title: Methylation pattern of HLTF gene in digestive tract cancers.
abstract: Recently, the loss of helicase-like transcription factor (HLTF) gene expression accompanied by HLTF promoter methylation was identified in colon cancers. We examined HLTF methylation in colorectal, gastric and esophageal carcinomas. Twenty-five of 76 colorectal cancers (33%), 11 of 65 gastric cancers (17%), and 1 of 40 esophageal cancers (3%) demonstrated abnormal methylation of the HLTF promoter. Abnormal methylation was found in the tumors of patients at all clinical stages, suggesting that these cancers could be methylated from an early stage. These results suggested that HLTF might play a variety of roles depending on the tissue type and could be inactivated at an early stage in the tumorigenic pathway.
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan. khibi@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hibi
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: Yasuaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kanyama
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kodera
authors.forename: Katsuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akiyama
authors.forename: Akimasa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakao
mesh_terms: D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D019175:DNA Methylation; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D019942:Genes, p16; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D025803:Tumor Suppressor Protein p14ARF / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C100023:HLTF protein, human; D014157:Transcription Factors; D025803:Tumor Suppressor Protein p14ARF