PMID: 8940998Dec 1, 1996Paper

DNA hypomethylation and proliferative activity are increased in the rectal mucosa of patients with long-standing ulcerative colitis

Cancer
L GlóriaJ Soares

Abstract

DNA methylation and DNA cytometric parameters were evaluated in the rectal mucosa from patients with extensive and long-standing ulcerative colitis. Twenty-six patients with extensive disease for more than 7 years and 11 healthy controls were included. Global DNA methylation was assessed as the capacity of the DNA test to incorporate [3H]methyl groups from [3H]-S-adenosyl-methionine in the presence of Sss1 methylase. A higher incorporation reflects a lower state of intrinsic methylation. DNA ploidy, S-phase fraction, and proliferative index (PI = S + G2M) of the cell cycle were analyzed by flow cytometry. Incorporation of the [3H]methyl groups into DNA was 10-fold higher in patients compared with controls (P < 0.001) and was significantly higher in patients with histologically active disease (P = 0.02). With regard to flow cytometry, all samples showed a diploid pattern, but S-phase fraction and the proliferative index values were significantly increased in patients compared with controls (P = 0.0007 and P = 0.003, respectively). A positive correlation was found between S-phase fraction and proliferative index and the number of exacerbations of the disease (P < 0.005), and there was a trend among those patients who had disease ...Continue Reading

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