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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-1-31
pubmed:abstractText
Aberrant activation of Wingless-type (Wnt) signaling pathway plays a critical role in oncogenesis of various human cancers. Wnt inhibitory factor-1 (WIF-1) is a secreted antagonist of Wnt signaling and acts through direct binding to Wnt in the extracellular space. Recently, we reported Wnt signaling in various human malignancies. In addition, we identified in lung cancer that WIF-1 is silenced due to promoter hypermethylation. In this study, we found constitutive activation of Wnt signaling and WIF-1 silencing in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) cell lines. Furthermore, by utilizing methylation-specific PCR and sequence analysis, we demonstrated that frequent hypermethylation of the WIF-1 promoter correlates with WIF-1 silencing in NPC cell lines. Our results indicate that aberrant Wnt signaling is a common event in NPC carcinogenesis linked with WIF-1 silencing in at least cell lines. Strategies targeting these molecules should be potentially promising in treating NPC.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
341
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
635-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-9-22
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16427602-Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, pubmed-meshheading:16427602-Azacitidine, pubmed-meshheading:16427602-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:16427602-Carcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:16427602-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16427602-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:16427602-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:16427602-DNA Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:16427602-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:16427602-Gene Silencing, pubmed-meshheading:16427602-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16427602-Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:16427602-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:16427602-Repressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16427602-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:16427602-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:16427602-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:16427602-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:16427602-Wnt Proteins
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Wnt signaling activation and WIF-1 silencing in nasopharyngeal cancer cell lines.
pubmed:affiliation
Thoracic Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't