Identification and functional characterization of the candidate tumor suppressor gene TRIT1 in human lung cancer
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2005
Citazione:
Identification and functional characterization of the candidate tumor suppressor gene TRIT1 in human lung cancer / T.M. Spinola, A. Galvan, C. Pignatiello, B. Conti, U.Pastorino, B. Nicander, R. Paroni, T.A. Dragani. - In: ONCOGENE. - ISSN 0950-9232. - 24:35(2005 May 02), pp. 5502-5509. [10.1038/sj.onc.1208687]
Abstract:
tRNA-isopentenyltransferase (tRNA-IPT) catalyses the addition of N6-isopentenyladenosine (i6A) on residue 37 of tRNA molecules that bind codons starting with uridine. Post-transcriptional modifications of tRNA molecules have been demonstrated to be essential in maintaining the correct reading frame of the translational machinery, thus improving fidelity and efficiency of protein synthesis. We show here that the human tRNA-isopentenyltransferase (TRIT1) gene encodes a complex pattern of mRNA variants through alternative splicing in both normal and tumor lung tissue and that the nonsense suppressor activity of tRNA-IPT is maintained only in the full-length mRNA isoform, as revealed by gene complementation in yeast. Expression of the full-length transcript was down-regulated 6-14-fold in lung adenocarcinomas as compared to normal lung tissue. A549 lung cancer cells transfected to express the functional TRIT1 gene formed significantly smaller colonies with reduced scattering on the edges and had only limited ability to induce tumors in nude mice. Our findings raise the possibility of TRIT1 as a candidate lung tumor suppressor.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
RNA processing ; alternative RNA splicing ; animal ; article ; gene library ; genetic transfection ; genetics ; heterozygosity loss ; human ; lung tumor ; molecular genetics ; mouse ; nucleotide sequence ; protein synthesis ; reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction ; tumor cell line ; aminoacyltransferase ; isoenzyme ; messenger RNA ; tRNA protein transferase, amino acyl ; tRNA-protein transferase, amino acyl ; transfer RNA
Elenco autori:
T.M. Spinola, A. Galvan, C. Pignatiello, B. Conti, U. Pastorino, B. Nicander, R. Paroni, T.A. Dragani
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