Article
Alteration of tumor phenotypes of B16 melanoma after genetic remodeling of the ganglioside profile.
International journal of oncology - 1 Jul 2000
Tsurifune T, Ito T, Li X J, Yamashiro S, Okada M, Kanematsu T, Shiku H, Furukawa K
Abstract excerpt
Gangliosides have been thought to be tumor markers of various neuroectoderm-derived cancers. However, their roles in malignant phenotypes of cancer cells are not well understood. We have performed the remodeling of ganglioside profiles of mouse melanoma B16 (B78 subline) by introducing GM2/GD2 synthase cDNA, and analyzed the phenotypic changes such as cell morphology, growth, adhesion and c-fos gene expression....
Topics
- Animals
- Cell Division
- G(M2) Ganglioside
- Gangliosides
- Genes, fos
- Integrins
- Melanoma, Experimental
- Mice
- N-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferases
- Phenotype
- Recombinant Proteins
- Transfection
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
- Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase
