CIZ1

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An Error has occurred retrieving Wikidata item for infobox Cip1-interacting zinc finger protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CIZ1 gene.[1][2]

Function

The protein encoded by this gene is a zinc finger DNA binding transcription factor that interacts with CIP1 (p21 / CDKN1A), part of a complex with cyclin E. The encoded protein may regulate the cellular localization of CIP1.[2]

Clinical significance

An altered circulating form of the Ciz1 protein is synthesized by lung cancer cells, even when they are at a very early stage. Hence detection of this protein variant in blood could be used as a biomarker for early detection of lung cancer.[3]

Ciz1 mutant mice

Aged (18-mo-old) Ciz1-/- mice have increased neuronal DNA double-strand breaks that likely contributed to their loss of neurons and cognitive decline with age.[4] Embryonic fibroblasts from Ciz1-/- mice show abnormal sensitivity to γ-irradiation with persistent DNA breaks, aberrant cell cycle progression and increased apoptosis.[4]

Interactions

CIZ1 has been shown to interact with P21.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Mitsui K, Matsumoto A, Ohtsuka S, Ohtsubo M, Yoshimura A (October 1999). "Cloning and characterization of a novel p21(Cip1/Waf1)-interacting zinc finger protein, ciz1". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 264 (2): 457–64. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1999.1516. PMID 10529385.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: CIZ1 CDKN1A interacting zinc finger protein 1".
  3. Higgins G, Roper KM, Watson IJ, Blackhall FH, Rom WN, Pass HI, et al. (November 2012). "Variant Ciz1 is a circulating biomarker for early-stage lung cancer". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 109 (45): E3128-35. doi:10.1073/pnas.1210107109. PMC 3494940. PMID 23074256.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Khan MM, Xiao J, Patel D, LeDoux MS (February 2018). "DNA damage and neurodegenerative phenotypes in aged Ciz1 null mice". Neurobiology of Aging. 62: 180–190. doi:10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2017.10.014. PMC 5877805. PMID 29154038.

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This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.