Journal
ONCOGENE
Volume 28, Issue 31, Pages 2821-2828Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/onc.2009.137
Keywords
esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; PCAF; tumor suppressor gene; loss of heterozygosity; methylation
Funding
- Research Grant Council Central Allocation [HKUST 2/06C]
- Sun Yat-Sen University 'Hundred Talents Program' [85000-3171311]
- Major State Basic Research Program of China [2006CB910104]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30772475]
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Deletion of 3p is one of the most frequent genetic alterations in many tumors, including esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). In our recent study, deletion of 3p24 was frequently detected in ESCC and one candidate tumor suppressor gene (TSG), p300/CBP-associated factor ( PCAF), was identified within the region. In this study, downregulation of PCAF was detected in 23/40 (57.5%) of primary ESCCs and 4/9 (44.4%) of the ESCC cell lines. A further study found that downregulation of PCAF was also associated with hypermethylation of the promoter region of PCAF gene. Methylation-specific PCR found that promoter methylation was detected in 28/40 (70%) of primary ESCCs and 5/9 (55.6%) of ESCC cell lines. In addition, the expression of PCAF could be reactivated in ESCC cell line KYSE510 after demethylation treatment with 5-aza-dC. Functional studies showed that PCAF was able to suppress tumorigenicity of ESCC cells both in vitro and in vivo, including foci formation, colony formation in soft agar and tumor formation in nude mice. Molecular study found that the tumor suppressive mechanism of PCAF was associated with its role in cell cycle arrest at the G1/S checkpoint by the downregulation of CDK2 and upregulation of p21(waf1/Cip1), Smad4, Rb and p27(Kip1). In conclusion, PCAF might be the target TSG responsible for the 3p24 deletion event, which has an important role in the development and progression of ESCC. Oncogene ( 2009) 28, 2821-2828; doi:10.1038/onc.2009.137; published online 15 June 2009
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