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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-11-4
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Mutations of the MEN1 tumor suppressor gene cause the multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) syndrome in humans, and they are involved in a variety of sporadic human endocrine tumors. We here characterize the MEN1 gene homologs of the mouse and rat. cDNA was isolated from a mouse phage library, and two alternative MEN1 mRNA transcripts containing variant 5' untranslated regions were identified by RT-PCR in several mouse and rat tissues. When compared to the human molecule, mouse and rat MEN1 (611 and 610 amino acids, respectively) show an overall identity of 96.5% and 97.0% at the protein level, delimiting four conservational domains (A-D). Mouse and rat MEN1 mRNA, as studied by template-calibrated quantitative RT-PCR, is non-exclusively expressed in hematopoietic and endocrine cells, with similar expression patterns found in fetal and adult tissues. Fluorescent in situ hybridization maps the single murine MEN1 locus to chromosome 19, region B. No MEN1 gene mutations were identified in endocrine islet tumor cell lines RIN 5AH (rat) and NIT-1 (mouse) as compared to wild type cDNA. Our data define mouse and rat MEN1 as widely expressed and highly conserved homologs of the human MEN1 tumor suppressor gene whose role in biology and endocrine tumorigenesis is due for experimental study.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0006-3002
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
3
pubmed:volume
1446
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
286-94
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-10-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10524203-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10524203-Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:10524203-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:10524203-DNA Probes, pubmed-meshheading:10524203-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:10524203-Genes, Tumor Suppressor, pubmed-meshheading:10524203-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10524203-In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:10524203-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10524203-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10524203-Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1, pubmed-meshheading:10524203-Peptide Library, pubmed-meshheading:10524203-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:10524203-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10524203-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:10524203-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:10524203-Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:10524203-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:10524203-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Primary structure, gene expression and chromosomal mapping of rodent homologs of the MEN1 tumor suppressor gene.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulm, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't