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Abstract Title:

Reduction in promotor methylation utilizing EGCG (Epigallocatechin-3-gallate) restores RXRα expression in human colon cancer cells.

Abstract Source:

Oncotarget. 2016 May 6. Epub 2016 May 6. PMID: 27167203

Abstract Author(s):

Jay Morris, Vondina R Moseley, April B Cabang, Katie Coleman, Wei Wei, Elizabeth Garrett-Mayer, Michael J Wargovich

Article Affiliation:

Jay Morris

Abstract:

Silencing of regulatory genes through hypermethylation of CpG islands is an important mechanism in tumorigenesis. In colon cancer, RXRα, an important dimerization partner with other nuclear transcription factors, is silenced through this mechanism. We previously found that colon tumors in ApcMin/+ mice had diminished levels of RXRα protein and expression levels of this gene were restored by treatment with a green tea intervention, due to reduced promoter methylation of RXRα. We hypothesized that CIMP+ cell lines, which epigenetically silence key regulatory genes would also evidence silencing of RXRα and EGCG treatment would restore its expression. We indeed found EGCG to restore RXRα activity levels in the human cell lines, in a dose dependent manner and reduced RXRα promoter methylation. EGCG induced methylation changes in several other colon cancer related genes but did not cause a decrease in global methylation. Numerous epidemiological reports have shown the benefits of green tea consumption in reducing coloncancer risk but to date no studies have shown that the risk reduction may be related to the epigenetic restoration by tea polyphenols. Our results show that EGCG modulates the reversal of gene silencing involved in colon carcinogenesis providing a possible avenue for colon cancer prevention and treatment.

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