Abstract
Sarcomas were induced in Fl mice between C57BL/6N and C3H/He strains by subcutaneous injection of methylcholanthrene. The c‐myc oncogene was found to be amplified in 16 cases among 43 sarcomas of C57BL/6N × C3H/He mice and 1 case among 5 sarcomas of the reciprocal cross. The origin of the amplified allele was determined by the polymerase chain reaction single strand conformation polymorphism analysis. Among the 17 sarcomas, only one had both of the alleles amplified. The rest of the tumors carried the amplified c‐myc allele coming either from C57BL/6N (9 cases) or from C3H/He (8 cases). These results indicate that the c‐myc allele is amplified randomly in methylcholanthrene‐induced mouse sarcomas irrespective of its origin, such as paternal or maternal allele and C57BL/6N or C3H/He allele. In addition to these changes, the unamplified c‐myc oncogene was found to be lost in 12 cases out of the 17 sarcomas with the amplification.
Keywords: MCA‐induced sarcoma, Fl mouse, c‐myc allele, PCR‐SSCP analysis
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