R E Cirullo, F X Arredondo-Vega, M Smith, J J Wasmuth
{"title":"Isolation and characterization of interspecific heat-resistant hybrids between a temperature-sensitive chinese hamster cell asparaginyl-tRNA synthetase mutant and normal human leukocytes: assignment of human asnS gene to chromosome 18.","authors":"R E Cirullo, F X Arredondo-Vega, M Smith, J J Wasmuth","doi":"10.1007/BF01543178","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01543178","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We isolated interspecific somatic cell hybrids between human peripheral leukocytes and a temperature-sensitive CHO cell line with a thermolabile asparaginyl-tRNA synthetase. The hybrids were selected at 39 degrees C so as to require the expression of the human gene complementing the deficient CHO enzyme. In vitro heat-inactivation profiles of cell-free extracts from temperature-resistant hybrid cells indicate the presence of two forms of asparaginyl-tRNA synthetase. One form is very resistant to thermal inactivation, like the normal human enzyme, while the other form is very thermolabile, like the altered enzyme from the CHO parent. Hybrids and temperature-sensitive segregants derived from them were analyzed for the expression of known human chromosomal marker enzymes. The strong correlation between the expression of the human form of asparaginyl-tRNA synthetase and the presence of human chromosome 18 in hybrids suggests that the human gene, asnS, which corrects the heat-sensitive phenotype of the CHO asparaginyl-tRNA synthetase mutant, is located on chromosome 18.</p>","PeriodicalId":21767,"journal":{"name":"Somatic Cell Genetics","volume":"9 2","pages":"215-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1983-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF01543178","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17888088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J Moffett, S Curriden, R Ertsey, E Mendiaz, E Englesberg
{"title":"Alanine-resistant mutants of Chinese hamster ovary cells, CHO-K1, producing increases in velocity of proline transport through the A, ASC, and P systems.","authors":"J Moffett, S Curriden, R Ertsey, E Mendiaz, E Englesberg","doi":"10.1007/BF01543177","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01543177","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We have developed a method for the isolation of transport mutants with increases in velocity of transport through the A and ASC systems and through a newly discovered P system utilizing the amino acid antagonism between A system amino acids and proline in CHO-K1 pro- cells. Mutants alar2 and alar3, isolated in a single-step procedure, resistant to 25 mM alanine in MEM-10 plus 0.05 mM proline are pro-, stable, cross resistant to alpha-(methylamino)isobutyric acid (MeAIB) and show an approximately twofold increase in the initial velocity of proline uptake. Ethyl methane sulfonate (EMS) increases the frequency of pro- alar clones in the population by at least 50 times the spontaneous frequency. The increased velocity of proline transport by alar2 and alar3 can be attributable to the 1.5 to 3 times increase in velocity of transport of proline through systems A, ASC, and P. The Vmax for proline transport through the A system has increased two times for alar2 while the Km and Vmax for alar3 has increased by 1.4 and 2.3 times that of CHO-K1. There is a corresponding increase in Vmax of proline transport by alar2 through the P system. The P system is defined operationally as that portion of the Na+-dependent velocity that remains when the A, ASC, and glutamine-inhibitable fraction are eliminated. The system is concentrative. Proline appears to be the preferred substrate. Li+ cannot be substituted for Na+. The system is moderately dependent upon pH. It obeys Michaelis-Menten kinetics and is not derepressible by starvation. There is no evidence for an N system in CHO-K1.</p>","PeriodicalId":21767,"journal":{"name":"Somatic Cell Genetics","volume":"9 2","pages":"189-213"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1983-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF01543177","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17463814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Genetic control of drug resistance: assignment of ama-1 to Chinese hamster chromosome 7, confirmation of assignment of genes coding for TK, GALK, and ACP to chromosome 7, and tentative assignment of TPI to chromosome 8.","authors":"M Roberts, G A Scangos, J T Hart, F H Ruddle","doi":"10.1007/BF01543179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01543179","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The gene which specifies a subunit of RNA polymerase II, ama-1, is assigned to chromosome 7 in the Chinese hamster. The assignment of genes coding for TK, GALK, and ACP to chromosome 7 is confirmed, with a provisional regional assignment of TK and GALK to 7q. On the basis of one clone with six subclones, a provisional assignment of TPI to Chinese hamster chromosome 8 is made. With the assignment of tk and ama-1 to chromosome 7 in the CHO cell line Ama1, this chromosome is shown to have two selectable markers.</p>","PeriodicalId":21767,"journal":{"name":"Somatic Cell Genetics","volume":"9 2","pages":"235-48"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1983-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF01543179","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17888089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Origin, cellular expression, and cybrid transmission of mitochondrial CAP-R, PYR-IND, and OLI-R mutant phenotypes.","authors":"N Howell","doi":"10.1007/BF01544045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01544045","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Chloramphenicol-resistant (CAP-R) mouse and Chinese hamster lines were isolated in a single selection step in drug medium containing pyruvate. Cellular expression of the CAP-R phenotype required pyruvate--or an appropriate substitute--as a nutritional supplement. Subclone lines which were pyruvate independent (PYR-IND) arose in second-step selections at a high frequency. CAP-R PYR-IND Chinese hamster mutants could be directly isolated in single-step selections but at a very low frequency. Subclone lines (OLI-R) which were cross-resistant to oligomycin were isolated in a third selection cycle. The PYR-IND and OLI-R phenotypes were cotransmitted with the CAP-R mtDNA mutation but were expressed at the cellular level only if the number of mutant mitochondrial genomes exceeded a minimum threshold value. Analysis of a mtDNA restriction fragment alteration in one series of mutants supported this model. Threshold limits for cellular expression of mitochondrial mutant phenotypes are likely to be a general phenomenon and will constrain models of the origin and segregation of mtDNA mutations.</p>","PeriodicalId":21767,"journal":{"name":"Somatic Cell Genetics","volume":"9 1","pages":"1-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1983-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF01544045","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17887179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Complementation mapping in microcell hybrids: localization of Fpgs and Ak-1 on Mus musculus chromosome 2.","authors":"R E Fournier, R G Moran","doi":"10.1007/BF01544049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01544049","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The gene encoding folylpolyglutamyl synthetase (FPGS) was assigned to mouse chromosome 2 by complementation mapping. Chinese hamster ovary cells (AuxBl) deficient in FPGS, and consequently auxotrophic for glycine, adenosine, and thymidine (gat-), were employed as recipients in microcell-mediated chromosome transfer experiments. Mouse chromosomes derived from diploid embryo fibroblasts were introduced into hamster AuxBl cells, and gat+ microcell hybrids were selected in medium lacking adenosine and thymidine. Mouse chromosome 2 was the only donor chromosome whose presence correlated with expression of FPGS activity. Furthermore, every gat+ hybrid clone expressed murine AK-1, a marker previously assigned to chromosome 2. Eight of 20 clones analyzed retained deletion chromosomes derived from mouse chromosome 2. These clones were used to localize murine Fpgs and Ak-1 to a region of this chromosome, namely 2 (cen leads to Cl).</p>","PeriodicalId":21767,"journal":{"name":"Somatic Cell Genetics","volume":"9 1","pages":"69-84"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1983-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF01544049","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17742495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of myogenesis by somatic cell hybridization: III. Myogenic competence of hybrids derived from rat L6 myoblasts and mouse primary fibroblasts and myoblasts.","authors":"S F Konieczny, J R Coleman","doi":"10.1007/BF01544046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01544046","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hybrid cells derived from rat L6 myoblasts and mouse primary fibroblasts (M x F hybrids), as well as those derived from rat L6 myoblasts and mouse primary myoblasts (M x M hybrids), were examined for their ability to engage in myogenesis as judged by muscle fiber formation plus the expression of skeletal muscle myosin and creatine kinase (CK). Of 172 primary hybrid colonies scored, 59% were myogenic in the M x F fusion and 97% exhibited muscle fiber formation in the M x M fusion. Individual hybrid clones from each cross were isolated, expanded and analyzed for myogenic capabilities as well. All three M x M and all ten M x F isolated clones exhibited preferential elimination of mouse chromosomes. Nonetheless, all were capable of fusing spontaneously and of elaborating skeletal muscle myosin and CK. The three M x M hybrids expressed only MM-CK whereas nine out of ten M x F hybrids produced all three CK isoenzymes (MM, MB, BB). These results suggest that M X M hybrids express CK patterns reminiscent of the rat L6 parental cells while M X F hybrids apparently mimic mouse muscle fiber CK patterns. Various models are discussed which address these phenomena.</p>","PeriodicalId":21767,"journal":{"name":"Somatic Cell Genetics","volume":"9 1","pages":"25-42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1983-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF01544046","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17888083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Propagation of two species of mitochondrial DNA in chinese hamster-mouse somatic cell hybrids.","authors":"L DeFrancesco","doi":"10.1007/BF01544054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01544054","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mouse-hamster hybrid cells were analyzed for the species of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) retained using Southern blotting and hybridization with highly labeled mitochondrial DNA probes. Initial analyses were performed as soon as there were 10(7) cells, which took between five and eight weeks from the time the fusion was performed (approximately 23 cell doublings). The majority of clones tested had detectable levels of both mouse and hamster mtDNA at first testing.</p>","PeriodicalId":21767,"journal":{"name":"Somatic Cell Genetics","volume":"9 1","pages":"133-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1983-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF01544054","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17887181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Expression of a methotrexate-resistant dihydrofolate reductase gene by transformed hematopoietic cells of mice.","authors":"M Bar-Eli, H D Stang, K E Mercola, M J Cline","doi":"10.1007/BF01544048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01544048","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>DNA-mediated gene transfer was used to introduce DNA from a methotrexate-resistant mouse fibroblast cell line into mouse bone marrow cells. This cell line contained a methotrexate-resistant dihydrofolate reductase, active at 10(-4) M methotrexate, which was electrophoretically separable from the wild-type mouse enzyme. Transformed hematopoietic cells were returned to irradiated mice and selected in vivo by methotrexate administration. Some recipients of transformed marrow cells expressed the electrophoretically distinct, methotrexate-resistant dihydrofolate reductase in hematopoietic cells. These observations suggest that successful transformation of marrow stem cells to methotrexate resistance is accomplished by insertion of a dihydrofolate reductase gene coding for a mutant enzyme that is highly resistant to methotrexate.</p>","PeriodicalId":21767,"journal":{"name":"Somatic Cell Genetics","volume":"9 1","pages":"55-67"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1983-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF01544048","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17888084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Protein synthesis by rat hepatoma x mouse teratocarcinoma somatic cell hybrids.","authors":"L K Wray, H K Jaeckle","doi":"10.1007/BF01544052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01544052","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The synthesis of intracellular and secretory proteins by rat hepatoma (MHC) and mouse teratocarcinoma (PCC4AZAl) cells and MHC X PCC4AZAl somatic cell hybrids was examined with two-dimensional (O'Farrell) electrophoresis. The gels of the PCC4AZAl and hybrid cells were nearly identical and were quite different from those of the MHC cells. The teratocarcinoma phenotype was, therefore, dominant in the teratocarcinoma X hepatoma somatic cell hybrids.</p>","PeriodicalId":21767,"journal":{"name":"Somatic Cell Genetics","volume":"9 1","pages":"111-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1983-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF01544052","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17887180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}