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ArticleGenetics and molecular biology

COX-2 gene expression and methylation profile in Sapajus apella as an experimental model for gastric adenocarcinoma.

Danilo do Rosário Pinheiro, Maria Lucia Harada, Rommel Mario Rodriguez Burbano, Barbara do Nascimento Borges

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Danilo do Rosário PinheiroMolecular Biology Laboratory, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas. Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil.
Maria Lucia HaradaMolecular Biology Laboratory, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas. Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil.
Rommel Mario Rodriguez BurbanoHuman Cytogenetics Laboratory, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas. Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil.
Barbara do Nascimento BorgesMolecular Biology Laboratory, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas. Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil.
Universidade Federal do Pará · BR

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Abstract

Gastric cancer (GC) remains one of the main causes of cancer-related death worldwide. There are two distinct histological types of GC: diffuse and intestinal. The latter is characterized by the presence of pre-neoplastic lesions. One of the most frequently altered enzymes in intestinal GC is COX-2, an important lesion marker. This work aimed to study COX-2 methylation and expression in N-methyl-N-Nitrosurea (MNU)-induced intestinal GC in six Sapajus apella animals. The partial promoter sequence of S. apella COX-2 gene was obtained and used to identify transcription factors and cis-regulatory element binding sites. The COX-2 methylation pattern was assessed using Methylation-Specific PCR (MSP), and expression was analyzed by immunohistochemistry (IHQ). A total of 20 samples were obtained. A 675 bp fragment of the S. apella COX-2 promoter region was obtained, and it was 99.2% and 68.2% similar to H. sapiens and S. boliviensis, respectively. Similar to humans, several transcription factors and cis-regulatory element binding sites were identified in the S. apella sequence. MSP revealed that all samples were methylated. However, IHQ results demonstrated positive COX-2 expression in all pre-neoplastic and tumoral samples. The results suggest that the analyzed fragment is not crucial in COX-2 regulation of GC in S. apella.

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