title: Candidate tumor suppressor genes at FRA7G are coamplified with MET and do not suppress malignancy in a gastric cancer.
abstract: Common fragile sites predispose to specific chromosomal breakage associated with deletion, amplification, and/or translocation in certain forms of cancer. Chromosomal fragile sites not only are susceptible to DNA instability in cancer cells, but may also be associated with genes that contribute to the neoplastic process. FRA7G is a common fragile site containing the candidate tumor suppressor genes CAV1, CAV2, and TESTIN (TES). The human gastric cancer cell line GTL-16 has an amplification of this genomic region and was used to seek evidence for the suppressor candidacy of one of these genes. Our results demonstrate that CAV1, CAV2, and TESTIN are coamplified with the MET oncogene and overexpressed in GTL-16. Somatic mutation was not detected in the coding regions of these genes, although they were each overexpressed. The results show that CAV1, CAV2, and TESTIN are not tumor suppressor genes in this gastric cancer.
authors.affiliation: Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, 233 S. 10th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
authors.forename: Shuang-Yin
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Druck
authors.forename: Kay
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Huebner
mesh_terms: D002873:Chromosome Fragility; D002897:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D019859:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met / Q000235:genetics*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D019859:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met