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Integrative genomic analyses of the RNA-binding protein, RNPC1, and its potential role in cancer prediction.

Abstract
The RNA binding motif protein 38 (RBM38, also known as RNPC1) plays a pivotal role in regulating a wide range of biological processes, from cell proliferation and cell cycle arrest to cell myogenic differentiation. It was originally recognized as an oncogene, and was frequently found to be amplified in prostate, ovarian and colorectal cancer, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, colon carcinoma, esophageal cancer, dog lymphomas and breast cancer. In the present study, the complete RNPC1 gene was identified in a number of vertebrate genomes, suggesting that RNPC1 exists in all types of vertebrates, including fish, amphibians, birds and mammals. In the different genomes, the gene had a similar 4 exon/3 intron organization, and all the genetic loci were syntenically conserved. The phylogenetic tree demonstrated that the RNPC1 gene from the mammalian, bird, reptile and teleost lineage formed a species-specific cluster. A total of 34 functionally relevant single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), including 14 SNPs causing missense mutations, 8 exonic splicing enhancer SNPs and 12 SNPs causing nonsense mutations, were identified in the human RNPC1 gene. RNPC1 was found to be expressed in bladder, blood, brain, breast, colorectal, eye, head and neck, lung, ovarian, skin and soft tissue cancer. In 14 of the 94 tests, an association between RNPC1 gene expression and cancer prognosis was observed. We found that the association between the expression of RNPC1 and prognosis varied in different types of cancer, and even in the same type of cancer from the different databases used. This suggests that the function of RNPC1 in these tumors may be multidimensional. The sex determining region Y (SRY)-box 5 (Sox5), runt-related transcription factor 3 (RUNX3), CCAAT displacement protein 1 (CUTL1), v-rel avian reticuloendotheliosis viral oncogene homolog (Rel)A, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ isoform 2 (PPARγ2) and activating transcription factor 6 (ATF6) regulatory transcription factor binding sites were identified in the upstream (promoter) region of the RNPC1 gene, and may thus be involved in the effects of RNPC1 in tumors.
AuthorsZhiming Ding, Hai-Wei Yang, Tian-Song Xia, Bo Wang, Qiang Ding
JournalInternational journal of molecular medicine (Int J Mol Med) Vol. 36 Issue 2 Pg. 473-84 (Aug 2015) ISSN: 1791-244X [Electronic] Greece
PMID26046131 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Meta-Analysis, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • RBM38 protein, human
  • RNA-Binding Proteins
Topics
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
  • Genomics (methods)
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Neoplasms (diagnosis, genetics)
  • Phylogeny
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Prognosis
  • RNA-Binding Proteins (chemistry, genetics)
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Vertebrates (genetics)

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