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nvestigated in a separate work as the current study focuses on ERGIC3.@ ERGIC3 is an inte gral membrane protein that cycles between the ER and Golgi,ERGIC3 has large domains in the phosphatase 阻害剤 ER lumen, and its short N and C terminal tail sequences expose to the cytosol and the two transmembrane seg ments each, which would be available for protein protein interactions in the ER lumen or membrane,Through the systematic and serial screening, we found that the ERGIC3 mRNA and protein were highly over expressed in lung cancer cells. In the cultured cells, ERGIC3 was mainly located at the Golgi apparatus and ER, in agreement with previous descriptions,We observed that the distribution of ERGIC3 was associated with the cellular shape. In the round cells, ERGIC3 was located around the nucleus, but it was at the side of the nucleus in the fusiform cells.<br><br>@ This phenomenon indi cates that the localization of ERGIC3 is identical to the distribution Lenalidomide 価格 of the Golgi apparatus and ER. ERGIC3 may be a well marker of the Golgi apparatus and ER in can cerous cells. We also found that ERGIC3 was closely co localized with MUC1 and ST. MUC1 is a high molecular weight transmembrane glycoprotein. The protein backbone of MUC1 is synthesized at the ER and glycosylated at the Golgi apparatus. ST is a key enzyme that sialylates lacto saminyl termini of complex type oligosaccharides in an 2,6 linkage. ST is located predominantly in the trans Golgi network, and could be secreted by some cells,ERGIC3 is involved in the protein transport between the ER and the Golgi apparatus.<br><br>@ We guess that ERGIC3 could participate in the transport of MUC1 and ST from the ER to the Golgi apparatus. Further studies will hope fully address this issue. In our study, ERGIC3 was found positive in 89% speci mens of lung cancer by immunohistochemical staining. In contrast, ERGIC3 was not expressed in normal bron chial epithelial cells and alveolar cells. These results supplier LY2603618 from our pilot study suggested that ERGIC3 may be a potential biomarker for lung cancer. However, more studies must be performed to permit final conclusions. Our laboratory has already begun the relevant research. We further investigated pathophysiological functions of the altered expression of ERGIC3 in lung cancer cells. In our study, over expressed ERGIC3 promoted the cel lular proliferation.<br><br>@ A recent study demonstrated that ERGIC3 played important roles in cell growth and ER stress induced apoptosis,Additionally, we also found that up regulation of ERGIC3 facilitated cellular migra tion. The cellular proliferation and migration are essential events during carcinogenesis and cancerous invasion. ERGIC3 may play an active role in the development and progression of lung cancer. At present, the full mechan isms by which ERGIC3 promotes cellular proliferation and migration are not understood. Previous studies demonstrated that Erv41p Erv46p complex interacts with glucosidase II and modulates glucosidase I activity, as well as cells lacking a cycling Erv41p Erv46p complex display a mild glycoprotein processing defect,and the mutation of ERGIC3 could reduce the transport between the ER and the Golgi apparatus,It is then tempting to specu late that abnormally expressed ERGIC3 could affect the cellular proliferation and migration through the disruption of glucosidase activity and protein intracellular transport.<br><br>@ Conclusions We used SSH to generate two cDNA libraries of differentially expressed genes. The 177 up regulated and 59 down regulated genes in lung cancer were obtained. The vast majority of these genes were linked to lung cancer for the first time. In the first stage of the screening for 16 genes, two novel lung cancer related genes were found. ERGIC3 was strongly expressed in lung cancers, and that ERGIC3 could promote the cellular proliferation and migration. These findings suggest that ERGIC3 may play an active role in the development and progression of lung cancer.<br><br>@ Consequently, our two libraries of differ entially expressed genes may provide the basis for new insights or clues for finding novel lung cancer related genes. Hopefully, several serious studies will be made on the data we collected in these two libraries. Bone morphogenetic protein 4 is a growth factor that belongs to the bone morphogenetic protein family, which comprises the majority of the transforming growth factor B superfamily,BMPs are extracellular ligands that bind serine threonine receptors on the cell membrane and signal through intracellular SMAD mediators as well as through other pathways such as the MAP kinase pathway. BMPs were first found due to their bone inducing effects and later studies showed them to be also powerful developmental regulators.@ For ex ample, BMP4 is involved in gastrulation, mesoderm for mation, hematopoiesis and the development of several organs and tissues including mammary gland,Due to their multifunctionality, BMPs have been in creasingly studied as potential players in cancer. BMP4 expression in canc