TY  - JOUR
T1  - ANtineoplastic effects of decitabine, an inhibitor of dna promoter methylation, in adrenocortical carcinoma cells
AU  - Suh I, Weng J, Fernandez-Ranvier G, et al
Y1  - 2010/03/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.2009.292
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 226
EP  - 232
VL  - 145
IS  - 3
N2  - Hypotheses 
    Decitabine recovers expression of silenced genes on chromosome 11q13 and has antineoplastic effects in adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) cells.Design 
    NCI-H295R cells were treated with decitabine (0.1-1.0μM) over 5 days. Cells were evaluated at 24-hour intervals for the effects of decitabine on ACC cell proliferation, cortisol secretion, and cell invasion. Expression was quantified for 6 genes on 11q13 (DDB1, MRPL48, NDUFS8, PRDX5, SERPING1, and TM7SF2) that were previously shown to be underexpressed in ACC.Setting 
    Academic research.Study Specimen 
    Human ACC cell line.Main Outcome Measures 
    Adrenocortical carcinoma cell proliferation, cortisol secretion, and cell invasion were measured using immunometric assays. Quantitative reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction was used to measure gene expression relative to GAPDH.Results 
    Decitabine inhibited ACC cell proliferation by 39% to 47% at 5 days after treatment compared with control specimens (P < .001). The inhibitory effect was cytostatic, time dependent, and dose dependent. Decitabine decreased cortisol secretion by 56% to 58% at 5 days after treatment (P = .02) and inhibited cell invasion by 64% at 24 hours after treatment (P = .03). Of 6 downregulated genes on 11q13, decitabine recovered expression of NDUFS8 (OMIM 602141) (P < .001) and PRDX5 (OMIM 606583) (P = .006).Conclusions 
    Decitabine exhibits antitumoral properties in ACC cells at clinically achievable doses and may be an effective adjuvant therapy in patients with advanced disease. Decitabine recovers expression of silenced genes on 11q13, which suggests a possible role of epigenetic gene silencing in adrenocortical carcinogenesis.
SN  - 0004-0010
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.2009.292
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.2009.292
ER  -