Mutant p53 and aberrant cytosine methylation cooperate to silence gene expression

MM Oshiro, GS Watts, RJ Wozniak, DJ Junk… - Oncogene, 2003 - nature.com
Abstract p53 is an important transcriptional regulator that is frequently mutated in cancer.
Gene-profiling experiments of breast cancer cells infected with wt p53 revealed both …

Enhancement of antineoplastic action of 5-aza-2′-deoxycytidine by zebularine on L1210 leukemia

M Lemaire, LF Momparler, ML Bernstein… - Anti-cancer …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Tumor suppressor genes that have been silenced by aberrant DNA methylation are potential
targets for reactivation by novel chemotherapeutic agents. The potent inhibitor of DNA …

DNA demethylation by 5-aza-2′-deoxycytidine is imprinted, targeted to euchromatin, and has limited transcriptional consequences

MP Ramos, NA Wijetunga, AS McLellan, M Suzuki… - Epigenetics & …, 2015 - Springer
Background DNA methylation can be abnormally regulated in human disease and
associated with effects on gene transcription that appear to be causally related to …

Analysis of gene induction in human fibroblasts and bladder cancer cells exposed to the methylation inhibitor 5-aza-2′-deoxycytidine

G Liang, FA Gonzales, PA Jones, TF Orntoft, T Thykjaer - Cancer research, 2002 - AACR
Hypermethylation of the promoters of cancer-related genes is often associated with their
inactivation during tumorigenesis. Several preclinical and clinical trials have been …

The absence of p53 is critical for the induction of apoptosis by 5-aza-2′-deoxycytidine

M Nieto, E Samper, MF Fraga, G González de Buitrago… - Oncogene, 2004 - nature.com
The absence of functional p53 has complex consequences on the cellular responses to
cytotoxic drugs. Here, we have examined the role of p53 in the response to 5-aza-2 …

Inhibition of histone deacetylation does not block resilencing of p16 after 5-aza-2′-deoxycytidine treatment

G Egger, AM Aparicio, SG Escobar, PA Jones - Cancer research, 2007 - AACR
Epigenetic drugs are in use in clinical trials of various human cancers and are potent at
reactivating genes silenced by DNA methylation and chromatin modifications. We report …

Long term transcriptional reactivation of epigenetically silenced genes in colorectal cancer cells requires DNA hypomethylation and histone acetylation

D Mossman, RJ Scott - PLoS One, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Epigenetic regulation of genes involves the coordination of DNA methylation and histone
modifications to maintain transcriptional status. These two features are frequently disrupted …

DNA demethylation and invasive cancer: implications for therapeutics

D Cheishvili, L Boureau, M Szyf - British journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
One of the hallmarks of cancer is aberrant DNA methylation, which is associated with
abnormal gene expression. Both hypermethylation and silencing of tumour suppressor …

Effect of histone deacetylase inhibitor LAQ824 on antineoplastic action of 5-Aza-2′-deoxycytidine (decitabine) on human breast carcinoma cells

A Hurtubise, RL Momparler - Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology, 2006 - Springer
Purpose: Epigenetic silencing of tumor suppressor genes (TSGs) by aberrant DNA
methylation and chromatin deacetylation provides interesting targets for chemotherapeutic …

Inhibition of DNA methylation by 5-aza-2′-deoxycytidine suppresses the growth of human tumor cell lines

CM Bender, MM Pao, PA Jones - Cancer research, 1998 - AACR
Alterations in DNA methylation patterns accompany the establishment of immortal cell lines.
De novo methylation of CpG islands within the control regions of growth-regulatory genes …