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. 1988 Dec;8(12):5080–5085. doi: 10.1128/mcb.8.12.5080

P21 v-ras inhibits induction of c-myc and c-fos expression by platelet-derived growth factor.

J N Zullo 1, D V Faller 1
PMCID: PMC365609  PMID: 2854191

Abstract

The viral oncogene v-ras inhibited the platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-induced upregulation of c-myc and c-fos proto-oncogene expression in fibroblast monolayers. These v-ras-containing cells proliferated in the absence of c-myc induction and no longer required PDGF to support growth. Fibroblasts expressing v-ras continued to express the same number of functional PDGF receptors on their surface as uninfected cells, yet the usual induction of transcription of the genes c-myc, c-fos, and JE in response to PDGF stimulation did not occur in the presence of newly introduced v-ras or chronic v-ras gene expression, and synthesis of c-myc protein did not occur. This inhibitory effect on growth factor-mediated induction of cellular proto-oncogenes was specific for PDGF in that induction of the c-myc and c-fos genes by certain other factors was not impaired.

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