5' CpG island methylation is associated with transcriptional silencing of the tumour suppressor p16/CDKN2/MTS1 in human cancers - PubMed (original) (raw)
Comparative Study
doi: 10.1038/nm0795-686.
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- PMID: 7585152
- DOI: 10.1038/nm0795-686
Comparative Study
5' CpG island methylation is associated with transcriptional silencing of the tumour suppressor p16/CDKN2/MTS1 in human cancers
A Merlo et al. Nat Med. 1995 Jul.
Abstract
Loss of heterozygosity on chromosome 9p21 is one of the most frequent genetic alterations identified in human cancer. The rate of point mutations of p16, a candidate suppressor gene of this area, is low in most primary tumours with allelic loss of 9p21. Monosomic cell lines with structurally unaltered p16 show methylation of the 5' CpG island of p16. This distinct methylation pattern was associated with a complete transcriptional block that was reversible upon treatment with 5-deoxyazacytidine. Moreover, de novo methylation of the 5' CpG island of p16 was also found in approximately 20% of different primary neoplasms, but not in normal tissues, potentially representing a common pathway of tumour suppressor gene inactivation in human cancers.
Comment in
- Methylation and p16: suppressing the suppressor.
Little M, Wainwright B. Little M, et al. Nat Med. 1995 Jul;1(7):633-4. doi: 10.1038/nm0795-633. Nat Med. 1995. PMID: 7585141 No abstract available.
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