Original Article Page 1 of 15 Metallothionein 2A an interactive protein linking phosphorylated FADD to NF-κB pathway leads to colorectal cancer formation Faiz M. M. T. Marikar1, Guanghui Jin2, Wang Sheng3, Dingyuan Ma4, Zichun Hua3 1Molecular Biology Unit, Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Kandawala Estate, Ratmalana, Sri Lanka; 2Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China; 3The State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, College of Life Science and School of Stomatology, Affiliated Stomatological Hospital, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210004, China; 4Center of Prenatal Diagnosis, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210004, China Contributions: (I) Conception and design: FM Marikar; (II) Administrative support: None; (III) Provision of study materials or patients: None; (IV) Collection and assembly of data: All authors; (V) Data analysis and interpretation: FM Marikar, G Jin, W Sheng, D Ma; (VI) Manuscript writing: All authors; (VII) Final approval of manuscript: All authors. Correspondence to: Faiz M. M. T. Marikar. Molecular Biology Unit, Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Kandawala Estate, Ratmalana, Sri Lanka. Email:
[email protected]. Background: The rapid increase in the incidence rate of colorectal cancer has led to the search and identification of biomarkers that can predict risk for and future behavior of this malignancy and management. To study the biological role of the phosphorylated Fas associated death domain (pFADD) gene in colorectal cancer, we performed a GAL4-based yeast two-hybrid screening of a human heart cDNA library. Methods: A series of two yeast hybrid method was used to identification of protein-protein interaction. It was confirmed by glutathione S-transferase (GST) pull down assay and co-immunoprecipitation (co-IP).