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dc.contributor.authorSchiefer, L.
dc.contributor.authorVisweswaran, Malini
dc.contributor.authorPerumal, Vanathi
dc.contributor.authorArfuso, Frank
dc.contributor.authorGroth, David
dc.contributor.authorNewsholme, Philip
dc.contributor.authorWarrier, Sudha
dc.contributor.authorDharmarajan, Arunasalam
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:16:16Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:16:16Z
dc.date.created2015-01-07T20:00:27Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationSchiefer, L. and Visweswaran, M. and Perumal, V. and Arfuso, F. and Groth, D. and Newsholme, P. and Warrier, S. et al. 2014. Epigenetic regulation of the secreted frizzled-related protein family in human glioblastoma multiforme. Cancer Gene Therapy. 21: pp. 297-303.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10003
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/cgt.2014.30
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Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) are intracranial tumors of the central nervous system and the most lethal among solid tumors. Current therapy is palliative and is limited to surgical resection followed by radiation therapy and temozolomide treatment. Aberrant WNT pathway activation mediates not only cancer cell proliferation but also promotes radiation and chemotherapeutic resistance. WNT antagonists such as the secreted frizzled-related protein (sFRP) family have an ability to sensitize glioma cells to chemotherapeutics, decrease proliferation rate and induce apoptosis. During tumor development, sFRP genes (1–5) are frequently hypermethylated, causing transcriptional silencing. We investigated a possible involvement of methylation-mediated silencing of the sFRP gene family in human GBM using four human glioblastoma cell lines (U87, U138, A172 and LN18). To induce demethylation of the DNA, we inhibited DNA methyltransferases through treatment with 5-azacytidine. Genomic DNA, RNA and total protein were isolated from GBM cells before and after treatment. We utilized bisulfite modification of genomic DNA to examine the methylation status of the respective sFRP promoter regions. Pharmacological demethylation of the GBM cell lines demonstrated a loss of methylation in sFRP promoter regions, as well as an increase in sFRP gene-specific mRNA abundance. Western blot analysis demonstrated an increased protein expression of sFRP-4 and increased levels of phosphorylated-ß-catenin. These data indicate an important role of methylation-induced gene silencing of the sFRP gene family in human GBM.

dc.publisherNature Publishing Group
dc.titleEpigenetic regulation of the secreted frizzled-related protein family in human glioblastoma multiforme
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume21
dcterms.source.startPage297
dcterms.source.endPage303
dcterms.source.issn09291903
dcterms.source.titleCancer Gene Therapy
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