Not hMSH2 but hMLH1 is frequently silenced by hypermethylation in endometrial cancer but rarely silenced in pancreatic cancer with microsatellite instability.

Kondo,E; Furukawa,T; Yoshinaga,K; Kijima,H; Semba,S; Yatsuoka,T; Yokoyama,T; Fukushige,S; Horii,A

doi:10.3892/ijo.17.3.535

Sep 2000 Volume 17 Issue 3

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Not hMSH2 but hMLH1 is frequently silenced by hypermethylation in endometrial cancer but rarely silenced in pancreatic cancer with microsatellite instability.

Authors:
- E Kondo
- T Furukawa
- K Yoshinaga
- H Kijima
- S Semba
- T Yatsuoka
- T Yokoyama
- S Fukushige
- A Horii
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Affiliations: Department of Molecular Pathology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan.
Pages: 535-576
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Published online on: September 1, 2000

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Abstract

Disruption of the DNA mismatch repair (MMR) system has been found to play an important role in sporadic human cancers of several organs such as colorectum, stomach, endometrium, and pancreas. In cancers of the former three organs, disruption of the MMR system is mainly caused by hypermethylation of the hMLH1 gene. We investigated the expression of the hMLH1 and hMSH2 proteins immunohistochemically in pancreatic and endometrial cancers with high frequency microsatellite instability (MSI-H). Loss of expression of hMLH1 was found in none of seven pancreatic cancer, whereas eight (57%) of 14 endometrial cancer showed loss of expression of hMLH1. On the other hand, one (14%) of seven pancreatic cancers and two (14%) of 14 endometrial cancers showed loss of hMSH2 expression. We further analyzed the methylation status at the promoter region of the hMLH1 and hMSH2 genes and found hypermethylation of hMLH1 at the promoter region in the great majority of endometrial cancers with loss of expression. However, no pancreatic cancer showed hypermethylation. We then further analyzed 22 pancreatic cancer cell lines and obtained similar results. These results suggested that MSI-H in pancreatic cancer is probably caused by different mechanisms from those of other sporadic cancers with MSI-H.

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International Journal of Molecular Medicine

International Journal of Oncology

Molecular Medicine Reports

Oncology Reports

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Oncology Letters

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Molecular and Clinical Oncology

World Academy of Sciences Journal

International Journal of Functional Nutrition

International Journal of Epigenetics

Medicine International

Not hMSH2 but hMLH1 is frequently silenced by hypermethylation in endometrial cancer but rarely silenced in pancreatic cancer with microsatellite instability.

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