title: Expression of a novel alternatively spliced variant of NADP(H)-dependent retinol dehydrogenase/reductase with deletion of exon 3 in cervical squamous carcinoma.
abstract: NADP(H)-dependent retinol dehydrogenase/reductase (NRDR) plays an important role in maintaining the homeostasis of retinoid. Aberrations in retinoid metabolism are considered as early events in carcinogenesis. We identified a novel alternatively spliced variant, NRDRB1, in HeLa cell and human cervical squamous carcinoma tissues, which is characterized by a complete deletion of exon 3. The latter resulted in changes in subcellular localization of NRDRB1 when compared with the peroxisomal localization of NRDR. To clarify the clinical significance of NRDRB1, we investigated its mRNA and protein expressions in normal cervical and cervical squamous carcinoma tissues, using RT-PCR, quantitative real-time PCR, Gateway expressing system, immunoprecipitation, immunoblotting, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and immunohistochemistry. We detected NRDRB1 mRNA in 14 of 26 (53.9%) cervical cancer tissues, but in none of the 12 normal cervical tissues. NRDRB1 protein was expressed in NRDRB1 mRNA-positive cases. While the full-length NRDR mRNA was observed in both normal and neoplastic cervical tissues, its protein was only expressed in normal cervical epithelium. The results presented here provide evidence that metabolic disturbances of retinal and retinoic acid, due to abnormal splicing and functional disorder of NRDR, may be involved in cervical tumorigenesis.
authors.affiliation: Center for Molecular Biology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xu-Hong
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Ge-Fei
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jian-Ping
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Kun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Dong-Yang
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009249:NADP / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D009249:NADP; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; C022520:retinol dehydrogenase