title: Somatic mutation and SNP in the promoter of dbpA and human hepatocarcinogenesis.
abstract: Human DNA-binding protein (dbpA) is a member of a Y-box binding protein family containing a cold shock domain. The increased expression of Y box binding proteins in somatic cells is associated with cell proliferation and transformation. Recently, we isolated a splicing variant of dbpA as a candidate for the cellular recombinogenic protein that leads to genomic instability and inflammation-mediated hepatocarcinogenesis. The expression of dbpA is enhanced in proliferating cells, but the manner in which it regulates transcription is largely unknown. In this study, we analyzed the transcriptional regulatory region of dbpA, and searched for the mutation in this region by a direct sequence method. In 3 of 55 human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cases, we identified one nucleotide replacement (T right curved arrow G transversion) in nucleotide position -6 of the promoter region. Among 3 cases showing this transversion, one HCC case was due to a somatic mutation and the other two were due to single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP). By luciferase assay, we showed that the transcriptional activity of the promoter region with the transversion was significantly higher than that of the wild-type. Using the Southwestern blotting, we also confirmed the existence of a cellular proteins (about 25 and 50 kDa) that specifically bind to the sequence with this transversion. Our results suggested the biological significance of the transversion of dbpA's promoter region as one of the factors accelerating hepatocarcinogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Pathology, Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Junpei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kajino
authors.forename: Tomoyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Umeda
authors.forename: Seigo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takano
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Arakawa
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kudo
authors.forename: Okio
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hino
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology*; D008156:Luciferases / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; C094867:YBX3 protein, human; D008156:Luciferases