Alterations of UHRF family Expression and was regulated by High Risk Type HPV16 in Uterine Cervical Cancer.

The altered protein expression of inverted CCAAT box-binding protein of 90 kDa/ubiquitin-like with PHD and RING finger domains 1 (ICBP90/UHRF1), and Np95-like ring finger protein (NIRF)/UHRF2, which belong to the ubiquitin-like with PHD and RING finger domains (UHRF) family, is linked to tumor malignancy and the progression of various cancers. In this study, we analyzed the UHRF family expression in cervical cancers, and it's regulation by human papillomavirus (HPV). Western blotting was performed to analyze protein expression in cervical cancer cell lines.

Alterations of UHRF Family Expression and UHRF1/ICBP90 Inhibits Phosphatase and Tensin Homolog Expression in Endometrial Cancer.

Introduction: The altered protein expression of inverted CCAAT box-binding protein of 90 kDa/ubiquitin-like with PHD and RING finger domains 1 (ICBP90/UHRF1) and Np95-like ring finger protein (NIRF)/UHRF2, which belong to the ubiquitin-like with PHD and RING finger domains (UHRF) family, is linked to tumor malignancy and the progression of various cancers. To determine the role of NIRF and ICBP90 in endometrial tumorigenesis, we evaluated ICBP90 and NIRF expression levels in endometrial cancers. Also molecular alterations of phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) expression are the important event for endometrial carcinogenesis; therefore, we investigated the involvement between ICBP90 and PTEN expression.

Abnormal Expression of PICT-1 and Its Codon 389 Polymorphism Is a Risk Factor for Human Endometrial Cancer.

Objective: The protein interacting with carboxyl terminus-1 (PICT-1) gene has been implicated as a tumor suppressor gene, and its alterations have been reported in several cancers. This study investigated the association of PICT-1 alterations with endometrial carcinogenesis.

Methods: We analyzed the entire coding region of the PICT-1 gene using polymerase chain reaction-single-strand conformation polymorphism and DNA sequencing to examine PICT-1 mutations in endometrial cancer.

The protein interacting with carboxyl terminus-1 codon 389 polymorphism impairs protein interacting with carboxyl terminus-1 function and is a risk factor for uterine cervical cancer.

PICT-1 is a nucleolar protein with various tumor suppressor functions. Recently, PICT-1 expression was reported to be dramatically reduced in several cancers. To investigate the role of PICT-1 in uterine cervical carcinogenesis, we examined its gene mutations, protein expression, cellular localization, and effect on p53 stabilization.

The human papillomavirus18 E7 protein inhibits CENP-C binding to α-satellite DNA.

Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection leads to aneuploidy, a numerical chromosomal aberration that is caused by dysregulation of chromosomal segregation. We previously found that the E7 proteins of high-risk HPVs, but not of low-risk HPVs, could bind to centromere protein-C (CENP-C). In this study, we first found that CENP-C could bind centromere α-satellite DNAs using ChIP analysis and HA-tagged CENP-C/nuc transfected 293T cells.