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acute vs weak transforming viruses

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acute transforming viruses transform cells quickly at low dose

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transforming viruses are

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retroviruses

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why do acute transforming viruses transform cells better?

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they have src region in thir DNA like in ATV –first proposed oncogene

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src

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rous sarcoma virus - rats

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ras

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harvey sarcoma virus

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myc

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maloney sarcoma virus - mice

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sis

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simian sarcoma virus

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fes

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feline sarcoma virus

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viral oncogenes were found in malignant and normal cells bc

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transforming retroviruses evolved by picking up mammalian genes and incorporating them into their genome – picking up a gene that makes the cell immortal makes the virus immortal

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human dna fed to mice cells use Ca salt showed

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loss of contact in hibition and tumor growth, with greater efficiency each time experiment was repeated with tumor DNA

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conclusion of contact inhibition mouse cell experiment

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the v-ras gene caused the tumor but there was no virus! This means that the gene was simply a mutated mammalian gene, differing on the 12th AA from glycine to valine

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ras is a

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signal transduction protein - it is a GTP dependent protein, active when bound to GTP, has intrinsic GTPase activity, inactive when bound to GDP

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ras is involved in

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many function including cell replication

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Ras is held to the membrane by

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a farnesy membrane anchor and is linked to a growth factor receptor by a bridging protein

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activated ras binds

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Raf-1, GAP, and activates the Map kinase path, that activates transcription, that activates the myc gene, leading to cell cycle progression

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the G to V mutation in v-ras causes

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reduces the GTPase activity so ras is locked in the “on” position –>abnormally active signalling for growth

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why was ras the first oncogene discovered by random transfecting of DNA?

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Ras is the most common activated oncogene encountered in human tumors. Not the most common gene affected, that’s p53

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what is a good drug target against v-rase

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the farnesyl membrane anchor – farnesyl transferase inhibitors might take away the capacity for ras to bind the membrane so it won’t be able to effectively transduce the signal

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NF-1 tumor suppressor gene

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GAP protein that binds to ras before map kinase path activation

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Molecular basis of cancer

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oncogenes, tumor suppressor genes, apoptosis genes, DNA repair genes

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Oncogenes

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growth factors, growth factor receptors, signal transduction proteins, nuclear regulatory proteins, cell cycle regulators

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Growth factors

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sis, hst-1, int-2

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GF sis

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PDGF overexpression

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GF hst-1

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FGF overexpression

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GF int-2

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FGF amplification

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Growth factor receptors

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erb-B1-3, fms

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GF-rec erb-B1-3

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EGF Truncation

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GF-rec fms

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CSF-1 point mutation

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Signal transduction protein

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ras, abl

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ST ras

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GTP-protein point mutation

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ST abl

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tyrosine kinase translocation

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nuclear regulatory protein

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myc, L-myc, N-myc, fos, jun

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NucReg myc and APC casset

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transcription, changed by translocation/amplification

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cell cycle regulation

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Cyclin D, CDK4

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CellCycle Cyclin D

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Cyclin, translocation/amplification

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CellCycle CDK4

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CD kinase, amplification/point muation

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how CDK and Cyclins work together

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CDK is always present, cyclin is synthesized to activate CDK

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major cyclins in G1-S

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D and E

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major CDK in G1 to S

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2, 4, 6

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inhibitors of CDK 4 and 6

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p21, 27, 57, 26-19

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action of activated CDK 2, 4, 6

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phosphorylates Rb which releases E2F family of transcription factors, allowing cell to proceed from G1 to S

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Cyclin D binds

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CDK 4/6 for G1 to S passage

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Cyclin E binds

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CDK 2 for G1 to S passage

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Cyclin A binds

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CDK 2/1 for S to G2 passage

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Cyclin B finds

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CDK 1 for passage from G2 to M

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CDK4 inhibitors

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p 15, 16, 18, 19

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CDK 6,2,1 inhibitors

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p 21, 27, 57

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CIP/KIP family CDK inhibitors

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p27, p16

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p21 is induced by

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p53

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p27 is induced by

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TGFbeta and other suppressors

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INK4/ARF family CDP inhibitors

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p16, p14

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p16 inhibits by

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binding cylinD-CDK4 promoting Rb inhibition

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p14 inhibits by

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increasing p53 by inhibiting MDM2

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p53

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tumor suppressor, causes cell cycle arrest and apoptosis by inducing p21 and BAX; inhibited by MDM2