TY - JOUR
T1 - Methylation and gene silencing of the ras-related GTPase gene in lung and breast cancers
AU - Suzuki, Makoto
AU - Shigematsu, Hisayuki
AU - Shames, David S.
AU - Sunaga, Noriaki
AU - Takahashi, Takao
AU - Shivapurkar, Narayan
AU - Iizasa, Toshihiko
AU - Minna, John D.
AU - Fujisawa, Takehiko
AU - Gazdar, Adi F.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by grants from the University of Texas Specialized Program of Research Excellence in Lung Cancer (NCI P50CA70907) and Early Detection Research Network (5U01CA8497102), the Gillson Longenbaugh Foundation, and the Emphasis Research Project by expenditure at the discretion of the president of The Chiba University in 2005.
PY - 2007/4
Y1 - 2007/4
N2 - Background: RRAD, a small Ras-related GTPase, is highly expressed in human skeletal muscle, lung, and heart. Although loss of expression of RRAD in breast cancer cells has been reported and it may act as an oncogene, the mechanism of silencing is unknown. Methods: We examined (1) mRNA expression of RRAD in lung and breast cancer cell lines using RT-PCR and (2) methylation status of lung and breast cancers. Results: Loss of RRAD expression was found in 14 of 20 (70%) NSCLC cell lines, 11 of 11 (100%) SCLC cell lines, and 8 of 10 (80%) breast cancer cell lines; expression was not affected in normal bronchial and mammary epithelial cells. Treatment of 23 expression-negative cell lines with a demethylating agent restored expression in all cases. We developed a methylation-specific assay from the analysis of bisulfite sequencing of the 5′ region of RRAD in expression-negative and positive cell lines, which resulted in good concordance between methylation and expression. Primary lung and breast cancers showed hypermethylation in 89 of 214 (42%) and 39 of 63 (62%) cases, respectively. RRAD hypermethylation correlated with smoking history and poorer prognosis in lung adenocarcinomas. Conclusions: We conclude that epigenetic silencing of RRAD is a frequent event in lung and breast cancers, and analysis of it may provide novel opportunities for prognosis and therapy of these cancers.
AB - Background: RRAD, a small Ras-related GTPase, is highly expressed in human skeletal muscle, lung, and heart. Although loss of expression of RRAD in breast cancer cells has been reported and it may act as an oncogene, the mechanism of silencing is unknown. Methods: We examined (1) mRNA expression of RRAD in lung and breast cancer cell lines using RT-PCR and (2) methylation status of lung and breast cancers. Results: Loss of RRAD expression was found in 14 of 20 (70%) NSCLC cell lines, 11 of 11 (100%) SCLC cell lines, and 8 of 10 (80%) breast cancer cell lines; expression was not affected in normal bronchial and mammary epithelial cells. Treatment of 23 expression-negative cell lines with a demethylating agent restored expression in all cases. We developed a methylation-specific assay from the analysis of bisulfite sequencing of the 5′ region of RRAD in expression-negative and positive cell lines, which resulted in good concordance between methylation and expression. Primary lung and breast cancers showed hypermethylation in 89 of 214 (42%) and 39 of 63 (62%) cases, respectively. RRAD hypermethylation correlated with smoking history and poorer prognosis in lung adenocarcinomas. Conclusions: We conclude that epigenetic silencing of RRAD is a frequent event in lung and breast cancers, and analysis of it may provide novel opportunities for prognosis and therapy of these cancers.
KW - Breast cancer
KW - Lung cancer
KW - Methylation
KW - RRAD
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U2 - 10.1245/s10434-006-9089-6
DO - 10.1245/s10434-006-9089-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 17195088
AN - SCOPUS:34047237085
SN - 1068-9265
VL - 14
SP - 1397
EP - 1404
JO - Annals of Surgical Oncology
JF - Annals of Surgical Oncology
IS - 4
ER -