Decreased expression of the DBC2 gene and its clinicopathological significance in breast cancer: correlation with aberrant DNA methylation

Autor: Jinlian Song, Lin Hou, Li Wu, Yinlin Ge, Zhongliang Ma, Dong-Liang Lin, Lin-Lin Han
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Biotechnology Letters. 35:1175-1181
ISSN: 1573-6776
0141-5492
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-013-1190-x
Popis: Loss of DBC2 (deleted in breast cancer 2) gene expression is frequent in breast cancer tissues. This can be explained by homozygous deletions or other mutations in a minority of cases but alternative mechanisms need to be investigated. Here, DBC2 expression was significantly suppressed compared with normal breast tissues in breast cancer tissues when analyzed by RT-PCR. Furthermore, DNA methylation on DBC2 was more prevalent in breast tumors than in normal tissues. DBC2 mRNA levels correlated with the degree of DBC2 methylation in breast cancer tissues and in a breast cancer cell line (T47D). Clinico-pathological correlation analysis showed that DBC2 promoter methylation was associated with tumor-node-metastasis stages II and III/IV, lymph node metastasis, p53 mutation, and HER2-positive status. Thus loss of DBC2 expression is caused by abnormal methylation of DBC2 and might have a role in breast cancer development.
Databáze: OpenAIRE