title: Stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (Scd1) gene overexpression is associated with genetic predisposition to hepatocarcinogenesis in mice and rats.
abstract: The stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (Scd1) gene is involved in the synthesis and regulation of unsaturated fatty acids. Its expression is increased by several treatments/conditions that are associated with hepatocarcinogenesis (peroxisome proliferators, iron overload, dichloroacetic acid). We found that the Scd1 gene is differentially expressed, showing >10-fold higher mRNA levels in the normal liver tissue of C3H/He mice, which are genetically susceptible to hepatocarcinogenesis, than of BALB/c mice, which are resistant. Similarly, Scd1 mRNA expression was approximately 4-fold higher in the normal liver of F344 rats, which are susceptible to hepatocarcinogenesis, than in Brown Norway (BN) rats, which are resistant. The chromosomal location of the Scd1 locus, both in mice and rats, excludes Scd1 candidacy as a hepatocellular tumor-modifier gene, as the Scd1 locus did not show allele-specific effects in a BALB/cxC3H/He intercross or in a BNxF344 backcross and intercross. No Scd1 coding polymorphisms were detected in the mouse and the rat strains showing elevated Scd1 expression. These results suggest that the Scd1 gene represents a downstream target of hepatocellular tumor-modifier loci in two rodent species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Oncology, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Via G. Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: F Stefania
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Falvella
authors.forename: Rosa M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Pascale
authors.forename: Manuela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gariboldi
authors.forename: Giacomo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Manenti
authors.forename: Maria R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: De Miglio
authors.forename: Maria M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Simile
authors.forename: Tommaso A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Dragani
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Feo
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008114:Liver Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D011914:Rats, Inbred BN; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains / Q000235:genetics*; D013230:Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D014520:Urethane / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014520:Urethane; D013230:Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase