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Overexpression of the high mobility group I (HMGI) proteins is often associated with the malignant phenotype. Moreover, many benign human tumors, mainly of mesenchymal origin, are characterized by rearrangements of the HMGI-C gene. In most cases, HMGI-C alterations involve breaks within the third intron of the gene resulting in aberrant transcripts carrying exons from 1–3, which encode the three DNA binding domains, fused to ectopic sequences. Here, we show that the expression of a truncated form of HMGI-C protein carrying only the three DNA-binding domains, or of a fusion protein carrying the three DNA-binding domains of HMGI-C and the LIM domains of the lipoma preferred partner gene (LPP) protein, causes malignant transformation of NIH3T3 cells. The unrearranged wild-type HMGI-C cDNA did not exert any transforming activity. These findings indicate that rearranged forms of HMGI-C play a role in cell transformation.
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Fedele, M., Berlingieri, M., Scala, S. et al. Truncated and chimeric HMGI-C genes induce neoplastic transformation of NIH3T3 murine fibroblasts. Oncogene 17, 413–418 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.onc.1201952
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