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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-4-2
pubmed:abstractText
Deleted in Colorectal Cancer (DCC) is a putative tumor suppressor gene, whose loss has been implicated in colorectal tumorigenesis. Decreased or loss of DCC expression has been demonstrated in a number of human cancers, including esophageal cancer. In this study, we analyzed esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) cell lines and primary ESCCs as well as normal esophageal tissues for DCC methylation by bisulfite sequencing, methylation-specific PCR (MSP) and/or quantitative methylation-specific PCR (qMSP). When a qMSP cut-off value for positivity was set to 1.0, DCC methylation was detected in 10 of 12 ESCC cell lines tested, 74% of primary ESCCs (n = 70), 0% of corresponding normal esophageal tissues (n = 20) and 0% of normal esophagus from healthy individuals (n = 19). DCC expression was undetectable in the majority of ESCC cell lines, and treatment with the DNA methyltransferase inhibitor 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine reactivated gene expression. DCC overexpression suppressed colony formation in ESCC cell lines, suggesting that DCC may function as a tumor suppressor gene in the esophagus. However, DCC methylation was not associated with any clinical or pathologic parameters measured. We have demonstrated that DCC methylation is a frequent and cancer-specific event in primary ESCCs, suggesting that DCC and associated pathways may represent a new diagnostical therapeutic target.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1097-0215
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
122
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2498-502
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-9-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18302152-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:18302152-Carcinoma, Squamous Cell, pubmed-meshheading:18302152-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:18302152-DNA Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:18302152-Early Diagnosis, pubmed-meshheading:18302152-Esophageal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:18302152-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18302152-Genes, DCC, pubmed-meshheading:18302152-Genes, Tumor Suppressor, pubmed-meshheading:18302152-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18302152-Lymphatic Metastasis, pubmed-meshheading:18302152-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18302152-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:18302152-Neoplasm Invasiveness, pubmed-meshheading:18302152-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:18302152-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:18302152-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
DCC promoter hypermethylation in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Otolaryngology, Division of Head and Neck Cancer Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article