Expression of RASSF1A, an epigenetically silenced tumor suppressor, overcomes resistance to apoptosis induction by interferons

Cancer Research
F J ReuE C Borden

Abstract

Resistance of human renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and melanoma to the apoptosis-inducing effects of IFNs was postulated to result from epigenetic silencing of genes by DNA methylation, a common feature of human cancers. To reverse silencing, 5-AZA-deoxycytidine (5-AZA-dC) or selective depletion of DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) by phosphorothioate oligonucleotide antisense (DNMT1 AS) were employed in cells resistant (<5% terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated nick-end labeling positive) to apoptosis induction by IFN-alpha2 and IFN-beta (ACHN, SK-RC-45, and A375). 5-AZA-dC and DNMT1 AS similarly depleted available DNMT1 protein and, at doses that did not cause apoptosis alone, resulted in apoptotic response to IFNs. The proapoptotic tumor suppressor RASSF1A was reactivated by DNMT1 inhibitors in all three cell lines. This was associated with demethylation of its promoter region. IFNs augmented RASSF1A protein expression after reactivation by DNMT1 inhibition. In IFN-sensitive WM9 melanoma cells, expression of RASSF1A was constitutive but also augmented by IFNs. RASSF1A small interfering RNA reduced IFN-induced apoptosis in WM9 cells and in DNMT1-depleted ACHN cells. Conversely, lentiviral expression of RASSF1A but not tran...Continue Reading

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