Relative expression of rRNA transcripts and 45S rDNA promoter methylation status are dysregulated in tumors in comparison with matched-normal tissues in breast cancer

dc.citation.epage3145en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber6en_US
dc.citation.spage3131en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber33en_US
dc.contributor.authorKarahan, G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSayar, N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGozum, G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBozkurt, B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKonu, O.en_US
dc.contributor.authorYulug, I. G.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-08T09:51:02Z
dc.date.available2016-02-08T09:51:02Z
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Molecular Biology and Geneticsen_US
dc.description.abstractRibosomal RNA (rRNA) expression, one of the most important factors regulating ribosome production, is primarily controlled by a CG-rich 45S rDNA promoter. However, the DNA methylation state of the 45S rDNA promoter, as well as its effect on rRNA gene expression in types of human cancers is controversial. In the present study we analyzed the methylation status of the rDNA promoter (-380 to +53 bp) as well as associated rRNA expression levels in breast cancer cell lines and breast tumor-normal tissue pairs. We found that the aforementioned regulatory region was extensively methylated (74-96%) in all cell lines and in 68% (13/19 tumor-normal pairs) of the tumors. Expression levels of rRNA transcripts 18S, 28S, 5.8S and 45S external transcribed spacer (45S ETS) greatly varied in the breast cancer cell lines regardless of their methylation status. Analyses of rRNA transcript expression levels in the breast tumor and normal matched tissues showed no significant difference when normalized with TBP. On the other hand, using the geometric mean of the rRNA expression values (GM-rRNA) as reference enabled us to identify significant changes in the relative expression of rRNAs in the tissue samples. We propose GM-rRNA normalization as a novel strategy to analyze expression differences between rRNA transcripts. Accordingly, the 18S rRNA/GM-rRNA ratio was significantly higher whereas the 5.8S rRNA/GM-rRNA ratio was significantly lower in breast tumor samples than this ratio in the matched normal samples. Moreover, the 18S rRNA/GM-rRNA ratio was negatively correlated with the 45S rDNA promoter methylation level in the normal breast tissue samples, yet not in the breast tumors. Significant correlations observed between the expression levels of rRNA transcripts in the normal samples were lost in the tumor samples. We showed that the expression of rRNA transcripts may not be based solely on promoter methylation. Carcinogenesis may cause dysregulation of the correlation between spliced rRNA expression levels, possibly due to changes in rRNA processing, which requires further investigation.en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.3892/or.2015.3940en_US
dc.identifier.issn1021-335X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/21780
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherSpandidos Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3892/or.2015.3940en_US
dc.source.titleOncology Reportsen_US
dc.titleRelative expression of rRNA transcripts and 45S rDNA promoter methylation status are dysregulated in tumors in comparison with matched-normal tissues in breast canceren_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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