[Increase in NETO2 gene expression is a potential molecular genetic marker in renal and lung cancers]

Genetika. 2012 May;48(5):599-607.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

Multiple changes in the genome, transcriptome, and proteome are frequent in cancer cells. A search for molecular markers based on DNA, mRNA, or proteins is a main method to develop early specific diagnostics for cancer. While universal markers are still unavailable, similar trends are known for the expression patterns of particular genes in certain epithelial tumors. A bioinformatic screening of transcriptomic databases identified the NETO2 gene as a new potential promising marker of renal cancer. A substantial increase in NETO2 mRNA level was detected in 90% clear-cell renal cell carcinomas, 70% of non-small cell lung cancers, and 50% of papillary renal cancers by real-time PCR. The NETO2 mRNA level was increased to a lesser extent in cervical carcinoma and colon cancer and tended to decrease in cancer of the stomach. The NETO2 gene, which codes for a membrane glycoprotein with an unclear function, was assumed to provide a new promising marker for early diagnosis in renal cancer and non-small cell lung cancer.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / genetics
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / metabolism*
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / genetics
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / metabolism
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / genetics
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / metabolism
  • Databases, Protein
  • Expressed Sequence Tags / metabolism
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms* / genetics
  • Kidney Neoplasms* / metabolism
  • Lung Neoplasms* / genetics
  • Lung Neoplasms* / metabolism
  • Membrane Proteins / genetics
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism*
  • Mice
  • Sequence Homology
  • Transcriptome

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Membrane Proteins
  • NETO2 protein, human
  • NETO2 protein, mouse