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Effects of specific DNMT gene depletion on cancer cell transformation and breast cancer cell invasion; toward selective DNMT inhibitors.

Abstract：

:A hallmark of cancer is aberrant DNA methylation, consisting of global hypomethylation and regional hypermethylation of tumor suppressor genes. DNA methyltransferase inhibitors have been recognized as promising candidate anticancer drugs. Drug development has focused on DNA methylation inhibitors with the goal of activating tumor suppressor genes silenced by DNA methylation. 5-azacytidine (5-AC; Vidaza), a global DNA methyltransferase inhibitor, was Food and Drug Administration approved to treat myelodysplastic syndromes and is clinically tested for solid tumors. In this paper, it was demonstrated that 5'-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (5-azaCdR) activated both silenced tumor suppressor genes and pro-metastatic genes by demethylation, raising the concern that it would promote metastasis. 5-AzaCdR treatment increased the invasiveness of non-invasive breast cancer cell lines MCF-7 cells and ZR-75-1 and dramatically induced pro-metastatic genes; Urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA), matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP2), metastasis-associated gene (H-MTS1; S100A4) and C-X-C chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4). The hypothesis that the blocking of cellular transformation activity of DNA methyltransferase inhibitor could be separated from the pro-metastatic activity was tested using short interfering RNA (siRNA) targeted to the different DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) genes. Although depletion of DNMT1 had the strongest effect on colony growth suppression in cellular transformation assays, it did not result in demethylation and activation of uPA, S100A4, MMP2 and CXCR4 in MCF-7 cells. Depletion of DNMT1 did not induce cellular invasion in MCF-7 and ZR-75-1 non-invasive breast cancer cell lines. These data have implications on the design of new DNA methyltransferase inhibitor and on the proper utilization of current inhibitors.

journal_name

Carcinogenesis

journal_title

Carcinogenesis

authors

Chik F,Szyf M

doi

10.1093/carcin/bgq221

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2011-02-01 00:00:00

pages

224-32

issue

eissn

0143-3334

issn

1460-2180

pii

bgq221

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Effects of specific DNMT gene depletion on cancer cell transformation and breast cancer cell invasion; toward selective DNMT inhibitors.