title: Expression of the nm23-2/NDP kinase alpha gene in rat mammary and oral carcinoma cells of varying metastatic potential.
abstract: Reduced expression of the putative metastasis-suppressor gene, nm23-1, has previously been correlated with high tumour metastatic potential. The involvement of the related and proximally-located nm23-2 gene in the suppression of tumour metastasis, however, has not yet been tested. In this study, we compared nm23-2 RNA levels in cell lines derived from three independent rat mammary carcinomas. Northern blot analysis revealed no correlation between nm23-2 RNA levels and metastatic potential in parent or clonal cell lines derived from chemically-induced (MAT 13762, DMBA-8) or spontaneous (BC1) rat mammary carcinomas. Cloning and sequencing of an nm23-2 cDNA from metastatic BC1 cells demonstrated that the predicted coding sequence of nm23-2 RNA in these cells was not inactivated by mutation. Further analysis showed that the nm23-2 gene was not down-regulated in H-ras-transfected metastatic clones or other metastatic cell lines derived from a spontaneous rat paraoral squamous cell carcinoma, B10. The data do not suggest a correlation between nm23-2 gene expression and metastasis-suppression in these tumours.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, University of Sydney, Westmead Centre, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Henderson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D008325:Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020559:Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D054778:NM23 Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinases; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009701:Nucleoside-Diphosphate Kinase / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D054778:NM23 Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinases; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm; D014157:Transcription Factors; D009701:Nucleoside-Diphosphate Kinase; D020559:Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins