2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Alternative polyadenylation in lung cancer
| Project/Area Number |
25830098
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Tumor diagnostics
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | 肺がん / マイクロRNA / 選択的ポリアデニル化 / 転写後制御 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Alternative polyadenylation (APA), which induces shortening of the 3'UTR, is emerging as an important phenomenon in gene regulation. We identified 10 genes showing significant 3'UTR shortening in lung cancer, using the package of the Bioconductor for probe-level analyses of expression microarrays. We established and evaluated the APA score by quantitative RT-PCR in clinical specimens of non-small cell lung cancer, amd found that high APA score was an independet prognostic factor. In addition, both lower expression of PABPN1 and higher expression of the proliferation markers were correlated with high APA scores and a poor prognosis. These results suggest that the loss of PABPN1, a suppressor of APA, might promote tumor aggressiveness by releasing the cancer cells from microRNA-mediated gene regulation.
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| Free Research Field |
呼吸器内科学
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