人原发性肝癌中N-ras基因的表达

对9例人原发性肝癌,1例癌旁组织,1例正常肝的poly(A)~ RNA进行了分析。用各种癌基因探针作分子杂交,发现在6例原发性肝癌中,有二条增强表达的区带:2.2kb和5.6kb。肝癌组织较正常肝的mRNA在2.2kb处有明显的增强。提示人N-ras基因的转录产物明显增高。癌旁,正常肝中N-ras基因的专一的mRNA很弱或低于检测水平。由于癌的发生是通过癌基因产物发生作用,因此N-ras基因在多数的人原发性肝癌中的表达明显增强,提示了N-ras基因是人原发性肝癌的重要转化基因之一。     

EXPRESSION OF N-ras GENE IN HUMAN PRIMARY HEPATOCARCINOMA

Poly(A)~+ RNA was isolated from 9 specimens of human primary hepatic carcinoma, 1 non-tumorous liver tissue adjacent to cancer and 1 normal liver tissue samples. The Oligo-dT cellulose-purified poly(A)~+ RNAs were subjected to formaldehyde agarose gel electrophoresis, Northern transfer and hybridization with various ancogene probes. Two RNA species, 5.6 kb and 2.2 kb wore identified by N-ras gone hybridization in 6 out of 9 mRNA samples from primary hepatic carcinoma specimen. N-ras specific mRNA was not detectable in mRNA samples from normal human liver and tumor surrounding cirrhotic tissue. No detectable hybridization of mRNA from hepatoma and normal liver with Ki-ras or Ha-ras was observed.As human N-ras gene has been identified in DNA of mouse transfeetants transformed with PHC DNA, it strongly suggests that N-ras gene might be responsible for the transforming activity of part of cases of human liver cancer.