HMGA2

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High mobility group AT-hook 2
Identifiers
Symbols HMGA2; BABL; HMGI-C; HMGIC; LIPO
External IDs OMIM: 600698 MGI: 101761 HomoloGene: 2602
Orthologs
Human Mouse
Entrez 8091 15364
Ensembl ENSG00000149948 ENSMUSG00000056758
Uniprot n/a Q6NSP9
Refseq NM_003483 (mRNA)
NP_003474 (protein)		 NM_010441 (mRNA)
NP_034571 (protein)
Location Chr 12: 64.5 - 64.6 Mb Chr 10: 119.87 - 119.88 Mb
Pubmed search [1] [2]

High mobility group AT-hook 2, also known as HMGA2, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the HMGA2 gene.[1][2][3]

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[edit] Function

This gene encodes a protein that belongs to the non-histone chromosomal high mobility group (HMG) protein family. HMG proteins function as architectural factors and are essential components of the enhancesome. This protein contains structural DNA-binding domains and may act as a transcriptional regulating factor. Identification of the deletion, amplification, and rearrangement of this gene that are associated with lipomas suggests a role in adipogenesis and mesenchymal differentiation. A gene knock out study of the mouse counterpart demonstrated that this gene is involved in diet-induced obesity. Alternate transcriptional splice variants, encoding different isoforms, have been characterized.[3]

The expression of HMGA2 in adult tissues is commonly associated with both malignant and benign tumor formation, as well as certain characteristic cancer-promoting mutations. Homologous proteins with highly conserved sequences are found in other mammalian species, including lab mice (Mus musculus).

HMGA2 contains three basic DNA-binding domains (AT-hooks) that cause the protein to bind to adenine-thymine (AT) rich regions of nuclear DNA. HMGA2 does not directly promote or inhibit the transcription of any genes, but alters the structure of DNA and promotes the assembly of protein complexes that do regulate the transcription of genes. With few exceptions, HMGA2 is only expressed in humans during early development, and is reduced to undetectable or nearly undetectable levels of transcription in adult tissues.[4] The microRNA let-7 is largely responsible for this time-dependent regulation of HMGA2.[5]The apparent function of HMGA2 in proliferation and differentiation of cells during development is supported by the observation that mice with mutant HMGA2 genes are unusually small (pygmy phenotype).[6] The transport of HMGA2 to the nucleus is mediated by an interaction between its second AT-hook and importin-α2.[6]

[edit] Regulation by let-7

Let-7 inhibits production of specific proteins by complementary binding to their mRNA transcripts. The HMGA2 mature mRNA transcript contains seven regions complementary or nearly complementary to let-7 in its 3' untranslated region (UTR).[7] Let-7 expression is very low during early human development, which coincides with the greatest transcription of HMGA2. The time-dependent drop in HMGA2 expression is caused by a rise in let-7 expression.[5]

[edit] Clinical significance

[edit] Relationship with cancer

Heightened expression of HMGA2 is found in a variety of human cancers, but the precise mechanism by which HMGA2 contributes to the formation of cancer is unknown.[8][9] The same mutations that lead to pituitary adenomas in mice can be found in similar cancers in humans.[8] Its presence is associated with poor prognosis for the patient, but also with sensitization of the cancer cells to certain forms of cancer therapy.[10] Specifically, HMGA2-high cancers display an abnormally strong response to double strand breaks in DNA caused by radiation therapy and some forms of chemotherapy. Artificial addition of HMGA2 to some forms of cancer unresponsive to DNA damage cause them to respond to the treatment instead, although the mechanism by which this phenomenon occurs is also not understood.[10] However, the expression of HMGA2 is also associated with increased rates of metastasis in breast cancer, and both metastasis and recurrance of squamous cell carcinoma. These properties are responsible for patients' poor prognoses. As with HMGA2's effects on the response to radiation and chemotherapy, the mechanism by which HMGA2 exerts these effects is uknown.[10]

[edit] Characteristic mutations in HMGA2-high cancers

A very common finding in HMGA2-high cancers is the under-expression of let-7.[11] This is not unexpected, given let-7's natural role in the regulation of HMGA2. However, many cancers are found with normal levels of let-7 that are also HMGA2 high. Many of these cancers express the normal HMGA2 protein, but the mature mRNA transcript is truncated (shortened). Specifically, the transcript is missing a portion of the 3'UTR that contains the critical let-7 complementary regions. Without these, let-7 is unable to bind to HMGA2 mRNA, and thus is unable to repress it. The truncated mRNAs may arise from a chromosomal translocation that results in loss of a portion of the HMGA2 gene.[7]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ashar HR, Cherath L, Przybysz KM, Chada K (January 1996). "Genomic characterization of human HMGIC, a member of the accessory transcription factor family found at translocation breakpoints in lipomas". Genomics 31 (2): 207–14. doi:10.1006/geno.1996.0033. PMID 8824803. 
  2. ^ Ishwad CS, Shriver MD, Lassige DM, Ferrell RE (January 1997). "The high mobility group I-C gene (HMGI-C): polymorphism and genetic localization". Hum. Genet. 99 (1): 103–5. doi:10.1007/s004390050320. PMID 9003504. 
  3. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: HMGA2 high mobility group AT-hook 2". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=8091. 
  4. ^ Fedele M, Battista S, Kenyon L, Baldassarre G, Fidanza V, Klein-Szanto AJ, Parlow AF, Visone R, Pierantoni GM, Outwater E, Santoro M, Croce CM, Fusco A (May 2002). "Overexpression of the HMGA2 gene in transgenic mice leads to the onset of pituitary adenomas". Oncogene 21 (20): 3190–8. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1205428. PMID 12082634. 
  5. ^ a b Dröge P, Davey CA (January 2008). "Do cells let-7 determine stemness?". Cell Stem Cell 2 (1): 8–9. doi:10.1016/j.stem.2007.12.003. PMID 18371414. 
  6. ^ a b Cattaruzzi G, Altamura S, Tessari MA, Rustighi A, Giancotti V, Pucillo C, Manfioletti G (2007). "The second AT-hook of the architectural transcription factor HMGA2 is determinant for nuclear localization and function". Nucleic Acids Res. 35 (6): 1751–60. doi:10.1093/nar/gkl1106. PMID 17324944. 
  7. ^ a b Mayr C, Hemann MT, Bartel DP (March 2007). "Disrupting the pairing between let-7 and Hmga2 enhances oncogenic transformation". Science (journal) 315 (5818): 1576–9. doi:10.1126/science.1137999. PMID 17322030. 
  8. ^ a b Fedele M, Pierantoni GM, Visone R, Fusco A (September 2006). "Critical role of the HMGA2 gene in pituitary adenomas". Cell Cycle 5 (18): 2045–8. PMID 16969098. http://www.landesbioscience.com/journals/cc/abstract.php?id=3211. 
  9. ^ Meyer B, Loeschke S, Schultze A, Weigel T, Sandkamp M, Goldmann T, Vollmer E, Bullerdiek J (July 2007). "HMGA2 overexpression in non-small cell lung cancer". Mol. Carcinog. 46 (7): 503–11. doi:10.1002/mc.20235. PMID 17477356. 
  10. ^ a b c Boo LM, Lin HH, Chung V, Zhou B, Louie SG, O'Reilly MA, Yen Y, Ann DK (August 2005). "High mobility group A2 potentiates genotoxic stress in part through the modulation of basal and DNA damage-dependent phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-related protein kinase activation". Cancer Res. 65 (15): 6622–30. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-05-0086. PMID 16061642. 
  11. ^ Shell S, Park SM, Radjabi AR, Schickel R, Kistner EO, Jewell DA, Feig C, Lengyel E, Peter ME (July 2007). "Let-7 expression defines two differentiation stages of cancer". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 104 (27): 11400–5. doi:10.1073/pnas.0704372104. PMID 17600087. 

[edit] Further reading

  • Pedeutour F, Ligon AH, Morton CC (1999). "[Genetics of uterine leiomyomata]". Bulletin du cancer 86 (11): 920–8. PMID 10586108. 
  • Reeves R, Beckerbauer L (2001). "HMGI/Y proteins: flexible regulators of transcription and chromatin structure.". Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1519 (1-2): 13–29. PMID 11406267. 
  • Manfioletti G, Giancotti V, Bandiera A, et al. (1992). "cDNA cloning of the HMGI-C phosphoprotein, a nuclear protein associated with neoplastic and undifferentiated phenotypes.". Nucleic Acids Res. 19 (24): 6793–7. PMID 1762909. 
  • Chau KY, Patel UA, Lee KL, et al. (1996). "The gene for the human architectural transcription factor HMGI-C consists of five exons each coding for a distinct functional element.". Nucleic Acids Res. 23 (21): 4262–6. PMID 7501444. 
  • Schoenmakers EF, Mols R, Wanschura S, et al. (1995). "Identification, molecular cloning, and characterization of the chromosome 12 breakpoint cluster region of uterine leiomyomas.". Genes Chromosomes Cancer 11 (2): 106–18. PMID 7529547. 
  • Ashar HR, Fejzo MS, Tkachenko A, et al. (1995). "Disruption of the architectural factor HMGI-C: DNA-binding AT hook motifs fused in lipomas to distinct transcriptional regulatory domains.". Cell 82 (1): 57–65. PMID 7606786. 
  • Schoenmakers EF, Wanschura S, Mols R, et al. (1995). "Recurrent rearrangements in the high mobility group protein gene, HMGI-C, in benign mesenchymal tumours.". Nat. Genet. 10 (4): 436–44. doi:10.1038/ng0895-436. PMID 7670494. 
  • Patel UA, Bandiera A, Manfioletti G, et al. (1994). "Expression and cDNA cloning of human HMGI-C phosphoprotein.". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 201 (1): 63–70. PMID 8198613. 
  • Ashar HR, Cherath L, Przybysz KM, Chada K (1997). "Genomic characterization of human HMGIC, a member of the accessory transcription factor family found at translocation breakpoints in lipomas.". Genomics 31 (2): 207–14. doi:10.1006/geno.1996.0033. PMID 8824803. 
  • Ishwad CS, Shriver MD, Lassige DM, Ferrell RE (1997). "The high mobility group I-C gene (HMGI-C): polymorphism and genetic localization.". Hum. Genet. 99 (1): 103–5. PMID 9003504. 
  • Petit MM, Swarts S, Bridge JA, Van de Ven WJ (1998). "Expression of reciprocal fusion transcripts of the HMGIC and LPP genes in parosteal lipoma.". Cancer Genet. Cytogenet. 106 (1): 18–23. PMID 9772904. 
  • Schoenmakers EF, Huysmans C, Van de Ven WJ (1999). "Allelic knockout of novel splice variants of human recombination repair gene RAD51B in t(12;14) uterine leiomyomas.". Cancer Res. 59 (1): 19–23. PMID 9892177. 
  • Gattas GJ, Quade BJ, Nowak RA, Morton CC (1999). "HMGIC expression in human adult and fetal tissues and in uterine leiomyomata.". Genes Chromosomes Cancer 25 (4): 316–22. PMID 10398424. 
  • Schwanbeck R, Manfioletti G, Wiśniewski JR (2000). "Architecture of high mobility group protein I-C.DNA complex and its perturbation upon phosphorylation by Cdc2 kinase.". J. Biol. Chem. 275 (3): 1793–801. PMID 10636877. 
  • Piekielko A, Drung A, Rogalla P, et al. (2001). "Distinct organization of DNA complexes of various HMGI/Y family proteins and their modulation upon mitotic phosphorylation.". J. Biol. Chem. 276 (3): 1984–92. doi:10.1074/jbc.M004065200. PMID 11034995. 
  • Rogalla P, Lemke I, Kazmierczak B, Bullerdiek J (2001). "An identical HMGIC-LPP fusion transcript is consistently expressed in pulmonary chondroid hamartomas with t(3;12)(q27-28;q14-15).". Genes Chromosomes Cancer 29 (4): 363–6. PMID 11066083. 
  • Zentner MD, Lin HH, Deng HT, et al. (2001). "Requirement for high mobility group protein HMGI-C interaction with STAT3 inhibitor PIAS3 in repression of alpha-subunit of epithelial Na+ channel (alpha-ENaC) transcription by Ras activation in salivary epithelial cells.". J. Biol. Chem. 276 (32): 29805–14. doi:10.1074/jbc.M103153200. PMID 11390395. 
  • Röijer E, Nordkvist A, Ström AK, et al. (2002). "Translocation, deletion/amplification, and expression of HMGIC and MDM2 in a carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma.". Am. J. Pathol. 160 (2): 433–40. PMID 11839563. 

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