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Title: 
Methylation pattern of THBS1, GATA-4, and HIC1 in pediatric and adult patients infected with helicobacter pylori
Author(s): 
Institution: 
  • Universidade São Francisco
  • Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
  • Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
  • Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
ISSN: 
  • 0163-2116
  • 1573-2568
Abstract: 
Background: Helicobacter pylori infection is usually acquired in childhood and persists into adulthood if untreated. The bacterium induces a chronic inflammatory response, which is associated with epigenetic alterations in oncogenes, tumor-suppressor genes, cell-cycle regulators, and cell-adhesion molecules. Aim: The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of H. pylori infection on the methylation status of Thrombospondin-1 (THBS1), Hypermethylated in cancer 1 (HIC1) and Gata binding protein-4 (GATA-4) in gastric biopsy samples from children and adults infected or uninfected with the bacterium and in samples obtained from gastric cancer patients. Methods: The methylation pattern was analyzed with methylation-specific PCR. Results: Our results showed that H. pylori infection was associated with methylation of the promoter regions of the THBS1 and GATA-4 genes in pediatric and adult samples (p < 0.01). HIC1 showed the lowest level of methylation, which was not an early event during gastric carcinogenesis. Conclusions: The results from this study indicate that methylation of THBS1 and GATA-4 occurs in the early stages of chronic gastritis and gastric cancer in association with H. pylori infection; however, in gastric cancer samples, other mechanisms cooperate with the down-regulation of these genes. Methylation of HIC1 may not be the principal mechanism implicated in its down-regulation in gastric cancer samples. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York.
Issue Date: 
1-Oct-2013
Citation: 
Digestive Diseases and Sciences, v. 58, n. 10, p. 2850-2857, 2013.
Time Duration: 
2850-2857
Keywords: 
  • Chronic gastritis
  • Gastric cancer
  • Helicobacter pylori
  • Methylation
Source: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10620-013-2742-6
URI: 
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Type: 
outro
Source:
http://repositorio.unesp.br/handle/11449/76685
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