title: Downstream targets of Nm23-H1: gene expression profiling of CAL 27 cells using DNA microarray.
abstract: The human nm23-H1 was discovered as a tumor metastasis suppressor based on its reduced expression in melanoma cell lines with low versus high metastatic potential. It encodes for one of two subunits of the nucleoside-diphosphate kinase. Besides its role in the maintenance of the cells NTP pool, nm23 plays a key role in different cellular processes. The role of nm23-H1 in these processes still has to be elucidated. Our goal was to identify Nm23-H1 downstream targets by subjecting Nm23-H1 overexpressing CAL 27 cells oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSSC) to microarray analysis. The genes with changed expression patterns could be clustered into several groups: transforming growth factor beta (TGFbeta) signaling pathway, cell adhesion, invasion and motility, proteasome machinery, cell-cycle, epithelial structural and related molecules and others. Based on the expression patterns observed we presume that nm23-H1 might have a role in OSSCs, which should be confirmed by future experiments.
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular Medicine, Rudjer Bosković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: Maja Herak
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Bosnar
authors.forename: Ruzica
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bago
authors.forename: Koraljka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gall-Troselj
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Streichert
authors.forename: Jasminka
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pavelić
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000235:genetics*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D052138:Genes, Neoplasm; D006801:Humans; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D054778:NM23 Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinases; D009701:Nucleoside-Diphosphate Kinase / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
chemical_list: D054778:NM23 Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinases; C517938:NME1 protein, human; D009701:Nucleoside-Diphosphate Kinase