TY - JOUR
T1 - Genomic structure of the human tetratricopeptide repeat-containing gene, TTC4, from chromosome region 1p31 and mutation analysis in breast cancers.
AU - Su, G.
AU - Casey, G.
AU - Cowell, John Kenneth
PY - 2000/1/1
Y1 - 2000/1/1
N2 - Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) in 1p31 is a frequent genetic alteration in breast tumors indicating the site of a tumor suppressor gene. We recently isolated a new member of the human tetratricopeptide repeat-containing family of genes, TTC4, which maps to this region. Other members of this gene family have been implicated in tumorigenesis suggesting that TTC4 may represent a breast cancer tumor suppressor gene. We now report the exon/intron structure of TTC4 and single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis of DNA from 20 sporadic breast tumors. Although polymorphic variations were identified no mutations affecting the open reading frame of TTC4 were detected. Since the overall region of chromosome 1p31 which undergoes LOH can be relatively large, excluding involvement of newly isolated genes from this region in breast cancer tumorigenesis is an important process for the successful identification of the critical gene. Understanding the structure of TTC4 now makes mutation analysis possible for other cancers and diseases that map to this region.
AB - Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) in 1p31 is a frequent genetic alteration in breast tumors indicating the site of a tumor suppressor gene. We recently isolated a new member of the human tetratricopeptide repeat-containing family of genes, TTC4, which maps to this region. Other members of this gene family have been implicated in tumorigenesis suggesting that TTC4 may represent a breast cancer tumor suppressor gene. We now report the exon/intron structure of TTC4 and single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis of DNA from 20 sporadic breast tumors. Although polymorphic variations were identified no mutations affecting the open reading frame of TTC4 were detected. Since the overall region of chromosome 1p31 which undergoes LOH can be relatively large, excluding involvement of newly isolated genes from this region in breast cancer tumorigenesis is an important process for the successful identification of the critical gene. Understanding the structure of TTC4 now makes mutation analysis possible for other cancers and diseases that map to this region.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 10639601
AN - SCOPUS:0034133917
SN - 1107-3756
VL - 5
SP - 197
EP - 200
JO - International Journal of Molecular Medicine
JF - International Journal of Molecular Medicine
IS - 2
ER -