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Antisense transcripts at the EMX2 locus in human and mouse 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
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Camilla Krakstad Even Birkeland Danila Seidel Kanthida Kusonmano Kjell Petersen Siv Mj?s Erling A. Hoivik Elisabeth Wik Mari Kylles? Halle Anne M. ?yan Karl-Henning Kalland Henrica Maria Johanna Werner Jone Trovik Helga Salvesen 《PloS one》2012,7(12)
Background
Despite being the most common pelvic gynecologic malignancy in industrialized countries, no targeted therapies are available for patients with metastatic endometrial carcinoma. In order to improve treatment, underlying molecular characteristics of primary and metastatic disease must be explored.Methodology/Principal Findings
We utilized the mass spectrometric-based mutation detection technology OncoMap to define the types and frequency of point somatic mutations in endometrial cancer. 67 primary tumors, 15 metastases corresponding to 7 of the included primary tumors and 11 endometrial cancer cell lines were screened for point mutations in 28 known oncogenes. We found that 27 (40.3%) of 67 primary tumors harbored one or more mutations with no increase in metastatic lesions. FGFR2, KRAS and PIK3CA were consistently the most frequently mutated genes in primary tumors, metastatic lesions and cell lines.Conclusions/Significance
Our results emphasize the potential for targeting FGFR2, KRAS and PIK3CA mutations in endometrial cancer for development of novel therapeutic strategies. 相似文献8.
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Jie Li Minli Mo Zhao Chen Zhe Chen Qing Sheng Hang Mu Fang Zhang Yi Zhang Xiu-Yi Zhi Hui Li Biao He Hai-Meng Zhou 《PloS one》2012,7(9)
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EMX2 is a human orthologue of the Drosophila empty spiracles homeobox gene that has been implicated in embryogenesis. Recent studies suggest possible involvement of EMX2 in human cancers; however, the role of EMX2 in carcinogenesis needs further exploration.Results
In this study, we reported that down-regulation of EMX2 expression was significantly correlated with EMX2 promoter hypermethylation in gastric cancer. Restoring EMX2 expression using an adenovirus delivery system in gastric cancer cell lines lacking endogenous EMX2 expression led to inhibition of cell proliferation and Wnt signaling pathway both in vitro and in a gastric cancer xenograft model in vivo. In addition, we observed that animals treated with the adenoviral EMX2 expression vector had significantly better survival than those treated with empty adenoviral vector.Conclusion
Our study suggests that EMX2 is a putative tumor suppressor in human gastric cancer. The adenoviral-EMX2 may have potential as a novel gene therapy for the treatment of patients with gastric cancer. 相似文献10.
Lifang Zhang Dan Wang Wei Jiang Dale Edwards Weiliang Qiu Lisa M Barroilhet Jung-hyun Rho Lianjin Jin Vanitha Seethappan Allison Vitonis Jianliu Wang Samuel C Mok Christopher Crum Daniel W Cramer Bin Ye 《Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E》2010,8(1):1-13
Background
Recent data provide significant evidence to support the hypothesis that there are sub-populations of cells within solid tumors that have an increased tumor initiating potential relative to the total tumor population. CD133, a cell surface marker expressed on primitive cells of neural, hematopoietic, endothelial and epithelial lineages has been identified as a marker for tumor initiating cells in solid tumors of the brain, colon, pancreas, ovary and endometrium. Our objectives were to assess the relative level of CD133 expressing cells in primary human endometrial tumors, confirm their tumorigenic potential, and determine whether CD133 expression was epigenetically modified.Methods
We assessed CD133 expression in primary human endometrial tumors by flow cytometry and analyzed the relative tumorigenicity of CD133+ and CD133- cells in an in vivo NOD/SCID mouse model. We assessed potential changes in CD133 expression over the course of serial transplantation by immunofluorescence and flow cytometry. We further examined CD133 promoter methylation and expression in normal endometrium and malignant tumors.Results
As determined by flow cytometric analysis, the percentage of CD133+ cells in primary human endometrial cancer samples ranged from 5.7% to 27.4%. In addition, we confirmed the tumor initiating potential of CD133+ and CD133- cell fractions in NOD/SCID mice. Interestingly, the percentage of CD133+ cells in human endometrial tumor xenografts, as evidenced by immunofluorescence, increased with serial transplantation although this trend was not consistently detected by flow cytometry. We also determined that the relative levels of CD133 increased in endometrial cancer cell lines following treatment with 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine suggesting a role for methylation in the regulation of CD133. To support this finding, we demonstrated that regions of the CD133 promoter were hypomethylated in malignant endometrial tissue relative to benign control endometrial tissue. Lastly, we determined that methylation of the CD133 promoter decreases over serial transplantation of an endometrial tumor xenograft.Conclusions
These findings support the hypotheses that CD133 expression in endometrial cancer may be epigenetically regulated and that cell fractions enriched for CD133+ cells may well contribute to endometrial cancer tumorigenicity, pathology and recurrence. 相似文献11.
Mysore S. Veena Santanu Raychaudhuri Saroj K. Basak Natarajan Venkatesan Parameet Kumar Roopa Biswas Rita Chakrabarti Jing Lu Trent Su Marcus Gallagher-Jones Marco Morselli Haiqing Fu Matteo Pellegrini Theodore Goldstein Mirit I. Aladjem Matthew B. Rettig Sharon P. Wilczynski Daniel Sanghoon Shin Eri S. Srivatsan 《The Journal of biological chemistry》2020,295(50):17169
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Partial homeobox gene fragments were amplified from Patiriella exigua genomic DNA by PCR using degenerate primers. The primers spanned a region of 82 nucleotides within the homeobox, encompassing amino acids 21–47 of the homeodomain. The deduced amino acid sequences of the seven Hox gene sequences plus one Xlox-type gene sequence from P. exigua are presented and compared with similar sequences from other organisms. This work is a preliminary step in the analysis of the evolution of development in the Patiriella species group and the roles of Hox gene expression therein. 相似文献
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We report the cloning of a rat homeobox-containing gene, rNkx-2.5, and investigation of its expression in adult tissues and during embryonic development. The rNkx-2.5 gene is a homologue of the tinman gene in Drosophila. Both genes share an identical TN domain (tinman-like amino-terminal decapeptide) and about 66.7% sequence identity within their homeodomain sequences. In vertebrates, the
rNKx-2.5 gene is most closely related to the mouse NKx-2.5 (mNKx-2.5) gene. Coding sequences for both NKx-2.5 genes have 94.1% sequence identity, including three identical conserved domains, the TN, homeo and NK-2 domains (NK-2 specific
domain, carboxy-terminal to the homeodomain in vertebrate tinman homologues). The rat NKx-2.5 gene is encoded by a 1.4-kb mRNA and in adult tissues is mainly expressed in heart, with weaker expression in testis, spleen
and lung. During embryonic development, expression of rNKx-2.5 is strongly observed in developing heart, specifically in the myocardium of both atrial and ventricular chambers. In addition,
rNKx-2.5 expression marks other developing tissues, including tongue, thyroid, stomach, spleen and pulmonary veins. These data show
that rNKx-2.5 is expressed in a pattern similar but not identical to that previously observed for mNKx-2.5.
Received: 24 February 1997 / Accepted: 23 June 1997 相似文献
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Amanda L. Patterson Edward L. Squires Thomas R. Hansen Gerrit J. Bouma Jason E. Bruemmer 《Molecular reproduction and development》2012,79(11):777-784
Maternal recognition of pregnancy is a physiological process that primarily describes endometrial responses to a conceptus. Recognition of a conceptus prevents the release of prostaglandin F2α, thereby ensuring survival of the corpus luteum and continued progesterone production. Exactly how this occurs in the mare is poorly understood. Because prostaglandin F2α is a pro‐inflammatory hormone, we hypothesized that differential gene expression in the endometrium at the time of maternal recognition reflects an anti‐inflammatory event leading to decreased prostaglandin F2α secretion. Mares were inseminated, and endometrial biopsies were recovered from pregnant mares on Day 18 post‐ovulation. In subsequent estrous cycles, mares were not inseminated and Day 18 post‐ovulation endometrial biopsies were collected (non‐pregnant control, matched per individual). Endometrial gene expression profiles were examined by screening an Affymetrix equine GeneChip containing probes specific for genes related to inflammatory processes. Microarray analysis revealed 118 genes that were up‐regulated and 93 genes that were down‐regulated (P < 0.001) at least 1.5‐fold in the endometrium of pregnant versus non‐pregnant mares. Quantitative, real‐time RT‐PCR confirmed the microarray results for three up‐regulated genes homologous to TSC22D3, PPAPDC2, and KLF6, and three down‐regulated genes homologous to ESR1, MARCKSL1, and EPSTI1 (P < 0.05). It is concluded that the presence of the equine embryo induces differential gene expression in the endometrium of Day 18 pregnant mares, and that these genes are associated with inflammatory processes and pathways involving cellular growth and proliferation. The results from this study provide important new insights into endometrial gene expression in response to early equine pregnancy. Mol. Reprod. Dev. 79: 777–784, 2012. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. 相似文献
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摘要 目的:探讨人滋养细胞表面抗原(trophoblast cell-surface antigens2,Trop-2)在病变子宫内膜中的表达及其临床相关性。方法:采用免疫组化法检测100例正常子宫内膜或病变子宫内膜组织中Trop-2蛋白的表达,其中单纯增生子宫内膜患者26例,复杂或不典型增生子宫内膜患者34例,子宫内膜腺癌患者20例,对照组为20例增生期子宫内膜患者。结果:免疫组织化学法研究结果显示,Trop-2蛋白在正常增生子宫内膜和单纯性增生子宫内膜中几乎不表达,在复杂或不典型增生子宫内膜组织中以及子宫内膜腺癌呈阳性表达。主要分布在细胞膜上,阳性率分别为35.29 %和65.00 %,经过对比子宫内膜癌组的阳性表达率显著高于复杂型或伴不典型增生子宫内膜组的阳性表达率(P<0.05),且复杂型或伴不典型增生子宫内膜组的阳性表达率显著高于单纯性增生子宫内膜组(P<0.05),其表达水平随内膜病变程度的加重而升高,呈正相关关系(P<0.05)。结论:Trop-2蛋白在子宫内膜病变中的表达与其严重程度一致,可反映子宫内膜病变的发生发展,或可作为判断其严重程度的指标。 相似文献
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