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Identification and Characterization of Two Novel Variants of the DUF1208 Protein FAM92A1  

Ruan, Xu Zhi (State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, West China Medical School, Sichuan University)
Yan, Fei (State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, West China Medical School, Sichuan University)
Zhao, Xin Yu (State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, West China Medical School, Sichuan University)
Wang, Chung Ting (State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, West China Medical School, Sichuan University)
Song, Ming (State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, West China Medical School, Sichuan University)
Yang, Han Suo (State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, West China Medical School, Sichuan University)
Deng, Hong Xin (State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, West China Medical School, Sichuan University)
Wei, Yu Quan (State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, West China Medical School, Sichuan University)
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Molecules and Cells / v.23, no.3, 2007 , pp. 391-397 More about this Journal
Abstract
FAM92A1 (named FAM92A1-271) belongs to the family of proteins with conserved DUF1208 domains. Its function remains elusive. We identified two novel transcript variants (FAM92A1-251, FAM92A1-289) of FAM92A1. The presence of these transcripts in cancerous and normal cells, as well as their influence on cell prolifera-tion and apoptosis, were investigated. The subcellular location of FAM92A1 was determined by fluorescence microscopy. We found that FAM92A1-271 and FAM92A1-289 were highly expressed in both normal and cancerous cells, but FAM92A1-251 was only expressed at a mo-derate level in both types of cell. Overexpression of FAM92A1-271, FAM92A1-251 and FAM92A1-289 inhibited cell proliferation, caused S-phase arrest and induced apoptosis. Subcellular localization showed that FAM92A1 localizes to the nucleus. Our results show that FAM92A1 has different splicing variants, and that it may take part in regulating cell proliferation and apoptosis.
Keywords
Alternative Splicing; Apoptosis; FAM92A1; RT-PCR; Subcellular Localization;
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