| Entity | Malignant melanoma, vertical growth phase. |
| Oncogenesis | Putative suppressor factor against malignant melanoma invasion. In invasive malignant melanoma, Mib2/skeletrophin gene expression is down-regulated by various epigenetic events described below. The promoter region of Mib2/skeletrophin gene contains typical CpG islands, which is hypermethylated in invasive malignant melanoma. A zinc-finger transcriptional factor Snail, which is overexpressed in many melanoma cells, repressed the Mib2/skeletrophin promoter activity via an E-box-related element. An activator protein-2, which has a tumor suppressor-like role in melanoma, increased Mib2/skeletrophin expression. |
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| Entity | Multiple myeloma, especially at advanced stage with osteolytic lesion. |
| Oncogenesis | Putative oncogenic factor for multiple myeloma thorough bone marrow microenvironments. In multiple myeloma, Mib2/skeletrophin and its substrates, Jagged-1 and Jagged-2, are both overexpressed in bone marrow microenvironments. Ligands-dependent Notch activation is occurred by direct cell-cell interaction between multiple myeloma cells and bone marrow stromal cells and contribute the myeloma niche, which is known as microenvironment suitable for myelomagenesis. |
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| Down-regulation of a novel actin-binding molecule, skeletrophin, in malignant melanoma. |
| Takeuchi T, Heng HH, Ye CJ, Liang SB, Iwata J, Sonobe H, Ohtsuki Y |
| The American journal of pathology. 2003 ; 163 (4) : 1395-1404. |
| PMID 14507647 |
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| Mind bomb-2 is an E3 ligase for Notch ligand. |
| Koo BK, Yoon KJ, Yoo KW, Lim HS, Song R, So JH, Kim CH, Kong YY |
| The Journal of biological chemistry. 2005 ; 280 (23) : 22335-22342. |
| PMID 15824097 |
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| Skeletrophin, a novel RING molecule controlled by the chromatin remodeling complex, is downregulated in malignant melanoma. |
| Takeuchi T, Adachi Y, Ohtsuki Y |
| DNA and cell biology. 2005 ; 24 (5) : 339-344. |
| PMID 15869411 |
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| Skeletrophin, a novel ubiquitin ligase to the intracellular region of Jagged-2, is aberrantly expressed in multiple myeloma. |
| Takeuchi T, Adachi Y, Ohtsuki Y |
| The American journal of pathology. 2005 ; 166 (6) : 1817-1826. |
| PMID 15920166 |
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| A ubiquitin ligase, skeletrophin, is a negative regulator of melanoma invasion. |
| Takeuchi T, Adachi Y, Sonobe H, Furihata M, Ohtsuki Y |
| Oncogene. 2006 ; 25 (53) : 7059-7069. |
| PMID 16715130 |
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| Mind bomb-2 is an E3 ligase that ubiquitinates the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor NR2B subunit in a phosphorylation-dependent manner. |
| Jurd R, Thornton C, Wang J, Luong K, Phamluong K, Kharazia V, Gibb SL, Ron D |
| The Journal of biological chemistry. 2008 ; 283 (1) : 301-310. |
| PMID 17962190 |
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