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ONCOLOGY LETTERS
卷 9, 期 1, 页码 330-334出版社
SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2014.2699
关键词
succinate dehydrogenase complex; subunit C; alternative splicing; dominant-negative inhibitor
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Mitochondrial succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) is localized to the inner mitochondrial membrane and is responsible for the redox of succinic acid. SDH is a tetrameric iron-sulfur flavoprotein of the tricarboxylic acid cycle and respiratory chain. The SDH complex, subunit C (SDHC) transcript has deletion-type alternative splicing sites. Generally, alternative splicing produces variant proteins and expression patterns, as products of different genes. In certain cases, specific alternative splicing variants (ASVs) have been associated with human disease. Due to a frameshift mutation causing loss of the heme binding region, the SDHC 5 isoform (lacking exon 5) exhibits no SDHC activity. To investigate whether the SDHC splicing variants can function as dominant-negative inhibitors, SDHC ASVs were overexpressed in HCT-15 human colorectal cancer cells. Using real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, a dominant-negative effect of the 5 isoform on SDHC mRNA was shown. In addition, 5 overexpression increased the levels of reactive oxygen species. Furthermore, in the 5 isoform-overexpressing cells, SDH activity was reduced. SDHC activation is a significant event during the electron transport chain, and the function of the SDHC 5 variant may be significant for the differentiation of tumor cells.
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