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. 1985 May;82(9):2995–2999. doi: 10.1073/pnas.82.9.2995

An initiator of carcinogenesis selectively and stably inhibits stem cell differentiation: a concept that initiation of carcinogenesis involves multiple phases.

R E Scott, P B Maercklein
PMCID: PMC397693  PMID: 3857629

Abstract

A concept of carcinogenesis was recently devised in our laboratory that suggests the development of defects in the control of cell differentiation is associated with an early phase of carcinogenesis. To test this proposal directly, the effects of an initiator of carcinogenesis (i.e., UV irradiation) on proadipocyte stem cell differentiation and proliferation was assayed. In this regard, 3T3 T proadipocytes represent a nontransformed mesenchymal stem cell line that possesses the ability to regulate its differentiation at a distinct state in the G1 phase of the cell cycle as well as the ability to regulate its proliferation at two additional G1 states that are induced by culture in growth factor-deficient or nutrient-deficient microenvironments. The results establish that a low dosage of 254 nm UV irradiation selectively and stably inhibits the differentiation of a high percentage of proadipocyte stem cells without significantly altering their ability to regulate cellular proliferation in growth factor-deficient or nutrient-deficient culture conditions. Differentiation-defective proadipocyte stem cells are demonstrated not to be completely transformed but to show an increased spontaneous transformation rate, as evidenced by the formation of type III foci in high density cell cultures. These data support the role of defects in the control of differentiation in the initiation of carcinogenesis. Other data, however, also suggest that additional cellular defects must be expressed for a cell to be completely initiated. These observations support a concept that the initiation of carcinogenesis involves multiple phases.

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