Isolation and characterization of genes associated with chromosome-6 mediated tumor suppression in human malignant melanoma.
Melanocytic transformation is thought to occur by the sequential accumulation of genetic alterations. Evidence implicating human chromosomes as a site for a gene(s) involved in melanoma suppression comes from studies of LOH [loss of heterozygosity], cytogenetics and biologic reversion of tumorigenicity following the introduction of a normal chromosome 6 by microcell-mediated chromosome transfer (Trent et al., 1990). Using a tumorigenic melanoma cell line (UACC 903) and a chromosome-6 suppressed melanoma subline [UACC 903 (+6)], we have isolated a series of genes uniquely expressed in the suppressed subline. A modified PCR-based cDNA subtraction technique was used to generate subtracted cDNA sublibraries for both the parental and (+6) suppressed cells. A total of 32 randomly selected clones from the suppressed sublibrary were isolated and examined, with 24 detecting a transcript by Northern analysis. Of these 24 clones, 21 (88%) demonstrated elevated expressed by Northern analysis in the suppressed subline relative to the tumorigenic parental cell line. In 6/21 differentially expressed clones (29%), expression was exclusive to the suppressed subline. Partial sequence analysis and database searching of these clones indicated that 5/6 were novel with one representing a previously characterized gene. Chromosomal localization of the five novel clones was performed following PCR amplification of a human/rodent somatic cell hybrid mapping panel or fluorescent in situ hybridization. One cDNA (termed AIM1) was localized to a band-region of chromosome 6 frequently deleted in melanomas (6q21). This novel approach should facilitate the identification of genes whose expression is causally related to the suppressed phenotype.
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Department of Human Genetics, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
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D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002896:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D008545:Melanoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
D018076:DNA, Complementary