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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-1-26
pubmed:abstractText
The identification of cancer genes differentially expressed in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) plays an important role in understanding the molecular mechanisms of hepatocarcinogenesis. Here, ARHI gene expression was analyzed by real-time RT-PCR and it was significantly downregulated in 33 of the 42 (78.6%, more than two folds) HCC specimens compared with adjacent noncancerous livers (P < 0.01). In addition, ARHI expression was reduced in some HCC samples at protein level confirmed by immunohistochemistry. Furthermore, our data suggested that the overexpression of ARHI can significantly inhibit cell growth and colony formation of Hep3B cells (P < 0.01), whilst silencing endogenous ARHI gene by RNAi could promote cell growth of Huh-7 and Focus. LOH of microsatellite markers D1S2806 and D1S2803 was only found in 2.4% (1 of 42 HCCs) of HCC cases. The expression of ARHI was obviously re-expressed in some HCC cells, Bel-7402, Bel-7405, QGY-7703 and Hep3B, by a demethylation agent, 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (DAC). DNA hypermethylation within ARHI promoter was identified in 47.1% of HCC specimens without ARHI expression. Our current observations provide evidences that ARHI downregulated in HCCs could play a role in liver cancer via acting as a tumor suppressor gene, which mainly was triggered by the epigenetic events in HCC specimens.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1098-2744
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
48
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
130-40
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18612997-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:18612997-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:18612997-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:18612997-Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, pubmed-meshheading:18612997-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:18612997-Cell Transformation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:18612997-DNA Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:18612997-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:18612997-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18612997-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18612997-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:18612997-Liver Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:18612997-Loss of Heterozygosity, pubmed-meshheading:18612997-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18612997-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:18612997-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:18612997-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:18612997-RNA Interference, pubmed-meshheading:18612997-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:18612997-rho GTP-Binding Proteins
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
ARHI, as a novel suppressor of cell growth and downregulated in human hepatocellular carcinoma, could contribute to hepatocarcinogenesis.
pubmed:affiliation
Rui Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Chinese National Human Genome Center at Shanghai, Shanghai, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't