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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Methylation of a CpG island within the uroplakin lb promoter: A possible mechanism for loss of uroplakin lb expression in bladder carcinoma |
Author: | Varga, A. Leondardos, L. Jackson, P. Marreiros, A. Cowled, P. |
Citation: | Neoplasia, 2004; 6(2):128-135 |
Publisher: | Nature America Inc |
Issue Date: | 2004 |
ISSN: | 1522-8002 1476-5586 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Andrea E Varga, Lefta Leonardos, Paul Jackson, Alexandra Marreiros, Prue A Cowled |
Abstract: | Uroplakin Ib is a structural protein on the surface of urothelial cells. Expression of uroplakin Ib mRNA is reduced or absent in many transitional cell carcinomas (TCCs) but molecular mechanisms underlying loss of expression remain to be determined. Analysis of the uroplakin Ib promoter identified a weak CpG island spanning the proximal promoter, exon 1, and the beginning of intron 1. This study examined the hypothesis that methylation of this CpG island regulates uroplakin Ib expression. Uroplakin Ib mRNA levels were determined by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and CpG methylation was assessed by bisulfite modification of DNA, PCR, and sequencing. A correlation was demonstrated in 15 TCC lines between uroplakin Ib mRNA expression and lack of CpG methylation. In support of a regulatory role for methylation, incubating uroplakin Ib-negative lines with 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine reactivated uroplakin Ib mRNA expression. A trend between uroplakin Ib mRNA expression and CpG methylation was also observed in normal urothelium and bladder carcinomas. In particular, loss of uroplakin Ib expression correlated with methylation of a putative Sp1/NFkappaB binding motif. The data are consistent with the hypothesis that methylation of specific sites within the uroplakin Ib promoter may be an important factor in the loss of uroplakin Ib expression in TCCs. |
Keywords: | Urothelium Tumor Cells, Cultured Humans Azacitidine DNA Modification Methylases Membrane Glycoproteins Enzyme Inhibitors Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction DNA Methylation Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic Base Sequence CpG Islands Molecular Sequence Data Urinary Bladder Neoplasms Promoter Regions, Genetic Uroplakin Ib Decitabine |
DOI: | 10.1593/neo.03337 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1593/neo.03337 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 2 Surgery publications |
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