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• 关键词：Promoter hypermethylation ; Tumor suppressor gene ; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma ; Cyclin A1 ; RARRES1 ; HRASLS3
• 刊名：Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
• 出版年：2008
• 出版时间：July 2008
• 年：2008
• 卷：38
• 期：3
• 页码：IFC
• 全文大小：798 K

文摘

In search for putative tumor suppressor genes critical of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), we analyzed the available information from the expression profiling in conjunction with the comprehensive alleotyping published data relevant to this malignancy. Integration of this information suggested eight potential candidate tumor suppressor genes, CCNA1, HRASLS3, RARRES1, CLMN, EML1, TSC22, LOH11CR2A and MCC. However, to confirm the above observations, we chose to investigate if promoter hypermethylation of these candidate genes would be one of the mechanisms responsible for the de-regulation of gene expression in NPC in addition to the loss of genetic materials. In this study, we detected consistent hypermethylation of the 5′ element of CCNA1, RARRES1, and HRASLS in NPC tissues with prevalence of 48 % , 51 % , and 17 % , respectively. Moreover, we found a similar profile of promoter hypermethylation in primary cultured NPC cells but none in normal nasopharyngeal epithelium or leukocytes, which further substantiate our hypothesis. Our data indicate that CCNA1, RARRES1, and HRASLS3 may be the putative tumor suppressor genes in NPC.