Possible involvement of the inactivation of the Rho-Rho-kinase pathway in oncogenic Ras-induced transformation

Ichiro Izawa, Mutsuki Amano, Kazuyasu Chihara, Takaharu Yamamoto, Kozo Kaibuchi

研究成果: ジャーナルへの寄稿学術論文査読

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Recent evidence has strongly suggested the involvement of Rho family small guanosine triphosphatases (GTPases) in Ras-induced transformation. To further clarify the role of Rho family GTPases in Ras-induced transformation, we examined the effects of dominant active or dominant negative forms of Rho family GTPases on the morphological changes induced by oncogenic Ras (Ras(V12)) in Rat1 fibroblasts. The cells expressing Ras(V12) showed the severe disruption of actin stress fibers and cell adhesions. The coexpression of dominant active form of Rho (Rho(V14)) reverted not only the formation of stress fibers and focal adhesions but also cell-cell adhesions in Ras-transformed Rat1 cells. In addition, the coexpression of constitutively activated Rho-kinase, a downstream effector of Rho, restored the assembly of stress fibers and focal adhesions. Treatment of Rat1 cells with lysophosphatidic acid, which is known to activate the Rho-Rho-kinase pathway, enhanced the stress fiber formation, whereas it failed to induce the stress fiber formation in the cells expressing Ras(V12). These results suggest that the Rho-Rho-kinase pathway may be inactivated in the cells expressing Ras(V12), and this may contribute to oncogenic Ras-induced transformation.

本文言語英語
ページ(範囲)2863-2871
ページ数9
ジャーナルOncogene
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22
DOI
出版ステータス出版済み - 03-12-1998
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • 分子生物学
  • 遺伝学
  • 癌研究

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