutical applications. However, the recombinant protein expression level of CHO cells may reduce during long-term culture. The physiological changes related to the stability of expression were not well understood. In this study, we performed a series of genetic analysis on stable and unstable clonal derived populations. Transcriptome analysis revealed that a large number of differentially expressed genes (>100) were identified in the unstable population between early and late generations, while only a few differentially expressed genes were found in the stable population, suggesting that the gene expression change is related to the instability of recombinant protein production. On the other hand, no significant differences were found in promoter methylation or gene copy numbers in the unstable population. Taken together, our data help better understand the molecular mechanism underlying the stability of recombinant protein production in CHO cells.
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- Hongwen Li
- School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
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Vishwanathan N, Le H, Jacob NM, Tsao YS, Ng SW, Loo B, Liu Z, Kantardjieff A, Hu WS. Transcriptome dynamics of transgene amplification in Chinese hamster ovary cells. Biotechnol Bioeng 2013; 111:518-28. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.25117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2013] [Revised: 08/16/2013] [Accepted: 09/09/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Nandita Vishwanathan
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science; University of Minnesota; 421 Washington Avenue S.E. Minneapolis Minnesota 55455-0132
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science; University of Minnesota; 421 Washington Avenue S.E. Minneapolis Minnesota 55455-0132
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science; University of Minnesota; 421 Washington Avenue S.E. Minneapolis Minnesota 55455-0132
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- Bioprocessing Technology Institute; Singapore Singapore
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- Bioprocessing Technology Institute; Singapore Singapore
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- Bioprocess Development; Merck & Co.; Union New Jersey
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science; University of Minnesota; 421 Washington Avenue S.E. Minneapolis Minnesota 55455-0132
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science; University of Minnesota; 421 Washington Avenue S.E. Minneapolis Minnesota 55455-0132
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Paredes V, Park JS, Jeong Y, Yoon J, Baek K. Unstable expression of recombinant antibody during long-term culture of CHO cells is accompanied by histone H3 hypoacetylation. Biotechnol Lett 2013; 35:987-93. [PMID: 23468139 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-013-1168-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2012] [Accepted: 02/18/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The gradual loss of recombinant protein expression in CHO cell lines during prolonged subculture is a common issue, referred to as instability, which seriously affects the industrial production processes of therapeutic proteins. Loss of recombinant gene copies, due to the genetic instability of CHO cells, and epigenetic silencing of transgene sequences, are the main reported causes of production instability. To increase our understanding on the molecular mechanisms inherent to CHO cells involved in production instability, we explored the molecular features of stable and unstable antibody producing cell lines obtained without gene amplification, to exclude the genetic instability induced by the gene amplification process. The instability of recombinant antibody production during long-term culture was caused by a 48-53% decrease in recombinant mRNA levels without significant loss of recombinant gene copies, but accompanied by a ~45% decrease in histone H3 acetylation (H3ac). Thus, our results suggest a critical role of H3ac in the stability of recombinant protein production.
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- Verenice Paredes
- Department of Genetic Engineering and Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, Yongin-si, Republic of Korea.
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Dahodwala H, Nowey M, Mitina T, Sharfstein ST. Effects of clonal variation on growth, metabolism, and productivity in response to trophic factor stimulation: a study of Chinese hamster ovary cells producing a recombinant monoclonal antibody. Cytotechnology 2012; 64:27-41. [PMID: 21822681 PMCID: PMC3261449 DOI: 10.1007/s10616-011-9388-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2011] [Accepted: 07/27/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022] Open
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The growth, metabolism, and productivity of five Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) clones were explored in response to stimulation with insulin (5 mg/L) and LONG(®)R(3)IGF-I (20 μg/L or 100 μg/L). All five clones were derived from the same parental CHO cell line (DG44) and produced the same recombinant monoclonal antibody, with varying specific productivities. There was no uniform response among the clones to stimulation with the different trophic factors. One of the high productivity clones (clone D) exhibited significantly better growth in response to LONG(®)R(3)IGF-I; whereas the other clones showed equivalent or slightly better growth in the presence of insulin. Three out of the five clones had higher specific productivities in the presence of insulin (although not statistically significant); one was invariant, and the final clone exhibited slightly higher specific productivity in the presence of LONG(®)R(3)IGF-I. Total product titers exhibited moderate variation between culture conditions, again with neither trophic factor being clearly superior. Overall product titers were affected by variations in both integrated viable cell density and specific productivity. Nutrient uptake and metabolite generation patterns varied strongly between clones and much less with culture conditions. These results point to the need for careful clonal analysis when selecting clones, particularly for platform processes where media and culture conditions are predetermined.
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- Hussain Dahodwala
- Biochemistry and Biophysics Program, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 12180, USA
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Lee JS, Park HJ, Kim YH, Lee GM. Protein reference mapping of dihydrofolate reductase-deficient CHO DG44 cell lines using 2-dimensional electrophoresis. Proteomics 2010; 10:2292-302. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200900430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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A study of monoclonal antibody-producing CHO cell lines: What makes a stable high producer? Biotechnol Bioeng 2009; 102:1182-96. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.22158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 234] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Nam JH, Ermonval M, Sharfstein ST. Cell Attachment to Microcarriers Affects Growth, Metabolic Activity, and Culture Productivity in Bioreactor Culture. Biotechnol Prog 2008; 23:652-60. [PMID: 17500530 DOI: 10.1021/bp070007l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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It is not well understood how changes from suspension to microcarrier cultures affect cell growth, metabolism, and yield of recombinant proteins. To investigate the effects of culture conditions on cell characteristics, fed-batch bioreactor cultures were performed under different culture conditions (suspension cultures, cultures attached to Cytodex 3 and Cytopore 1 microcarriers) using two different Chinese hamster ovary cell lines producing either secreted human placental alkaline phosphatase (TR2-255) or tissue plasminogen activator (CHO 1-15-500). In controlled, agitated bioreactors, suspension cultures reached cell densities and product titers higher than those in microcarrier cultures, in contrast to the results in static flask cultures. Growth and metabolic activities showed similar trends in suspension and microcarrier culture regardless of cell line. However, the responses of the specific productivities to the different culture conditions differed significantly between the cell lines.
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- Jong Hyun Nam
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, USA
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Wu SC, Hong WW, Liu JH. Short hairpin RNA targeted to dihydrofolate reductase enhances the immunoglobulin G expression in gene-amplified stable Chinese hamster ovary cells. Vaccine 2008; 26:4969-74. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.06.081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2007] [Revised: 06/09/2008] [Accepted: 06/10/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Hong WWL, Wu SC. A novel RNA silencing vector to improve antigen expression and stability in Chinese hamster ovary cells. Vaccine 2007; 25:4103-11. [PMID: 17428585 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2006] [Accepted: 02/03/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells and dihydrofolate reductase (dhfr)/methotrexate (MTX) gene amplification system are routinely used to generate stable producer CHO cell clones in biopharmaceutical industries. The present study proposes a novel method by the co-amplification of the silencing vector targeted to dhfr gene for improvements of selecting high-producing clones in dhfr-deficient and wild-type CHO cells. Using the silencing vector also resulted in improving the stability of the recombinant protein expression in the absence of MTX in the CHO/dhFr(-) and wild-type CHO cells. This new method is proposed to generate highly expressed stable cell clones of both dhfr-deficient and wild-type CHO cells for recombinant antigen production. Utilization of the silencing vector designed in this study can improve antigen expression through dhfr-directed gene amplification in other dhfr-competent cell lines for vaccine development.
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- Willy W L Hong
- Institute of Biotechnology, Department of Life Science, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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Lattenmayer C, Loeschel M, Steinfellner W, Trummer E, Mueller D, Schriebl K, Vorauer-Uhl K, Katinger H, Kunert R. Identification of transgene integration loci of different highly expressing recombinant CHO cell lines by FISH. Cytotechnology 2006; 51:171-82. [PMID: 19002887 DOI: 10.1007/s10616-006-9029-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2006] [Accepted: 10/04/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Recombinant CHO cell lines have integrated the expression vectors in various parts of the genome leading to different levels of gene amplification, productivity and stability of protein expression. Identification of insertion sites where gene amplification is possible and the transcription rate is high may lead to systems of site-directed integration and will significantly reduce the process for the generation of stably and highly expressing recombinant cell lines. We have investigated a broad range of recombinant cell lines by FISH analysis and Giemsa-Trypsin banding and analysed their integration loci with regard to the extent of methotrexate pressure, transfection methods, promoters and protein productivities. To summarise, we found that the majority of our high producing recombinant CHO cell lines had integrated the expression construct on a larger chromosome of the genome. Furthermore, except from two cell lines, the exogene was integrated at a single site. The dhfr selection marker was co-localised to the target gene.
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- Christine Lattenmayer
- Austrian Center of Biopharmaceutical Technology, Muthgasse 18, 1190, Vienna, Austria,
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Selvarajah S, Yoshimoto M, Park PC, Maire G, Paderova J, Bayani J, Lim G, Al-Romaih K, Squire JA, Zielenska M. The breakage-fusion-bridge (BFB) cycle as a mechanism for generating genetic heterogeneity in osteosarcoma. Chromosoma 2006; 115:459-67. [PMID: 16897100 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-006-0074-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2006] [Revised: 06/08/2006] [Accepted: 06/09/2006] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Osteosarcoma (OS) is characterized by chromosomal instability and high copy number gene amplification. The breakage-fusion-bridge (BFB) cycle is a well-established mechanism of genome instability in tumors and in vitro models used to study the origins of complex chromosomal rearrangements and cancer genome amplification. To determine whether the BFB cycle could be increasing the de novo rate of formation of cytogenetic aberrations in OS, the frequency of anaphase bridge configurations and dicentric chromosomes in four OS cell lines was quantified. An increased level of anaphase bridges and dicentrics was observed in all the OS cell lines. There was also a strong association between the frequencies of anaphase bridges, dicentrics, centrosomal anomalies, and multipolar mitotic figures in all the OS cell lines, indicating a possible link in the mechanisms that led to the structural and numerical instabilities observed in OS. In summary, this study has provided strong support for the role of the BFB cycle in generating the extensive structural chromosome aberrations, as well as cell-to-cell cytogenetic variation observed in OS, thus conferring the genetic diversity for OS tumor progression.
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- Shamini Selvarajah
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada
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Jun SC, Kim MS, Baik JY, Hwang SO, Lee GM. Selection strategies for the establishment of recombinant Chinese hamster ovary cell line with dihydrofolate reductase-mediated gene amplification. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2005; 69:162-9. [PMID: 15818475 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-005-1972-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2004] [Revised: 03/15/2005] [Accepted: 03/20/2005] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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To evaluate the efficacy of selection strategies for recombinant Chinese hamster ovary (rCHO) clones undergone with dihydrofolate reductase-mediated gene amplification, rCHO cell lines producing a chimeric antibody were established using two strategies, one based on individual clones and the other based on cell pools. In a selection based on individual clones, cell cloning by limiting dilution method was performed twice, once after a round of selection of parental cell clones and once after obtaining high-producer clones. Thirty parental clones selected from 300 parental clones were cultivated independently throughout the gene amplification procedure. Using this labor-intensive strategy, it took approximately 17 weeks to obtain high-producing clones such as CS11-8 and CS18-3 clones. A selection based on cell pools, in which cell cloning was performed once at the final selection stage, required less effort and time to amplify large numbers of individual parental clones within the pool. However, high-producing clones were lost during the amplification procedure. The antibody expression level of high-producing clones such as PS7-2 and PS7-32 chosen on the basis of cell pools was less than one third of that of CS11-8 and CS18-3 clones. Taken together, a selection strategy based on individual clones is favored for establishment of high-producing rCHO clones because it is more efficient to perform cell cloning at the initial selection stage of parental cell clones.
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- Seung Chul Jun
- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Yusong-Gu, Daejon
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Shimizu N, Shingaki K, Kaneko-Sasaguri Y, Hashizume T, Kanda T. When, where and how the bridge breaks: anaphase bridge breakage plays a crucial role in gene amplification and HSR generation. Exp Cell Res 2005; 302:233-43. [PMID: 15561104 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2004.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2004] [Revised: 08/28/2004] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Amplified genes are frequently localized on extrachromosomal double minutes (DMs) or in chromosomal homogeneously staining regions (HSRs). We previously showed that a plasmid bearing a mammalian replication initiation region could efficiently generate DMs and HSRs after transfection into human tumor cell lines. The Breakage-Fusion-Bridge (BFB) cycle model, a classical model that explains how HSRs form, could also be used to explain how the transfected plasmids generate HSRs. The BFB cycle model involves anaphase bridge formation due to the presence of dicentric chromosomes, followed by the breakage of the bridge. In this study, we used our plasmid-based model system to analyze how anaphase bridges break during mitosis. Dual-color fluorescence in situ hybridization analyses revealed that anaphase bridges were most frequently severed in their middle irrespective of their lengths, which suggests that a structurally fragile site exists in the middle of the anaphase bridge. Breakage of the chromosomal bridges occurred prior to nuclear membrane reformation and the completion of cytokinesis, which indicates that mechanical tension rather than cytokinesis is primarily responsible for severing anaphase bridges. Time-lapse observation of living cells revealed that the bridges rapidly shrink after being severed. If HSR length was extended too far, the bridge could no longer be resolved and became tangled depending on the tension. The unbroken bridge appeared to inhibit the completion of cytokinesis. These observations strongly suggest that anaphase bridges are highly elastic and that the length of the spindle axis determines the maximal HSR length.
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- Noriaki Shimizu
- Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 739-8521, Japan.
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Mowry MC, Meagher M, Smith L, Marks J, Subramanian A. Production and purification of a chimeric monoclonal antibody against botulinum neurotoxin serotype A. Protein Expr Purif 2004; 37:399-408. [PMID: 15358363 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2004.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2004] [Revised: 06/21/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Production of recombinant antibodies against botulinum neurotoxin is necessary for the development of a post-exposure treatment. CHO-DG44 cells were transfected with a plasmid encoding the light and heavy chains of a chimeric monoclonal antibody (S25) against botulism neurotoxin serotype A. Stable cell lines were obtained by dilution cloning and clones were shown to produce nearly equivalent levels of light and heavy chain antibody by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). In suspension culture, cells produced 35 microg/ml of chimeric antibody after 6 days, corresponding to a specific antibody productivity of 3.1 pg/cell/day. A method for the harvest and recovery of an antibody against botulism neurotoxin serotype A was investigated utilizing ethylenediamine-N,N'-tetra(methylphosphonic) acid (EDTPA) modified zirconia and MEP-hypercel, a hydrophobic charge interaction chromatography resin. Purification of the S25 antibody was compared to that achieved using rProtein A-Sepharose Fast Flow resin. After the direct load of culture supernatant, analysis by ELISA and gel electrophoresis showed that S25 antibody could be recovered at purities of 41 and 44%, from the EDTPA modified zirconia and MEP-hypercel columns, respectively. Although the purity obtained from each of these columns was low, the ability to withstand high column pressures and nearly 90% recovery of the antibody makes EDTPA modified zirconia well suited as an initial capture step. Combining the EDTPA modified zirconia and HCIC columns in series resulted in both purity and final product yield of 72%.
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- Mark C Mowry
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Nebraska, 207 Othmer Hall, 820 North 16th Street, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA.
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Foreign DNA integration is one of the most widely exploited cellular processes in molecular biology. Its technical use permits us to alter a cellular genome by incorporating a fragment of foreign DNA into the chromosomal DNA. This process employs the cell's own endogenous DNA modification and repair machinery. Two main classes of integration mechanisms exist: those that draw on sequence similarity between the foreign and genomic sequences to carry out homology-directed modifications, and the nonhomologous or 'illegitimate' insertion of foreign DNA into the genome. Gene therapy procedures can result in illegitimate integration of introduced sequences and thus pose a risk of unforeseeable genomic alterations. The choice of insertion site, the degree to which the foreign DNA and endogenous locus are modified before or during integration, and the resulting impact on structure, expression, and stability of the genome are all factors of illegitimate DNA integration that must be considered, in particular when designing genetic therapies.
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- H Würtele
- Programme de Biologie Moléculaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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Barnes LM, Bentley CM, Dickson AJ. Stability of protein production from recombinant mammalian cells. Biotechnol Bioeng 2003; 81:631-9. [PMID: 12529877 DOI: 10.1002/bit.10517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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One of the most important criteria for successful generation of a therapeutic protein from a recombinant cell is to obtain a cell line that maintains stability of production. If this is not achieved it can generate problems for process yields, effective use of time and money, and for regulatory approval of products. However, selection of a cell line that sustains stability of production over the required time period may be difficult to achieve during development of a therapeutic protein. There are several studies in the literature that have reported on the instability of protein production from recombinant cell lines. The causes of instability of production are varied and, in many cases, the exact molecular mechanisms are unknown. The production of proteins by cells is modulated by molecular events at levels ranging from transcription, posttranscriptional processing, translation, posttranslational processing, to secretion. There is potential for regulation of stability of protein production at many or all of these stages. In this study we review published information on stability of protein production for three industrially important cell lines: hybridoma, Chinese hamster ovary (CHO), and nonsecreting (NS0) myeloma cell lines. We highlight the most likely molecular loci at which instability may be engendered and indicate other areas of protein production that may affect stability from mammalian cells. We also outline approaches that could help to overcome the problems associated with unpredictable expression levels and maximized production, and indicate the consequences these might have for stability of production.
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- Louise M Barnes
- 2.205 School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, United Kingdom.
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Meents H, Enenkel B, Werner RG, Fussenegger M. p27Kip1-mediated controlled proliferation technology increases constitutive sICAM production in CHO-DUKX adapted for growth in suspension and serum-free media. Biotechnol Bioeng 2002; 79:619-27. [PMID: 12209809 DOI: 10.1002/bit.10322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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We have engineered dihydrofolate reductase-deficient (dhfr(-)) Chinese hamster ovary (CHO)-DUKX B11 cells adapted for growth in serum-free suspension cultures for unlinked muristerone-inducible expression of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27Kip1 and constitutive expression of the soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM), a potent common cold therapeutic. Conditional overexpression of p27Kip1 resulted in a sustained G1-specific growth arrest of transgenic CHO-DUKX associated with up to fivefold-increased specific sICAM productivity. Herein we exemplify the implementation of controlled proliferation technology in a major biopharmaceutical production cell line that is compatible with key requirements for large-scale production procedures, including constitutive transgene expression and anchorage-independent growth in serum-free media.
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- Heiko Meents
- Institute of Biotechnology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich
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Kim TK, Chung JY, Sung YH, Lee GM. Relationship between cell size and specific thrombopoietin productivity in chinese hamster ovary cells during dihydrofolate reductase-mediated gene amplification. BIOTECHNOL BIOPROC E 2001. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02933001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Oh SH, Miyazaki M, Namba M. Development of a serum-free medium for a human immortalized fibroblast cell line (KMST-6/TNF) producing tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and growth inhibitory effects of its conditioned medium on malignant cells in culture. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 2001; 37:169-71. [PMID: 11370808 DOI: 10.1290/1071-2690(2001)037<0169:doasfm>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Ryu JS, Kim TK, Chung JY, Lee GM. Osmoprotective effect of glycine betaine on foreign protein production in hyperosmotic recombinant chinese hamster ovary cell cultures differs among cell lines. Biotechnol Bioeng 2000; 70:167-75. [PMID: 10972928 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0290(20001020)70:2<167::aid-bit6>3.0.co;2-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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When three recombinant Chinese hamster ovary (rCHO) cell lines, CHO/dhfr-B22-4, CS13-1.00*, and CS13-0.02*, were cultivated in hyperosmolar media resulting from NaCl addition, their specific foreign protein productivity increased with medium osmolality. However, due to a simultaneous suppression of cell growth at elevated osmolality, no enhancement in the maximum foreign protein titer was made in batch cultures. To test the feasibility of using glycine betaine, known as a strong osmoprotective compound, for improved foreign protein production in hyperosmotic rCHO cell cultures, hyperosmotic batch cultures were carried out in the presence of 15 mM glycine betaine. Glycine betaine was found to have a strong osmoprotective effect on all three rCHO cell lines. Inclusion of 15 mM glycine betaine in hyperosmolar medium enabled rCHO cell lines to grow at 557 to 573 mOsm/kg, whereas they could not grow in the absence of glycine betaine. However, effect of glycine betaine inclusion in hyperosmolar medium on foreign protein production differed among rCHO cell lines. CHO/dhfr-B22-4 cells retained enhanced specific human thrombopoietin (hTPO) productivity in the presence of glycine betaine, and thereby the maximum hTPO titer obtained at 573 mOsm/kg was increased by 72% over that obtained in the control culture with physiological osmolality (292 mOsm/kg). On the other hand, enhanced specific antibody productivity of CS13-1.00* and CS13-0.02* at elevated osmolality was decreased significantly in the presence of glycine betaine. As a result, the maximum antibody titer at 557 mOsm/kg was similar to that obtained in the control culture with physiological osmolality. The mRNA contents per cell determined by northern blot hybridization correlated with q in all three rCHO cell lines, indicating that transcriptional regulation is responsible in part for q enhancement at hyperosmolality in the absence as well as the presence of glycine betaine. Taken together, efficacy of the simultaneous use of hyperosmotic pressure and glycine betaine as a means to improve foreign protein production was variable among different rCHO cell lines.
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- J S Ryu
- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology 373-1, Kusong-Dong, Yusong-Gu, Taejon 305-701, Korea
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Kim SJ, Lee GM. Cytogenetic analysis of chimeric antibody-producing CHO cells in the course of dihydrofolate reductase-mediated gene amplification and their stability in the absence of selective pressure. Biotechnol Bioeng 1999. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0290(19990920)64:6<741::aid-bit14>3.0.co;2-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Kim EJ, Kim NS, Lee GM. Development of a serum-free medium for dihydrofolate reductase-deficient Chinese hamster ovary cells (DG44) using a statistical design: beneficial effect of weaning of cells. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 1999; 35:178-82. [PMID: 10478796 DOI: 10.1007/s11626-999-0024-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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To develop serum-free (SF) medium for dihydrofolate reductase-deficient Chinese hamster ovary cells (DG44), a statistical optimization approach based on a Plackett-Burman design was adopted. DG44 cells which were normally maintained in 10 serum medium were gradually weaned to 0.5% serum medium to increase the probability of successful growth in SF medium. A basal medium was prepared by supplementing Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium and Ham's nutrient mixture F12 with hypoxanthine (10 mg/l) and thymidine (10 mg/l). Twenty-eight different supplements were selected as variables on the basis of their growth-promoting abilities. From statistical analysis, leucine, tryptophan, lysine, proline, histidine, hydrocortisone, ethanolamine, and phosphatidylcholine were identified as important components showing positive effects on cell growth. A new SF medium (SF-DG44) was formulated by supplementing the basal medium with these components. When the weaned cells were inoculated at 1.0 x 10(5) cells/ml, a maximum viable cell concentration of 6.4 x 10(3)) cells/ ml was achieved in SF-DG44 medium. In contrast, when the unweaned cells were used, a concentration of only 4.1 x 10(5) cells/ml was reached under the same culture conditions, indicating that weaning of cells improves cell growth in SF medium. In summary, we found that development of a novel SF medium for DG44 cells was facilitated using a Plackett-Burman design technique and weaning of cells.
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- E J Kim
- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Taejon
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Kim NS, Kim SJ, Lee GM. Clonal variability within dihydrofolate reductase-mediated gene amplified Chinese hamster ovary cells: Stability in the absence of selective pressure. Biotechnol Bioeng 1998. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0290(19981220)60:6<679::aid-bit5>3.0.co;2-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Kim EJ, Kim NS, Lee GM. Development of a serum-free medium for the production of humanized antibody from Chinese hamster ovary cells using a statistical design. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 1998; 34:757-61. [PMID: 9870524 DOI: 10.1007/s11626-998-0029-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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To develop serum-free (SF) media for the production of humanized antibody from recombinant Chinese hamster ovary (rCHO) cells, a statistical optimization approach based on a Plackett-Burman design was adopted. A basal medium was prepared by supplementing alpha-minimal essential medium (alpha-MEM) with Fe(NO3)3.9H2O, CuCl2, ZnSO4.7H2O, and Na2SeO3 which are generally contained in SF medium formulations. Insulin, transferrin, and ethanolamine were also supplemented to the basal medium to determine their optimal concentrations. From this statistical analysis, serine, phenylalanine, and tyrosine were identified as important determinants for cell growth. Also, putrescine, linoleic acid, and hydrocortisone were shown to be important for both cell growth and antibody production. The SF medium was formulated by supplementing the basal medium with components showing positive effects on cell growth and/or antibody production. Cell growth and antibody production in this SF medium were comparable to those in alpha-MEM supplemented with 5% dialyzed fetal bovine serum. Taken together, the results obtained here show that a Plackett-Burman design facilitates the development of SF media for rCHO cells aimed at producing a humanized antibody.
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- E J Kim
- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Taejon
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Kuo MT, Sen S, Hittelman WN, Hsu TC. Chromosomal fragile sites and DNA amplification in drug-resistant cells. Biochem Pharmacol 1998; 56:7-13. [PMID: 9698083 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-2952(98)00040-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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It has been well established that DNA amplification is one of the important mechanisms by which cultured cells acquire resistance to many cytotoxic compounds. Amplification of important genes including those encoding oncoproteins, growth factors, their receptors and cell-cycle regulators has been reported in human neoplasms. Yet, despite intensive research since the first description of DNA amplification in cultured cells about 20 years ago, the mechanisms of DNA amplification remain largely unknown. Many models have been proposed to account for the diverse manifestations of amplified DNA in many different cell sources. It is not the intention of this commentary to review these many different models. Rather, we wil focus on the recent advances in this area of research, made mainly via the fluorescence in situ hybridization technique, that have revealed a fairly common chromosomal manifestation of amplified DNA in the drug-resistant hamster cell lines and have demonstrated the association of chromosomal fragile site breakage with early events in DNA amplification. These new developments underscore the importance of future research toward understanding the molecular bases of chromosomal fragile sites, including mechanisms involved in DNA strand breakage and repair, chromosomal translocations, and deletions, which may, in turn, provide important new insights into genomic plasticity and neoplastic transformation.
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- M T Kuo
- Department of Molecular Pathology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030, USA.
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Brinton BT, Heintz NH. Plasmid amplification-promoting sequences from the origin region of Chinese hamster dihydrofolate reductase gene do not promote position-independent chromosomal gene amplification. Chromosoma 1995; 104:143-51. [PMID: 8585992 DOI: 10.1007/bf00347697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Initiation of DNA synthesis occurs with high frequency at oribeta, a region of DNA from the amplified dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) domain of Chinese hamster CHOC 400 cells that contains an origin of bidirectional DNA replication (OBR). Recently, sequences from DHFR oribeta/OBR were shown to stimulate amplification of cis-linked plasmid DNA when transfected into murine cells. To test the role of oribeta/OBR in chromosomal gene amplification, linearized plasmids containing these sequences linked to a DHFR expression cassette were introduced into DHFR- CHO DUKX cells. After selection for expression of DHFR, cell lines that contain a single integrated, unrearranged copy of the linearized expression plasmid were identified and exposed to low levels of the folate analog, methotrexate (MTX). Of seven clonal cell lines containing the vector control, three gained resistance to MTX by 5 to 15-fold amplification of the integrated marker gene. Of 16 clonal cell lines that contained oribeta/OBR linked to a DHFR mini-gene, only 6 gained resistance to MTX by gene amplification. Hence, sequences from the DHFR origin region that stimulate plasmid DNA amplification do not promote amplification of an integrated marker gene in all chromosomal contexts. In addition to showing that chromosomal position has a strong influence on the frequency of gene amplification, these studies suggest that the mechanism that mediates the experiment of episomal plasmid DNA does not contribute to the early steps of chromosomal gene amplification.
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- B T Brinton
- Department of Pathology and Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Soule Medical Alumni Building, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
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Barlow C, Meister B, Lendahl U, Vennström B. Altered expression after expansion of a v-erbA transgene in transgenic mice. Transgenic Res 1995; 4:378-87. [PMID: 7581518 DOI: 10.1007/bf01973756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Repetitive DNA is known to undergo size variations based on an increase or decrease in the number of monomer units. We describe here the spontaneous expansion of an experimentally introduced tandem array of repeats in a transgenic mouse consisting of the human beta-actin promoter fused to the viral oncogene v-erbA and an SV40 polyadenylation signal (hAP/v-erbA). The expansion of the transgene was identified during routine screening of transgenic offspring for heterozygosity or homozygosity in one founder line. The control heterozygote genome consisted of the hAP/v-erbA transgene organized as a tandem array approximately five monomer units at a single chromosomal locus. The number of units increased to 20-21 copies, and germline transmission of the expanded units was stable for at least two generations. The majority of animals carrying the expanded monomer units retained their RNA expression patterns; however, some of these animals had drastically reduced expression levels. We discuss the possibility that expansion of repeated units may provide a mechanism by which the expression of a deleterious transgene is reduced.
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- C Barlow
- Dept. of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Adamson DJ, King DJ, Haites NE. Significant telomere shortening in childhood leukemia. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 1992; 61:204-6. [PMID: 1638505 DOI: 10.1016/0165-4608(92)90088-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Telomere length was studied by Southern analysis in five cases of childhood acute leukemia. In four cases, the length of the telomere sequence of the blast phase cells was shortened as compared with that of the cells examined during remission. Study of telomere length during chemotherapy for hematologic malignancies may show rapidly dividing subpopulations of malignant cells and thereby guide further treatment needs. In addition, such loss of telomere sequence would give rise to chromosomal instability and could be one of the mechanisms of oncogene activation in acute leukemia.
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- D J Adamson
- Department of Medical Genetics, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, Scotland
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Windle BE, Wahl GM. Molecular dissection of mammalian gene amplification: new mechanistic insights revealed by analyses of very early events. Mutat Res 1992; 276:199-224. [PMID: 1374515 DOI: 10.1016/0165-1110(92)90009-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- B E Windle
- Cancer Therapy and Research Center of South Texas, University of Texas, San Antonio 78229
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Elshourbagy NA, Near JC, Kmetz PJ, Wells TN, Groot PH, Saxty BA, Hughes SA, Franklin M, Gloger IS. Cloning and expression of a human ATP-citrate lyase cDNA. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1992; 204:491-9. [PMID: 1371749 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1992.tb16659.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A full-length cDNA clone of 4.3 kb encoding the human ATP-citrate lyase enzyme has been isolated by screening a human cDNA library with the recently isolated rat ATP-citrate lyase cDNA clone [Elshourbagy et al. (1990) J. Biol. Chem. 265, 1430]. Nucleic-acid sequence data indicate that the cDNA contains the complete coding region for the enzyme, which is 1105 amino acids in length with a calculated molecular mass of 121,419 Da. Comparison of the human and rat ATP-citrate lyase cDNA sequences reveals 96.3% amino acid identity throughout the entire sequence. Further sequence analysis identified the His765 catalytic phosphorylation site, the ATP-binding site, as well as the CoA binding site. The human ATP-citrate lyase cDNA clone was subcloned into a mammalian expression vector for expression in African green monkey kidney cells (COS) and Chinese hamster ovary cells (CHO) cells. Transfected COS cells expressed detectable levels of an enzymatically active recombinant ATP-citrate lyase enzyme. Stable, amplified expression of ATP-citrate lyase in CHO cells as achieved by using coamplification with dihydrofolate reductase. Resistant cells expressed high levels of enzymatically active ATP-citrate lyase (3 pg/cell/d). Site-specific mutagenesis of His765----Ala diminishes the catalytic activity of the expressed ATP-citrate lyase protein. Since catalysis of ATP-citrate lyase is postulated to involve the formation of phosphohistidine, these results are consistent with the pattern of earlier observations of the significance of the histidine residue in catalysis of the human ATP-citrate lyase.
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- N A Elshourbagy
- Department of Molecular Genetics, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, King of Prussia, PA 19406
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Viaggi S, Nüsse M, Ottaggio L, Bonatti S. Chromosome rearrangements associated with CAD gene amplification. Experiments with cell hybrids. Mutat Res 1992; 265:9-21. [PMID: 1370246 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(92)90035-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Resistance to phosphonacetyl-L-aspartate (PALA) is caused by CAD gene amplification. The marker chromosome of a PALA-resistant cell line containing a homogeneously staining region with amplified CAD gene was introduced into PALA-sensitive Chinese hamster cells by microcell-mediated chromosome transfer. Two monochromosomal hybrids containing the marker chromosome in addition to the normal chromosome complement of sensitive cells and 1 tetraploid hybrid containing the complete genomes of donor (resistant) and recipient (sensitive) cells were studied in detail. It was shown that (i) the presence of the marker chromosome was both a necessary and a sufficient condition for the expression of the PALA-resistant phenotype; (ii) the marker chromosome underwent rearrangements in the monochromosomal hybrids, with preferential loss of non-amplified chromosomal regions, while it was not rearranged in the tetraploid hybrid; (iii) unlike the original PALA-resistant cells obtained after long-term selection in the presence of PALA, the PALA-resistant hybrids did not show chromosomal aberrations of other than the marker chromosome. This result indicates that chromosomal aberrations may be due to the selective procedure and is not an inherent property of cells containing amplified genes.
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- S Viaggi
- Laboratory of Mutagenesis, IST, Genoa, Italy
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Hastie ND, Dempster M, Dunlop MG, Thompson AM, Green DK, Allshire RC. Telomere reduction in human colorectal carcinoma and with ageing. Nature 1990; 346:866-8. [PMID: 2392154 DOI: 10.1038/346866a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1195] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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We have hypothesized that end-to-end chromosome fusions observed in some tumours could play a part in genetic instability associated with tumorigenesis and that fusion may result from the loss of the long stretches of G-rich repeats found at the ends of all linear chromosomes. We therefore asked whether there is telomere loss or reduction in common tumours. Here we show that in most of the colorectal carcinomas that we analysed, there is a reduction in the length of telomere repeat arrays relative to the normal colonic mucosa from the same patient. We speculate on the consequences of this loss for tumorigenesis. We also show that the telomere arrays are much smaller in colonic mucosa and blood than in fetal tissue and sperm, and that there is a reduction in average telomere length with age in blood and colon mucosa. We propose that the telomerase is inactive in somatic tissues, and that telomere length is an indicator of the number of cell divisions that it has taken to form a particular tissue and possibly to generate tumours.
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- N D Hastie
- MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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Di Leonardo A, Agnese C, Cavolina P, Maddalena A, Sciandrello G, Randazzo R. Cytogenetic manifestations associated with the reversion, by gene amplification, at the HGPRT locus in V79 Chinese hamster cells. Genet Res (Camb) 1989; 53:201-6. [PMID: 2767430 DOI: 10.1017/s0016672300028172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Some HGPRT spontaneous revertants were isolated from a mutant line (E2) of V79 Chinese hamster cells and phenotypically characterized. Dot-Blot hybridization with a 32P-labelled HGPRT probe revealed an increase in the number of HGPRT sequences in some of these revertants, suggesting the occurrence of gene amplification. Cytogenetic analysis performed in three of these revertants showed a characteristic abnormally banding region (ABR) on the elongated p arm of the X chromosome. In situ hybridization in one revertant (RHE2) showed that the amplified sequences reside on the p+ arm of the X chromosome in two different localizations. Because of the very probably clonal origin of the revertant, these features indicate that the amplified sequences might rearrange after their integration into the chromosome.
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Miele M, Bonatti S, Menichini P, Ottaggio L, Abbondandolo A. The presence of amplified regions affects the stability of chromosomes in drug-resistant Chinese hamster cells. Mutat Res 1989; 219:171-8. [PMID: 2567961 DOI: 10.1016/0921-8734(89)90012-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The stability of chromosomes carrying amplified CAD (carbamyl phosphate synthetase-aspartate transcarbamylase-dihydroorotase) or DHFR (dihydrofolate reductase) genes was studied in V79 Chinese hamster cell derivatives resistant to PALA (N-phosphonacetyl-L-aspartate) and MTX (methotrexate), respectively. Cells were maintained in the presence of the selective drugs during the study. In both metaphase chromosomes and interphase nuclei, amplified regions were localized by in situ hybridization. In MTX-resistant cells, the amplification-bearing chromosome moved sluggishly at anaphase and gave rise to bud-shaped formations in interphase nuclei. It is suggested that these buds could eventually separate as micronuclei. In both MTX- and PALA-resistant cells, amplified DNA was observed in micronuclei in interphase and in displaced chromosomes in metaphase. Finally, amplification-bearing dicentric chromosomes were found in both drug-resistant cell lines. Cumulatively, these observations indicate that the presence of the amplified region in a chromosome renders it unstable: chromosomes bearing an amplified region tended to be excluded from cells, and rearrangements were more frequent than in normal chromosomes.
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- M Miele
- Laboratory of Mutagenesis, IST, Genoa, Italy
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Ottaggio L, Agnese C, Bonatti S, Cavolina P, De Ambrosis A, Degan P, Di Leonardo A, Miele M, Randazzo R, Abbondandolo A. Chromosome aberrations associated with CAD gene amplification in Chinese hamster cultured cells. Mutat Res 1988; 199:111-21. [PMID: 2896299 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(88)90236-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Eleven sublines with increasing resistance to N-phosphonacetyl-L-aspartate (PALA) were isolated from the V79,B7 Chinese hamster cell line. Aspartate transcarbamylase activity and CAD gene copy number increased with increasing resistance of sublines. In situ hybridization with a DNA probe for the CAD gene showed that the amplified sequences resided in the terminal region of a marker chromosome with elongated q arms. This region stained homogeneously after G-banding. A high incidence of both numerical and structural chromosome aberrations was found in PALA-resistant cells. In hyperdiploid and polyploid cells, containing 2 copies of the marker chromosome, dicentrics were found at a very high frequency. As indicated by in situ hybridization and G-banding, they originated from a rearrangement involving 2 homologous marker chromosomes.
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- L Ottaggio
- Laboratory of Mutagenesis, IST, Genoa, Italy
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Deen KC, McDougal JS, Inacker R, Folena-Wasserman G, Arthos J, Rosenberg J, Maddon PJ, Axel R, Sweet RW. A soluble form of CD4 (T4) protein inhibits AIDS virus infection. Nature 1988; 331:82-4. [PMID: 3257544 DOI: 10.1038/331082a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 458] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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CD4 (T4) is a glycoprotein of relative molecular mass 55,000 (Mr 55K) on the surface of T lymphocytes which is thought to interact with class II MHC (major histocompatibility complex) molecules, mediating efficient association of helper T cells with antigen-bearing targets. The CD4 protein is also the receptor for HIV, a T-lymphotropic RNA virus responsible for the human acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) (refs 4-7). To define the mechanisms of interaction of CD4 with the surface of antigen-presenting cells and with HIV, we have isolated the CD4 gene and expressed this gene in several different cellular environments. Here we describe an efficient expression system in which a recombinant, soluble form of CD4 (sCD4) is secreted into tissue culture supernatants. This sCD4 retains the structural and biological properties of CD4 on the cell surface, binds to the envelope glycoprotein (gp110) of HIV and inhibits the binding of virus to CD4+ lymphocytes, resulting in a striking inhibition of virus infectivity.
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- K C Deen
- Smith Kline and French Laboratories, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406
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Hahn P, Morgan WF, Painter RB. The role of acentric chromosome fragments in gene amplification. SOMATIC CELL AND MOLECULAR GENETICS 1987; 13:597-608. [PMID: 3478815 DOI: 10.1007/bf01534480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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We assessed the role of acentric chromosome fragments in gene amplification by using cell fusion techniques to introduce the fragmented chromosomes of a donor Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell line that contained the dihydrofolate reductase (dhfr) gene(s) into a CHO cell line deficient for dhfr. Chromosome fragments were successfully integrated into cells at a frequency of approximately 3%. Methotrexate-resistant variants arose much more frequently in two cell lines derived from these successful cell fusions than in wild-type CHO cells. The hybrid cell lines also amplified their dhfr genes more readily than did the CHO cell line used as dhfr donor.
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- P Hahn
- Laboratory of Radiobiology and Environmental Health, University of California, San Francisco 94143
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Localization of amplified CAD genes on rearranged chromosomes of Chinese hamster cells. Cytotechnology 1987; 1:25-31. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00351118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Walen KH. Chromosome instability in cell lineages of amniocyte clones morphologically transformed by Simian virus 40. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 1987; 25:149-59. [PMID: 3026610 DOI: 10.1016/0165-4608(87)90170-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Seven clonally derived human amniocyte cell lines from independent Simian virus-40 transformation events were analyzed for chromosomal aberrations in the precrisis stage. The distribution of chromosomal aberrations over the haploid complement was nonrandom. With increasing passage number the number of involved chromosomes increased, but the type of aberrations were the same: dicentric chromosomes and translocations due, respectively, to fusion of telomeres and breakage in the centromere regions. Interruptions to telomeres were also evident from extrachromosomal material terminally on the p arms, especially, of chromosomes #7 and #11. The cytogenetic similarities between the present results and those in transfection experiments are mentioned. All seven clones became highly heterogeneous over 10 to 20 passages (i.e., 30-60 population doublings) when, in general, transformed amniocytes enter crisis. The chromosomes which were nonrandomly involved in aberrations exhibited great diversity in types of rearrangements. Thus, for each clone multiple different rearrangements for specific chromosomes were observed in different cells. Most of these aberrations had a single step origin, which implies that breakage occurred repeatedly for the same chromosome in different cells, suggesting that the specific chromosome had become unstable in an earlier cell generation. Thus, we observed development of clonal chromosome instability, a phenomenon not reported for viral transformed cells.
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Walen KH, Arnstein P. Induction of tumorigenesis and chromosomal abnormalities in human amniocytes infected with simian virus 40 and Kirsten sarcoma virus. IN VITRO CELLULAR & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY : JOURNAL OF THE TISSUE CULTURE ASSOCIATION 1986; 22:57-65. [PMID: 3005226 DOI: 10.1007/bf02623534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Cell cultures of epithelial-like human amniocytes were infected with simian virus 40 (SV40) and Kirsten sarcoma virus (KSV) in various sequential orders, and tested for agar growth, chromosome abnormalities, and tumorigenesis in the nude mouse assay. We observed that regardless of the order in which the viruses were introduced, the doubly infected cells always exhibited the typical SV40 premalignantly transformed phenotype before changing to the malignant phenotype. All doubly transformed cells from different cell donors produced tumors in adult and suckling nude athymic mice, classified as poorly differentiated sarcomas. Infection with SV40 alone conferred extended life span and accelerated growth without the malignant capability of tumor production. Kirsten sarcoma virus alone produced only focal cell alterations with no change in cell longevity or tumorigenesis. Chromosome studies of the premalignant and malignant cells from one cell donor did not reveal any significant clonal development for marker chromosomes in either cell line. Chromosome 12, which carries the homologous cellular oncogene to KSV, had no increase in aberrations in the malignant cells. Chromosome 8 was most often involved in aberrations, and the most frequent aberration for both series was dicentric chromosomes due to telomere fusion. For other translocations the breakpoints were almost exclusively in the centromere regions. The vulnerability of telomere and centromere regions to the free virus present in these precrisis cells is discussed, and similarities in regard to types of aberrations in transfection experiments are noted.
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Morgan WF, Bodycote J, Fero ML, Hahn PJ, Kapp LN, Pantelias GE, Painter RB. A cytogenetic investigation of DNA rereplication after hydroxyurea treatment: implications for gene amplification. Chromosoma 1986; 93:191-6. [PMID: 3948597 DOI: 10.1007/bf00292737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Although the mechanisms leading to gene amplification are poorly understood, it has recently been proposed that the initial event of amplification is the rereplication of a variable, but relatively large, amount of the genome within a single cell cycle. We sought evidence for rereplication of DNA as a basis for gene amplification through two cytogenetic techniques: differential staining for sister-chromatid exchange analysis and premature chromosome condensation. Synchronized Chinese hamster ovary cells were incubated continuously with bromodeoxyuridine and treated with hydroxyurea (HU) when cells were approximately 2 h into the S phase. After 6 h exposure to HU, the drug was removed and at 3 h intervals thereafter metaphase cells were collected and the chromosomes were stained by the fluorescence-plus-Giemsa procedure. No staining patterns consistent with rereplication of DNA were observed. Since HU causes cytogenetic damage, the premature chromosome condensation technique was used to determine the kinetics of chromosome damage after removal of HU. Extensive G2 chromosome damage within 1 h after removal of HU from the medium was found, although cesium chloride gradient analysis showed that there was no rereplication of DNA during this time. Contrary to a previous report, these results provide no evidence that incubation of cells with HU during S phase induces rereplication of DNA within a single cell cycle. The results observed are consistent with the hypothesis that drug-induced aberrations and the subsequent abnormal segregation of chromosomal fragments are the first steps in the process that leads to gene amplification in drug-treated mammalian cells.
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Fendrock B, Destrempes M, Kaufman RJ, Latt SA. Cytological, flow cytometric, and molecular analysis of the rapid evolution of mammalian chromosomes containing highly amplified DNA sequences. HISTOCHEMISTRY 1986; 84:121-30. [PMID: 3086259 DOI: 10.1007/bf00499822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Transfection of a mouse dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) cDNA contained in a plasmid "expression vector" into DHFR deficient Chinese hamster cells, followed by progressive selection of cells in increasing concentrations of methotrexate (MTX), leads to marked amplification of the exogenous DHFR sequences in the recipient hamster cells. This gene amplification is evident at the cytological level, in the form of homogeneously staining chromosomal regions (HSRs), at a gene expression level, in the form of fluorescein-methotrexate binding, and at the DNA level. Flow sorting, based on variable fluorescein-MTX binding, or direct cellular cloning, followed by chromosome analysis, revealed intercellular heterogeneity of HSRs in size and distribution. This suggested that there was a rapid evolution of HSRs in MTX-resistant transfectants. Chromosomal analysis of HSR evolution in situ, by examining individual colonies presumably derived from one or a few cells, underscored this impression of chromosome structural fluidity. Rates of HSR change in excess of 0.01 per cell division, increased by low doses of the recombinogen, mitomycin C, were detected. The Chinese hamster DHFR transfectants described should be amenable to detailed, coordinate cytological and molecular characterization. Such an analysis should contribute to an understanding of processes such as homologous recombination in mediating HSR evolution in mammalian chromosomes.
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