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- Title
Frequent silencing of popeye domain-containing genes, BVES and POPDC3, is associated with promoter hypermethylation in gastric cancer.
- Authors
Mirang Kim; Hay-Ran Jang; Keeok Haam; Tae-Wook Kang; Jeong-Hwan Kim; Seon-Young Kim; Seung-Moo Noh; Kyu-Sang Song; June-Sik Cho; Hyun-Yong Jeong; Jin Cheon Kim; Hyang-Sook Yoo; Yong Sung Kim
- Abstract
The Popeye domain-containing (POPDC) genes BVES, POPDC2 and POPDC3 encode proteins that regulate cell–cell adhesion and cell migration during development. Herein, we report the frequent downregulation of BVES and POPDC3 by promoter hypermethylation in gastric cancer. POPDC expression in 11 gastric cancer cell lines and 96 paired gastric tumor and normal adjacent tissues was analyzed with quantitative reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction. The methylation status of BVES and POPDC3 was analyzed with methylated DNA immunoprecipitation sequencing, bisulfite sequencing and pyrosequencing. Expression of BVES and POPDC3 was downregulated in 73% of the gastric cancer cell lines and in 69% (BVES) and 87% (POPDC3) of the gastric cancer tissues. The BVES and POPDC3 promoter regions were hypermethylated in the gastric cancer cell lines in which they were silenced. Combined treatment with a DNA methylation inhibitor and a histone deacetylase inhibitor strongly induced BVES and POPDC3 expression. BVES and POPDC3 were hypermethylated in 69% (BVES) and 64% (POPDC3) of the gastric cancer tissues. We knocked down POPDC3 expression with short hairpin RNAs and examined the consequences on cell migration and invasion. Knockdown of POPDC3 in SNU-216 cells caused increased cell migration and invasion. Thus, epigenetic inactivation of BVES and POPDC3 occurs frequently in gastric tumors and may promote gastric cancer cell migration and invasion.
- Subjects
CANCER cells; METHYLATION; CELLULAR pathology; CELL migration; GENETICS; CYTOLOGY
- Publication
Carcinogenesis, 2010, Vol 31, Issue 9, p1685
- ISSN
0143-3334
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/carcin/bgq144