Expression of the novel human gene,UBE2Q1, in breast tumors |
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Authors: | Atefeh Seghatoleslam Mohsen Nikseresht Sayed Mohammad Shafiee Ahmad Monabati Mohammad Mehdi Namavari Abdolrassul Talei Akbar Safaei Ali Akbar Owji |
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Institution: | Department of Biochemistry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 1167, Shiraz, Iran. |
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Abstract: | The novel human gene, designated ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2Q family member 1 (UBE2Q1) maps to chromosome 1q21.3. The
gene has an open reading frame corresponding to 422 amino acids and contains a RWD domain and an E2 ubiquitin conjugating
enzyme domain. Here, we investigated the expression levels of both mRNA and protein of UBE2Q1 gene in cancerous versus normal
parts of breast specimens from 26 patients. Real-time PCR data showed that the relative expression level of UBE2Q1 mRNA was
significantly greater in cancers than in non-cancerous tissues of breast specimens (Mean ± SEM, 0.064 ± 0.015 for cancers
and 0.026 ± 0.01 for noncancerous tissues, P < 0.05 Mann–Whitney test). A rabbit polyclonal antibody was generated against an amino acid sequence predicted from the DNA
sequence of UBE2Q1 gene. This antibody was used to perform Western blotting on 21 cases in our cohort of breast specimens.
Thus, 13 (61.904%) of the cases showed an increase in the UBE2Q1 immunoreactivity in their cancerous tissues as compared with
the corresponding normal tissues. This result along with the real-time PCR data shows that the novel human gene, UBE2Q1, is
expressed in human breast and may have implications for pathogenesis of breast cancer. |
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