We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Mitogenic signaling mediated by oxidants in Ras-transformed fibroblasts.
- Authors
Irani, K; Xia, Y; Zweier, J L; Sollott, S J; Der, C J; Fearon, E R; Sundaresan, M; Finkel, T; Goldschmidt-Clermont, P J
- Abstract
NIH 3T3 fibroblasts stably transformed with a constitutively active isoform of p21(Ras), H-RasV12 (v-H-Ras or EJ-Ras), produced large amounts of the reactive oxygen species superoxide (.O2-). .O2- production was suppressed by the expression of dominant negative isoforms of Ras or Rac1, as well as by treatment with a farnesyltransferase inhibitor or with diphenylene iodonium, a flavoprotein inhibitor. The mitogenic activity of cells expressing H-RasV12 was inhibited by treatment with the chemical antioxidant N-acetyl-L-cysteine. Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activity was decreased and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) was not activated in H-RasV12-transformed cells. Thus, H-RasV12-induced transformation can lead to the production of .O2- through one or more pathways involving a flavoprotein and Rac1. The implication of a reactive oxygen species, probably .O2-, as a mediator of Ras-induced cell cycle progression independent of MAPK and JNK suggests a possible mechanism for the effects of antioxidants against Ras-induced cellular transformation.
- Publication
Science (New York, N.Y.), 1997, Vol 275, Issue 5306, p1649
- ISSN
0036-8075
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1126/science.275.5306.1649