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1.
Exp Oncol ; 39(4): 286-290, 2017 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29284776

RESUMO

AIM: To study the status of the tumor growth factor beta (TGFB) pathway in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cells and to uncover molecular details underlying CLL cell genesis. OBJECTS AND METHODS: The study was conducted on peripheral blood samples of patients with CLL using the following methods: RNA isolation, analysis of expression of transcription factors using RT2 profiler assay, bioinformatics analysis of publicly available data bases on expression. RESULTS: We have shown that the TGFB - SMAD canonical pathway is not active in CLL cells. SMAD-responsive genes, such as BCL2L1 (BCL-XL), CCND2 (Cyclin D2), and MYC, are down-regulated in CLL cells compared with peripheral blood B cells of healthy donors. CONCLUSIONS: The TGFB-mediated signaling is not active in CLL cells due to low (or absent) expression of SMAD1, -4, -5, -9, and ATF-3. Expression and phosphorylation status of SMAD2 and -3 should be further elucidated in the future studies.


Assuntos
Leucemia Linfocítica Crônica de Células B/metabolismo , Proteínas Smad/metabolismo , Fator de Crescimento Transformador beta/metabolismo , Humanos , Transdução de Sinais/fisiologia
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Acta Naturae ; 5(1): 85-9, 2013 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23556133

RESUMO

Human mitochondrial ribosomal protein MRPS18-2 (S18-2) is encoded by a cellular gene that is located on the human chromosome 6p21.3. We discovered that overexpression of the S18-2 protein led to immortalization and de-differentiation of primary rat embryonic fibroblasts. Cells showed anchorage-independent growth pattern. Moreover, pathways characteristic for rapidly proliferating cells were upregulated then. It is possible that the S18-2 overexpression induced disturbance in cell cycle regulation. We found that overexpression of S18-2 protein in human cancer cell lines led to an appearance of multinucleated cells in the selected clones.

3.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 98(3): 1136-41, 2001 Jan 30.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11158607

RESUMO

By passaging microcell hybrids (MCHs) containing human chromosome 3 (chr3) on A9 mouse fibrosarcoma background through severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice (elimination test), we have previously defined a 1-Mb-long common eliminated region 1 (CER1) at 3p21.3, a second eliminated region (ER2) at 3p21.1-p14 and a common retained region (CRR) at 3q26-qter. In the present work, chr3 was transferred by microcell fusion into the human nonpapillary renal cell carcinoma line KH39 that contained uniparentally disomic chr3. Four MCHs were generated. Compared with KH39, they developed fewer and smaller tumors, which grew after longer latency periods in SCID mice. The tumors were analyzed in comparison with corresponding MCHs by chr3 arm-specific painting, 19 fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) probes, and 27 polymorphic markers. Three MCHs that maintained the intact exogenous chr3 in vitro lost one 3p copy in all 11 tumors. Seven of 11 tumors lost the exogenous 3p, whereas four tumors contained mixed cell populations that lacked either the exogenous or one endogenous KH39 derived 3p. In one MCH the exogenous chr3 showed deletions within CER1 and ER2 already in vitro. It remained essentially unchanged in 8/9 derived tumors. The third, exogenous copy of the 3q26-q27 region (part of CRR) was retained in 16/20 tumors. It can be concluded that the human/human MCH-based elimination test identifies similar eliminated and retained regions on chr3 as the human/murine MCH-based test.


Assuntos
Carcinoma de Células Renais/genética , Deleção Cromossômica , Mapeamento Cromossômico , Cromossomos Humanos Par 3 , Fibrossarcoma/genética , Neoplasias Renais/genética , Animais , Carcinoma de Células Renais/patologia , Fusão Celular , Fibrossarcoma/patologia , Humanos , Células Híbridas , Hibridização in Situ Fluorescente , Neoplasias Renais/patologia , Camundongos , Camundongos SCID , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Polimorfismo Genético , Sarcoma Experimental/genética , Sarcoma Experimental/patologia , Células Tumorais Cultivadas
4.
Cancer Res ; 60(24): 7119-25, 2000 Dec 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11156420

RESUMO

We have previously shown that inoculation of human chromosome 3 (chr3)/A9 mouse fibrosarcoma microcell hybrids (MCHs) into severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice was followed by the regular elimination of some 3p regions whereas a 3q region was retained even after prolonged mouse passage. Using this approach, referred to as the elimination test (Et), we have defined a common eliminated region (CER) of approximately 7 cM at 3p21.3 that was absent in all of the 27 tumors generated from five MCHs. Later, CER was reduced to a 1-Mb region, designated as CER1. Another eliminated region (ER2) at 3p21.1-p14.2 was absent in 21 of the 27 tumors. ER2 borders at but does not include the fragile histidine triad (FHIT) gene, considered as a putative tumor suppressor gene. In the present work, two new and two previously studied MCHs, and 13 derived SCID mouse tumors were analyzed by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) chromosome painting and by PCR, using 72 chr3p-specific and 11 chr3q-specific markers. Nine tumors generated from three MCHs that carried cytogenetically normal chr3, remained PCR-positive for all of the chr3 markers tested. Designated as "PCR+" tumors, they were examined by reverse transcription (RT)-PCR, together with four of six previously studied tumors derived from MCH910.7, which carried a del(3)(pter-p21.1), for the expression of 14 human genes: 5 genes within CER1 (LIMD1, CCR1, CCR2, CCR3, CCR5), 5 genes located within regions that were homozygously deleted in a variety of carcinomas (ITGA4L, LUCA1, PTPRG, FHIT, DUTT1), and 4 other genes in chr3p (VHL, MLH1, TGM4, UBE1L). We found that VHL, MLH1, ITGA4L, LIMD1, UBE1L, LUCA1, PTPRG, and DUTT1 were expressed in the MCH lines in vitro and also in the derived SCID tumors. No transcripts that originated from the four CCR genes or from TGM4 could be detected in any of the MCH lines. Alone among the 14 genes examined, FHIT showed a tumor growth-associated change. It was expressed in vitro in five of seven MCH lines. Nine of 13 derived tumors had no FHIT transcript. The remaining 4 expressed a truncated mRNA and a reduced amount of the full-length mRNA. We have previously found that FHIT was deleted at the DNA level in 17 of 21 tumors derived from four MCHs. The remaining 4 of 21 had no FHIT transcript. Our compiled data show that FHIT was either physically or functionally impaired in all 34 of the 34 analyzed tumors. Variants with deleted or down-regulated FHIT have a selective growth advantage.


Assuntos
Hidrolases Anidrido Ácido , Cromossomos Humanos Par 3 , Proteínas de Neoplasias , Proteínas/genética , Animais , Carcinoma/genética , Coloração Cromossômica , DNA/metabolismo , DNA Complementar/metabolismo , Regulação para Baixo , Deleção de Genes , Humanos , Células Híbridas , Hibridização in Situ Fluorescente , Camundongos , Camundongos SCID , Modelos Genéticos , Neoplasias Experimentais , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Células Tumorais Cultivadas
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Genomics ; 62(2): 147-55, 1999 Dec 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10610706

RESUMO

We have developed an elimination test to identify chromosomal regions that contain tumor inhibitory genes. Monochromosomal human/mouse microcell hybrids are generated and passaged through SCID mice. Derived tumors are then analyzed for deletions on the transgenomic chromosome. Using this strategy, we have previously identified a 1.6-cM common eliminated region 1 (CER1) on human 3p21. 3. We now report that CER1 contains 14 markers that are deleted in 19 SCID-derived tumors. A 1-Mb PAC contig that spans CER1 was assembled. Five chemokine receptor genes (CCR1, CCR3, CCR2, CCR5, and CCR6) were localized in CER1 in a 225-kb cluster. The lactotransferrin gene (LTF, or lactoferrin, LF), which reportedly has tumor inhibitory activity, also maps to CER1. Our results create a basis for characterization and further functional testing of genes within CER1.


Assuntos
Bacteriófago P1/genética , Mapeamento de Sequências Contíguas , Fibrossarcoma/genética , Camundongos SCID/genética , Animais , Cromossomos Humanos Par 3/genética , Mapeamento de Sequências Contíguas/métodos , Genes , Marcadores Genéticos , Humanos , Células Híbridas , Hibridização in Situ Fluorescente , Camundongos , Dados de Sequência Molecular
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Genes Chromosomes Cancer ; 20(4): 329-36, 1997 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9408748

RESUMO

We have previously identified an approximately 7 cM long common eliminated region (CER), involving the 3p21.3 markers AP20R, D3S966, D3S3559, D3S1029, WI-7947, D3S2354, AFMb362wb9, and D3S32, in human chromosome 3/A9 mouse fibrosarcoma microcell hybrid (MCH) derived SCID mouse tumors. We now report the results of our more detailed analysis on 24 SCID mouse tumors derived from two MCH lines that originally carried intact human chromosomes 3. They were analyzed by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) painting and PCR, using 24 markers covering the region between D3S1611 and D3S13235 at 3p22-p21.2. D3S32 and D3S2354 were regularly eliminated during in vivo tumor growth, whereas the other 22 markers, D3S1611, ACAA, D3S1260, WI-692, AP20R, D3S3521, D3S966, D3S1029, D3S643, WI-2420, MSTI. GNAI2, D3S1235, D3S1298, GLBI, WI-4193, D3S3658, D3S3559, D3S3678, WI-6400, WI-7947, and WI-10865, were regularly retained. We have defined a common eliminated region of approximately 1.6 cM (designated as CER1) inside the 7 cM CER described earlier. CER1 is flanked distally by D3S1029 and proximally by D3S643.


Assuntos
Deleção Cromossômica , Mapeamento Cromossômico , Cromossomos Humanos Par 3/genética , Genes Supressores de Tumor , Células Híbridas/citologia , Animais , Citocinas , DNA de Neoplasias/análise , Fibroblastos/citologia , Fibrossarcoma/patologia , Marcadores Genéticos , Humanos , Hibridização in Situ Fluorescente , Camundongos , Camundongos SCID , Repetições de Microssatélites , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase
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Genes Chromosomes Cancer ; 20(3): 224-33, 1997 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9365829

RESUMO

We have previously found that human chromosome 3 was fragmented in the course of in vivo tumor growth of monochromosomal human/mouse (A9 fibrosarcoma parent) microcell hybrids in SCID mice. Marker analysis of tumor cell lines has identified a regularly eliminated 7 cM segment on 3p21.3 referred to as the common eliminated region (CER). The same region is frequently affected by LOH in a variety of human carcinomas. The present study is a comparative chromosome painting, reverse painting, and PCR marker analysis of microcell hybrids (MCHs) that originally contained an intact chromosome 3 from two alternative donors, during and after four passages in SCID mice. We found regular elimination of 3p in parallel with preferential retention of 3q. In addition to CER on 3p, we can now define a common retained region (CRR) on 3q. It includes eight markers between D3S1282 (3q25-q26) and D3S1265 (3q27-qter) and spans approximately 43 cM. These observations are concordant with the frequent loss of corresponding 3p regions and the frequent retention, with occasional amplification, of 3q in several types of human tumors.


Assuntos
Cromossomos Humanos Par 3/genética , Células Híbridas/ultraestrutura , Translocação Genética , Células Tumorais Cultivadas/ultraestrutura , Animais , Mapeamento Cromossômico , Fibroblastos/ultraestrutura , Fibrossarcoma/ultraestrutura , Humanos , Hibridização in Situ Fluorescente , Camundongos , Camundongos SCID , Repetições de Microssatélites , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Polimorfismo de Fragmento de Restrição , Translocação Genética/genética
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Genes Chromosomes Cancer ; 18(3): 200-11, 1997 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9071573

RESUMO

We have previously shown that four markers spanning the 3p24-p21.3 region, THRB, AP20R, D3S1029, and D3S32, were regularly eliminated from three human chromosome 3 (chr3)/mouse microcell hybrids (MCHs) during tumor growth in SCID mice. In an attempt to narrow down the eliminated region, we have studied 22 new SCID mouse tumors derived from 5 MCH lines carrying human chr3. They were analyzed by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), Southern blotting, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). MCHs that carried human chr1, chr8, chr13, and chr17 were examined as controls. We could identify a common eliminated region (CER) at 3p21.3, bordered distally by D3S1260 and proximally by D3S643/D3F15S2. Eight of 53 chr3-specific PCR markers, AP20R, D3S966, D3S3559, D3S1029, WI-7947, D3S2354, AFMb362wb9, and D3S32. were localized within the CER. This finding is consistent with the notion that a tumor suppressor gene may be located in this area, as suggested by frequent loss of heterozygosity (LOH) within this region observed in several types of solid tumors.


Assuntos
Aberrações Cromossômicas , Cromossomos Humanos Par 3/genética , Fibrossarcoma/genética , Genes Supressores de Tumor , Células Híbridas/ultraestrutura , Animais , Southern Blotting , Mapeamento Cromossômico , DNA de Neoplasias/análise , Marcadores Genéticos , Heterozigoto , Humanos , Hibridização in Situ Fluorescente , Camundongos , Camundongos SCID , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Deleção de Sequência , Translocação Genética , Células Tumorais Cultivadas
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Cancer Detect Prev ; 20(1): 1-10, 1996.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8907198

RESUMO

Long-range restriction site maps are of central importance for mapping the human genome. The use of clones from linking and jumping libraries for genome mapping offers a promising alternative to the laborious procedures used up until now. In the present review, this research field is analyzed with particular emphasis on the implementation of a shot-gun sequencing strategy for genome mapping and the use of NotI linking clones for analysis of rearrangements in tumors and tumor cell lines.


Assuntos
Mapeamento Cromossômico/métodos , Desoxirribonucleases de Sítio Específico do Tipo II/metabolismo , Rearranjo Gênico , Neoplasias/genética , Sequência de Bases , Clonagem Molecular , DNA de Neoplasias/análise , DNA de Neoplasias/metabolismo , Genoma Humano , Biblioteca Genômica , Humanos , Dados de Sequência Molecular
11.
Genes Chromosomes Cancer ; 11(4): 237-45, 1994 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7533527

RESUMO

Microcell hybrid lines of A9 mouse fibrosarcoma containing complete or partially deleted human chromosomes 3 (chr. 3) were inoculated into SCID mice. Cell lines derived from the tumors were examined by fluorescent in situ hybridization for the status of the transferred human chromosome and by PCR for marker loss. The SCID tumors arising after the inoculation of 10(5) cells were passaged serially in vivo and regularly showed loss of four markers; D3S1029 (3p21.3-21.2), AP20R (3p22-21.3, D3S32 (3p21.3-p21.2), and THRB (3p24). This regularly deleted region is bordered by markers GNA12 (3p21.1-p21.3) and VHL (3p25) that were maintained in a fraction of tumors. Fragments derived from the long arm of chromosome 3 and corresponding markers in the 3q26-q28 region were retained in all tumors. Our findings may be related to the postulated presence of tumor suppressor genes in the 3p24-p21 region as indicated by the frequent deletion of this region in renal and small cell lung carcinomas and other solid tumors. The technically cumbersome identification of suppressor genes may be supplemented by an "elimination test" based on analogous principles.


Assuntos
Deleção Cromossômica , Cromossomos Humanos Par 3 , Fibrossarcoma/genética , Células Híbridas/ultraestrutura , Animais , Sequência de Bases , Divisão Celular , Fibrossarcoma/patologia , Genes Supressores de Tumor , Marcadores Genéticos , Humanos , Hibridização in Situ Fluorescente , Cariotipagem , Camundongos , Camundongos SCID , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase
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Genomics ; 20(2): 312-6, 1994 Mar 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8020985

RESUMO

NotI linking clones represent valuable tools for both physical and genetic mapping. Using procedures that we have previously described, several chromosome 3-specific NotI linking libraries have been constructed. Here, we describe the construction of six independent NotI linking libraries specific for the total human genome. These libraries were made using three different vectors and two combinations of restriction enzymes. Altogether, these six libraries contain more than 1 million recombinant phages. Considering that the human genome contains about 3000-5000 NotI sites, it is likely that all clonable NotI sites are present in these libraries. Two of the six libraries were transferred into plasmid form. At the same time, a chromosome 3-specific EcoRI-NotI library (NRL1) was constructed. This library considerably increases the representation of cloned NotI sites in combination with previously constructed libraries that were made using BamHI-NotI digestion. All libraries are available on request.


Assuntos
Cromossomos Humanos Par 3 , Biblioteca Gênica , Ligação Genética , Genoma Humano , Southern Blotting , Clonagem Molecular , Desoxirribonucleases de Sítio Específico do Tipo II/metabolismo , Humanos
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Genomics ; 19(2): 303-9, 1994 Jan 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8188261

RESUMO

To study the connection among NotI linking clones, CpG islands, and genes, the sequence surrounding 143 NotI sites was determined. These NotI linking clones were isolated from human chromosome 3-specific libraries and contain an average C + G content of 65%. These clones represent sequence-tagged sites that can be positioned onto chromosome maps and used for generating a long-range NotI map of the human genome. A majority (about 90%) of these clones contain transcribed sequences, as detected by Northern blot hybridization, providing an efficient link between physical and functional (genetic) maps. The GenBank nucleotide database was searched with sequences from these NotI linking clones. For many clones, homology was found to human and other vertebrate genes. About 20 clones contained various repeats in their sequences and may represent microsatellite loci. Most of these NotI linking clones therefore represent evolutionarily conserved DNA fragments and also can be used for comparative genome mapping of other mammalian species. In addition, approximately 20% of all sequenced human CpG island-containing genes and more than 12% of all well-characterized human genes were found to possess NotI restriction sites. This is at least 2-5 times more than has been previously estimated and suggests that NotI sites have a much stronger association with genes.


Assuntos
Mapeamento Cromossômico/métodos , Clonagem Molecular , Desoxirribonucleases de Sítio Específico do Tipo II , Genoma Humano , Animais , Composição de Bases , Sequência de Bases , Cromossomos Humanos Par 3 , DNA/genética , Expressão Gênica , Biblioteca Gênica , Humanos , Hibridização in Situ Fluorescente , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Alinhamento de Sequência , Homologia de Sequência do Ácido Nucleico , Especificidade da Espécie , Vertebrados/genética
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