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Preferential methylation of the Ha-ras proto-oncogene by methylnitrosourea in rat mammary glands

✍ Scribed by Shi-Jiang Lu; Jamie R. Milligan; Michael C. Archer

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1991
Tongue: English
Weight: 366 KB
Volume: 4
Category: Article
ISSN: 0899-1987
DOI: 10.1002/mc.2940040403

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✦ Synopsis

Activation of the Ha-ras proto-oncogene, but not the Ki-ras or N-ras genes, has been found in mammary gland carcinomas induced in female rats by a single dose of methylnitrosourea (MNU). Here we show that a 10-kb restriction fragment containing the Ha-ras gene was extensively methylated by MNU in DNA isolated from mammary glands of female rats 4 h after carcinogen treatment. Fragments of similar size containing either the Ki-ras or N-ras genes were methylated less extensively. The extent of methylation of the three ras genes by MNU correlated with their transcriptional activity. These results suggest that the extent of interaction of a carcinogen with an oncogene, which depends on its transcriptional activity, may be a factor in determining whether the gene is mutated during the initiation of carcinogenesis.

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