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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-1-24
pubmed:abstractText
Lysyl oxidase (LOX), a copper-dependent amine oxidase, has been implicated in tumor suppression and cell growth regulation. The chromosomal locus of LOX, 5q23, is affected by loss of heterozygosity (LOH) in colon cancer, suggesting that the LOX gene could be affected by LOH and consequently, loss or reduction of LOX function contribute to the tumorigenic process. Identification of microsatellite markers within the LOX locus has allowed us to map the LOX gene within the 5q23.1 region. Analysis of this locus and flanking loci in matched tumor and blood DNA samples from a panel of colorectal cancer patients, demonstrated that 38% (16/42) of informative samples were affected by LOH or allelic imbalance. Furthermore, 75% (6/8) of these tumor samples were shown to have significantly reduced LOX mRNA levels. Similar reduction in LOX levels were detected in a panel of matched normal colon and colon tumor samples. Tumor samples demonstrating LOH by RFLP, were subject to mutational analysis, including RT-PCR, exonic deletion detection by PCR, cDNA and genomic DNA sequencing, and were found to have a spectrum of alterations and mutations affecting the LOX gene. These results confirm that loss or reduction of LOX function during tumor development is a direct consequence of somatic mutations and is associated with colon tumor pathogenesis.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0020-7136
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
97
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
636-42
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11807790-Adenocarcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:11807790-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11807790-Blotting, Southern, pubmed-meshheading:11807790-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5, pubmed-meshheading:11807790-Cohort Studies, pubmed-meshheading:11807790-Colon, pubmed-meshheading:11807790-Colorectal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:11807790-DNA Mutational Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:11807790-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11807790-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11807790-Loss of Heterozygosity, pubmed-meshheading:11807790-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11807790-Microsatellite Repeats, pubmed-meshheading:11807790-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:11807790-Physical Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:11807790-Protein-Lysine 6-Oxidase, pubmed-meshheading:11807790-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11807790-Sequence Deletion
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Somatic mutations of the lysyl oxidase gene on chromosome 5q23.1 in colorectal tumors.
pubmed:affiliation
Pacific Biomedical Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA. kcsiszar@aol.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.