Human Gene Set: TING_SILENCED_BY_DICER


Standard name TING_SILENCED_BY_DICER
Systematic name M8943
Brief description Epigenetically silenced genes up-regulated in HCT116 cells (colon cancer) hypomorphic for DICER1 [GeneID=23405].
Full description or abstract Promoter hypermethylation is a prevalent phenomenon, found in virtually all cancer types studied thus far, and accounts for tumor suppressor gene silencing in the absence of genetic mutations. The mechanism behind the establishment and maintenance of such aberrant hypermethylation has been under intense study. Here, we have uncovered a link between aberrant gene silencing associated with promoter CpG island DNA methylation and the siRNA/miRNA processing enzyme, DICER, in human cancer cells. By comparing demethylated HCT116 colon cancer cells with HCT116 cells genetically rendered hypomorphic for DICER, we identified a group of epigenetically silenced genes that became reactivated in the absence of functional DICER. This reactivation is associated with a dramatic loss of localized promoter DNA hypermethylation. Thus, intact DICER is required to maintain full promoter DNA hypermethylation of select epigenetically silenced loci in human cancer cells.
Collection C2: Curated
      CGP: Chemical and Genetic Perturbations
Source publication Pubmed 18413723   Authors: Ting AH,Suzuki H,Cope L,Schuebel KE,Lee BH,Toyota M,Imai K,Shinomura Y,Tokino T,Baylin SB
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Organism Homo sapiens
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