title: Epigenetic silencing of 14-3-3sigma in cancer.
abstract: The 14-3-3sigma gene is a direct target of the p53 tumor suppressor and its product inhibits cell cycle progression. Recently, a proteomic analysis revealed that 14-3-3sigma regulates additional cellular processes relevant to carcinogenesis, as migration and MAP-kinase signalling. The expression of 14-3-3sigma is down-regulated by CpG methylation in several types of human cancer, among them prostate, lung, breast and several types of skin cancer. The epigenetic inactivation of 14-3-3sigma occurs at an early stage of tumor development and may allow evasion from senescence and promote genomic instability. In the future the detection of CpG methylation of 14-3-3sigma may be used for diagnostic and prognostic purposes.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Oncology, Independent Max-Planck Research Group, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Dmitri
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lodygin
authors.forename: Heiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hermeking
mesh_terms: D048948:14-3-3 Proteins; D000818:Animals; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism*; D019175:DNA Methylation; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic; D005092:Exonucleases / Q000378:metabolism*; D005095:Exoribonucleases; D005260:Female; D020868:Gene Silencing; D006655:Histone Deacetylases / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D048948:14-3-3 Proteins; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D005092:Exonucleases; D005095:Exoribonucleases; C413442:SFN protein, human; D006655:Histone Deacetylases