title: Human hst-2 (FGF-6) oncogene: cDNA cloning and characterization.
abstract: The hst-2 gene was previously identified by its close homology to the hst-1 gene. Cosmid clones containing the hst-2 gene were cloned from a normal human genomic library. Focus-forming activity was observed for the hst-2 cosmids when NIH3T3 transfection assay was performed in a serum-free medium, whereas induction of morphological transformation was difficult to detect in an ordinary serum-supplemented medium. The hst-2 cDNA was cloned from the NIH3T3 transformant. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the cDNA indicates that the hst-2 gene encodes a 198 amino acid transforming protein containing a signal peptide with the characteristics of a heparin-binding growth factor. The coding sequence was almost identical to the published portion of the exon sequence of the FGF-6 gene, indicating that hst-2 is identical to FGF-6. The hst-2 cDNA fragment, when inserted into an expression vector, was able to transform NIH3T3 cells effectively, and the resulting transformant formed a well-vascularized tumor in nude mice, thus suggesting an angiogenic property similar to some other members of the family. RNA blot analysis revealed the expression of the hst-2 gene in human leukemia cell lines with platelet/megakaryocytic differentiation potential.
authors.affiliation: Genetics Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Naito
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Katoh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hirohashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Onda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugimura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Terada
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D051522:Fibroblast Growth Factor 6; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: C496452:FGF6 protein, human; C486115:Fgf6 protein, mouse; D051522:Fibroblast Growth Factor 6; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors; D004247:DNA