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CANCER RESEARCH
卷 64, 期 15, 页码 5172-5177出版社
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-03-3314
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We have identified a novel gene encoding a pyrin domain protein of 8 amino acids that is expressed in various tissues including liver, brain, an spleen. The protein is highly homologous to the pyrin domain of apoptosis-associated speck-like protein (ASC). Therefore, we termed it ASC-like (ASCL). We found that ASCL gene was densely and frequently (80%) methylated in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell lines. In contrast, normal liver samples did not show any significant methylation. This aberrant methylation correlated well with the suppression of RNA expression. Furthermore, a demethylating agent, 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine, reactivated the ASCL expression in the methylation-silenced cells, indicating that ASCL is silenced by the associated DNA methylation. ASCL methylation was also found in primary HCC (4 of 17 samples), although the frequency was less than that in cell lines. In addition, we found that AS was also methylated in primary samples (6 of the 17). Interestingly, either ASCL or ASC methylation was observed in 53% (9 of the 17) of primary HCC samples. Significantly, the restoration of ASCL in the methylation silenced cells demonstrated growth suppression in colony formation assay This growth suppression effect of ASCL was supported by apoptotic changes observed in ASCL-transfected cells in which annexin-V bindin was positive and caspase-3 was activated. Based on the methylation silencing and the growth suppression activity, we propose that ASC plays a significant role in the development of HCC.
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