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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-7-27
pubmed:abstractText
We have previously reported that over-expression of a panel of 119 genes correlates with the metastatic potential of pancreatic carcinoma cells. We sought to identify and functionally characterize candidate tumour metastasis promoting genes among this library using a secondary phenotype-assisted screen. Here we report the discovery of the metastasis-promoting function of a hitherto not characterized gene located on chromosome 14 (ORF138), which we have named 'novel metastasis-promoting gene 1' (NVM-1). The NVM-1 transcript is extensively alternatively spliced, is expressed endogenously in a number of different tissues, and is strongly over-expressed at the protein level in a variety of human tumour types. Importantly, NVM-1 expression stimulates the migratory and invasive behaviour of tumour cells and promotes metastasis formation in experimental animals in vivo. Up-regulation of FMNL2 and MT1E and down-regulation of TIMP4 and MHC-I is observed as a consequence of NVM-1 expression. Together these data identify NVM-1 as a gene that is functionally involved in tumour metastasis, and suggest that NVM-1 may constitute a promising therapeutic target for inhibition of tumour metastasis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1096-9896
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2011 Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
225
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
96-105
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21744341-Alternative Splicing, pubmed-meshheading:21744341-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:21744341-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14, pubmed-meshheading:21744341-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21744341-Gene Expression Profiling, pubmed-meshheading:21744341-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:21744341-Gene Knockdown Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:21744341-Gene Library, pubmed-meshheading:21744341-Genes, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:21744341-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21744341-Male, pubmed-meshheading:21744341-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:21744341-Mice, SCID, pubmed-meshheading:21744341-Neoplasm Invasiveness, pubmed-meshheading:21744341-Neoplasm Metastasis, pubmed-meshheading:21744341-Neoplasm Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:21744341-Neoplasm Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:21744341-Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:21744341-Phenotype
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Discovery of a novel tumour metastasis-promoting gene, NVM-1.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Heidelberg, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Germany; KIT Campus Nord, Institut für Toxikologie und Genetik, Karlsruhe, Germany. wilko.thiele@medma.uni-heidelberg.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't