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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
47
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-10-31
pubmed:abstractText
PRUNE, the human homologue of the Drosophila gene, is located in 1q21.3, a region highly amplified in human sarcomas, malignant tumours of mesenchymal origin. Prune protein interacts with the metastasis suppressor nm23-H1, but shows impaired affinity towards the nm23-H1 S120G mutant associated with advanced neuroblastoma. Based on these observations, we previously suggested that prune may act as a negative regulator of nm23-H1 activity. We found amplification of PRUNE in aggressive sarcoma subtypes, such as leiomyosarcomas and malignant fibrous histiocytomas (MFH) as well as in the less malignant liposarcomas. PRUNE amplification was generally accompanied by high mRNA and moderate to high protein levels. The sarcoma samples expressed nm23-H1 mostly at low or moderate levels, whereas mRNA and protein levels were moderate to high in breast carcinomas. For the more aggressive sarcoma subtypes, 9/13 patients with PRUNE amplification developed metastases. A similar situation was observed in all breast carcinomas with amplification of PRUNE. Infection of NIH3T3 cells with a PRUNE recombinant retrovirus increased cell proliferation. Possibly, amplification and overexpression of PRUNE has the same effect in the tumours. We suggest that amplification and overexpression of PRUNE could be a mechanism for inhibition of nm23-H1 activity that affect the development or progression of these tumours.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carrier Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Drosophila Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Insect Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/NM23 Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/NME1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nme1 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nucleoside-Diphosphate Kinase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/PN protein, Drosophila, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Neoplasm, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0950-9232
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
18
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6881-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11687967-3T3 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11687967-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11687967-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:11687967-COS Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11687967-Carcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:11687967-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11687967-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:11687967-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11687967-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11687967-Gene Amplification, pubmed-meshheading:11687967-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:11687967-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11687967-Insect Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11687967-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11687967-Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11687967-NM23 Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:11687967-Neoplasm Metastasis, pubmed-meshheading:11687967-Nucleoside-Diphosphate Kinase, pubmed-meshheading:11687967-RNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:11687967-Sarcoma, pubmed-meshheading:11687967-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Amplification and overexpression of PRUNE in human sarcomas and breast carcinomas-a possible mechanism for altering the nm23-H1 activity.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Tumour Biology, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't