Abstract
Clonal derivatives of C3HMT murine mammary cell lines in culture demonstrate conversion of mammary tumor virus (MMTV) expression at a rate of approximately 6 per 100 clones. This alteration is largely unidirectional from a relatively high level (MMTV H) to a 10 fold lower level (MMTV L). This high rate of MMTV L variant conversion is in apparent contrast to the presumably mutational rate (∼3 per million cells) that governs development of resistance to 6-thioguanine (TG) in the same mammary cells. In somatic cell hybrids between different MMTV TG r clones and mouse or hamster TK- cells, expression of constitutive levels of MMTV and responsiveness to dexamethasone induction is dominant. Thus MMTV expression is regulated by at least two levels of positive control, constitutive expression and glucocorticoid stimulation, but the former is subject to a high rate of variant formation.
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