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Methylation of the estrogen receptor gene CpG island marks loss of estrogen receptor expression in human breast cancer cells.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Ottaviano, Yvonne L. Issa, J. P. Parl, Fritz F. Smith, Helene S. Baylin, Stephen B. Davidson, Nancy E. |
| Copyright Year | 1994 |
| Abstract | Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women and hormone resistance is a challenging problem in its treatment. Loss of estrogen receptor expression is an important means of hormone resistance, but the mechanisms involved are poorly understood. We now demonstrate a potential role for abnormal DNA methylation in transcriptional inactivation of the estrogen receptor gene. Estrogen receptor-negative human breast cancer cells growing in culture lack estrogen receptor mRNA, have a higher capacity to methylate DNA, and display extensive methylation of the CpG island in the 5' promoter region of the estrogen receptor gene, which would correlate with silencing of expression. These results suggest that abnormal methylation could account for transcriptional inactivation of the estrogen receptor gene and subsequent hormone resistance in some human breast cancers. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| PubMed reference number | 8168078 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 54 |
| Issue Number | 10 |
| Journal | Cancer research |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/canres/54/10/2552.full.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/54/10/2552.full.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
