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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-10-18
pubmed:abstractText
The gene hypermethylated in cancer 1 (HIC1) is epigenetically inactivated, but not mutated, in cancer. Here we show that cooperative loss of Hic1 with p53, but not INK4a, yields distinct tumor phenotypes in mice. Germline deletion of one allele of each gene on the opposite chromosome yields breast and ovarian carcinomas and metastatic osteosarcomas with epigenetic inactivation of the wild-type Hic1 allele. Germline deletion of the two genes on the same chromosome results in earlier appearance and increased prevalence and aggressiveness of osteosarcomas with genetic deletion of both wild-type genes. In human osteosarcomas, hypermethylation of HIC1 is frequent only in tumors with p53 mutations. Our results indicate the importance of genes altered only through epigenetic mechanisms in cancer progression in conjunction with genetically modified tumor suppressor genes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1535-6108
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
387-98
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15488761-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15488761-Cell Transformation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:15488761-Chromosome Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:15488761-Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16, pubmed-meshheading:15488761-DNA Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:15488761-Epigenesis, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:15488761-Genes, Tumor Suppressor, pubmed-meshheading:15488761-Heterozygote, pubmed-meshheading:15488761-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15488761-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:15488761-Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15488761-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15488761-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:15488761-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:15488761-Neoplasm Metastasis, pubmed-meshheading:15488761-Osteosarcoma, pubmed-meshheading:15488761-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:15488761-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:15488761-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15488761-Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Epigenetic and genetic loss of Hic1 function accentuates the role of p53 in tumorigenesis.
pubmed:affiliation
Cancer Biology Program, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 1650 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.