RRC ID 44461
著者 Zhao J, Liang Q, Cheung KF, Kang W, Dong Y, Lung RW, Tong JH, To KF, Sung JJ, Yu J.
タイトル Somatostatin receptor 1, a novel EBV-associated CpG hypermethylated gene, contributes to the pathogenesis of EBV-associated gastric cancer.
ジャーナル Br J Cancer
Abstract BACKGROUND:Somatostatin receptor 1 (SSTR1) was preferentially methylated in Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-positive gastric cancer using promoter methylation array. We aimed to analyse the epigenetic alteration and biological function of SSTR1 in EBV-associated gastric cancer (EBVaGC).
METHODS:Promoter methylation was examined by combined bisulphite restriction analysis (COBRA) and pyrosequencing. The biological functions of SSTR1 were evaluated by loss- and gain-of-function assays.
RESULTS:Promoter hypermethylation of SSTR1 was detected in EBV-positive gastric cancer cell lines (AGS-EBV) with SSTR1 transcriptional silence, but not in EBV-negative gastric cancer cell lines with SSTR1 expression. Expression level of SSTR1 was restored in AGS-EBV by exposure to demethylating agent. Moreover, methylation level of SSTR1 was significantly higher in EBV-positive primary gastric cancers compared with EBV-negative gastric cancers (P=0.004). Knock-down of SSTR1 in gastric cancer cell lines (AGS and BGC823) increased cell proliferation and colony formation ability, and promoted G1 to S-phase transition, enhanced cell migration and invasive ability. In contrast, ectopic expression of SSTR1 in gastric cancer cell lines (MKN28 and MGC803) significantly suppressed cell growth in culture conditions and reduced tumour size in nude mice. The tumour suppressive effect of SSTR1 was associated with upregulation of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors (p16, p15, p27 and p21); downregulation of oncogenes (MYC and MDM2), key cell proliferation and pro-survival regulators (PI3KR1, AKT, BCL-XL and MET); and inhibition of the migration/invasion-related genes (integrins, MMP1 (matrix metallopeptidase 1), PLAUR (plasminogen activator urokinase receptor) and IL8 (interleukin 8)).
CONCLUSION:Somatostatin receptor 1 is a novel methylated gene driven by EBV infection in gastric cancer cells and acts as a potential tumour suppressor.
巻・号 108(12)
ページ 2557-64
公開日 2013-6-25
DOI 10.1038/bjc.2013.263
PII bjc2013263
PMID 23722468
PMC PMC3694244
MeSH Animals Cell Line, Tumor Cell Transformation, Viral / genetics* CpG Islands / genetics DNA Methylation* Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / complications* Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic Genes, Tumor Suppressor / physiology Herpesvirus 4, Human / physiology* Humans Male Mice Mice, Inbred BALB C Mice, Nude Receptors, Somatostatin / genetics* Stomach Neoplasms / genetics* Stomach Neoplasms / pathology Stomach Neoplasms / virology*
IF 5.791
引用数 21
WOS 分野 ONCOLOGY
リソース情報
ヒト・動物細胞 MKN28(RCB1000) MKN45(RCB1001)