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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-30
pubmed:abstractText
We hypothesize that elevation of Nm23-H1 expression in micrometastatic breast cancer cells may inhibit their metastatic colonization and further invasion, and induce differentiation, thus resulting in a clinical benefit. The current study investigated the possible contribution of DNA methylation to the regulation of Nm23-H1 expression, based on the observation that two CpG islands are present in its promoter. 5-Aza-2'-deoxycytidine (5-Aza-CdR), a DNA methylation inhibitor, increased the Nm23-H1 expression of 5 of 11 human breast carcinoma cell lines in vitro, including 3 of 3 metastatically competent lines. Increased Nm23-H1 expression was accompanied by a reduction in motility in vitro, with minimal effect on proliferation. Both increased Nm23-H1 expression and decreased motility were observed using low (75 nM) concentrations of 5-Aza-CdR. Array analysis of MDA-MB-231 breast carcinoma cells treated with 5-Aza-CdR confirmed the elevation of nm23-H1 mRNA, whereas relatively few other genes exhibited altered expression. Bisulfite sequencing of the two CpG islands in a panel of cell lines and in 20 infiltrating ductal carcinomas revealed that one island (-3090 bp to -3922 bp) exhibited infrequent differential methylation. The data indicate that DNA methylation inhibitors can directly or indirectly cause both elevation of Nm23-H1 expression and decreased function in one aspect of metastasis, motility.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
61
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2320-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11280805-Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:11280805-Azacitidine, pubmed-meshheading:11280805-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:11280805-Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast, pubmed-meshheading:11280805-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:11280805-CpG Islands, pubmed-meshheading:11280805-DNA Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:11280805-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:11280805-Genes, Tumor Suppressor, pubmed-meshheading:11280805-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11280805-Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11280805-NM23 Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:11280805-Neoplasm Metastasis, pubmed-meshheading:11280805-Nucleoside-Diphosphate Kinase, pubmed-meshheading:11280805-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11280805-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11280805-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:11280805-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Elevation of breast carcinoma Nm23-H1 metastasis suppressor gene expression and reduced motility by DNA methylation inhibition.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Clinical Sciences, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. hartso@box-h.nih.gov
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article