title: Cloning and characterization of F-LANa, upregulated in human liver cancer.
abstract: Differentially expressed genes between normal liver and hepatocellular carcinomas were investigated using differential display. Consequently, we identified a fragment cDNA upregulated in tumor tissues. We screened the liver library and cloned the full-length cDNA, named F-LANa. Increased expression of F-LANa was confirmed by Northern blot analysis in 10 of 14 (71%) cases of hepatocellular carcinomas. Human F-LANa gene maps to chromosome 17p at D17S1828-D17S786, spans at least 11.8 kb, and contains 7 exons. This gene encodes a 239 aa protein exhibiting 97.9% similarity to the mouse ortholog gene, identified later by in silico cloning. Homology analysis was carried out in various species and showed that F-LANa was evolutionarily conserved from yeast to human. In addition, F-LANa antisense oligonucleotide suppressed F-LANa expression in human hepatocellular carcinoma BEL-7404 cells and significantly inhibited cell growth. Together, our data demonstrate that overexpression of evolutionarily conserved F-LANa occurs frequently and may play an important role in proliferation.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yue-yang Road, Shanghai, 200031, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ying
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D002455:Cell Division; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics*; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense; D010802:Phylogeny; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000096:biosynthesis; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: C513305:DERL2 protein, human; C513304:Derl2 protein, mouse; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm