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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
16
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-6-3
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
We have used a rat model of epithelial ovarian cancer to identify a gene that shows decreased or lost expression in independently transformed rat ovarian surface epithelial cell lines compared to the normal progenitor cells. Hence, we refer to this gene as Lot-1 (Lost on transformation 1, GenBank accession no. U72620). Here, we report the cloning of the likely human homologue and its initial characterization. The deduced amino acid sequences of the cDNAs for rat and human LOT-1 (GenBank accession no. U72621) contain seven zinc finger motifs of the C2H2 type as well as proline and glutamine rich areas. The genes share 76.4% identity at the nucleotide level, 67.7% at the amino acid level and 85.5% within the seven zinc finger motifs. LOT-1 is ubiquitously expressed in normal human tissues but was not expressed in four of 11 (36%) human ovarian cancer cell lines or spontaneously transformed human ovarian surface epithelial cells. The human gene maps to chromosome 6 at band q25. We show that there is a 38% incidence of allelic loss at this chromosomal location in human ovarian cancers. This chromosomal region has also been implicated in the genesis of breast, kidney, and pleural mesothelial cancers. We suggest that this newly identified gene is not only of intrinsic interest as a ubiquitously expressed probable transcription factor but is a plausible candidate for the tumor suppressor gene which likely resides in the region of chromosome 6 defined by band q25.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0950-9232
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
24
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1973-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9150364-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9150364-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9150364-Cell Cycle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9150364-Cell Line, Transformed, pubmed-meshheading:9150364-Chromosome Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:9150364-Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:9150364-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6, pubmed-meshheading:9150364-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:9150364-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:9150364-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9150364-Epithelium, pubmed-meshheading:9150364-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9150364-Genes, Tumor Suppressor, pubmed-meshheading:9150364-Glutamine, pubmed-meshheading:9150364-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9150364-In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:9150364-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9150364-Ovarian Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:9150364-Ovary, pubmed-meshheading:9150364-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:9150364-Proline, pubmed-meshheading:9150364-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:9150364-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:9150364-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:9150364-Tumor Suppressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9150364-Zinc Fingers
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification of a zinc-finger gene at 6q25: a chromosomal region implicated in development of many solid tumors.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't