title: HTPAP gene on chromosome 8p is a candidate metastasis suppressor for human hepatocellular carcinoma.
abstract: Our previous studies suggested that chromosome 8p deletion is associated with metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), in which some novel metastasis suppressor genes might be harbored. The present study aimed to identify the metastatic suppressor gene(s). A cDNA chip was constructed with the expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from chromosome 8p and used to compare the difference of expression profiling between the MHCC97-H and MHCC97-L cell lines with different metastatic potentials and similar genetic backgrounds. In all, 10 ESTs were significantly downregulated in MHCC97-H cell line with higher metastatic potential. One full-length gene, HTPAP (phosphatidic acid phosphatase type 2 domain containing 1B), was identified at chromosome 8p12. Sequencing and bioinformatic analyses revealed that HTPAP has 826 bp and encodes a putative protein of 175 amino acids with a transmembrane segment at the NH2 terminus, two protein kinase C phosphorylation site and one tyrosine kinase phosphorylation site. Its expression level in metastatic tumor tissues was much lower than that of primary HCC tissues. Both in vitro and in vivo assays suggested that HTPAP could suppress the invasion and metastasis of HCC. These suggested that HTPAP is a novel metastatic suppressor gene for HCC. The mechanism of the effect of HTPAP on HCC metastasis is not clear yet and deserves further investigation.
authors.affiliation: Liver Cancer Institute and Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: H-L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Y-F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Q-H
authors.initials: QH
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: H-C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Y-K
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Z-Y
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: L-X
authors.initials: LX
authors.lastname: Qin
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8 / Q000235:genetics*; D015870:Gene Expression; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D008114:Liver Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D010711:Phosphatidate Phosphatase / Q000235:genetics*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: C406242:phosphatidic acid phosphatase type 2; D010711:Phosphatidate Phosphatase