title: Menin interacting proteins as clues toward the understanding of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1.
abstract: Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) is a familial cancer syndrome characterized mostly by tumors of the parathyroids, pancreas and anterior pituitary. The gene responsible, MEN1, encodes Menin, a 610 aminoacid nuclear protein with no sequence homology to other proteins. Although a mouse knock-out model is available, the function of Menin is still elusive. Proteins of known function are shown to interact with Menin: JunD, nuclear factor-KappaB, Smad3, Pem, Nm23H1, glial fibrillary acidic protein, Vimentin, and probably P53. Their partnership with Menin may correspond to a regulation of their activity, but their relevance to the various traits of MEN1 pathogenicity is not established. This raises fundamental issues on the regulation pathways implicated in this complex endocrine disease.
authors.affiliation: CNRS UMR 6549, Instabilité et Altérations des Génomes, Faculté de Médecine, Nice, France.
authors.forename: Ariane
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Poisson
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zablewska
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gaudray
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002453:Cell Cycle; D002455:Cell Division; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D007381:Intermediate Filament Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008954:Models, Biological; D018761:Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity; D011485:Protein Binding; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins
chemical_list: D007381:Intermediate Filament Proteins; C105373:MEN1 protein, human; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins