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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
22
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-11-23
pubmed:abstractText
The retinoblastoma protein-interacting zinc finger gene RIZ1 is a tumor suppressor gene and a member of a nuclear histone/protein methyltransferase superfamily. RIZ1 inactivation is commonly found in many types of human cancers and occurs through loss of mRNA expression, frameshift mutation, chromosomal deletion, and missense mutation. RIZ1 is also a tumor susceptibility gene in mice. We now show that loss of RIZ1 mRNA in human cancers is associated with DNA methylation of its promoter CpG island. Methylation of the RIZ1 promoter strongly correlated with lost or decreased RIZ1 mRNA expression in breast, liver, colon, and lung cancer cell lines as well as in liver cancer tissues. Treatment with the methylation inhibitor 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine activated RIZ1 mRNA expression in cancer cells. Furthermore, methylation was found in 11 of 25 (44%) breast cancer specimens and 20 of 32 (62%) liver cancer specimens. Our results suggest that DNA methylation is a common mechanism in inactivating the RIZ1 tumor suppressor gene in human liver and breast cancers.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Azacitidine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA, Neoplasm, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Enzyme Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Methyltransferases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nuclear Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/PRDM2 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein Methyltransferases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Retinoblastoma Protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/decitabine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/histone methyltransferase
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
61
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
8094-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11719434-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11719434-Azacitidine, pubmed-meshheading:11719434-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11719434-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:11719434-CpG Islands, pubmed-meshheading:11719434-DNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:11719434-DNA Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:11719434-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11719434-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:11719434-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:11719434-Gene Silencing, pubmed-meshheading:11719434-Genes, Tumor Suppressor, pubmed-meshheading:11719434-Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:11719434-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11719434-Methyltransferases, pubmed-meshheading:11719434-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11719434-Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:11719434-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11719434-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11719434-Protein Methyltransferases, pubmed-meshheading:11719434-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11719434-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11719434-Retinoblastoma Protein, pubmed-meshheading:11719434-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11719434-Zinc Fingers
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Hypermethylation in human cancers of the RIZ1 tumor suppressor gene, a member of a histone/protein methyltransferase superfamily.
pubmed:affiliation
The Burnham Institute, 10901 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't