Promoter hypermethylation of DNA repair gene MGMT in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma.
- Author:
Song, ZHANG
;
Changkai, GUO
;
Weijia, KONG
;
Zheng, LIU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/*genetics;
CpG Islands/genetics;
DNA Methylation;
DNA Repair;
Laryngeal Neoplasms/*genetics;
O(6)-Methylguanine-DNA Methyltransferase/*genetics;
Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods;
Promoter Regions (Genetics)/*genetics
- From:
Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Medical Sciences)
2006;26(1):101-4
- CountryChina
- Language:English
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Abstract:
The relationship between hypermethylation of CpG islands in the promoter regions of O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) genes and laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma was explored. Methylation-specific PCR and semi-quantitative RT-PCR were used to study the promoter methylation and mRNA expression of the MGMT gene in laryngeal carcinoma tissues, tissues adjacent to the tumor and normal laryngeal tissues. Hypermethylation of MGMT gene was detected in 16 samples of 46 (34.8%) laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma samples. However, the MGMT hypermethylation was not detected in all tissues adjacent to the tumors and normal tissues. No significant difference in MGMT gene hypermethylation was found in samples with different histological grades (chi2 = 3.130, P = 0.077) or in samples from patients with different TNM status (chi2 = 3.957, P = 0.138). No expression of MGMT mRNA was detected in all hypermethylated laryngeal carcinoma tissues. The expression of MGMT mRNA was detected in all unmethylated laryngeal carcinoma tissues, tissues adjacent to the tumors and normal tissues. It suggests that MGMT gene promoter hypermethylation is associated with MGMT gene transcription loss in laryngeal carcinoma tissues and possibly plays an important role in carcinogenesis of laryngeal tissues.
