Title
Influence of delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol on expression of histone and ribosomal genes in normal and transformed human cells
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Cell Biology
Publication Date
1984-04-01
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Base Sequence; Cell Line; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Fibroblasts; Histones; Humans; RNA, Messenger; RNA, Ribosomal; Tetrahydrocannabinol
Disciplines
Cell Biology
Abstract
The influence of delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta 9-THC) on the cellular levels of histone mRNAs and ribosomal RNAs was examined in several normal and transformed human cell lines--HeLa S3 cells, WI-38 human diploid fibroblasts, SV40-transformed WI-38 cells, and A549 lung carcinoma cells. RNA sequences were quantitatively assayed by electrophoretic fractionation, transfer to nitrocellulose, and hybridization with cloned genomic human histone or ribosomal DNA sequences. Treatment with delta 9-THC (10-40 microM) for 10 hr resulted in a concentration-dependent decrease in the representation of H2A, H2B, H3 and H4 histone mRNAs without a significant inhibitory effect on the levels of ribosomal RNAs. The cannabinoid-mediated inhibitory effect on histone gene expression was less evident in cells with active drug-metabolizing systems.
Source
Biochem Pharmacol. 1984 Apr 1;33(7):1033-40.
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Biochemical pharmacology
Related Resources
PubMed ID
6324810
Repository Citation
Green, Linda G.; Stein, Janet L.; and Stein, Gary S., "Influence of delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol on expression of histone and ribosomal genes in normal and transformed human cells" (1984). Stein, Stein, Lian, vanWijnen Lab Publications. 150.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/stein/150