title: Identification of epigenetically downregulated Tmem70 and Ube2e2 in rat liver after 28-day treatment with hepatocarcinogenic thioacetamide showing gene product downregulation in hepatocellular preneoplastic and neoplastic lesions produced by tumor promotion.
abstract: The present study identified genes showing promoter region hypermethylation by CpG island microarrays in the liver of rats treated with hepatocarcinogen thioacetamide (TAA) for 28days. Among 47 hypermethylated genes, Hist1h2aa, Tmem70, Ube2e2, and Slk were confirmed to show hypermethylation by methylation-specific quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and pyrosequencing analyses as well as downregulation of transcript levels by real-time reverse transcription-PCR analysis in the livers of rats treated with TAA. All gene products of the 4 selected genes showed decreased immunoreactivity forming negative liver cell foci in a subpopulation of glutathione S-transferase placental form (GST-P)+foci in TAA-promoted rat livers in a two-stage hepatocarcinogenesis model. Among them, TMEM70 and UBE2E2 showed increased incidences of negative foci in GST-P+foci by promotion of all examined TAA, β-naphthoflavone, piperonyl butoxide, fenbendazole and phenobarbital, while HIST1H2AA and SLK did not respond to all promotive treatments. In the late stage of tumor promotion by TAA, the incidence of GST-P+proliferative lesions with downregulation of TMEM70 or UBE2E2 was higher in adenomas and carcinomas than liver cell foci. TMEM70 plays a role in mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation, and UBE2E2 participates in the stabilization of cell cycle regulatory proteins. Therefore, our results indicate that aberrant epigenetic gene downregulation suggestive of a metabolic shift of cellular respiration from oxidative phosphorylation to glycolysis and aberrant cell cycle regulation facilitating cell proliferation from as early as 28days after hepatocarcinogen treatment contribute to tumor development.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan; Pathogenetic Veterinary Science, United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu-shi, Gifu 501-1193, Japan. Electronic address: smizuka@cc.tuat.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Sayaka
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mizukami
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan. Electronic address: yafune-atsunori@bozo.co.jp.
authors.forename: Atsunori
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yafune
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan; Pathogenetic Veterinary Science, United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu-shi, Gifu 501-1193, Japan. Electronic address: ywatana@cc.tuat.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Yousuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan; Pathogenetic Veterinary Science, United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu-shi, Gifu 501-1193, Japan. Electronic address: knakaji@m2.tuat.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Kota
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, College of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, BeiBei District, Chongqing 400715, PR China. Electronic address: meilan0622@swu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Meilan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan. Electronic address: yoshida7@cc.tuat.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Toshinori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan. Electronic address: mshibuta@cc.tuat.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shibutani
mesh_terms: D018248:Adenoma, Liver Cell / Q000139:chemically induced; D000818:Animals; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000139:chemically induced; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000473:pathology*; D015536:Down-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects*; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D051381:Rats; D013853:Thioacetamide / Q000633:toxicity*; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; C000613974:Tmem70 protein, rat; C000613975:UBE2E2 protein, rat; D013853:Thioacetamide; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
keywords: Hepatocarcinogenesis; Liver; Methylation; Rat; Thioacetamide (TAA)