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In an attempt to seek out new factors that are related to colorectal carcinogenesis at the molecular level, subtractive hybridization between cDNA of normal mucosal tissues and mRNA of colorectal carcinoma tissues was performed. Subsequent screenings of the cDNA libraries, constructed from normal mucosal tissues, using the “subtractive probes” generated a total of 46 clones that were expressed in normal mucosa but were either expressed at a significantly reduced level or not expressed at all in cancer tissues. Partial nucleotide sequences of all of these cDNA clones were determined, and sequence homology analyses were performed with the Genbank database. Of the 46 cDNA samples, 44 contained substantial sequence homologies with 32 immunoglobulin gene fragments, a helix-loop-helix basic phosphoprotein gene, an acidic ribosomal phosphoprotein P2 gene, aBLR1 gene for Burkitt's lymphoma receptor 1 gene, D5S419 DNA segment containing (C-A) repeats, a glucokinase (GCK) gene, a Na+, K+-ATPase α-subunit gene, a histocompatibility system HLA-DR heavy-chain gene, a dystrophic gene, a mucin (MUC2) gene, a μ-glutathioneS-transferase gene, a Menkes disease protein gene, and a 40-kDa keratin intermediate filament precursor gene. The remaining two cDNA clones (now registered under GenBank accession numbers U17714 and U20428) showed few (less than 60%) sequence homologies with any known sequences in the GenBank database and, therefore, may represent novel genes whose expression was down-regulated in human colorectal carcinomas. The possible clinical significance of these findings and the involvement of these two genes in the carcinogenesis of colorectal as well as other cancers are being investigated.
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This work was supported by research grants from the chinese National 8th 5-Year medical Strategic Science and technology Plan (85-914-01-09), the National Science foundation of China (39170800 and 39340007), and the Zhejiang Provincial Science Foundation (393041)
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Cao, J., Cai, X., Zheng, L. et al. Characterization of colorectal-cancer-related cDNA clones obtained by subtractive hybridization screening. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 123, 447–451 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01372549
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