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题目:: beta-catenin (CTNNB1) gene amplification: a new mechanism of protein overexpression in cancer.
作者:: Suriano(Gianpaolo),Vrcelj(Nikoleta),Senz(Janine),Ferreira(Paulo),Masoudi(Hamid),Cox(Kelley),Nabais(Sergio),Lopes(Carlos),Machado(José Carlos),Seruca(Raquel),Carneiro(Fatima),Huntsman(David G)
状态:: 发布时间2005-01-17 , 更新时间 2006-11-15
期刊:: Genes Chromosomes Cancer
摘要:: beta-Catenin nuclear translocation is frequently observed in different types of malignancies, including gastric cancer. In gastric cancer, however, the molecular mechanisms leading to accumulation of this protein in the nucleus remain unknown. In this setting, beta-catenin (CTNNB1) mutations have been reported, but studies of mutation frequency have yielded conflicting results. Mutations or silencing of other partners of beta-catenin (i.e., APC and AXIN) are also considered rare genetic events in gastric tumorigenesis. Gene amplification is a common mechanism of activation and/or overexpression of oncogenes in gastric and other cancers. In this study, we investigated whether gene amplification is a possible mechanism of beta-catenin activation in gastric cancer by determining its presence in 49 patients with gastric cancer and two gastric-derived cell lines (KATO III and ST2957). Using fluorescence in situ hybridization, we identified beta-catenin amplification in one of the tumor samples as well as in KATO III cells. beta-Catenin immunostaining revealed nuclear translocation of the protein in both cases. In the KATO III cells, beta-catenin overexpression was confirmed by quantitative real-time PCR and Western blot analyses and beta-catenin gene amplification by Southern blot analysis and multiplex ligation probe amplification. In the KATO III cell line, no correlation was found between beta-catenin nuclear translocation and increased expression of the WNT1 target gene CCND1 (cyclin D1). Our data suggest that gene amplification is a possible mechanism of beta-catenin overexpression in cancer.
语言:: eng
DOI:: 10.1002/gcc.20135

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