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CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT
卷 48, 期 2, 页码 676-686出版社
KOREAN CANCER ASSOCIATION
DOI: 10.4143/crt.2015.153
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Epigenomics; DNA methylation; Histone modification; Cisplatin; LPHN2
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- National R&D Program for Cancer Control (MOHW) [0720540]
- Basic Science Research Program (MOE) [NRF-2011-0021123]
- Mid-career Researcher Program (MSIP) [NRF-2013R1A2A2A01009297]
- Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (MOHW), Republic of Korea [HI14C1277]
Purpose Epigenetic alterations of specific genes have recently been identified as diagnostic biomarkers for human cancers. However, there are currently no standardized epigenetic biomarkers for drug sensitivity in human gastrointestinal cancer. Therefore, the aim of this study is to identify a novel epigenetic biomarker in gastrointestinal cancer. Materials and Methods Using bisulfite sequencing and pyrosequencing analysis, DNA methylation patterns of gastric, colon primary tissues and their cancer cells were analyzed, and histone modifications were analyzed using chromatin immunoprecipitation assay. In addition, cancer cells were exposed to cisplatin and treated with a DNA methyltransferase inhibitor. Results We report that in human gastric and colon cancers, latrophilin 2 (LPHN2) is silenced by epigenetic modifications, including CpG island methylation and aberrant histone modifications. We also confirmed that LPHN2 was silenced by DNA hypermethylation in primary gastric and colon tumor tissues compared to their normal counterparts. Interestingly, we found that cancer cells with methylated LPHN2 showed higher sensitivity to cisplatin. Also, 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine combined with cisplatin decreased the cytotoxicity of cisplatin in cancer cells with methylated LPHN2. In addition, LPHN2 knockdown in cancer cells with high LPHN2 expression sensitized these cells to the anti-proliferative effects of cisplatin. Conclusion In human gastrointestinal cancer, we found that LPHN2 is regulated by epigenetic modifications, and that cancer cells with lower LPHN2 expression show higher sensitivity to cisplatin. Therefore, the methylation status of LPHN2 is a potential novel epigenetic biomarker for cisplatin treatment in human gastric and colon cancers.
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