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Epigenetic regulation of Myc on retinoic acid receptor beta and PDLIM4 in RWPE1 cells.
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BACKGROUND: Hypermethylation of CpG islands is a common epigenetic alteration associated with cancer. Tumor suppressor genes retinoic acid receptor beta (RARbeta) and PDLIM4 are hypermethylated and silenced in prostate cancer (PCa) tissues and PCa cell lines compared to normal prostate cells. METHODS: In this study, a benign prostate epithelial cell line RWPE1 was used as a model to study the epigenetic regulation of Myc on the RARbeta and PDLIM4 promoters. Forced Myc overexpression inhibited the RARbeta and PDLIM4 expression. RESULTS: Pyrosequencing study showed that Myc overexpression increased methylation in several CpG sites of both promoters. A DNA methylation inhibitor 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine reversed the epigenetic alteration effect of Myc on both RARbeta and PDLIM4. CONCLUSION: The epigenetic regulation of Myc may be related to its up-regulation of the DNA methyltransferase DNMT3a and DNMT3b.
He M, Vanaja DK, Karnes RJ, and Young CY
The Prostate 69(15):1643-50, 2009 Nov 1 - Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 19623543 | Fulltext
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