title: Loss of transcriptional repression contributes to the ectopic expression of the calcitonin/alpha-CGRP gene in a human lung carcinoma cell line.
abstract: The calcitonin/alpha-CGRP (CT/CGRP) gene is ectopically expressed in a wide variety of neoplasia. We have investigated the molecular mechanisms responsible for this ectopic expression in the human cell line BEN, which is derived from a poorly differentiated squamous cell lung carcinoma. We show that a trans-acting factor which represses expression of the CT/CGRP gene in HeLa cells is absent or inactive in BEN cells, and have localised the repressor binding site to a 53 bp fragment 1500 bp upstream of the transcription start site.
authors.affiliation: Medical Molecular Biology Unit, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, London, UK.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Symes
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Craig
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Brickell
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide / Q000235:genetics*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide