title: Isolation of DICE1: a gene frequently affected by LOH and downregulated in lung carcinomas.
abstract: In the development and progression of sporadic tumors multiple tumor suppressor genes are inactivated that may be distinct from predisposing cancer genes. Previously, a tumor suppressor locus on human chromosome 13q14 that is distinct from the retinoblastoma predisposing gene 1 (RB1) has been identified in lung, head and neck, breast, ovarian and prostate tumors. By an approach that combines genomic difference cloning and positional cloning we isolated the cDNA of a novel gene (DICE1) located at 13q14.12-14.2. The DICE1 gene is highly conserved in evolution and its mRNA is expressed in a wide variety of fetal and adult tissues. The DICE1 cDNA encodes a predicted protein of 887 amino acids corresponding to an 100 kD protein that shows 92.9% identity to the carboxy-terminal half of the mouse EGF repeat transmembrane protein DBI-1. The DBI-1 protein interferes with the mitogenic response to insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-I) and is presumably involved in anchorage-dependent growth. When compared to normal lung tissue expression of the DICE1 mRNA was reduced or undetectable in the majority of non-small cell lung carcinomas analysed. The location of the DICE1 gene in the region of allelic loss, its high evolutionary conservation and the downregulation of expression in carcinoma cells suggests that DICE1 is a candidate tumor suppressor gene in non-small cell lung carcinomas and possibly in other sporadic carcinomas.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Cell Biology (Cancer Research), University of Essen Medical School, D-45122 Essen, Germany.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wieland
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Arden
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Michels
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Klein-Hitpass
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Böhm
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Viars
authors.forename: U H
authors.initials: UH
authors.lastname: Weidle
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000328:Adult; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D019556:COS Cells; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000235:genetics*; D002417:Cattle; D002460:Cell Line; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D002882:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004285:Dogs; D015536:Down-Regulation; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D006801:Humans; D019656:Loss of Heterozygosity; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D020365:RNA Helicases; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D014709:Vero Cells
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; C121427:INTS6 protein, human; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D020365:RNA Helicases