Ishii H, Baffa R, Numata S I, Murakumo Y, Rattan S, Inoue H, Mori M, Fidanza V, Alder H, Croce C M
Kimmel Cancer Institute, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 Mar 30;96(7):3928-33. doi: 10.1073/pnas.96.7.3928.
Alterations of human chromosome 8p occur frequently in many tumors. We identified a 1.5-Mb common region of allelic loss on 8p22 by allelotype analysis. cDNA selection allowed isolation of several genes, including FEZ1. The predicted Fez1 protein contained a leucine-zipper region with similarity to the DNA-binding domain of the cAMP-responsive activating-transcription factor 5. RNA blot analysis revealed that FEZ1 gene expression was undetectable in more than 60% of epithelial tumors. Mutations were found in primary esophageal cancers and in a prostate cancer cell line. Transcript analysis from several FEZ1-expressing tumors revealed truncated mRNAs, including a frameshift. Alteration and inactivation of the FEZ1 gene may play a role in various human tumors.
人类8号染色体短臂(8p)的改变在许多肿瘤中频繁发生。我们通过等位基因分型分析在8p22区域鉴定出一个1.5兆碱基(Mb)的常见等位基因缺失区域。通过cDNA筛选分离出了几个基因,包括FEZ1。预测的Fez1蛋白含有一个亮氨酸拉链区域,与环磷酸腺苷(cAMP)反应性激活转录因子5的DNA结合结构域相似。RNA印迹分析显示,超过60%的上皮肿瘤中检测不到FEZ1基因表达。在原发性食管癌和一种前列腺癌细胞系中发现了突变。对几种表达FEZ1的肿瘤进行转录本分析,发现了截短的mRNA,包括移码突变。FEZ1基因的改变和失活可能在多种人类肿瘤中起作用。