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. 1987 Feb;7(2):830–837. doi: 10.1128/mcb.7.2.830

Expression of H-ras correlates with metastatic potential: evidence for direct regulation of the metastatic phenotype in 10T1/2 and NIH 3T3 cells.

S E Egan, G A McClarty, L Jarolim, J A Wright, I Spiro, G Hager, A H Greenberg
PMCID: PMC365141  PMID: 3102946

Abstract

Using three independent approaches, we studied the effects of H-ras on metastasis formation. Analysis of five in vitro-ras-transfected 10T1/2 clones with either flat or refractile morphologies revealed a relationship between metastatic potential, H-ras expression, and anchorage-independent growth. Four metastatic variants derived from a poorly metastatic, low-H-ras-expressing line all expressed high levels of H-ras RNA and grew efficiently in soft agar. Activation of H-ras expression in the metastatic tumors had occurred through amplification and rearrangement of H-ras sequences. In addition, preinduction of p21 synthesis in NIH 3T3 line 433, which contains v-H-ras under transcriptional control of the glucocorticoid-sensitive mouse mammary tumor virus long terminal repeat, significantly increased metastatic efficiency. Glucocorticoid treatment of normal or pEJ-transformed NIH 3T3 cells did not affect metastatic potential. These data reveal a direct relationship between ras expression and metastasis formation and suggest that metastatic and transformed phenotypes may be coregulated in ras-transformed 10T1/2 and NIH 3T3 cells.

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