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PAX4 has the potential to function as a tumor suppressor in human melanoma
| Title: | PAX4 has the potential to function as a tumor suppressor in human melanoma |
| Authors: | Hata, Shinya Browse this author | | Hamada, Jun-Ichi Browse this author | | Maeda, Kazuhiko Browse this author | | Murai, Taichi Browse this author | | Tada, Mitsuhiro Browse this author | | Furukawa, Hiroshi Browse this author | | Tsutsumida, Arata Browse this author | | Saito, Akira Browse this author | | Yamamoto, Yuhei Browse this author | | Moriuchi, Tetsuya Browse this author |
| Issue Date: | Nov-2008 |
| Publisher: | Spandidos Publications |
| Journal Title: | International Journal of Oncology |
| Volume: | 33 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| Start Page: | 1065 |
| End Page: | 1071 |
| Abstract: | We hypothesize that dysregulated expression levels of the developmental regulatory genes in the adult body result in tumor development and malignant progression. PAX genes discovered as human orthologous genes of Drosophila 'paired' encode transcription factors, which control the expression of target genes to go on along the program of development. In this study, we first quantified expression of 9 PAX genes in human nevus pigmentosus tissues, melanoma tissues and melanoma cell lines by the real-time reverse transcription-PCR method. As a result, we found that the expression levels of PAX4 and PAX9 were extremely low in melanoma tissues and cell lines compared to nevus pigmentosus tissues. We then established melanoma cells overexpressing PAX4 and examined roles of PAX4 in cell growth. PAX4-overexpression reduced in vitro cell growth of human melanoma C8161 and MeWo cells. BrdU-uptake assay and cell cycle analysis by flow cytometry indicated that the retardation of cell proliferation by PAX4-overexpression was due to decreased DNA synthesis and cell cycle arrest at the G0/G1 phase. Furthermore, treatment of C8161 and MeWo cells with 5-azacytidine, a DNA demethylating agent, induced the expression of PAX4, suggesting that DNA methylation repressed the PAX4 gene expression in human melanoma. These results suggest that PAX4 functions as a potent tumor suppressor. |
| Type: | article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/42810 |
| Appears in Collections: | 遺伝子病制御研究所 (Institute for Genetic Medicine) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 浜田 淳一
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