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ArticleMolecular carcinogenesis2017

Overexpression of TET dioxygenases in seminomas associates with low levels of DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation.

Martina Benešová, Kateřina Trejbalová, Dana Kučerová, Zdenka Vernerová, Tomáš Hron, Arpád Szabó, Rachel Amouroux, Petr Klézl, Petra Hajkova, Jiří Hejnar

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Article in Molecular carcinogenesis, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Association Study between Polymorphisms in DNA Methylation-Related Genes and Testicular Germ Cell Tumor Risk.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2022
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  2. Receptor usage of Syncytin-1: ASCT2, but not ASCT1, is a functional receptor and effector of cell fusion in the human placenta.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  7. Epigenetic Regulation of Driver Genes in Testicular Tumorigenesis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  15. The TET enzymes.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Martina Benešová *Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Videnska 1083, CZ-14220 Prague 4, Czech Republic.
Kateřina Trejbalová *Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Videnska 1083, CZ-14220 Prague 4, Czech Republic.
Dana KučerováInstitute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Videnska 1083, CZ-14220 Prague 4, Czech Republic.
Zdenka VernerováDepartment of Pathology, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Ruska 87, CZ-10000, Prague 10, Czech Republic.
Tomáš HronInstitute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Videnska 1083, CZ-14220 Prague 4, Czech Republic.
Arpád SzabóDepartment of Pathology, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Ruska 87, CZ-10000, Prague 10, Czech Republic.
Rachel AmourouxMRC London Institute of Medical Sciences, London, UK and Institute of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, UK.
Petr KlézlDepartment of Urology, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Ruska 87, CZ-10000, Prague 10, Czech Republic.
Petra HajkovaMRC London Institute of Medical Sciences, London, UK and Institute of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, UK.
Jiří HejnarInstitute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Videnska 1083, CZ-14220 Prague 4, Czech Republic.
Czech Academy of Sciences · CZCharles University · CZMRC London Institute of Medical Sciences · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_U120092689Medical Research Council MC_US_A652_5PY70
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Germ cell tumors and particularly seminomas reflect the epigenomic features of their parental primordial germ cells (PGCs), including genomic DNA hypomethylation and expression of pluripotent cell markers. Because the DNA hypomethylation might be a result of TET dioxygenase activity, we examined expression of TET1-3 enzymes and the level of their product, 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC), in a panel of histologically characterized seminomas and non-seminomatous germ cell tumors. Expression of TET dioxygenase mRNAs was quantified by real-time PCR. TET1 expression and the level of 5hmC were examined immunohistochemically. Quantitative assessment of 5-methylcytosine (5mC) and 5hmC levels was done by the liquid chromatography-mass spectroscopy technique. We found highly increased expression of TET1 dioxygenase in most seminomas and strong TET1 staining in seminoma cells. Isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 and 2 mutations were not detected, suggesting the enzymatic activity of TET1. The levels of 5mC and 5hmC in seminomas were found decreased in comparison to non-seminomatous germ cell tumors and healthy testicular tissue. We propose that TET1 expression should be studied as a potential marker of seminomas and mixed germ cell tumors and we suggest that elevated expression of TET dioxygenase enzymes is associated with the maintenance of low DNA methylation levels in seminomas. This "anti-methylator" phenotype of seminomas is in contrast to the CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP) observed in a fraction of tumors of various types.

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DNA Methylation5-MethylcytosineAdultDioxygenasesDNA-Binding ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMaleMixed Function OxygenasesProto-Oncogene ProteinsSeminomaTesticular NeoplasmsTestisUp-Regulation5-hydroxymethylcytosine5-MethylcytosineDioxygenasesDNA-Binding ProteinsMixed Function OxygenasesProto-Oncogene ProteinsTET1 protein, humanTET2 protein, humanTET3 protein, human5-hydroxymethylcytosine5-methylcytosinegerm cell tumorseminomaTET1

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PMID28218476
PMCPMC5503132
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