title: Two messenger RNAs and five isoforms for Po66-CBP, a galectin-8 homolog in a human lung carcinoma cell line.
abstract: Galectins are animal proteins which specifically bind beta-D-galactoside residues and their specific cellular function is not yet clearly established. However, these proteins seem to play a role in neoplastic transformations. Po66 is a murine monoclonal antibody directed against a protein from human lung carcinoma, Po66 Carbohydrate-Binding-Protein (Po66-CBP), which belongs to the galectin-8 family. Our results show that the Po66-CBP gene generates five transcripts by alternative splicing, which could give rise to five proteins: two proteins belong to the tandemly repeated galectin family and three belong to the single carbohydrate recognition domain galectins. All these proteins are encoded by a unique gene located in 1q42. Experiments carried out by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction show that the levels of expression of these five galectin-8 isoforms are variable during the culture time in SK-MES-1, a human lung squamous carcinoma cell line. Cancer Genome Anatomy Project database analysis confirms the presence of Po66-CBP in lung cancer and its absence in healthy lung.
authors.affiliation: Département de Médecine Nucléaire, UPRES EA 1794, Centre Eugène Marquis, CS 44 229, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France. nbidon@univ-rennes1.fr
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bidon
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Brichory
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hanash
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bourguet
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dazord
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Le Pennec
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1 / Q000235:genetics; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D037161:Galectins; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D037102:Lectins / Q000235:genetics*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D021101:Radiation Hybrid Mapping; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D037161:Galectins; C091991:LGALS8 protein, human; D037102:Lectins; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D012333:RNA, Messenger