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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
39
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-9-4
pubmed:abstractText
16q24 is frequently deleted in multiple tumors including cancers of nasopharynx, esophagus, breast, prostate and liver. By array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH), we refined a 16q24 hemizygous deletion in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) cell lines. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR analysis revealed interferon regulatory factor 8 (IRF8) as the only downregulated gene within this deletion. IRF8 belongs to a family of interferon (IFN) regulatory factors that modulate various important physiologic processes including host defense, cell growth and differentiation and immune regulation. In contrast to the broad expression of IRF8 in normal adult and fetal tissues, transcriptional silencing and promoter methylation of IRF8 were frequently detected in multiple carcinoma (except for hepatocellular) cell lines (100% in NPC, 88% in esophageal and 18-78% in other carcinoma cell lines) and in a large collection of primary carcinomas (78% in NPC, 36-71% in other carcinomas). Methylation of the IRF8 promoter led to the disruption of its response to IFN-gamma stimulation. Pharmacological and genetic demethylation could restore IRF8 expression, indicating a direct epigenetic mechanism. Ectopic expression of IRF8 in tumor cells lacking its expression strongly inhibited their clonogenicity, confirming its tumor suppressor function. Thus, IRF8 was identified as a functional tumor suppressor, which is frequently silenced by epigenetic mechanism in multiple carcinomas.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1476-5594
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
4
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5267-76
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Epigenetic disruption of interferon-gamma response through silencing the tumor suppressor interferon regulatory factor 8 in nasopharyngeal, esophageal and multiple other carcinomas.
pubmed:affiliation
State Key Laboratory in Oncology in South China, Sir YK Pao Center for Cancer, Department of Clinical Oncology, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't