Chapter title |
Epigenetics and Disease
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Chapter number | 1 |
Book title |
Epigenetics and Disease
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Published in |
Fortschritte der Arzneimittelforschung Progress in drug research Progrès des recherches pharmaceutiques, September 2010
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DOI | 10.1007/978-3-7643-8989-5_1 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-3-76-438988-8, 978-3-76-438989-5
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Authors |
Taberlay, Phillippa C, Jones, Peter A, Taberlay, Phillippa C., Jones, Peter A., Phillippa C. Taberlay, Peter A. Jones |
Abstract |
DNA methylation acts in concert with other epigenetic mechanisms to regulate normal gene expression and facilitate chromatin organization within cells. Aberrant DNA methylation patterns are acquired during carcinogenic transformation; such events are often accompanied by alterations in chromatin structure at gene regulatory regions. The expression pattern of any given gene is achieved by interacting epigenetic mechanisms. First, the insertion of nucleosomes at transcriptional start sites prevents the binding of the transcriptional machinery and additional cofactors that initiate gene expression. Second, nucleosomes anchor all of the DNMT3A and DNMT3B methyltransferase proteins in the cell, which suggests a role for histone octamers in the establishment of DNA methylation patterns. During carcinogenesis, epigenetic switching and 5-methylcytosine reprogramming result in the aberrant hypermethylation of CpG islands, reducing epigenetic plasticity of critical developmental and tumor suppressor genes, rendering them unresponsive to normal stimuli. Here, we will discuss the importance of both established and novel molecular concepts that may underlie the role of DNA methylation in cancer. |
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