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- Title
Growth inhibitory effect of the human NIT2 gene and its allelic imbalance in cancers.
- Authors
Chun-Hung Lin; Ming-Yi Chung; Wen-Bin Chen; Chin-Hsiang Chien
- Abstract
The mammalian nitrilase (Nit) protein is a member of the nitrilase superfamily whose function remains to be characterized. We now show that the nitrilase family member 2 gene ( NIT2) is ubiquitously expressed in multiple tissues and encodes protein mainly distributed in the cytosol. Ectopic expression of Nit2 in HeLa cells was found to inhibit cell growth through G2 arrest rather than by apoptosis. Consistent with this, proteomic and RT-PCR analyses showed that Nit2 up-regulated the protein and mRNA levels of 14-3-3σ, an inhibitor of both G2/M progression and protein kinase B (Akt)-activated cell growth, and down-regulated 14-3-3β, a potential oncogenic protein. Genotype analysis in four types of primary tumor tissues showed 12.5–38.5% allelic imbalance surrounding the NIT2 locus. The results demonstrated that NIT2 plays an important role in cell growth inhibition and links to human malignancies, suggesting that Nit2 may be a potential tumor suppressor candidate.
- Subjects
PROTEINS; GENES; APOPTOSIS; CELL death; TUMOR suppressor genes; CANCER
- Publication
FEBS Journal, 2007, Vol 274, Issue 11, p2946
- ISSN
1742-464X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.05828.x