Article
Influence of cell type on the steroidogenic potential and basal cyclic AMP levels of ras-oncogene-transformed rat cells.
Differentiation; research in biological diversity - 1 Jun 1995
Pan J, Roskelley C D, Auersperg N
Abstract excerpt
Transformation with ras oncogenes causes loss, maintenance or modulation of differentiation, depending on the developmental history of the target cells. In the present study, we examined steps in signal transduction that may underlie some of this variation, using steroidogenic cells of adult rats as the model system. Steroidogenesis in normal cells is regulated by cyclic AMP and protein kinase A (the cAMP/PKA...
Topics
- Animals
- Basal Metabolism
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
- Cyclic AMP
- Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases
- Genes, ras
- Phenotype
- Pregnenolone
- Progesterone
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred F344
