title: Cloning and characterization of a proliferation-associated cytokine-inducible protein, CIP29.
abstract: We identified a novel erythropoietin (Epo)-induced protein (CIP29) in lysates of human UT-7/Epo leukemia cells using two-dimensional gel analysis and cloned its full-length cDNA. CIP29 contains 210 amino acids with a predicted MW of 24 kDa, and has a N-terminal SAP DNA-binding motif. CIP29 expression was higher in cancer and fetal tissues than in normal adult tissues. CIP29 mRNA expression is cytokine regulated in hematopoietic cells, being up-regulated by Epo in UT7/Epo cells, and by thrombopoietin (Tpo), FLT3 ligand (FL) and stem cell factor (SCF) in primary human CD34(+) cells. Up-regulation of CIP29 in UT7/Epo cells by Epo was associated with cell cycle progression but not with antiapoptosis. Epo withdrawal reduced CIP29 expression concomitant with cell cycle arrest. Overexpression of CIP29-GFP in HEK293 cells enhances cell cycle progression. CIP29 appears to be a new cytokine regulated protein involved in normal and cancer cell proliferation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Walther Oncology Center, Indiana University School of Medicine and Walther Cancer Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA.
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: Ding Wen
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stark
authors.forename: Louis M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Pelus
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology; D001483:Base Sequence; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000502:physiology; D002458:Cell Fractionation; D016895:Culture Media, Serum-Free; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000378:metabolism*; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D006801:Humans; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D016895:Culture Media, Serum-Free; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C429143:SARNP protein, human; D004921:Erythropoietin; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins