期刊
BRAIN PATHOLOGY
卷 19, 期 2, 页码 279-292出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2008.00185.x
关键词
DNMT; epigenetics; glioma; MCA-Meth; methylation; tumor suppressor genes
资金
- Departments of Health and Education of the Government of Navarra, Pamplona
- Fondo de Investigacion Sanitaria [PI031356]
- Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnologia y Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional [BFI2003-08775]
Methylation of CpG islands in gene promoters can lead to gene silencing. Together with deletion or mutation, it may cause a loss of function of tumor suppressor genes. RASSF1A (3p21.3), NORE1A (1q32.1) and BLU (3p21.3) have been shown to be downregulated by methylation in cancer, and PTEN (10q23.3) and MGMT (10q26.1) are located in areas commonly deleted in astrocytomas. MGMT methylation predicts a better response and a longer overall survival in patients with glioblastomas treated with temozolomide. We analyzed 53 astrocytoma samples and 10 high-grade glioma cell lines. Gene expression was assessed by RT-PCR. Bisulfite sequencing, MSP and a melting curve analysis-based real-time PCR were performed to detect promoter methylation. Treatments with 5'-aza-2'-deoxicitidine were applied to restore gene expression in cell lines. Ninety-two percent of tumor samples were methylated for RASSF1A, 30%-57% for BLU and 47% for MGMT, suggesting promoter methylation of these genes to be a common event in glioma tumorigenesis. Only 4% of the tumors revealed a methylated promoter for NORE1A. No association between methylation and loss of expression could be established for PTEN. We identified de novo DNMTs overexpression in a subset of tumors which may explain the methylation phenotype of individual gliomas.
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