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Int J Biol Markers ; 22(2): 114-23, 2007.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17549667

RESUMO

Microarray-based expression profiling studies of lung adenocarcinomas have defined neuroendocrine subclasses with poor prognosis. As neuroendocrine development is regulated by members of the achaete-scute and atonal classes of basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors, we analyzed lung tumors for expression of these factors. Out of 13 bHLH genes tested, 4 genes, i.e., achaete-scute complex-like 1 (ASCL1, HASH1, Mash1), atonal homolog 1 (ATOH1, HATH1, MATH1), NEUROD4 (ATH-3, Atoh3, MATH-3) and neurogenic differentiation factor 1 (NEUROD1, NEUROD, BETA2), showed differential expression among lung tumors and absent or low expression in normal lung. As expected, tumors that have high levels of ASCL1 also express neuroendocrine markers, and we found that this is accompanied by increased levels of NEUROD1. In addition, we found ATOH1 expression in 9 (16%) out of 56 analyzed adenocarcinomas and these tumors showed neuroendocrine features as shown by dopa decarboxylase mRNA expression and immunostaining for neuroendocrine markers. ATOH1 expression as well as NEUROD4 was observed in small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC), a known neuroendocrine tumor. Since ATOH1 is not known to be involved in normal lung development, our results suggest that aberrant activation of ATOH1 leads to a neuroendocrine phenotype similar to what is observed for ASCL1 activation during normal neuroendocrine development and in lung malignancies. Our preliminary data indicate that patients with ATOH1-expressing adenocarcinomas might have a worse prognosis.


Assuntos
Fatores de Transcrição Hélice-Alça-Hélice Básicos/genética , Carcinoma Neuroendócrino/genética , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Neoplasias Pulmonares/genética , Carcinoma Neuroendócrino/mortalidade , Primers do DNA , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Pulmão/patologia , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/genética , Prognóstico , RNA Neoplásico/genética , RNA Neoplásico/isolamento & purificação , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Análise de Sobrevida
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Placenta ; 22(6): 511-8, 2001 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11440538

RESUMO

Placental development involves control by the basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor Mash2. Transcript analysis of the Human Achaete Scute Homolog 2 (HASH2) mRNA revealed the presence of two overlapping transcripts in first trimester placentae. The two transcripts (2.6 and 1.5 kb) are generated by two promotors which are separated by 1.1 kb, generating transcripts 1 and 2, respectively. Surprisingly, in transcript 1 which shows a broad expression, a second potential coding region, tentatively called Human Achaete Scute Associated Protein (HASAP) was present. Transcript 2 contains the HASH2 encoding region only. Analysis of protein expression from both transcripts by transfection studies with eGFP fusion proteins, revealed that both coding regions are translated from their endogenous translation initiation site and showed that both proteins are transported to the nucleus. HASH2 is distributed throughout the nucleus but the HASAP protein is transported into nuclear compartments, the nucleoli. In addition, the HASAP protein lacks the bHLH domain and bears no homology to known proteins. Moreover, allele-specific RT-PCR showed the human gene not to be subject to imprinting, possibly reflecting the biallelic expression of one of both transcripts. Our data indicate a species-specific difference between mouse and human expression of the Achaete Scute Homolog 2 and suggests a dual function of the human homologue.


Assuntos
Núcleo Celular/química , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/genética , Regiões Promotoras Genéticas , RNA Mensageiro/genética , Fatores de Transcrição , Alelos , Animais , Fatores de Transcrição Hélice-Alça-Hélice Básicos , Linhagem Celular , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/análise , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/metabolismo , Feminino , Expressão Gênica , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde , Humanos , Proteínas Luminescentes/genética , Camundongos , Placenta/química , Gravidez , Primeiro Trimestre da Gravidez , RNA Mensageiro/análise , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusão , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Especificidade da Espécie , Transfecção
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Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol ; 23(6): 457-67, 1997 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9460711

RESUMO

Susceptibility to multiple sclerosis (MS) is widely held to have a strong genetic component. While the identities of genes conferring susceptibility are currently unknown, possible candidates include those genes coding for proteins which function in central nervous system (CNS) myelin. Two such genes are the human myelin basic protein (MBP) and proteolipid protein (PLP) genes, whose products make up approximately 80% of the total protein in CNS myelin. The association of a variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) 5' to the human MBP gene with MS has been the subject of conflicting reports. Here we test the hypothesis that mutations in the human MBP and PLP genes might be associated with MS by examining the entire expressed sequence of both genes by single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis, using a panel of 71 MS patients and 71 controls. We have also re-examined the VNTR region in patients and controls. Three base changes were found in the human PLP gene and nine base changes in the human MBP gene; these were essentially equally distributed between patients and controls. No preferential distribution of various alleles of the VNTR between patients and controls was found. Although intronic and regulatory regions have not been examined, it would appear unlikely that mutations in these genes coding for the two major CNS myelin proteins contribute significantly to genetic susceptibility to MS.


Assuntos
Esclerose Múltipla/genética , Proteína Básica da Mielina/genética , Proteína Proteolipídica de Mielina/genética , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Primers do DNA , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Polimorfismo Genético , Polimorfismo Conformacional de Fita Simples
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