Abstract
Expression of c-jun gene induces apoptosis ofcells cultured in serum-free medium. It also promotescell-cycling in serum-containing medium, leading cellsto die by overgrowth. Previously, we established anapoptosis-suppressible, cell-cycle arrestable cellline, c-jun AS, by transfecting Friend murineerythroleukemia (F-MEL) cells with adexamethasone-inducible antisense c-jun gene.Induction of the antisense c-jun transcriptionwith dexamethasone suppressed c-jun expression.As a result, c-jun AS cells survived inserum-free medium containing dexamethasone for a longtime, while F-MEL cells died quickly in the presenceor absence of dexamethasone. In serum-containingmedium, the growth of c-jun AS cells was viablyblocked by inducing antisense c-juntranscription, and the cells survived at thenon-growth state avoiding overgrowth. In the presentstudy, protein productivity of c-jun AS cellswas examined in comparison with that of wild typeF-MEL cells. C-jun AS and F-MEL cells werefurther transfected with a vector for expressingalkaline phosphatase as a protein to be produced, andnamed c-jun AS-SEAP and F-MEL-SEAP cells,respectively. In the serum-free medium withdexamethasone, c-jun AS-SEAP cells produced theprotein for up to 6 days, while F-MEL-SEAP cellsstopped production on day 3 due to cell death causedby serum deprivation. In the serum-containing mediumwith dexamethasone, c-jun AS-SEAP cells wereviably arrested in the cell cycle, and cell death dueto overgrowth was avoided. As the result, they couldproduce the protein for up to 18 days, whileF-MEL-SEAP cells stopped production within 7 days dueto cell death caused by overgrowth.
Keywords: antisense, apoptosis, cell cycle, c-jun, protein production
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