PUBLICATION

Comparative genomics on Sfrp1 orthologs

Authors
Katoh, Y., and Katoh, M.
ID
ZDB-PUB-050810-3
Date
2005
Source
International Journal of Oncology   27(3): 861-865 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Katoh, Masaru
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Binding Sites/genetics
  • Computational Biology/methods
  • Conserved Sequence/genetics
  • Exons
  • Expressed Sequence Tags
  • Genes/genetics
  • Genomics/methods*
  • Humans
  • Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/genetics*
  • Introns
  • Membrane Proteins/genetics*
  • Mice
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics
  • Protein Sorting Signals/genetics
  • Rats/genetics*
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
PubMed
16077939 Full text @ Int. J. Oncol.
Abstract
SFRP1, SFRP2, SFRP3, SFRP4, SFRP5, WIF1, DKK1, DKK2, DKK3, DKK4 are secreted-type WNT signaling modulators. SFRP1 tumor suppressor gene at human chromosome 8p11.21 is inactivated in colorectal cancer and other tumors by deletion and by epigenetic CpG hypermethylation. Here, we identified and characterized the rat Sfrp1 gene by using bioinformatics. Rat Sfrp1 gene, consisting of three exons, was located within AC112899.4 genome sequence. Complete coding sequence of rat Sfrp1 was determined by assembling AC112899.4 genome sequence, CK838748 EST, and BF417482 EST. Rat Sfrp1 (314 aa) consisted of a signal peptide (codon 1-31), Frizzled domain with ten conserved Cys residues (codon 49-168), and Netrin (NTR) domain with six conserved Cys residues (codon 186-314). Rat Sfrp1 showed 98.7%, 95.2%, 94.3%, 82.5% and 58.3% total-amino-acid identity with mouse Sfrp1, human SFRP1, cow Sfrp1, chicken sfrp1 and zebrafish sfrp1, respectively. SFRP1 mRNA was expressed in embryonic stem (ES) cells, neuroblastoma, liver adeno-carcinoma, and skin squamous cell carcinoma. Match program revealed that AP1, COMP1, and double ETS1-binding sites were conserved between human SFRP1 and rat Sfrp1 promoters. This is the first report on comparative integromics analyses on Sfrp1 orthologs.
Genes / Markers
Figures
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping