Correlations among PPARγ, DNMT1, and DNMT3B expression levels and pancreatic cancer

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Emerging evidence indicates that peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) and DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) play a role in carcinogenesis. In this study we aimed to evaluate the expression of PPARγ, DNMT1, and DNMT3B and their correlation with clinical-pathological features in patients with pancreatic cancer (PC), and to define the effect of PPARγ activation on DNMTs expression in PC cell lines. qRT-PCR analysis showed that DNMT3B expression was downregulated in tumors compared to normal tissues (P = 0.03), whereas PPARγ and DNMT1 levels did not show significant alterations in PC patients. Expression levels between PPARγ and DNMT1 and between DNMT1 and DNMT3B were highly correlated (P = 0.008 and P = 0.05 resp.). DNMT3B overexpression in tumor tissue was positively correlated with both lymph nodes spreading (P = 0.046) and resection margin status (P = 0.04), and a borderline association with perineural invasion (P = 0.06) was found. Furthermore, high levels of DNMT3B expression were significantly associated with a lower mortality in the whole population (HR = 0.485; 95 CI = 0.262 0.895, P = 0.02) and in the subgroup of patients without perineural invasion (HR = 0.314; 95 CI = 0.130 0.758; P = 0.01), while such association was not observed in patients with tumor invasion into perineural structures (P = 0.70). In conclusion, in vitro and in vivo PPARγ and DNMTs appear interrelated in PC, and this interaction might influence cell phenotype and disease behavior. © 2012 Valerio Pazienza et al.

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Pazienza, V., Tavano, F., Benegiamo, G., Vinciguerra, M., Burbaci, F. P., Copetti, M., … Di Sebastiano, P. (2012). Correlations among PPARγ, DNMT1, and DNMT3B expression levels and pancreatic cancer. PPAR Research. https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/461784

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