ADAM12 is A Potential Therapeutic Target Regulated by Hypomethylation in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.
Int J Mol Sci
; 21(3)2020 Jan 30.
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| ID: mdl-32019179
ABSTRACT
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive breast cancer subtype and currently lacks any effective targeted therapy. Since epigenetic alterations are a common event in TNBC, DNA methylation profiling can be useful for identifying potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets. Here, genome-wide DNA methylation from eight TNBC and six non-neoplastic tissues was analysed using Illumina Human Methylation 450K BeadChip. Results were validated by pyrosequencing in an independent cohort of 50 TNBC and 24 non-neoplastic samples, where protein expression was also assessed by immunohistochemistry. The functional role of disintegrin and metalloproteinase domain-containing protein 12(ADAM12) in TNBC cell proliferation, migration and drug response was analysed by gene expression silencing with short hairpin RNA. Three genes (Von Willenbrand factor C and Epidermal Growth Factor domain-containing protein (VWCE), tetraspanin-9 (TSPAN9) and ADAM12) were found to be exclusively hypomethylated in TNBC. Furthermore, ADAM12 hypomethylation was associated with a worse outcome in TNBC tissues and was also found in adjacent-to-tumour tissue and, preliminarily, in plasma from TNBC patients. In addition, ADAM12 silencing decreased TNBC cell proliferation and migration and improved doxorubicin sensitivity in TNBC cells. Our results indicate that ADAM12 is a potential therapeutic target and its hypomethylation could be a poor outcome biomarker in TNBC.
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Biomarcadores Tumorais
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Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica
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Metilação de DNA
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Tetraspaninas
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Neoplasias de Mama Triplo Negativas
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Proteína ADAM12
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2020
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Espanha