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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-1-6
pubmed:abstractText
NKX3.1, a gene mapped to 8p21, is a member of the NK class of homeodomain proteins and is expressed primarily in the prostate. NKX3.1 exerts a growth-suppressive and differentiating effect on prostate epithelial cells. Because of its known functions and its location within a chromosomal region where evidence for prostate cancer linkage and somatic loss of heterozygosity is found, we hypothesize that sequence variants in the NKX3.1 gene increase prostate cancer risk. To address this, we first resequenced the NKX3.1 gene in 159 probands of hereditary prostate cancer families recruited at Johns Hopkins Hospital; each family has at least three first-degree relatives affected with prostate cancer. Twenty-one germ-line variants were identified in this analysis, including one previously described common nonsynonymous change (R52C), two novel rare nonsynonymous changes (A17T and T164A), and a novel common 18-bp deletion in the promoter. Overall, the germ-line variants were significantly linked to prostate cancer, with a peak heterogeneity logarithm of odds of 2.04 (P = 0.002) at the NKX3.1 gene. The rare nonsynonymous change, T164A, located in the homeobox domain of the gene, segregated with prostate cancer in a family with three affected brothers and one unaffected brother. Importantly, nuclear magnetic resonance solution structure analysis and circular dichroism studies showed this specific mutation to affect the stability of the homeodomain of the NKX3.1 protein and decreased binding to its cognate DNA recognition sequence. These results suggest that germ-line sequence variants in NKX3.1 may play a role in susceptibility to hereditary prostate cancer and underscore a role for NKX3.1 as a prostate cancer gatekeeper.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
66
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
69-77
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16397218-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:16397218-Chromosome Segregation, pubmed-meshheading:16397218-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8, pubmed-meshheading:16397218-DNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:16397218-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16397218-Genetic Linkage, pubmed-meshheading:16397218-Genetic Predisposition to Disease, pubmed-meshheading:16397218-Germ-Line Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:16397218-Homeodomain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16397218-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16397218-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16397218-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16397218-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:16397218-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:16397218-Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular, pubmed-meshheading:16397218-Prostatic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:16397218-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:16397218-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:16397218-Structure-Activity Relationship, pubmed-meshheading:16397218-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Germ-line mutation of NKX3.1 cosegregates with hereditary prostate cancer and alters the homeodomain structure and function.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Human Genomics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural