Publication Date:
1999-01-29
Description:
The protein encoded by the c-MYC proto-oncogene is a transcription factor that can both activate and repress the expression of target genes, but few of its transcriptional targets have been identified. Here, c-MYC is shown to repress the expression of the heavy subunit of the protein ferritin (H-ferritin), which sequesters intracellular iron, and to stimulate the expression of the iron regulatory protein-2 (IRP2), which increases the intracellular iron pool. Down-regulation of the expression of H-ferritin gene was required for cell transformation by c-MYC. These results indicate that c-MYC coordinately regulates genes controlling intracellular iron concentrations and that this function is essential for the control of cell proliferation and transformation by c-MYC.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wu, K J -- Polack, A -- Dalla-Favera, R -- CA-37165/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1999 Jan 29;283(5402):676-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Oncology, Department of Pathology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA. an.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9924025" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Cell Division
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Cell Line
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Cell Line, Transformed
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Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
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DNA/biosynthesis
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Down-Regulation
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Ferritins/*genetics/metabolism
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*Gene Expression Regulation
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Genes, myc
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Homeostasis
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Iron/*metabolism
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Iron Regulatory Protein 2
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Iron-Regulatory Proteins
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Iron-Sulfur Proteins/*genetics/metabolism
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc/*physiology
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RNA/metabolism
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RNA-Binding Proteins/*genetics/metabolism
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Receptors, Transferrin/genetics
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Transcription, Genetic
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Transfection
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
