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Science 12 December 1986:
Vol. 234. no. 4782, pp. 1385 - 1388
DOI: 10.1126/science.3787250
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Science, Vol 234, Issue 4782, 1385-1388
Copyright © 1986 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Ultraviolet irradiation transforms C3H10T1/2 cells to a unique, suppressible phenotype

HR Herschman and DW Brankow

Transformation of C3H10T1/2 cells by exposure to ultraviolet (UV) irradiation followed by tetradecanoyl phorbol acetate (TPA) has been used as a model of two-stage carcinogenesis. However, cells cloned from UV-TPA-induced foci (UV-TDTx cells) had a unique phenotype. Cloned UV-TDTx cells appeared transformed in pure culture but were unable to form foci when cocultured with C3H10T1/2 cells. However, in the presence of TPA, UV-TDTx cells form foci in mixed culture with C3H10T1/2 cells. This phenotype was the only one observed for UV-TPA transformants. These data suggest that communal suppression of cell division is a discrete phenomenon that must be overcome as one step in the multistage process of transformation, and this protocol permits the routine isolation of transformed cells responsive to density-dependent growth suppression.


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