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High Frequency of Promoter Hypermethylation of RASSF1A in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Kwok-Wai Lo, Joseph Kwong, Angela Bik-Yu Hui, Sylvia Yat-Yee Chan, Ka-Fai To, Andrew Siu-Chung Chan, Lillian Shuk-Nga Chow, Peter M. L. Teo, Philip J. Johnson and Dolly Poon Huang
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DOI:  Published May 2001
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We have investigated the genetic and epigenetic changes of a newly isolated tumor suppressor gene on 3p21.3, RASSF1A, in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Four xenografts, four cell lines and 21 primary tumors were examined. Promoter hypermethylation of the 5′CpG island of RASSF1A was detected in 4 of 4 (100%) xenografts, in 3 of 4 (75%) cell lines, and in 14 of 21 (66.7%) primary tumors but not in the normal nasopharyngeal epithelia. Mutations were found in 2 of 21 (9.5%) primary tumors. In the cell lines and xenografts with extensive methylation, no RASSF1A gene expression was found. After treatment with 5′-aza-2′deoxycytidine, reexpression and demethylation of the RASSF1A gene were detected in a NPC cell line. These findings suggest that promoter hypermethylation may participate in the transcriptional inactivation of the RASSF1A gene in NPC. The high incidence of RASSF1A alterations suggest that it is the critical target gene on chromosome 3p21.3 involved in the development of NPC.

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  • The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked advertisement in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.

  • ↵1 This work was carried out within the Hong Kong Cancer Genetics Research Group and supported by the Kadoorie Charitable Foundations and by Grant CUHK4154/00 M from the Hong Kong Research Grant Council.

  • 2 To whom requests for reprints should be addressed, at Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese Hospital of Hong Kong, Shatin, N. T., Hong Kong, SAR, China.

  • Received February 12, 2001.
  • Accepted March 21, 2001.
  • ©2001 American Association for Cancer Research.
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May 2001
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High Frequency of Promoter Hypermethylation of RASSF1A in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Kwok-Wai Lo, Joseph Kwong, Angela Bik-Yu Hui, Sylvia Yat-Yee Chan, Ka-Fai To, Andrew Siu-Chung Chan, Lillian Shuk-Nga Chow, Peter M. L. Teo, Philip J. Johnson and Dolly Poon Huang
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