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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
21
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-11-5
pubmed:abstractText
A second adenomatous polyposis coli (APC)-like gene, APC2/APCL, was recently described and localized to chromosome 19. We have fine mapped APC2 to a small region of chromosome 19p13.3 containing markers D19S883 and WI-19632, a region commonly lost in a variety of cancers, particularly ovarian cancer. Interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis revealed an APC2 allelic imbalance in 19 of 20 ovarian cancers screened and indicates that APC2 could be a potential tumor suppressor gene in ovarian cancer. When overexpressed in SKOV3 ovarian cancer cells, which express low levels of APC2, exogenous APC2 localized to the Golgi apparatus, actin-containing structures, and occasionally to microtubules. Antibodies against the NH2 terminus of human APC2 show that endogenous APC2 is diffusely distributed in the cytoplasm and colocalizes with both the Golgi apparatus and actin filaments. APC2 remained associated with actin filaments after treatment with the actin-disrupting agent, cytochalasin D. These results suggest that APC2 is involved in actin-associated events and could influence cell motility or adhesion through interaction with actin filaments, as well as functioning independently or in cooperation with APC to down-regulate beta-catenin signaling.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
61
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
7978-84
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11691822-Actin Cytoskeleton, pubmed-meshheading:11691822-Allelic Imbalance, pubmed-meshheading:11691822-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11691822-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:11691822-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 19, pubmed-meshheading:11691822-Cytoskeletal Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11691822-Dogs, pubmed-meshheading:11691822-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11691822-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:11691822-Genes, APC, pubmed-meshheading:11691822-Genes, Tumor Suppressor, pubmed-meshheading:11691822-Golgi Apparatus, pubmed-meshheading:11691822-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11691822-In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:11691822-Ovarian Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:11691822-Radiation Hybrid Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:11691822-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:11691822-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Human APC2 localization and allelic imbalance.
pubmed:affiliation
The Lombardi Cancer Research Center, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20007, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.