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HEMATOLOGICAL ONCOLOGY
卷 20, 期 4, 页码 167-176出版社
JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD
DOI: 10.1002/hon.694
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hypermethylation; hematologic malignancy; tumour suppressor gene; CpG island
Cancer cells are associated with global hypomethylation but with focal h permethylation of specific gene promoters organized as CpG island. D A methyltransferases. DNMT1 and 3 (3a and 3b), have been implicated in mediating maintenance and de novo methylation. Hypermethylation of gene promoters results in the inactivation of the corresponding genes. by preclusion of the formation of the transcription complex, due to the recruitment of MBP. MeCPs and histone deacetylase. This results in the deacetylation of histone and thus a compact chromatin complex unfavourable for the initiation of transcription. This methylation-associated gene silencing has been demonstrated in various genes including tumour suppressor genes (p15, p16, p73, VHL). Therefore. gene promoter hypermethylation collaborates with 3 other mechanisms of gene inactivation such as deletion and intragenic Mutations to fulfil Knudson's hypothesis. Hypermethylation may serve as a molecular disease marker for the detection of minimal residual disease. Emerging evidence suggests a possible prognostic value of gene promoter hypermethylation. Moreover. gene hypermethylation may also serve as a target for therapeutic invention by hypomethylating agents. Copyright (C) 2002 John Wiley Sons. Ltd.
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