HOXA6

HOXA6
Identifiers
Aliases	HOXA6, HOX1, HOX1.2, HOX1B, homeobox A6
External IDs	OMIM: 142951; MGI: 96178; HomoloGene: 7765; GeneCards: HOXA6; OMA:HOXA6 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 7 (human)
End	27,150,603 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 6 (mouse)
End	52,185,702 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	left uterine tube; ; stromal cell of endometrium; ; transverse colon; ; body of uterus; ; tendon of biceps brachii; ; left adrenal cortex; ; right adrenal gland; ; right adrenal cortex; ; muscle of thigh; ; muscle layer of sigmoid colon;
	Top expressed in
	tail of embryo; ; genital tubercle; ; stroma of kidney; ; Gray matter of spinal cord; ; neural tube; ; ureter; ; embryo; ; sensory ganglion; ; posterior horn of spinal cord; ; medulla oblongata;
	More reference expression data
	More reference expression data
Gene ontology
Molecular function	DNA-binding transcription factor activity; sequence-specific DNA binding; DNA binding; DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific; RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding; DNA-binding transcription activator activity, RNA polymerase II-specific; transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II distal enhancer sequence-specific binding;
Cellular component	nucleus;
Biological process	embryonic skeletal system morphogenesis; multicellular organism development; regulation of transcription, DNA-templated; transcription, DNA-templated; anterior/posterior pattern specification; embryonic skeletal system development; regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II; positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	3203
	15403
	ENSG00000106006
	ENSMUSG00000043219
	P31267
	P09092
	NM_024014
	NM_010454
	NP_076919
	NP_034584
	Wikidata
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Homeobox protein Hox-A6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HOXA6 gene.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Function

In vertebrates, the genes encoding the class of transcription factors called homeobox genes are found in clusters named A, B, C, and D on four separate chromosomes. Expression of these proteins is spatially and temporally regulated during embryonic development. This gene is part of the A cluster on chromosome 7 and encodes a DNA-binding transcription factor which may regulate gene expression, morphogenesis, and differentiation.^[7]

Clinical significance

Leukemia

HOXA6 was examined to be preferentially expressed in primitive cells (e.g. hematopoietic progenitor cells), under the regulation of growth factors and cell cycles. Interleukin 3 and all-trans retinoic acid were found to be the inducing factors that can stimulate the expression of HOXA6. In mitotic process, HOXA6 was mainly expressed in S-phase and G2M phase cells. Overexpression of HoxA6 increased proliferation but inhibited differentiation of multipotential stem cells in the process of hemopoiesis,^[8] even had the capacity to transform primary hematopoietic cells into immortal cell lines. Transplantation of these cell lines may cause acute myeloid leukemia in recipient animals.^[9] Also in patients with acute myeloid leukemia, HOXA6 expression was upregulated. The co-methylation of HOX genes, including HOXA6, leads to the dysfunction of tumor suppression genes by reducing gene expression. The methylation processes can be identified in adult chronic lymphocytic leukemia and childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia.^[10]

Glioblastoma

HOXA6 may also contribute to the invasive tendency of glioblastoma multiforme cells. Suppressed expression of HOXA6 by introducing its antisense fragments can reduce the invasion of glioblastoma multiforme cells.^[11]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000106006 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ ^a ^b ^c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000043219 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ McAlpine PJ, Shows TB (July 1990). "Nomenclature for human homeobox genes". Genomics. 7 (3): 460. doi:10.1016/0888-7543(90)90186-X. PMID 1973146.
^ Scott MP (November 1992). "Vertebrate homeobox gene nomenclature". Cell. 71 (4): 551–3. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(92)90588-4. PMID 1358459. S2CID 13370372.
^ ^a ^b "Entrez Gene: HOXA6 homeobox A6".
^ Dickson GJ, Kwasniewska A, Mills KI, Lappin TR, Thompson A (March 2009). "Hoxa6 potentiates short-term hemopoietic cell proliferation and extended self-renewal". Experimental Hematology. 37 (3): 322–33.e3. doi:10.1016/j.exphem.2008.10.015. PMID 19157684.
^ Bach C, Buhl S, Mueller D, García-Cuéllar MP, Maethner E, Slany RK (April 2010). "Leukemogenic transformation by HOXA cluster genes". Blood. 115 (14): 2910–8. doi:10.1182/blood-2009-04-216606. PMID 20130239. S2CID 24616899.
^ Kishida Y, Natsume A, Kondo Y, Takeuchi I, An B, Okamoto Y, Shinjo K, Saito K, Ando H, Ohka F, Sekido Y, Wakabayashi T (February 2012). "Epigenetic subclassification of meningiomas based on genome-wide DNA methylation analyses". Carcinogenesis. 33 (2): 436–41. doi:10.1093/carcin/bgr260. PMID 22102699.
^ Guo YB, Shao YM, Chen J, Xu SB, Zhang XD, Wang MR, Liu HY (January 2016). "Effect of overexpression of HOX genes on its invasive tendency in cerebral glioma". Oncology Letters. 11 (1): 75–80. doi:10.3892/ol.2015.3893. PMC 4727036. PMID 26870170.