Isolation of a candidate gene, CAB1, for cholesterol transport to mitochondria from the c-ERBB-2 amplicon by a modified cDNA selection method.
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| Abstract |
An improved cDNA selection method was established to isolate expressed genes efficiently from an amplified chromosome region in human cancer. Biotinylated yeast artificial chromosome DNA containing c-ERBB-2 was hybridized in solution with PCR-amplifiable cDNAs of an esophageal cancer cell line bearing the c-ERBB-2 amplification. After capturing the hybrids on avidin-coated magnetic beads, the cDNAs were amplified by PCR. Four new genes (A39, C51, CAB1, and GRB-7) coamplified with c-ERBB-2 were isolated from the enriched cDNA library. CAB1, GRB-7, and c-ERBB-2 were overexpressed in gastric and esophageal cancer cells in correspondence with the amplification. The deduced amino acid sequence of the CAB1 gene had significant homology to the recently discovered steroidogenic acute regulatory protein, StAR, which plays an essential role in cholesterol transport to mitochondria. It was established that multiple overexpressed genes are frequently present in a single amplicon.
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| Authors | N Akiyama, H Sasaki, T Ishizuka, T Kishi, H Sakamoto, M Onda, H Hirai, Y Yazaki, T Sugimura, M Terada |
| Journal | Cancer research (Cancer Res) Vol. 57 Issue 16 Pg. 3548-53 (Aug 15 1997) ISSN: 0008-5472 [Print] United States |
| PMID | 9270027 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't) |
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