TY - JOUR
T1 - Expression and demethylation of germinally-transmitted BALB/c mouse mammary tumor virus DNA in Abelson MuLV B-lymphoid cell lines
AU - Pauley, Robert J.
AU - Parks, Wade P.
AU - Popko, Brian J.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by Public Health Service grant CA-28999 and CA-27890 from the National Cancer Institute. We would like to thank Dr. Naomi Rosenberg, Boston, Mass., for providing the AbMuLV B cell lines, Elizabeth Hubbell for technical assistance in the tissue culture work, and Wynn Howard for assistance in preparing the manuscript.
PY - 1984
Y1 - 1984
N2 - Murine mammary tumor virus (MMTV) RNA expression, DNA organization and DNA demethylation were examined in BALB/c B-lymphoid cell lines produced by transformation with the Abelson murine leukemia virus (AbMuLV). The MMTV DNA sequences in AbMuLV B cell lines, based on restriction mapping with EcoRI, PstI, BglII, BamHI and SacI and molecular hybridization with cloned probes of the MMTV LTR, gag-pol or env gene regions, were identical to the germinally-transmitted MMTV DNA complement of BALB/c mice. Several AbMuLV B cell lines expressed MMTV poly(A+)-RNA at detectable levels. MMTV poly(A+)-RNA for the env gene, 3.8 kb, and the long terminally redundant (LTR) region, 1.7 kb, were detected in some AbMuLV B cell lines. MMTV DNA sequences in the AbMuLV B cell lines were at least partially sensitive to digestion by the methylation-sensitive restriction endonucleases HhaI and HpaII. HhaI-sensitive sites were present in Units I, II and III of the germinally-transmitted MMTV DNA and were localized specifically near the 5' end of the 5' and 3' LTRs of both Units II and III. HpaII-sensitive sites were localized near the 3' end of the 3' LTRs of Units II and III, and at a cellular site 2.1 kbp 5' to the 5' LTR. These observations demonstrate that the germ line MMTV DNA sequences of BALB/c mice are expressed in cells of B lymphocyte origin, and suggest a correlation between MMTV RNA expression and selective demethylation in the LTR regions of germinally-transmitted MMTV DNA sequences.
AB - Murine mammary tumor virus (MMTV) RNA expression, DNA organization and DNA demethylation were examined in BALB/c B-lymphoid cell lines produced by transformation with the Abelson murine leukemia virus (AbMuLV). The MMTV DNA sequences in AbMuLV B cell lines, based on restriction mapping with EcoRI, PstI, BglII, BamHI and SacI and molecular hybridization with cloned probes of the MMTV LTR, gag-pol or env gene regions, were identical to the germinally-transmitted MMTV DNA complement of BALB/c mice. Several AbMuLV B cell lines expressed MMTV poly(A+)-RNA at detectable levels. MMTV poly(A+)-RNA for the env gene, 3.8 kb, and the long terminally redundant (LTR) region, 1.7 kb, were detected in some AbMuLV B cell lines. MMTV DNA sequences in the AbMuLV B cell lines were at least partially sensitive to digestion by the methylation-sensitive restriction endonucleases HhaI and HpaII. HhaI-sensitive sites were present in Units I, II and III of the germinally-transmitted MMTV DNA and were localized specifically near the 5' end of the 5' and 3' LTRs of both Units II and III. HpaII-sensitive sites were localized near the 3' end of the 3' LTRs of Units II and III, and at a cellular site 2.1 kbp 5' to the 5' LTR. These observations demonstrate that the germ line MMTV DNA sequences of BALB/c mice are expressed in cells of B lymphocyte origin, and suggest a correlation between MMTV RNA expression and selective demethylation in the LTR regions of germinally-transmitted MMTV DNA sequences.
KW - Abelson murine leukemia virus
KW - B-lymphoid cells
KW - demethylation
KW - expression
KW - murine mammary tumor virus
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U2 - 10.1016/0168-1702(84)90025-X
DO - 10.1016/0168-1702(84)90025-X
M3 - Article
C2 - 6099938
AN - SCOPUS:0021133605
SN - 0168-1702
VL - 1
SP - 381
EP - 400
JO - Virus Research
JF - Virus Research
IS - 5
ER -
