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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-1-12
pubmed:abstractText
beta1C integrin is a spliced variant of the human beta1 integrin family that inhibits cell proliferation, at variance with beta1A that stimulates it. During the transition from normal to neoplastic endometrium, both variants are down-regulated at the mRNA level, but only beta1C at the protein level, suggesting a key role of the regulation of beta1C integrin expression in the pathogenesis of endometrial cancer. In this study we show for the first time that, besides beta1A and beta1C, the beta1B spliced variant is expressed in human endometrium, and is up-regulated in hyperplastic and neoplastic endometria in comparison with normal proliferative endometria. To investigate the mechanisms of regulation of beta1 integrin expression during endometrial cancer progression we compared the transcriptional activity of the beta1 integrin gene in normal and diseased endometria by nuclear run-on analysis and we found it significantly reduced in endometrial adenocarcinoma. On the contrary, hyperplastic endometria showed a 2-fold increase in the beta1 transcription rate that directly correlated with the increase in beta1B, beta1C and beta1A steady-state mRNA levels. Finally, we compared the activity of the distal and proximal promoters of the beta1 gene integrin gene in normal and diseased endometria and we found the activity of the proximal promoter decreased in neoplastic endometria and increased in hyperplastic tissues, whereas the activity of the distal promoter did not change in different endometrial physio/pathological conditions. These findings suggest a complex pattern for regulation of the expression of beta1 integrin variants during endometrial malignant transformation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1019-6439
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
457-65
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15645131-Adenocarcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:15645131-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:15645131-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:15645131-Antigens, CD29, pubmed-meshheading:15645131-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:15645131-Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:15645131-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:15645131-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:15645131-Endometrial Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:15645131-Endometrium, pubmed-meshheading:15645131-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15645131-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:15645131-HL-60 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:15645131-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15645131-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:15645131-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:15645131-RNA, pubmed-meshheading:15645131-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:15645131-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:15645131-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:15645131-Up-Regulation
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Transcriptional regulation of beta1 integrin expression in the physio/pathological states of human endometrial tissues.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Biomembranes and Bioenergetics, National Research Council, Bari, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't