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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
18
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-9-16
pubmed:abstractText
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in the United States, and aberrant DNA methylation is known to be an early molecular event in its development. Here, we have used expression profiling to identify novel hypermethylated genes whose expression is induced by treatment of prostate cancer cell lines with the DNA methyltransferase inhibitor 5-Aza-2'-deoxycytidine (5-aza-dC). Of the 271 genes that were induced by 5-aza-dC treatment, 25 also displayed reduced expression in primary prostate tumors compared with normal prostate tissue, and the decreased expression of only one gene, aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 family, member A2 (ALDH1a2), was also associated with shorter recurrence-free survival. ALDH1a2 encodes an enzyme responsible for synthesis of retinoic acid (RA), a compound with prodifferentiation properties. By immunohistochemistry, we observed that ALDH1a2 was expressed in epithelia from normal prostate but not prostate cancer. Using bisulfite sequencing, we determined that the ALDH1a2 promoter region was significantly hypermethylated in primary prostate tumors compared with normal prostate specimens (P = 0.01). Finally, transfection-mediated reexpression of wild-type ALDH1a2 (but not a presumptive catalytically dead mutant) in the prostate cancer cell line DU145 resulted in decreased colony growth (P < 0.0001), comparable with treatment with either 5-aza-dC or RA. Taken together, our findings implicate ALDH1a2 as a candidate tumor suppressor gene in prostate cancer and further support a role of retinoids in the prevention or treatment of prostate cancer.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
65
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
8118-24
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16166285-Aldehyde Dehydrogenase, pubmed-meshheading:16166285-Azacitidine, pubmed-meshheading:16166285-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:16166285-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:16166285-DNA Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:16166285-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:16166285-Gene Expression Profiling, pubmed-meshheading:16166285-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:16166285-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:16166285-Genes, Tumor Suppressor, pubmed-meshheading:16166285-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16166285-Isoenzymes, pubmed-meshheading:16166285-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16166285-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:16166285-Neoplastic Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:16166285-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:16166285-Prostate, pubmed-meshheading:16166285-Prostatic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:16166285-Retinal Dehydrogenase, pubmed-meshheading:16166285-Tretinoin
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
The retinoic acid synthesis gene ALDH1a2 is a candidate tumor suppressor in prostate cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-5176, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't