Clinical Significance of Frequently Down-Regulated Phosphatidylethanolamine-Binding Protein-1 in Gallbladder Cancer.
Dig Dis Sci
; 69(2): 502-509, 2024 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Promoter hypermethylation of tumor suppressor genes has been demonstrated to be one of the major mechanisms of their epigenetic regulation in various reports. We have studied the promoter methylation status of PEBP1 and evaluated its correlation with gallbladder carcinogenesis.AIMS:
PEBP1, an endogenous inhibitor of Raf/MEK/ERK signaling pathway, is a tumor suppressor gene. We aimed to study the expression profile of PEBP1 and understand the mechanism and significance of its deregulation in gallbladder cancer.METHODS:
PEBP1 expression analysis and its promoter methylation status were investigated in 77 gallbladder carcinoma (GBC) and tissue biopsies from 28 patients of gallstone disease by RT-PCR and MS-PCR, respectively.RESULTS:
Our results of the mRNA expression profiling demonstrate that PEBP1 is down-regulated in 62.3% (48/77), while 31.2% (24/77) of the gallbladder cancer biopsies show no significant change and 6.5% (5/77) show up-regulated expression compared to tissue samples of gallstone diseases. In GBC, 48.1% (N = 37) GBC biopsy samples exhibited significantly heterozygous promoter hypermethylation compared to tissue samples from gallstone diseases which show promoter hypermethylation in 3 (10.7%) samples only. In gallbladder cancer, the PEBP1 methylation is significantly associated with lymph node metastasis and shorter period of survival.CONCLUSION:
PEBP1 is frequently down-regulated and hypermethylated in gallbladder cancer and its promoter hypermethylation is a frequent and early inactivating mechanism in GBC.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Carcinoma in Situ
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Colelitíase
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Neoplasias da Vesícula Biliar
Limite:
Humans
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En
Ano de publicação:
2024
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