Abstract
The detection of promoter region hypermethylation and transcriptional silencing has facilitated the identification of candidate renal cell carcinoma (RCC) tumour suppressor genes (TSGs). We have used a genome-wide strategy (methylated DNA immunoprecipitation (MeDIP) and whole-genome array analysis in combination with high-density expression array analysis) to identify genes that are frequently methylated and silenced in RCC. MeDIP analysis on 9 RCC tumours and 3 non-malignant normal kidney tissue samples was performed, and an initial shortlist of 56 candidate genes that were methylated by array analysis was further investigated; 9 genes were confirmed to show frequent promoter region methylation in primary RCC tumour samples (KLHL35 (39%), QPCT (19%), SCUBE3 (19%), ZSCAN18 (32%), CCDC8 (35%), FBN2 (34%), ATP5G2 (36%), PCDH8 (58%) and CORO6 (22%)). RNAi knockdown for KLHL35, QPCT, SCUBE3, ZSCAN18, CCDC8 and FBN2 resulted in an anchorage-independent growth advantage. Tumour methylation of SCUBE3 was associated with a significantly increased risk of cancer death or relapse (P0.0046). The identification of candidate epigenetically inactivated RCC TSGs provides new insights into renal tumourigenesis. © 2011 Macmillan Publishers Limited All rights reserved.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1390-1401 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Oncogene |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 24 Mar 2011 |
Keywords
- epigenetics
- methylation
- renal cell carcinoma