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  • Title: Functional switching of TGF-beta1 signaling in liver cancer via epigenetic modulation of a single CpG site in TTP promoter.
    Author: Sohn BH, Park IY, Lee JJ, Yang SJ, Jang YJ, Park KC, Kim DJ, Lee DC, Sohn HA, Kim TW, Yoo HS, Choi JY, Bae YS, Yeom YI.
    Journal: Gastroenterology; 2010 May; 138(5):1898-908. PubMed ID: 20038433.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND & AIMS: Acquisition of resistance to the antiproliferative effect of transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1 is crucial for the malignant progression of cancers. In this study, we sought to determine whether deregulated expression of tristetrapolin (TTP), a negative posttranscriptional regulator of c-Myc, confers resistance to the antiproliferative effects of TGF-beta1 on liver cancer cells. METHODS: The epigenetics of TTP promoter regulation and its effects on TGF-beta1 signaling were examined in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell lines and patient tissues. RESULTS: TTP was down-regulated in HCC cell lines (10/11), compared with normal liver, as well as in tumor tissues (19/24) from paired HCC specimens. Methylation of a specific single CpG site located within the TGF-beta1-responsive region (TRR) of the TTP promoter was significantly associated with TTP down-regulation in both HCC cell lines and tumor tissues (r = -0.606383, P < .001). The singly methylated CpG site was specifically bound by a transcriptional repressor complex consisting of MECP2/c-Ski/DNMT3A and abolished the TGF-beta1-induced as well as basal-level expression of TTP. The epigenetic inactivation of TTP led to an increased half-life of c-Myc mRNA and blocked the cytostatic effect of TGF-beta1. Statistically significant correlations were observed between the single CpG site methylation and expression levels of TTP or c-Myc in clinical samples of HCC. CONCLUSIONS: Abrogation of the post-transcriptional regulation of c-Myc via methylation of a specific single CpG site in the TTP promoter presents a novel mechanism for the gain of selective resistance to the antiproliferative signaling of TGF-beta1 in HCC.
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