ST18 is a breast cancer tumor suppressor gene at human chromosome 8q11.2

Item Type:	Article
Title:	ST18 is a breast cancer tumor suppressor gene at human chromosome 8q11.2
Creators Name:	Jandrig, B. and Seitz, S. and Hinzmann, B. and Arnold, W. and Micheel, B. and Koelble, K. and Siebert, R. and Schwartz, A. and Ruecker, K. and Schlag, P.M. and Scherneck, S. and Rosenthal, A.
Abstract:	We have identified a gene, ST18 (suppression of tumorigenicity 18, breast carcinoma, zinc-finger protein), within a frequent unbalanced region of chromosome 8q11 as a breast cancer tumor suppressor gene. The ST18 gene encodes a zinc-finger DNA-binding protein with six fingers of the C2HC type (configuration Cys-X 5-Cys-X 12-His-X 4-Cys) and an SMC domain. ST18 has the potential to act as transcriptional regulator. ST18 is expressed in a number of normal tissues including mammary epithelial cells although the level of expression is quite low. In breast cancer cell lines and the majority of primary breast tumors, ST18 mRNA is significantly downregulated. A 160 bp region within the promoter of the ST18 gene is hypermethylated in about 80% of the breast cancer samples and in the majority of breast cancer cell lines. The strong correlation between ST18 promoter hypermethylation and loss of ST18 expression in tumor cells suggests that this epigenetic mechanism is responsible for tumor-specific downregulation. We further show that ectopic ST18 expression in MCF-7 breast cancer cells strongly inhibits colony formation in soft agar and the formation of tumors in a xenograft mouse model.
Keywords:	Breast Cancer, Chromosome 8q11, ST18, Tumor Suppressor Genes, Animals, Mice
Source:	Oncogene
ISSN:	0950-9232
Publisher:	Nature Publishing Group
Volume:	23
Number:	57
Page Range:	9295-9302
Date:	18 October 2004
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.onc.1208131
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