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ArticleOncotarget2016

MIEN1 is tightly regulated by SINE Alu methylation in its promoter.

Smrithi Rajendiran, Lee D Gibbs, Timothy Van Treuren, David L Klinkebiel, Jamboor K Vishwanatha

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Article in Oncotarget, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Smrithi RajendiranDepartment of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Institute for Cancer Research and Texas Center for Health Disparities, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, 76107, TX, USA.
Lee D GibbsDepartment of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Institute for Cancer Research and Texas Center for Health Disparities, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, 76107, TX, USA.
Timothy Van TreurenDepartment of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Institute for Cancer Research and Texas Center for Health Disparities, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, 76107, TX, USA.
David L KlinkebielDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, 68198, NE, USA.
Jamboor K VishwanathaDepartment of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Institute for Cancer Research and Texas Center for Health Disparities, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, 76107, TX, USA.
University of North Texas · USUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center · USUniversity of North Texas Health Science Center · US

Funding

Texas Minority Health, Research and Outreach (MiHERO)S21MD012472 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR · PI JAMBOOR K. VISHWANATHA · 2017 to 2026
$18.0M
Triple Negative Breast Cancer: Novel Biomarkers and Therapeutic StrategiesP20MD006882 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR · PI VISHWANATHA, JAMBOOR K. · 2012 to 2016
$5.8M
NIMHD NIH HHS P20 MD006882NIMHD NIH HHS S21 MD012472
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Migration and invasion enhancer 1 (MIEN1) is a novel gene involved in prostate cancer progression by enhancing prostate cancer cell migration and invasion. DNA methylation, an important epigenetic regulation, is one of the most widely altered mechanisms in prostate cancer. This phenomenon frames the basis to study the DNA methylation patterns in the promoter region of MIEN1. Bisulfite pyrosequencing demonstrates the MIEN1 promoter contains a short interspersed nuclear Alu element (SINE Alu) repeat sequence. Validation of methylation inhibition on MIEN1 was performed using nucleoside analogs and non-nucleoside inhibitors and resulted in an increase in both MIEN1 RNA and protein in normal cells. MIEN1 mRNA and protein increases upon inhibition of individual DNA methyltransferases using RNA interference technologies. Furthermore, dual luciferase reporter assays, in silico analysis, and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays identified a sequence upstream of the transcription start site that has a site for binding of the USF transcription factors. These results suggest the MIEN1 promoter has a SINE Alu region that is hypermethylated in normal cells leading to repression of the gene. In cancer, the hypomethylation of a part of this repeat, in addition to the binding of USF, results in MIEN1 expression.

Indexed as

Alu ElementsBinding SitesCarcinogenesisCell Line, TumorCell MovementDNA MethylationDNA Modification MethylasesEpigenetic RepressionGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMaleNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasm ProteinsPromoter Regions, GeneticProstatic NeoplasmsDNA Modification MethylasesIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMIEN1 protein, humanNeoplasm ProteinsRNA, Small InterferingUpstream Stimulatory FactorsDNA methylationepigenetic regulationMIEN1prostateSINE Alu

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PMID27589566
PMCPMC5323157
OpenAlexW2517669946

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