Gene expression profile favoring phenotypic reversion: a clue for mechanism of tumor suppression by NF-IL6 3'UTR

Cell Res. 2003 Dec;13(6):509-14. doi: 10.1038/sj.cr.7290195.

Abstract

Transfection of cDNA in 3'untranslated region of human nuclear factor for interleukin-6 (NF-IL6 3'UTR) induced tumor suppression in a human hepatoma cell line. cDNA array analysis was used to reveal changes in gene expression profile leading to tumor suppression The results indicate that this suppression was not due to activation of dsRNA-dependent protein kinase, nor to inactivation of oncogenes; rather, all the changes in expression of known genes, induced by NF-IL6 3'UTR cDNA may be ascribed to the suppression of cellular malignancy. Therefore, our results imply that this 3'untranslated region may have played role of a regulator of gene expression profile.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • 3' Untranslated Regions / metabolism*
  • Animals
  • CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-beta / genetics*
  • Carcinogenicity Tests
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / genetics
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / metabolism*
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / pathology
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Clone Cells
  • DNA, Complementary / analysis
  • Gene Expression Profiling*
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
  • Genes, Tumor Suppressor*
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Mice, Nude
  • Neoplasm Transplantation
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
  • Phenotype
  • Time Factors
  • Transplantation, Heterologous

Substances

  • 3' Untranslated Regions
  • CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-beta
  • DNA, Complementary