Human Gene Set: SUZUKI_RESPONSE_TO_TSA_AND_DECITABINE_1A


Standard name SUZUKI_RESPONSE_TO_TSA_AND_DECITABINE_1A
Systematic name M1501
Brief description Genes basally silent, with hypermethylated promoters, up-regulated by the combination of TSA and decitabine [PubChem=5562;451668] in RKO cells (colorectal cancer).
Full description or abstract Aberrant hypermethylation of gene promoters is a major mechanism associated with inactivation of tumor-suppressor genes in cancer. We previously showed this transcriptional silencing to be mediated by both methylation and histone deacetylase activity, with methylation being dominant. Here, we have used cDNA microarray analysis to screen for genes that are epigenetically silenced in human colorectal cancer. By screening over 10,000 genes, we show that our approach can identify a substantial number of genes with promoter hypermethylation in a given cancer; these are distinct from genes with unmethylated promoters, for which increased expression is produced by histone deacetylase inhibition alone. Many of the hypermethylated genes we identified have high potential for roles in tumorigenesis by virtue of their predicted function and chromosome position. We also identified a group of genes that are preferentially hypermethylated in colorectal cancer and gastric cancer. One of these genes, SFRP1, belongs to a gene family; we show that hypermethylation of four genes in this family occurs very frequently in colorectal cancer, providing for (i) a unique potential mechanism for loss of tumor-suppressor gene function and (ii) construction of a molecular marker panel that could detect virtually all colorectal cancer.
Collection C2: Curated
      CGP: Chemical and Genetic Perturbations
Source publication Pubmed 11992124   Authors: Suzuki H,Gabrielson E,Chen W,Anbazhagan R,van Engeland M,Weijenberg MP,Herman JG,Baylin SB
Exact source Table 1: Group 1A
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Source species Homo sapiens
Contributed by John Newman (University of Washington)
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