Effect of genetics, epigenetics and variations in the transcriptional expression of cadherin–E in breast cancer susceptibility

Andrés Felipe Aristizábal-Pachón, Catarina Satie Takahashi, .

Keywords: Breast neoplasms/genetics, cadherins, polymerase chain reaction, restriction fragment length polymorphism, reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction

Abstract

Introduction: Cadherin-E (CDH1) is an important regulator of epithelial-mesenchymal transition, invasion and metastasis in many carcinomas. However, germinal epimutations and mutations effect in breast cancer susceptibility is not clear.
Objective: To evaluate rs334558 polymorphism, promoter methylation status and CDH1 expression profile in breast cancer patients.
Materials and methods: We collected peripheral blood samples from 102 breast cancer patients and 102 healthy subjects. The identification of rs334558 polymorphism was performed using PCR-RFLP, while methylation-specific PCR (MSP) and methylation-sensitive high-resolution melting (MS-HRM) were used to explore CDH1 methylation status; finally, CDH1 transcriptional expression profile was evaluated using RT-qPCR.
Results: We found no association between rs334558 polymorphism and breast cancer. Aberrant promoter methylation profile was found in breast cancer patients and it was related with early cancer stages. CDH1 down-regulation was significantly associated with metastasis and promoter methylation.
Conclusion: CDH1 alterations were associated with invasion and metastasis in breast cancer. Our results offer further evidence of CDH1 relevance in breast cancer development and progression.

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  • Andrés Felipe Aristizábal-Pachón Departamento de Genética, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidad de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Catarina Satie Takahashi Departamento de Genética, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidad de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil Departamento de Biología, Faculdade de Filosofía, Ciencias y Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil

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Aristizábal-Pachón AF, Takahashi CS. Effect of genetics, epigenetics and variations in the transcriptional expression of cadherin–E in breast cancer susceptibility. biomedica [Internet]. 2016 Dec. 1 [cited 2024 May 18];36(4):593-602. Available from: https://revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/3135

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