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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-12-3
pubmed:abstractText
The septin family of genes has been implicated in a variety of cellular processes including cytokinesis, membrane transport and fusion, exocytosis, and apoptosis. One member of the septin family maps to chromosome 17q25.3, a region commonly deleted in sporadic ovarian and breast tumours, and has also been identified as a fusion partner of MLL in acute myeloid leukaemias. The present study demonstrates that the pattern of expression of multiple splice variants of this septin gene is altered in ovarian tumours and cell lines. In particular, expression of the zeta transcript is detectable in the majority of tumours and cell lines, but not in a range of non-malignant adult and fetal tissues. Zeta expression is accompanied by loss of the ubiquitous beta transcript. Somatic mutations of the gene were not detected in ovarian tumours, but it was demonstrated that beta expression in tumour cell lines can be reactivated by 5-azacytidine treatment, suggesting a role for methylation in the control of expression of this gene.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0022-3417
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
201
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
581-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14648661-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:14648661-Azacitidine, pubmed-meshheading:14648661-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:14648661-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:14648661-DNA, Circular, pubmed-meshheading:14648661-Female, pubmed-meshheading:14648661-Fetus, pubmed-meshheading:14648661-GTP Phosphohydrolases, pubmed-meshheading:14648661-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:14648661-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:14648661-Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:14648661-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:14648661-Ovarian Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:14648661-Protein Splicing, pubmed-meshheading:14648661-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:14648661-RNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:14648661-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:14648661-Septins, pubmed-meshheading:14648661-Transcription, Genetic
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Altered expression of the septin gene, SEPT9, in ovarian neoplasia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Oncology, Cancer Research Centre, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast BT9 7AB, N Ireland, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't