title: Is LRIG1 a tumour suppressor gene at chromosome 3p14.3?
abstract: The LRIG1 gene (formerly LIG-1), recently cloned by us, displays structural similarities to the Drosophila Kek I gene. Kek I encodes a cell surface protein, Kekkon-1, which inhibits epidermal growth factor receptor-mediated signalling. We localized the LRIG1 gene to chromosome band 3p14.3, a region known to be deleted in various human cancers. In the present study LRIG1 gene expression was examined in different tumour cell lines and corresponding normal tissues by real-time RT-PCR. In many tumour cell lines, LRIG1 expression appeared absent or was down regulated compared to corresponding normal tissues. The results are consistent with LRIG1 being a tumour suppressor gene in humans. However, further studies are justified to elucidate the explicit role of LRIG1 as a negative regulator of oncogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Sciences and Oncology, University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden.
authors.forename: Håkan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hedman
authors.forename: Jonas
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nilsson
authors.forename: Dongsheng
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Henriksson
mesh_terms: D002893:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3 / Q000235:genetics*; D015536:Down-Regulation; D017353:Gene Deletion; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor / Q000502:physiology*; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006801:Humans; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: C484445:LRIG1 protein, human; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D012313:RNA