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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER
Volume 112, Issue 1, Pages 8-13Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.20407
Keywords
alternative splicing; HELLS; loss of heterozygosity; lung cancer; SMARCA6
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To identify tumor-suppressor genes on chromosome 10 in non-small cell lung cancers, we isolated 10 types of splicing variant of the HELLS/SMARCA6 gene transcripts. HELLS/SMARCA6 is a novel member of SNF2 family, which is implicated in cellular functions like chromatin remodeling. Variant I was an alternatively spliced isoform containing an insertion of a 44 ntd intronic sequence between exons 3 and 4, giving rise to a premature termination of translation. Expression of variant I was detected exclusively in lung cancer specimens (I I of 43 cases, 26%) but was not detected in corresponding normal tissues. The D10S520 marker in the proximity of the HELLS/SMARCA6 gene showed prevalent allelic loss (41%) compared to flanking markers (25-31%). These results suggest that loss of function of HELLS/SMARCA6 by allelic loss and aberrant proteins by tumor-specific exon creation may result in epigenetic deregulation, leading lung cells to malignancy or its progression. (C) 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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