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Linkage analysis and haplotype mapping in interspecific mouse crosses (Mus musculus x Mus spretus) identified the gene encoding Aurora2 (Stk6 in mouse and STK15 in human) as a candidate skin tumor susceptibility gene. The Stk6 allele inherited from the susceptible M. musculus parent was overexpressed in normal cells and preferentially amplified in tumor cells from F1 hybrid mice. We identified a common genetic variant in STK15 (resulting in the amino acid substitution F31I) that is preferentially amplified and associated with the degree of aneuploidy in human colon tumors. The Ile31 variant transforms rat1 cells more potently than the more common Phe31 variant. The E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme UBE2N was a preferential binding partner of the 'weak' STK15 Phe31 variant form in yeast two-hybrid screens and in human cells. This interaction results in colocalization of UBE2N with STK15 at the centrosomes during mitosis. These results are consistent with an important role for the Ile31 variant of STK15 in human cancer susceptibility.
Author(s): Ewart-Toland A, Briassouli P, De Koning JP, Mao J-H, Yuan J, Chan F, MacCarthy-Morrogh L, Ponder BAJ, Nagase H, Burn J, Ball S, Almeida M, Linardopoulos S, Balmain A
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Nature Genetics
Year: 2003
Volume: 34
Issue: 4
Pages: 403-412
ISSN (print): 1061-4036
ISSN (electronic): 1546-1718
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ng1220
DOI: 10.1038/ng1220
PubMed id: 12881723
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