Seminar Topic

1. SAHYADRI SCIENCE COLLEGE, SHIVAMOGGA-577
203
PG DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
SEMINAR TOPIC ON – “ONCOGENES”
SUBMITTED BY:-
BALAJI G K
I MSc I SEM
PG Department of
Biotechnology
Sahyadri Science College
Shivamogga-577203
UNDER THE GUIDENCE OF
Dr. PRABHAKAR B T
Associate Professor
PG Department of
Biotechnology
Sahyadri Science College
Shivamogga-577203
KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY

2. CONTENTS
 INTRODUCTION
 PROTO-ONCOGENE
 ONCOGENE
 MECHANISM OF ONCOGENE ACTIVATION
 PROTO-ONCOGENE V/S ONCOGENE
 LIST OF ONCOGENES
 MYC ONCOGENE
 RAS ONCOGENE
 P53 TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE
 CONCLUSION
 REFERENCE

3.  Cancer is a complex disease characterized by the
abnormal growth and spread of cells.
 Cells normally grow, divide, and die in a regulated
manner,
 Tumor can be divided in to tow category;
• Benign (non-cancerous).
• Malignant (cancerous).
 Generally mutation leads to the
• Expression of altered gene products.
• Decreased or increased gene expression.
INTRODUCTION

4.  Two classes of genes affected by genetic and epigenetic alterations in cancer cells are oncogenes and tumor
suppressor genes.
 Oncogenes contribute to tumor development by increased or misdirected activity.
 Tumor suppressors insufficient or lost function supports tumor development.
Oncogenes
Tumor
Suppressor
genes
 Stimulate Proliferation
 Inhibit Differentiation
 Inhibit Apoptosis
 Inhibit Proliferation
 Promote Differentiation
 Stimulate Apoptosis

5. Cancer
Proto-oncogenes
Tumor Suppressor
genes (Active)
Oncogenes
Tumor Suppressor
genes (Inactive)

6. PROTO-ONCOGENE

7. ONCOGENES
 Oncogenes are activated versions of normal cellular
genes involved in
 Regulating cell replication
 Growth
 Survival
 Differentiation
 Motility
 Oncogenes become activated by;
Genetic mutation
Chromosomal translocation
Gene amplification
 An oncogene is a gene that has the potential to cause
cancer. In tumor cells, these genes are often mutated, or
expressed at high levels.

8. MECHANISM OF ONCOGENE ACTIVATION

9. PROTO-ONCOGENE V/S ONCOGENE
PROTO-ONCOGENE ONCOGENE
A group of genes that cause normal cell to
become cancerous when they are mutated.
A gene having the potential to cause a normal
cell to become cancerous.
Unmutated cancer causing genes. Mutated cancer causing genes.
It doesn't under go rapid replication. It undergoes rapid replication, and becoming out
of control.
They are not cancer causing genes. They are cancer causing genes.

10. LIST OF ONCOGENES

11. MYC ONCOGENE
 The cellular proto-oncogene, c-MYC, encodes the
protein c-MYC - promote cell cycle progression,
differentiation, cell death and angiogenesis.
 In normal dividing cells, c-MYC expression is
maintained at a relatively constant intermediate level
throughout the cell cycle, whereas in its oncogenic form
c-MYC might be constitutively expressed at levels
ranging from moderate to very high, and is non-
responsive to external signals.

12. RAS ONCOGENE
 The Ras is a protein subfamily of small GTPases
that are involved in cellular signal transduction
pathways that control actin cytoskeletal integrity,
proliferation, differentiation, cell adhesion,
apoptosis, and cell migration.
 Ras communicates signals from outside the cell
to the nucleus. Mutations in ras genes can
permanently activate it and cause inappropriate
transmission inside the cell even in the absence of
extracellular signals.
 These signals result in cell growth and division.
 Ultimately lead to oncogenesis, decreased
apoptosis and cancer.

13.  The most important tumor suppressor is p53
(molecular weight 53 kDa).
 It is located on band p13 of chromosome 17.
 Also called "Guardian of the Genome".
 In 1990, p53 was recognized as the tumor-
suppressor gene.
 Mutation in p53 is the cause of Li-Fraumeni
syndrome, which is rare form of inherited cancer.
 Functions;
• DNA repairing.
• Apoptosis.
• Regulation of cell cycle.
• Prevent neoplastic transformation either by cell
cycle arrest or by triggering apoptosis.
P53 - TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE

14. CONCLUSION
 A mutated (changed) form of a type of gene called a proto-oncogene, which is
involved in normal cell growth and division.
 When a proto-oncogene is changed so that too many copies are made or it becomes
more active than normal, it is called an oncogene.
 Several viruses with oncogenic potential stimulate cell proliferation and cause tumors
or cancers in animals and humans.
 They act with different mechanisms depending on different factors.

15. REFERENCE
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