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Evaluation of epigenetic modulation of cyclooxygenase-2 as a prognostic marker for hepatocellular carcinoma.


ABSTRACT: Cyclooxygenases (COX-1 and 2) catalyze the first step in prostanoid biosynthesis. They are implicated in homeostatic processes with an important role in inflammation and carcinogenesis. In the liver, COX-2 expression is restricted to proliferation or dedifferentiation situations. The COX-2 promoter contains numerous CpG islands that, when hypermethylated, result in transcriptionally silencing thus regulating the growth of carcinoma cells. In this work, we investigated whether a correlation exists between COX-2 expression and methylation signatures at the 5'region of the gene in hepatoma cell lines and human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We also examined the acetylation status of the COX-2 promoter and the effects of histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors on COX-2 expression. Our results suggest a significant association between reduced COX-2 expression and promoter hypermethylation of COX-2 and histone deacetylation in some hepatoma cell lines and in HCC. Treatment with demethylating agents or HDAC inhibitors restored the expression of COX-2. Moreover, in an HCC cohort, a statistically significant inverse association was observed between COX-2 mRNA levels and promoter methylation. In agreement with these data, a reduction of overall survival of the patients was observed after decreased COX-2 expression by promoter hypermethylation and histone H3 hypoacetylation.

SUBMITTER: Fernandez-Alvarez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3412654 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Evaluation of epigenetic modulation of cyclooxygenase-2 as a prognostic marker for hepatocellular carcinoma.

Fernández-Alvarez A A   Llorente-Izquierdo C C   Mayoral R R   Agra N N   Boscá L L   Casado M M   Martín-Sanz P P  

Oncogenesis 20120709


Cyclooxygenases (COX-1 and 2) catalyze the first step in prostanoid biosynthesis. They are implicated in homeostatic processes with an important role in inflammation and carcinogenesis. In the liver, COX-2 expression is restricted to proliferation or dedifferentiation situations. The COX-2 promoter contains numerous CpG islands that, when hypermethylated, result in transcriptionally silencing thus regulating the growth of carcinoma cells. In this work, we investigated whether a correlation exist  ...[more]

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