CADM1/TSLC1 inactivation by promoter hypermethylation is a frequent event in colorectal carcinogenesis and correlates with late stages of the disease
✍ Scribed by Kequan Chen; Guanghai Wang; Liang Peng; Side Liu; Xiangsheng Fu; Yu Zhou; Haisheng Yu; Aiming Li; Jing Li; Shaoheng Zhang; Yang Bai; Yali Zhang
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 410 KB
- Volume
- 128
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Cell adhesion molecule 1 (CADM1/TSLC1), a putative tumor suppressor involving in cell adhesion, proliferation and apoptosis, is frequently inactivated in several carcinomas due to promoter hypermethylation. But alterations of CADM1/TSLC1 in colorectal carcinogenesis and clinical significance have not been elucidated yet. The aim of this study was to determine the role of functional inactivation of CADM1/TSLC1 gene in colorectal tumorigenesis and its potential as a novel epigenetic marker for clinical assessment of patients with colorectal cancer. We measured CADM1/TSLC1 expression levels in 8 colorectal cancer cell lines, 54 primary colorectal carcinomas and their corresponding non‐cancerous tissues by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, western blot analysis and immunohistochemistry. We analyzed CADM1/TSLC1 promoter methylation status by bisulfite genomic sequencing and the methylation special polymerase chain reaction, and evaluated its correlation with clinicopathological characteristics. All statistical tests were 2‐sides. Downregulation of CADM1/TSLC1 expression was observed in 7 of 8 (88%) colorectal cancer cell lines and in 39 of 54 (72%) primary colorectal carcinomas. Hypermethylation of CADM1/TSLC1 promoter region occurred in 6 of 8 (75%) colorectal cancer cell lines and 32 of 54 (59%) primary colorectal carcinomas, and was correlated with advanced colorectal carcinoma. Epigenetic inactivation of CADM1/TSLC1 gene is a frequent alteration in development of colorectal cancer and can be a potential biomarker for molecular staging of patients with colorectal cancer.