title: Chromosomal localizations and molecular analysis of TDG gene-related sequences.
abstract: The human mismatch-specific thymine DNA glycosylase gene, TDG, encodes a 60-kDa polypeptide able to correct G/T mispairs arising from the deamination of 5-methylcytosine. We localized by FISH three different TDG-related lambda genomic clones, lambda8, lambda11, and lambda12 on chromosome 12. PCR and sequence analyses revealed that only lambda11, localized at 12q24.1, contained the coding gene. We characterized the intron-exon boundaries of the portion of the gene contained in the lambda clone and identified a CA dinucleotide repeat in one intron. Northern blot analysis showed that TDG is expressed at approximately the same level in all human tissues analyzed. SSCP analysis of 50 tumor and corresponding normal tissue DNAs from lung cancer patients did not reveal the presence of any functional mutation. An abnormal SSCP pattern in one sample proved to be a polymorphism after sequencing and RFLP analysis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Experimental Oncology A, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Via G. Venezian 1, Milan, 20133, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sard
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tornielli
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gallinari
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Minoletti
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiricny
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lettieri
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pierotti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sozzi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Radice
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002881:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 12 / Q000235:genetics; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004260:DNA Repair; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics; D043224:Deoxyribonuclease (Pyrimidine Dimer); D018900:Dinucleotide Repeats; D004706:Endodeoxyribonucleases / Q000235:genetics*; D005091:Exons; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007438:Introns; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D018807:Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D004706:Endodeoxyribonucleases; D043224:Deoxyribonuclease (Pyrimidine Dimer)