Search results for "DNMT"
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“DNA Methyl transferase 1 post-trascriptional silencing indues aneuploidy and cell cycle arrest in human cells”,
2009
Reactivation of SNURF-SNRPN gene by DNA Methyltransferase inhibitors in a Prader-Willi lymphoblastoid cell line.
2014
Epigenetic Mechanisms as Key Regulators in Disease
2016
Epigenetics is a rapidly growing field of research which studies the changes in the gene expression that do not involve changes in the nucleotide sequence. The cellular metabolism is directly connected to epigenetic regulation through the inflow of different metabolites such as S-adenosylmethionine, acetyl-CoA, and α-ketoglutarate among others, which serve as substrates or cofactors for chromatin-modifying enzymes. These metabolites define how our lifestyle (i.e., nutrition, physical activity, and other healthy behaviors) acts on gene expression by epigenetic mechanisms. Therefore, proper coordination between components of the epigenetic machineries is essential for the correct control of t…
Bypass of cell cycle arrest induced by transient DNMT1 post-transcriptional silencing triggers aneuploidy in human cells
2012
Abstract Background Aneuploidy has been acknowledged as a major source of genomic instability in cancer, and it is often considered the result of chromosome segregation errors including those caused by defects in genes controlling the mitotic spindle assembly, centrosome duplication and cell-cycle checkpoints. Aneuploidy and chromosomal instability has been also correlated with epigenetic alteration, however the molecular basis of this correlation is poorly understood. Results To address the functional connection existing between epigenetic changes and aneuploidy, we used RNA-interference to silence the DNMT1 gene, encoding for a highly conserved member of the DNA methyl-transferases. DNMT1…
Redox regulation of genome stability by effects on gene expression, epigenetic pathways and DNA damage/repair
2015
Reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (e.g. H2O2, nitric oxide) confer redox regulation of essential cellular signaling pathways such as cell differentiation, proliferation, migration and apoptosis. In addition, classical regulation of gene expression or activity, including gene transcription to RNA followed by translation to the protein level, by transcription factors (e.g. NF-κB, HIF-1α) and mRNA binding proteins (e.g. GAPDH, HuR) is subject to redox regulation. This review will give an update of recent discoveries in this field, and specifically highlight the impact of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species on DNA repair systems that contribute to genomic stability. Emphasis will be placed …
Caracterización molecular de las leucemias mieloides agudas de novo
2013
La secuenciación es la técnica de elección para identificar mutaciones. Sin embargo, tiene un coste elevado, es laboriosa y su sensibilidad es limitada. Recientemente, el nuevo método de análisis de alta resolución con curvas de fusión (High Resolution Melt, HRM) permite detectar de forma rápida y específica mutaciones, polimorfismos y cambios epigenéticos. La leucemia mieloide aguda (LMA) son enfermedades heterogéneas con distintos comportamientos clínicos. El 40-50% de los pacientes no presentan alteraciones cromosómicas específicas y los mecanismos moleculares que subyacen en su patogenia son en su mayor parte desconocidos. Avances en la caracterización molecular han permitido la identif…
RNA cytosine methylation by Dnmt2 and NSun2 promotes tRNA stability and protein synthesis.
2012
The function of cytosine-C5 methylation, a widespread modification of tRNAs, has remained obscure, particularly in mammals. We have now developed a mouse strain defective in cytosine-C5 tRNA methylation, by disrupting both the Dnmt2 and the NSun2 tRNA methyltransferases. Although the lack of either enzyme alone has no detectable effects on mouse viability, double mutants showed a synthetic lethal interaction, with an underdeveloped phenotype and impaired cellular differentiation. tRNA methylation analysis of the double-knockout mice demonstrated complementary target-site specificities for Dnmt2 and NSun2 and a complete loss of cytosine-C5 tRNA methylation. Steady-state levels of unmethylate…
Targeted next generation sequencing of breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma reveals mutations in JAK/STAT signalling pathway gene…
2016
The effect of the HDACi JAHA on DNA methylation of breast cancer cells by down-regulating DNMT1 through ERK signaling
2014
Bypass of G1 arrest induced by DNMT1 posttranscriptional silencing triggers aneuploidy in human cells.
2010
Aneuploidy is a major source of genomic instability in cancer, resulting from chromosome segregation errors caused by defects in genes controlling correct mitotic spindle assembly, centrosome duplication and cell cycle checkpoints. Interestingly in aneuploid cells some of these genes, although not mutated, were underexpressed suggesting the involvement of epigenetic alterations. DNA methylation and histone modifications are the main epigenetic modifications occurring in cells. DNA methyl-transferase 1 (Dnmt1) is known to restore DNA methylation patterns during cell divisions. We investigated the effects of DNMT1 silencing by RNA-interference on the generation of aneuploidy in primary human …