Ganglioside composition in experimental tumors with different growth properties.
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| Abstract |
The composition of gangliosides was studied in four fibrosarcomas (FL, FLA, FLB, FLC) induced in the Lewis rat by Ferridextran, and in two clones of a spontaneous Lewis rat mammary sarcoma (C-1-SAM LEW and C-2-SAM LEW) and two supertransformed clones (S-174 and S-271) derived from these clones, using the B77 virus. The malignancy of the Lewis tumors was tested in terms of their ability to outgrow the RT-5 barrier in LEW.1x rats and expressed as the loss-rate of LEW.1x rats. As for the Ferridextran-induced tumors, the FL was the only one to have been rejected in nearly 100% of the LEW.1x recipients. Following presensitization with FL the other tumors were also rejected, though not at a rate of 100%. The rat loss-rate was: FL--0%, FLC--23.5%, FLB--36.5%, and FLA--82.6%. As malignancy increased, the composition of gangliosides showed signs of progressive simplification indicating a step-by-step repression of ganglioside biosynthesis involving first the disialoganglioside and subsequently also the monosialoganglioside pathways. Some less distinct decrease (but significant at the 5% level of probability) of gangliosides of the disialoganglioside pathway and an increase of the simplest ganglioside (GM3) were observed between the C-1 clone of SAM LEW and its S-174 supertransformant. However, the changes, especially in the C-2 clone and its supertransformant, were not such as would suggest a marked defect in the biosynthesis of gangliosides.
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| Authors | F Smíd, V Kren, V Bradová, P Veselý, D Krenová |
| Journal | Neoplasma (Neoplasma) Vol. 36 Issue 5 Pg. 519-27 ( 1989) ISSN: 0028-2685 [Print] Slovakia |
| PMID | 2812148 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article) |
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