Abstract
We transformed BALB/3T3 mouse cells with cellular DNA extracted from the Meth A sarcoma, a 3-methylcholanthrene-induced tumor of BALB/c mice, and asked whether foci arising in the transfection possess the previously defined Meth A tumor-specific transplantation antigen (TSTA). Five of eight foci selected from one experiment possessed Meth A TSTA. DNA extracted from one of the five TSTA-positive clones was used in secondary rounds of transfection transformation. Four out of five foci tested from the secondary transfections possessed Meth A TSTA. These results suggest that in the Meth A sarcoma a transforming gene and a genetic determinant of TSTA are intimately related: they may be identical or very closely linked; alternatively, a particular transforming gene might induce the expression of a particular TSTA. Another possible explanation for these results is that the cotransfer of certain cellular genes by DNA transfection is considerably higher than predicted from the limited studies presently available.
MeSH Terms
Animals
Antibodies, Neoplasm
Antigens, Neoplasm/genetics
Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/pathology
Cells, Cultured
DNA, Neoplasm/genetics
Genetic Linkage
Mice
Sarcoma, Experimental/genetics,immunology
Transformation, Genetic
Chemicals
Antibodies, Neoplasm
Antigens, Neoplasm
DNA, Neoplasm
Authors & Affiliations
4 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Hopkins N
Besmer P
DeLeo A B
Law L W
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