Oxidative stress, DNA methylation and carcinogenesis
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Transformation of a normal cell to a malignant one requires phenotypic changes often associated with each of the initiation, promotion and progression phases of the carcinogenic process. Genes in each of these phases acquire alterations in their transcriptional activity that are associated either with hypermethylation-induced transcriptional repression (in the case of tumor suppressor genes) or hypomethylation-induced activation (in the case of oncogenes). Growing evidence supports a role of ROS-induced generation of oxidative stress in these epigenetic processes and as such we can hypothesize of potential mode(s) of action by which oxidative stress modulates epigenetic regulation of gene expression. This is of outmost importance given that various components of the epigenetic pathway and primarily aberrant DNA methylation patterns are used as potential biomarkers for cancer diagnosis and prognosis.
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Oxidative stress may lead to epigenetic alterations and aberrant DNA methylation which predispose susceptible cell populations to malignant transformation.
“Oxidative stress may lead to epigenetic alterations and aberrant DNA methylation which predispose susceptible cell populations to malignant transformation [15].”
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- Authors
- Franco, R., Schoneveld, O., Georgakilas, A. G., & Panayiotidis, M. I.
- Affiliations
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- East Carolina University (US)
- University of Nevada, Reno (US)
- Corresponding author
- Panayiotidis, Mihalis I.
- Venue
- Cancer Letters
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2008-07
- Volume
- 266
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 6-11
- ISSN
- 0304-3835 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2025141680
- Cited by
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- FWCI
- 3.40
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Cancer Letters (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- East Carolina University
- University of Nevada, Reno
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Cancer and biochemical research
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Redox biology and oxidative stress
- Keywords
- oxidative stress, DNA methylation, carcinogenesis, reactive oxygen species, epigenetic regulation, tumor suppressor, oncogenes, hypermethylation, hypomethylation, gene expression regulation, tumor markers, cancer diagnosis and prognosis
- MeSH terms
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic, DNA Damage, Neoplasms, Phenotype, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Reactive Oxygen Species, Oxidative Stress, Disease Progression, DNA Methylation, Epigenesis, Genetic
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