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CANCER CELL
卷 3, 期 1, 页码 89-95出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/S1535-6108(02)00234-9
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- NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE [R01CA043318, P50CA062924, R01CA054396, P50CA088843, R01CA043460, R01CA065145, R37CA043460] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- AHRQ HHS [HS 11858] Funding Source: Medline
- NCI NIH HHS [P50 CA88843, CA65145, CA62924, CA54396, CA43460, CA43318] Funding Source: Medline
We attempted to answer two central questions about epigenetic silencing of the tumor suppressor gene p16(INK4a) in this study: (1) whether the maintenance of associated histone modifications is dependent on DNA methylation and (2) whether such histone modifications can occur prior to DNA methylation. By coupling chromatin immunoprecipitation with gene targeting and the analysis of specific alleles, we found that elimination of DNA methylation from a p16(INK4a) allele resulted in profound changes in surrounding histones. After continued passage of such cells, methylation of histone H3 lysine-9 occurred in conjunction with re-silencing in the absence of DNA methylation. These results have important implications for understanding the biochemical events underlying the silencing of tumor suppressor genes and the resultant growth suppression.
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