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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
15
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-6-25
pubmed:abstractText
The retinoblastoma susceptibility gene (Rb) is a tumor suppressor gene involved in the etiology of many types of human cancers. However, the molecular mechanisms involved in tumor suppression by Rb are largely unknown. The neu gene is a dominant transforming oncogene and a member of the growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase gene family. Both inactivation of the Rb gene and overexpression of the neu gene are involved in human breast and lung cancers. Therefore, it is of interest and importance to investigate the potential interactions between Rb and neu. Here we show that Rb suppresses neu-induced transformation by focus formation assays. This transformation suppression by Rb was further shown to be due to transcriptional repression of neu using Rb expressing effector plasmid and neu promoter-chloramphenicol acetyltransferase reporter gene. The cis-acting element conferring Rb-mediated repression was mapped to a recently identified novel enhancer in the neu promoter. The data indicate that the growth factor receptor neu is a target for the Rb gene product and transcriptional repression of a dominant oncogene expression may be one of the molecular mechanisms of Rb-mediated tumor suppression.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
267
pubmed:geneSymbol
Rb, neu
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
10203-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1350277-3T3 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:1350277-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:1350277-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1350277-Cell Transformation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:1350277-Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:1350277-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:1350277-Enhancer Elements, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:1350277-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:1350277-Genes, Retinoblastoma, pubmed-meshheading:1350277-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:1350277-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:1350277-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:1350277-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:1350277-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1350277-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:1350277-Receptor, erbB-2, pubmed-meshheading:1350277-Retinoblastoma Protein, pubmed-meshheading:1350277-Transcription, Genetic
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
The retinoblastoma gene product suppresses neu oncogene-induced transformation via transcriptional repression of neu.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Tumor Biology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't