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  • Title: Biological significance of the hst-1 gene.
    Author: Terada M, Yoshida T, Sakamoto H, Miyagawa K, Katoh O, Hattori Y, Sugimura T.
    Journal: Princess Takamatsu Symp; 1989; 20():71-80. PubMed ID: 2535108.
    Abstract:
    hst-1, or HSTF1 in human gene nomenclature, was originally identified as a transforming gene in DNA samples from human stomach cancer by NIH3T3 transfection assay. Many reports have followed to show the presence of a transforming hst-1 gene in various types of cancerous and noncancerous tissues, suggesting that the hst-1 gene is the most common non-ras transforming gene. We cloned the hst-1 genomic fragments from DNAs of a normal individual and a patient with leukemia and also from NIH3T3 cells themselves. All of these clones transformed NIH3T3 cells upon transfection. Sequence analysis of the cDNA and genomic hst-1 led us to conclude that the normal hst-1 protein transforms NIH3T3 cells when its expression is deregulated. The hst-1 protein has 40-50% homology to basic and acidic fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) and to the int-2 protein. The purified hst-1 protein synthesized in a baculovirus system was a potent heparin-binding growth factor for a variety of cells, including human endothelial cells. The hst-1 protein, when it was added to the culture medium, induced morphological transformation of NIH3T3 cells and anchorage-independent growth of NRK cells. The hst-1 gene is located 35 kbp downstream of one of its homologous genes, int-2, on human chromosome 11 at band q13.3. As in the case with the int-2 gene, the hst-1 transcripts were not detected in adult mice but found in mouse embryos. A relatively large amount of the hst-1 message was present in a mouse teratocarcinoma cell line, F9, while the int-2 mRNA was barely detected. Upon induction of differentiation in vitro, the hst-1 transcription was depressed to almost nil, and the int-2 message increased dramatically. The hst-1 and int-2 genes were coamplified in a variety of cancer cells, most notably in more than 50% of esophageal cancers.
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