title: The effect of modifiable potentials on hypermethylation status of retinoic acid receptor-beta2 and estrogen receptor-alpha genes in primary breast cancer.
abstract: Epigenetic silencing of retinoic acid receptor-beta2 (RARbeta2) and estrogen receptor-alpha (ERalpha) expressions have been revealed to be important in the development of approaches for diagnosis and therapy of breast cancer. We aimed to explore the correlation of some potential factors with the hypermethylation status of RARbeta2 and ERalpha genes among Iranian breast cancer patients. The hypermethylation status was investigated in 137 dissected tissues from primary breast cancer patients through methylation-specific PCR. Overall, the methylation frequencies of RARbeta2 and ERalpha genes were observed in 36.5 and 51.1% of participants, respectively. The hypermethylated RARbeta2 was associated with younger age at diagnosis and negative family history of breast cancer. The hypermethylation of ERalpha was correlated positively with smoking, duration of estradiol exposure, ER-negativity in tumors and body mass index (at 5 years ago). The plasma levels of folate and vitamin B(12) were inversely related to the hypermethylation status of ERalpha, after controlling for covariates. The risk of ERalpha hypermethylation was increased with high plasma level of total homocysteine. In conclusion, our data provide new insights into the possible effect of some lifestyle-related factors on the aberrant methylation drift of ERalpha and RARbeta2 genes in breast cancer.
authors: Department of Human Nutrition, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University M.C., Tehran 19395-4741, Iran. pirouzpanah@gmail.com
authors: Saeed
authors: S
authors: Pirouzpanah
authors: Forough A
authors: FA
authors: Taleban
authors: Morteza
authors: M
authors: Atri
authors: Ali-Reza
authors: AR
authors: Abadi
authors: Parvin
authors: P
authors: Mehdipour
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001483:Base Sequence; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D019175:DNA Methylation / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic / Q000502:physiology; D047628:Estrogen Receptor alpha / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D047628:Estrogen Receptor alpha; C533416:RARB2 protein, human; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid