Functional studies of the multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 gene
Author: Bylund, Lovisa
Date: 2004-11-12
Location: Nanna Svartz auditorium, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, Solna
Time: 9.00
Department: Institutionen för molekylär medicin / Department of Molecular Medicine
Abstract
The multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1, OMIM 131 100) syndrome is
an autosomal dominant trait with a near 100% penetrance and with an
estimated prevalence of 2-20/100 000. The syndrome is characterized by
neoplasia affecting the parathyroid glands (90-97%), enteropancreatic
endocrine tissues (30-80%) and the anterior pituitary gland (15-50%) but
tumors arc also found in other, both endocrine and non endocrine tissues.
The gene MEN1 was identified in 1997, and its protein menin was found
highly conserved during evolution but with no similarity to any other
known protein. Although a variety of possible functions has been assigned
to menin, it is yet unclear what links the functional loss of menin to
the development of endocrine tumors, and what controls the expression of
the gene.
To identify the transcription start site and to search for alternative
transcripts we performed RACE analysis on RNA from human tissues and cell
lines (paper I). The 3´end was homogenous while we detected six
alternative first, untranslated exons. In a nonendocrine cell line the
most abundantly expressed transcript was the splice form exon 1b,
identical with the most common mouse transcript. In thymus and a thyroid
cell line a second splice form, exon 1d, was equally highly expressed.
In the region closely upstream of exon lb we found core promoter activity
in human and mouse. Despite lack of sequence similarity between human and
mouse, the promoter in both was preceded by a silencer region, and
further upstream by an enhancer region that completely cancelled the
effect of the silencer. The MEN1 promoter showed self-regulating capacity
since lower expression of menin activated the promoter. The promoter
region contains no classical transcription factor sites that may indicate
how the promoter is regulated (paper II).
In order to investigate the effect of altered menin expression, we
developed two systems, one for inducible menin overexpression from a
transgene, and one for menin downregulation using RNA interference. The
overexpressing cell line, a derivative of HEK293, showed no changes in
proliferation, cell cycle distribution or chromosomal stability.
Substantial changes in the chromosomal makeup of 293-sublines were
demonstrated as the effect of clonal expansion (paper III).
We have downregulated menin in the cell lines HeLa and BON-1 by RNA
interference and developed a strategy to distinguish the effects of menin
downregulation from unspecific effects of RNAi. Hela cells were reduced
in the S and/or G2/M (i.e. the proliferating) phase of the cell cycle
whereas BON-1 cells were less affected. The altered expression of a
number of genes was revealed by a microarray study and confirmed by
Real-Time PCR (paper IV).
List of papers:
I. Khodaei-OBrien S, Zablewska B, Fromaget M, Bylund L, Weber G, Gaudray P (2000). "Heterogeneity at the 5-end of MEN1 transcripts. " Biochem Biophys Res Commun 276(2): 508-14
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II. Zablewska B, Bylund L, Mandic SA, Fromaget M, Gaudray P, Weber G (2003). "Transcription regulation of the multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 gene in human and mouse. " J Clin Endocrinol Metab 88(8): 3845-51
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III. Bylund L, Kytola S, Lui WO, Larsson C, Weber G (2004). "Analysis of the cytogenetic stability of the human embryonal kidney cell line 293 by cytogenetic and STR profiling approaches. " Cytogenet Genome Res 106(1): 28-32
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IV. Bylund L, Weber G (2004). "Identification of MEN1 regulated genes utilizing expression arrays and RNA interference." (Manuscript)
I. Khodaei-OBrien S, Zablewska B, Fromaget M, Bylund L, Weber G, Gaudray P (2000). "Heterogeneity at the 5-end of MEN1 transcripts. " Biochem Biophys Res Commun 276(2): 508-14
Pubmed
II. Zablewska B, Bylund L, Mandic SA, Fromaget M, Gaudray P, Weber G (2003). "Transcription regulation of the multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 gene in human and mouse. " J Clin Endocrinol Metab 88(8): 3845-51
Pubmed
III. Bylund L, Kytola S, Lui WO, Larsson C, Weber G (2004). "Analysis of the cytogenetic stability of the human embryonal kidney cell line 293 by cytogenetic and STR profiling approaches. " Cytogenet Genome Res 106(1): 28-32
Pubmed
IV. Bylund L, Weber G (2004). "Identification of MEN1 regulated genes utilizing expression arrays and RNA interference." (Manuscript)
Issue date: 2004-10-22
Publication year: 2004
ISBN: 91-7140-112-1
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