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- Title
- Epigenetic silencing of BTB and CNC homology 2 and concerted promoter CpG methylation in gastric cancer
- Author(s)
- Keeok Ham; Hee Jin Kim; K T Lee; Jeong Hwan Kim; Mi Rang Kim; Seon-Young Kim; S M Noh; K S Song; Yong Sung Kim
- Bibliographic Citation
- Cancer Letters, vol. 351, no. 2, pp. 206-214
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Abstract
- BTB and CNC homology 2 (BACH2) is a lymphoid-specific transcription factor with a prominent role in B-cell development. Genetic polymorphisms within a single locus encoding BACH2 are associated with various autoimmune diseases and allergies. In this study, restriction landmark genomic scanning revealed methylation at a NotI site in a CpG island covering the BACH2 promoter in gastric cancer cell lines and primary gastric tumors. Increased methylation of the BACH2 promoter was observed in 52% (43/83) of primary gastric tumors, and BACH2 hypermethylation was significantly associated with decreased gene expression. Treatment with 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine and/or trichostatin. A restored BACH2 expression in BACH2-silenced gastric cancer cell lines, and knockdown of BACH2 using short hairpin RNA (i.e. RNA interference) increased cell proliferation in gastric cancer cells. Clinicopathologic data showed that decreased BACH2 expression occurred significantly more frequently in intestinal-type (27/44, 61%) compared with diffuse-type (13/50, 26%) gastric cancers (P<0.001). Furthermore, BACH2 promoter methylation paralleled that of previously identified targets, such as LRRC3B, LIMS2, PRKD1 and POPDC3, in a given set of gastric tumors. We propose that concerted methylation in many promoters plays a role in accelerating gastric tumor formation and that methylated promoter loci may be targets for therapeutic treatment, such as the recently introduced technique of epigenetic editing.
- Keyword
- BACH2Concerted methylationGastric cancerRLGS
- ISSN
- 0304-3835
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- DOI
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canlet.2014.05.009
- Type
- Article
- Appears in Collections:
- Aging Convergence Research Center > 1. Journal Articles
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