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BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER
卷 94, 期 5, 页码 661-671出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602996
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cadherin; epithelial-mesenchymal transition; promoter methylation; mammary cell lines; TFG beta pathway
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Using genome- wide expression profiling of a panel of 27 human mammary cell lines with different mechanisms of E- cadherin inactivation, we evaluated the relationship between E- cadherin status and gene expression levels. Expression profiles of cell lines with E- cadherin ( CDH1) promoter methylation were significantly different from those with CDH1 expression or, surprisingly, those with CDH1 truncating mutations. Furthermore, we found no significant differentially expressed genes between cell lines with wild- type and mutated CDH1. The expression profile complied with the fibroblastic morphology of the cell lines with promoter methylation, suggestive of epithelial - mesenchymal transition ( EMT). All other lines, also the cases with CDH1 mutations, had epithelial features. Three non- tumorigenic mammary cell lines derived from normal breast epithelium also showed CDH1 promoter methylation, a fibroblastic phenotype and expression profile. We suggest that CDH1 promoter methylation, but not mutational inactivation, is part of an entire programme, resulting in EMT and increased invasiveness in breast cancer. The molecular events that are part of this programme can be inferred from the differentially expressed genes and include genes from the TGF beta pathway, transcription factors involved in CDH1 regulation ( i. e. ZFHXIB, SNAI2, but not SNAII, TWIST), annexins, AP1/ 2 transcription factors and members of the actin and intermediate filament cytoskeleton organisation.
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