title: Identification of PTEN-related sequences in glioma cells and in non-neoplastic cell lines.
abstract: The PTEN gene, which encodes a tumor suppressor with phosphatase activity, is located on chromosome 10q23 and is mutated in different tumors, including glioblastomas (GBM). We found evidence for a PTEN-related sequence (PTEN-rs) on genomic DNA of GBM and non-neoplastic cells. PTEN-rs does not contain introns and presents several conserved missense mutations, including a T to G transversion at the initiation codon. Rsa I digestion may help to identify this putative PTEN pseudogene which, according to RT-PCR analysis on glioma, fibroblast, brain and lung cells, does not appear to be transcribed.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Nazionale Neurologico Besta, Laboratory of Neuro-Oncology and Gene Therapy, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chiariello
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Roz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Albarosa
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Magnani
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Finocchiaro
mesh_terms: D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D005910:Glioma / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D051059:PTEN Phosphohydrolase; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins
chemical_list: D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases; D051059:PTEN Phosphohydrolase; C494929:PTEN protein, human