Title

Differences in sequences encoding the carboxyl-terminal domain of the epidermal growth factor receptor correlate with differences in the disease potential of viral erbB genes

UMMS Affiliation

Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Publication Date

1986-08-01

Document Type

Article

Disciplines

Life Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences

Abstract

Eleven recently isolated erbB-transducing viruses as well as avian erythroblastosis virus (AEV)-R (ES4) and AEV-H have been characterized for the type of disease they cause, their ability to transform fibroblasts in culture, their ability to cause disease in pedigrees of chicken that differ in susceptibility to erbB-induced erythroblastosis, and the structure of their erbB genes. Differences in each of the biological parameters correlated with differences in erbB sequences encoding the C-terminal domain of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). Seven viruses were strain restricted in their ability to induce erythroblastosis and did not transform fibroblasts. These seven viruses contained v-erbB genes encoding the complete C terminus of the EGFR. AEV-R and AEV-H were not pedigree restricted in their ability to induce erythroblastosis and could transform fibroblasts. These viruses contain v-erbB genes that lack codons for the immediate C terminus of the EGFR. Three viruses caused angiosarcoma and one caused fibrosarcoma. The angiosarcoma and fibrosarcoma-inducing viruses were not strain restricted and did not cause erythroblastosis. The v-erbB genes of each of these viruses contained extensive internal deletions or 3' truncations in sequences encoding the C-terminal domain of the EGFR.

DOI of Published Version

10.1073/pnas.83.16.6053

Source

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1986 Aug;83(16):6053-7.

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

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PubMed ID

3016739

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