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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-1-9
pubmed:abstractText
CTCF is a widely expressed 11-zinc finger (ZF) transcription factor that is involved in different aspects of gene regulation including promoter activation or repression, hormone-responsive gene silencing, methylation-dependent chromatin insulation, and genomic imprinting. Because CTCF targets include oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes, we screened over 100 human tumor samples for mutations that might disrupt CTCF activity. We did not observe any CTCF mutations leading to truncations/premature stops. Rather, in breast, prostate, and Wilms' tumors, we observed four different CTCF somatic missense mutations involving amino acids within the ZF domain. Each ZF mutation abrogated CTCF binding to a subset of target sites within the promoters/insulators of certain genes involved in regulating cell proliferation but did not alter binding to the regulatory sequences of other genes. These observations suggest that CTCF may represent a novel tumor suppressor gene that displays tumor-specific "change of function" rather than complete "loss of function."
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
62
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
48-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11782357-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11782357-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11782357-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:11782357-Cell Cycle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11782357-DNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:11782357-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11782357-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11782357-Genes, Tumor Suppressor, pubmed-meshheading:11782357-Globins, pubmed-meshheading:11782357-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11782357-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11782357-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11782357-Muramidase, pubmed-meshheading:11782357-Mutation, Missense, pubmed-meshheading:11782357-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11782357-Prostatic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:11782357-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:11782357-Repressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11782357-Substrate Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:11782357-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11782357-Wilms Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:11782357-Zinc Fingers
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Tumor-associated zinc finger mutations in the CTCF transcription factor selectively alter tts DNA-binding specificity.
pubmed:affiliation
Human Biology Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.