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SMON-type virus which shows different host range was induced from ILT virus under unsuitable culture conditions for the growth of the parental ILT virus, such as cultivation in CAM of 12-day-old eggs or cultivation in CHK cells at 32 degrees. Furthermore, it was induced from ILT virus by mutagenesis by either BrdU or NG in CHK cell cultures.
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PMID:Induction of SMON-type virus form avian infectious laryngotracheitis virus. 17 80

A somatic cell hybrid (Cl. 6d) was originated from the fusion of mouse 3T3-4E) and spontaneous yielder SV 40-transformed Chinese hamster (CHK/SVLP AG) cells. During the early stages of its history, the C1. 6d hybrid underwent a rapid chromosome loss, preferentially loosing hamster chromosomes. This was not a constant tendency of the hybrid cells. As the parental CHK)SVLP AG cells, the hybrid cells were always found 100 per cent SV40 T-antigen positive. While CHK/SVLP AG cells infectious SV 40 DNA, V-antigen and virus were regularly detected, in the hybrid cells only infectious DNA was occasionally detected. This was not due either to the loww of an essential Chinese hamster gene(s) or to the presence of an inhibiting mouse cell component(s); it was apparently the consequence of inability of the cells to properly activate the resident SV 40 genome(s). After superinfection with SV 40 DNA, the hybrid cells-though capable of synthesizing SV 40 V-antigen--were unable to ensure virus assembly. Experimental evidence was obtained suggesting that SV 40 maturation is dependent of a cellular function(s).
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PMID:Expression of "early" and "late" viral functions in a somatic cell hybrid between a mouse cell and a spontaneous yielder SV 40-transformed Chinese hamster cell. 20 68

The clone 6d hybrid, capable of expressing the virus-specific T-antigen but unable to produce infectious virus particles after superinfection, presented a complete mouse (3T3-4E) chromosome complement and a significant loss of Chinese hamster (CHK/SVLP AG) chromosomes. Similar properties were displayed by a BUdR-resistant derivative of the Cl 6d hybrid (Cl 6d.6BU). Three independent superhybrid clones (CL 10B, Cl 10C, Cl 11A) isolated after backcross of the Cl 6d.6BU hybrid with a nontransformed Chinese hamster kidney cell line (CHK/AG) were able to produce infectious SV40 virus. In spite of the loss of mouse chromosomes, there was no significant difference in the average number of chromosomes between the Cl 6d.6BU and the superhybrid clones. Thus, the Chinese hamster chromosomes seemed to compensate for the loss of the mouse chromosomes. Although the effect of Chinese hamster chromosomes cannot be totally disregarded, our data suggested a positive correlation between the inability to produce infectious SV40 and the presence of certain mouse chromosomes.
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PMID:Chromosomes involved in production of infectious SV40 particles in mouse/SV40-transformed Chinese hamster cell hybrids. 625 23

[125I] Insulin (porcine) binding to an epithelial cell line established from a Chinese hamster kidney, CHK-AC E-100, showed an optimum at pH 8.0 and reached a maximum after 2.5 h incubation at 25 degrees C. Dissociation of bound [125I] insulin was facilitated by the addition of unlabeled insulin in the dilution buffer. Porcine insulin effectively competed for [125I] insulin binding to the cultured cells and was 30 and 90 times as potent as guinea pig insulin and porcine proinsulin in causing 50% inhibition of [125I] insulin binding; glucagon was completely ineffective. Scatchard analysis of the binding data yielded a curvilinear plot and a capacity of 0.6 ng/10(6) cells; the average affinity of the empty receptor, Ke, was calculated to be 1.78 X 10(6) M-1 and that of the filled receptor, Kf, 0.57 X 10(8) m-1, Substitution of fetal bovine serum (FBS) in the culture medium with bovine calf, bovine newborn, of bovine calf serum altered insulin binding characteristics in the cells and reduced cell growth. Insulin binding characteristics of cells grown in hormone-supplemented medium containing 0 to 0.1% FBS were similar to those of cells grown in minimum essential medium (MEM) containing 2 to 5% FBS. The data indicated that the established Chinese hamster kidney epithelial cell line CHK-AC E-100 possessed specific insulin receptors and the characteristics of the receptors could be manipulated by changing the serum in culture medium.
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PMID:Insulin binding in cultured Chinese hamster kidney epithelial cells: the effect of serum in the medium. 675

An epithelial cell line, designated CHK-ACE, was established from the kidney of a spontaneously diabetic Chinese hamster from the highly inbred AC line. CHK-ACE was separated into two sublines, CHK-ACE-100 and CHK-ACE-400, by successive passages in 100 and 400 mg/dl glucose respectively. Extra- and intracellular activities of N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase and beta-D-galactosidase were measured in these cultures after exposure to varying concentrations of glucose (100, 200, 300 and 400 mg/dl) for one passage and 10% heated fetal calf serum for 6.5 h before enzyme measurements were taken; no apparent dependence on medium-glucose concentration was found. In serum-free medium, the time-dependent release of both N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase and beta-D-galactosidase was sustained for up to 24 h; no significant difference in their activities was found between CHK-ACE-100 cultures grown in 100 and 400 mg/dl glucose for one passage.
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PMID:Acid glycohydrolase in Chinese hamster with spontaneous diabetes. VII. The lack of short-term glucose-effect in cultured kidney cells. 678 22

An epithelial cell line established from a Chinese hamster kidney, CHK-ACE, was separated into two sublines, CHK-ACE-100 and CHK-ACE-400, by 18 successive passages in medium containing 100 and 400 mg/dl glucose, respectively. Binding of CHK-ACE-100 and CHK-ACE-400 cell to 125I-labeled insulin showed similar pH and time dependency; 125I-labeled insulin, concentration differed in the two sublines, however. Degradation of 125I-labeled insulin, as determined by its ability to bind insulin antibody and cells, was more extensive when preincubated with CHK-ACE-400 cell than with CHK-ACE-100 cells. When CHK-ACE-100 cells were grown in 400 mg/dl glucose for six passages, these cells showed more insulin binding sites than cells grown parallel in 100 mg/dl glucose; whereas CHK-ACE-400 cells grown in 100 mg/dl glucose for six passages showed fewer insulin binding sites than those grown parallel in 400 mg/dl glucose. A slight increase in Kf/Ke ratio was observed in both sublines when grown in 400 mg/dl glucose as compared to 100 mg/dl glucose, indicating attenuated negative cooperativity of the binding sites in cells grown in 400 mg/dl glucose. Tunicamycin, at concentrations from 0.016 to 0.125 micrograms/ml, showed no direct effect on the assay of 125I-labeled insulin binding to CHK-ACE-100 cells; exposure of CHK-ACE-100 cells to tunicamycin, at concentrations from 0.01 to 0.2 micrograms/ml, for 24 h caused a dose-dependent decrease in insulin binding capacity and an increase in Kf/Ke ratio. These data indicate that the number of insulin binding sites in the cultured Chinese hamster kidney epithelial cells increased with high glucose concentrations in the culture medium, whereas tunicamycin, an inhibitor of protein glycosylation, lowered the number of insulin binding sites.
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PMID:Insulin binding in cultured Chinese hamster kidney epithelial cells. The effects of glucose concentration in the medium and tunicamycin. 702 31

CHK/HYL is a non-receptor tyrosine kinase that belongs to CSK (C-terminal Src kinase) family. Northern blotting and RT-PCR analyses showed that CHK/HYL was expressed in large spectrum of hematopoietic cells except for erythroid cells and brain. To explore the function of CHK/HYL in hematopoietic cells, we generated CHK/HYL deficient mice. The mutant mice were apparently normal and fertile, while CSK knockout mice died until E11.5 from a defect in the neural tube formation. Hematological observations including blood counts and FACS analysis showed no significant abnormalities in CHK/HYL mutant mice. CHK/HYL did not affect the activity of Src, Hck, and Fgr in cultured bone marrow cells, although CSK negatively regulates Src family kinases. These results suggest that CHK/HYL might not have the same function as CSK.
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PMID:Analysis of CSK homologous kinase (CHK/HYL) in hematopoiesis by utilizing gene knockout mice. 869 8

Megakaryocytopoiesis is the process by which bone marrow progenitor cells develop into mature megakaryocytes, which in turn produce platelets required for normal hemostasis. The development of this hematopoietic lineage depends on a variety of growth factors and cytokines. Growth factor-dependent tyrosine kinase receptors important in megakaryocytopoiesis include c-Kit, fibroblast growth factor receptor, the RON receptor, and the macrophage colony-stimulating factor receptor. Binding of growth factors to their respective receptors results in receptor dimerization and subsequent autophosphorylation on tyrosine residues. Tyrosine autophosphorylations become sites of association for cytoplasmic signaling molecules via their SH2 domains. Some of these molecules are themselves cytoplasmic tyrosine kinases such as the Src kinases, TEC, and CHK. Others are molecules such as phospholipase C-gamma, phosphoinositol 3-kinase, Shc, GTPase-activating protein, and the SH2-containing tyrosine phosphatases SHP-1 and SHP-2. These molecules generate second messengers, regulate the phosphorylation of other downstream molecules, and also regulate the phosphorylation of the receptor itself. The different cytoplasmic components activate pathways involved in either changes in cell growth or changes in the cytoskeleton that affect maturation of the cell. Cytokine receptors also generate signals involved in growth and differentiation. Some of these second messengers overlap with those of the receptor tyrosine kinases. Others, such as the JAKs/STATs, are involved in transcriptional control and are unique to the signaling mediated by cytokine receptors. We describe the contribution of these different signals to the growth/differentiation processes of megakaryocytes. We also describe the contribution of receptor and nonreceptor tyrosine phosphatases to these processes. Lastly, we have compiled selected methods related to the study of protein phosphorylation in megakaryocytes.
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PMID:Regulation of megakaryocytopoiesis and platelet production by tyrosine kinases and tyrosine phosphatases. 1008 Sep 10

The loss of mismatch repair enzymes increases the mutation rate in microsatellites and coding regions of the genome and appears to be involved in drug resistance. The replication error (RER+) phenotype, associated with microsatellite instability, has been widely described for both familial and sporadic colon cancers and for gastric and endometrial tumors. For ovarian cancer, the incidence of RER+ cases among sporadic tumors is still uncertain. We analyzed epithelial ovarian tumors and ovarian carcinoma cell lines for microsatellite instability and for mutations in the coding regions of different genes, including the recently discovered human CHK-1 gene, which has an important role in controlling cell cycle progression and whose coding region contains a poly(A)9 tract. Microsatellite instability and frameshift mutations in coding regions of BAX, TGFbetaRII, IGFIIR, E2F-4, ICE, and CHK-1 genes were analyzed in ovarian cancer samples and cell lines by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Approximately 26% of patients showed microsatellite instability in two or more loci. BAT-26 locus showed no alteration in primary tumors. We detected a BAX mutation in one tumor sample and a TGFbetaRII mutation in one cell line. Our findings confirm the presence of the RER+ phenotype in sporadic ovarian cancer. The low rate of mutation in genes previously reported to be altered in colon and gastric cancer suggests that other not yet identified genes might be altered and could play a role in tumor progression and response to treatment in RER+ ovarian tumors.
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PMID:Microsatellite instability and frameshift mutations in genes involved in cell cycle progression or apoptosis in ovarian cancer. 1075 43

In this report, we analyzed the expression and kinase activities of Csk and CHK kinases in normal breast tissues and breast tumors and their involvement in HRG-mediated signaling in breast cancer cells. Csk expression and kinase activity were abundant in normal human breast tissues, breast carcinomas, and breast cancer cell lines, whereas CHK expression was negative in normal breast tissues and low in some breast tumors and in the MCF-7 breast cancer cell line. CHK kinase activity was not detected in human breast carcinoma tissues (12 of 12) or in the MCF-7 breast cancer cell line (due to the low level of CHK protein expression), but was significantly induced upon heregulin (HRG) stimulation. We have previously shown that CHK associates with the ErbB-2/neu receptor upon HRG stimulation via its SH2 domain and that it down-regulates the ErbB-2/neu-activated Src kinases. Our new findings demonstrate that Csk has no effect on ErbB-2/neu-activated Src kinases upon HRG treatment and that its kinase activity is not modulated by HRG. CHK significantly inhibited in vitro cell growth, transformation, and invasion induced upon HRG stimulation. In addition, tumor growth of wt CHK-transfected MCF-7 cells was significantly inhibited in nude mice. Furthermore, CHK down-regulated c-Src and Lyn protein expression and kinase activity, and the entry into mitosis was delayed in the wt CHK-transfected MCF-7 cells upon HRG treatment. These results indicate that CHK, but not Csk, is involved in HRG-mediated signaling pathways, down-regulates ErbB-2/neu-activated Src kinases, and inhibits invasion and transformation of breast cancer cells upon HRG stimulation. These findings strongly suggest that CHK is a novel negative growth regulator of HRG-mediated ErbB-2/neu and Src family kinase signaling pathways in breast cancer cells.
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PMID:Functional analysis of Csk and CHK kinases in breast cancer cells. 1144 75


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