Mutation analysis of the 8p candidate tumour suppressor genes DBC2 (RHOBTB2) and LZTS1 in bladder cancer
| Autor: | Margaret A. Knowles, Claire Taylor, Joanne S. Aveyard, Sylvia Bass, Patricia Harnden |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Cancer Research
DNA Mutational Analysis Down-Regulation Loss of Heterozygosity Nerve Tissue Proteins Biology medicine.disease_cause Loss of heterozygosity Germline mutation GTP-Binding Proteins medicine Tumor Cells Cultured Humans Genes Tumor Suppressor Allele Phosphorylation Promoter Regions Genetic Gene Adaptor Proteins Signal Transducing Mutation Leucine Zippers Bladder cancer Tumor Suppressor Proteins DNA Methylation medicine.disease Molecular biology Phenotype DNA-Binding Proteins Oncology Urinary Bladder Neoplasms Mutation testing Gene Deletion Chromosomes Human Pair 8 |
| Zdroj: | Cancer letters. 225(1) |
| ISSN: | 0304-3835 |
| Popis: | Genomic deletions of the short arm of chromosome 8 are common in many human cancers and are frequently associated with a more aggressive tumour phenotype. One of the regions of loss of heterozygosity (LOH) on 8p22 identified in bladder cancer contains two genes, LZTS1 (FEZ1) and DBC2 (RHOBTB2) that have been shown to be mutated at low frequency in other cancers. We screened a panel of bladder tumours and bladder tumour-derived cell lines for mutations in these genes. Forty two percent of the tumours were found to have LOH in the 8p22 region and many of the cell lines have known loss of 8p. Several known polymorphisms and novel polymorphisms were detected. One possible mutation of LZTS1 (G374S) was found in a cell line. The functional significance of this is unknown but the novel serine residue created may represent a novel phosphorylation site. In DBC2, we found a single somatic mutation in a tumour (E349D) that lies in a highly conserved region of the protein. mRNA levels for both genes were reduced in the majority of bladder cancer cell lines. We conclude that neither LZTS1 nor DBC2 is commonly mutated in bladder cancer. However, neither can yet be excluded as the target of 8p22 LOH. The finding of a somatic mutation of DBC2 in a tumour sample and the down-regulation of both gene transcripts in bladder tumour cell lines may indicate that an alternative mechanism of inactivation of the second allele, for example promoter hypermethylation, is more common than mutation and this must now be examined. |
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