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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
34
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-7-26
pubmed:abstractText
To investigate the mechanism by which HSulf-1 expression is downregulated in ovarian cancer, DNA methylation and histone acetylation of HSulf-1 was analysed in ovarian cancer cell lines and primary tumors. Treatment of OV207 and SKOV3 by 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine resulted in increased transcription of HSulf-1. Sequence analysis of bisulfite-modified genomic DNA from ovarian cell lines and primary tumors without HSulf-1 expression revealed an increase in the frequency of methylation of 12 CpG sites in exon 1A. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assays showed an increase in histone H3 methylation in cell lines without HSulf-1 expression. To assess the significance of HSulf-1 downregulation in ovarian cancer, OV167 and OV202 cells were transfected with HSulf-1 siRNA. Downregulation of HSulf-1 expression in OV167 and OV202 cells lead to an attenuation of cisplatin-induced cytotoxicity. Moreover, patients with ovarian tumors expressing higher levels of HSulf-1 showed a 90% response rate (27/30) to chemotherapy compared to a response rate of 63% (19/30) in those with weak or moderate levels (P=0.0146, chi(2) test). Collectively, these data indicate that HSulf-1 is epigenetically silenced in ovarian cancer and that epigenetic therapy targeting HSulf-1 might sensitize ovarian tumors to conventional first-line therapies.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0950-9232
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
26
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4969-78
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17310998-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:17310998-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:17310998-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:17310998-Antineoplastic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:17310998-Azacitidine, pubmed-meshheading:17310998-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:17310998-Chromatin, pubmed-meshheading:17310998-Cisplatin, pubmed-meshheading:17310998-CpG Islands, pubmed-meshheading:17310998-DNA Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:17310998-Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:17310998-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:17310998-Epigenesis, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:17310998-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17310998-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:17310998-Gene Silencing, pubmed-meshheading:17310998-Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:17310998-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17310998-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:17310998-Ovarian Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:17310998-Sulfotransferases
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Epigenetic silencing of HSulf-1 in ovarian cancer:implications in chemoresistance.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural