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Na(+)-dependent AIB transport by neuroblastoma cells. 1992

A del Castillo-Olivares, and M A Medina

Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg, Germany.

Na(+)-dependent amino isobutyric acid transport by two neuroblastoma cell lines with and without amplification of the oncogene N-myc is studied. Surprisingly, the contribution of system A is greater in the cell line showing no N-myc amplification. Preliminary data support a role for essential tyrosine and cysteine residues in the active center of the carriers, mainly in system A.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009447	Neuroblastoma	A common neoplasm of early childhood arising from neural crest cells in the sympathetic nervous system, and characterized by diverse clinical behavior, ranging from spontaneous remission to rapid metastatic progression and death. This tumor is the most common intraabdominal malignancy of childhood, but it may also arise from thorax, neck, or rarely occur in the central nervous system. Histologic features include uniform round cells with hyperchromatic nuclei arranged in nests and separated by fibrovascular septa. Neuroblastomas may be associated with the opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome. (From DeVita et al., Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology, 5th ed, pp2099-2101; Curr Opin Oncol 1998 Jan;10(1):43-51)	Neuroblastomas
D005784	Gene Amplification	A selective increase in the number of copies of a gene coding for a specific protein without a proportional increase in other genes. It occurs naturally via the excision of a copy of the repeating sequence from the chromosome and its extrachromosomal replication in a plasmid, or via the production of an RNA transcript of the entire repeating sequence of ribosomal RNA followed by the reverse transcription of the molecule to produce an additional copy of the original DNA sequence. Laboratory techniques have been introduced for inducing disproportional replication by unequal crossing over, uptake of DNA from lysed cells, or generation of extrachromosomal sequences from rolling circle replication.	Amplification, Gene
D000596	Amino Acids	Organic compounds that generally contain an amino (-NH2) and a carboxyl (-COOH) group. Twenty alpha-amino acids are the subunits which are polymerized to form proteins.	Amino Acid,Acid, Amino,Acids, Amino
D000621	Aminoisobutyric Acids	A group of compounds that are derivatives of the amino acid 2-amino-2-methylpropanoic acid.	Acids, Aminoisobutyric
D001692	Biological Transport	The movement of materials (including biochemical substances and drugs) through a biological system at the cellular level. The transport can be across cell membranes and epithelial layers. It also can occur within intracellular compartments and extracellular compartments.	Transport, Biological,Biologic Transport,Transport, Biologic
D012964	Sodium	A member of the alkali group of metals. It has the atomic symbol Na, atomic number 11, and atomic weight 23.	Sodium Ion Level,Sodium-23,Ion Level, Sodium,Level, Sodium Ion,Sodium 23
D014407	Tumor Cells, Cultured	Cells grown in vitro from neoplastic tissue. If they can be established as a TUMOR CELL LINE, they can be propagated in cell culture indefinitely.	Cultured Tumor Cells,Neoplastic Cells, Cultured,Cultured Neoplastic Cells,Cell, Cultured Neoplastic,Cell, Cultured Tumor,Cells, Cultured Neoplastic,Cells, Cultured Tumor,Cultured Neoplastic Cell,Cultured Tumor Cell,Neoplastic Cell, Cultured,Tumor Cell, Cultured
D016259	Genes, myc	Family of retrovirus-associated DNA sequences (myc) originally isolated from an avian myelocytomatosis virus. The proto-oncogene myc (c-myc) codes for a nuclear protein which is involved in nucleic acid metabolism and in mediating the cellular response to growth factors. Truncation of the first exon, which appears to regulate c-myc expression, is crucial for tumorigenicity. The human c-myc gene is located at 8q24 on the long arm of chromosome 8.	L-myc Genes,N-myc Genes,c-myc Genes,myc Genes,v-myc Genes,L-myc Proto-Oncogenes,N-myc Proto-Oncogenes,c-myc Proto-Oncogenes,myc Oncogene,v-myc Oncogenes,Gene, L-myc,Gene, N-myc,Gene, c-myc,Gene, myc,Gene, v-myc,Genes, L-myc,Genes, N-myc,Genes, c-myc,Genes, v-myc,L myc Genes,L myc Proto Oncogenes,L-myc Gene,L-myc Proto-Oncogene,N myc Genes,N myc Proto Oncogenes,N-myc Gene,N-myc Proto-Oncogene,Oncogene, myc,Oncogene, v-myc,Oncogenes, myc,Oncogenes, v-myc,Proto-Oncogene, L-myc,Proto-Oncogene, N-myc,Proto-Oncogene, c-myc,Proto-Oncogenes, L-myc,Proto-Oncogenes, N-myc,Proto-Oncogenes, c-myc,c myc Genes,c myc Proto Oncogenes,c-myc Gene,c-myc Proto-Oncogene,myc Gene,myc Oncogenes,v myc Genes,v myc Oncogenes,v-myc Gene,v-myc Oncogene