Background: Lamins are the major component of nuclear lamina.
Alternative splicing of the 12 exons comprising lamin A/C gene creates
five known transcript variants, lamin A, lamin C, lamin A10, lamin
A50, and lamin C2. The main objective for this study was to examine the
association of critical pathways, networks, molecular and cellular functions
regulated by each Lamin A/C transcript variants. Methods: Ion AmpliSeq
Transcriptome Human Gene Expression analysis was performed on MCF7 cells stably
transfected with lamin A/C transcript variants. Results: Lamin A or
lamin A50 upregulation was associated with activation of cell death and
inactivation of carcinogenesis while both lamin C or lamin A10
upregulation activated carcinogenesis and cell death. Conclusions: Data
suggest anti-apoptotic and anti-senescence effects of lamin C and lamin
A10 as several functions, including apoptosis and necrosis functions
are inactivated following lamin C or lamin A10 upregulation. However,
lamin A10 upregulation is associated with a more carcinogenic and
aggressive tumor phenotype. Lamin A or lamin A50 upregulation is
associated with a predicted activation of increased cell death and inactivation
of carcinogenesis. Thus, different signaling pathways, networks, molecular and
cellular functions are activated/inactivated by lamin A/C transcript variants
resulting in a large number of laminopathies.