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In Vitro Ubiquitination and Deubiquitination Assays of Nucleosomal Histones
Published on: July 25, 2019
BAP1の頻繁に発生する変異は,メタスタジングしたウエアルメラノーマで発生する
J William Harbour1, Michael D Onken, Elisha D O Roberson
1Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. harbour@vision.wustl.edu
まとめ
癌の転移の遺伝学は十分に理解されていない. BRCA1関連タンパク質1 (BAP1) 遺伝子の不活性化突然変異は,転移性ウベアルメラノーマの84%で発見され,腫瘍の広がりにおけるBAP1の喪失を意味する.
科学分野:
- 腫瘍学 腫瘍学
- 遺伝学 遺伝学とは
- オフタルモロジック (眼科)
背景:
- 転移は悪性腫瘍の重要な特徴であり,がん関連の死亡の主な原因である.
- 転移の遺伝的基盤は,依然としてほとんど未調査のままである.
- Uveal メラノーマは,転移の有意な傾向を持つ眼がんの一種です.
研究 の 目的:
- ウエアルメラノーマの転移の遺伝的根拠を調査する.
- 眼腫瘍の転移プロセスに関連する特定の変異を特定する.
- 特定された遺伝的変異に基づいて潜在的な治療目標を探求する.
主な方法:
- 総合的な遺伝子シーケンシングのためのエクソームキャプチャ技術を使用しました.
- 腫瘍ゲノムを分析するために大規模並列配列を解析した.
- 高度に転移したウエアルメラノーマのサンプルを中心に分析した.
主要な成果:
- BRCA1関連タンパク質1 (BAP1) 遺伝子の不活性化ソマティック変異は,メタスタジングしたウエアルメラノーマの84%で特定されました.
- 15の突然変異がタンパク質の早期解消につながり,5の突然変異がBAP1.1のウビキチンカルボキシル末端ヒドロラーゼ領域に影響を及ぼすことが発見されました.
- BAP1でゲルムラインフレームシフト変異を持つ1つの腫瘍が見つかり,潜在的な感受性アレルを示しています.
結論:
- BAP1機能の喪失は,ウエアルメラノーマの転移に関与しています.
- BAP1経路は,転移性ウエアルメラノーマの治療に有望な治療標的である.
- BAP1の遺伝子を理解することは,新しい治療戦略の開発に不可欠です.
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