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DNA甲基化修饰在乳腺癌中的研究进展
基金项目(Foundation): 国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目(82202928)
邮箱(Email): huangpp@gmu.edu.;
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发布时间: 2026-07-08
出版时间: 2026-07-08
网络发布时间: 2026-07-08
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摘要:

乳腺癌是全世界女性最常见的恶性肿瘤,基因突变和表观遗传改变导致治疗耐药、复发和转移。DNA甲基化修饰作为常见的表观遗传学修饰,通过动态调控基因表达参与乳腺癌的发生、发展及化疗耐药。本文综述了DNA甲基化与去甲基化在乳腺癌中的调控作用,揭示其通过影响肿瘤增殖、转移、代谢重编程及免疫逃逸等恶性表型促进疾病进展。同时,异常的DNA甲基化可导致抑癌基因沉默或促癌基因激活,进而介导乳腺癌对化疗药物的耐药性。DNA甲基转移酶(DNA methyltransferases,DNMT)抑制剂可通过去甲基化作用激活沉默的基因,增强化疗敏感性,且与其他药物联合使用展现出协同抗肿瘤潜力。此外,本文探讨了个体化治疗的应用前景,并提出未来需进一步探索乳腺癌亚型特异性甲基化标志物及优化联合治疗方案,以克服耐药性并提高疗效,为乳腺癌的精准治疗提供新的表观遗传学策略。

Abstract:

Breast cancer is the most common malignant tumor in women worldwide. Gene mutations and epigenetic changes lead to treatment resistance, recurrence and metastasis. As a common epigenetic modification, DNA methylation modification is involved in the occurrence, development and chemotherapy resistance of breast cancer by dynamically regulating gene expression. This article reviews the regulatory role of DNA methylation and demethylation in breast cancer, and reveals that it promotes disease progression by affecting malignant phenotypes such as tumor proliferation, metastasis, metabolic reprogramming, and immune escape. At the same time, abnormal DNA methylation can lead to silencing of tumor suppressor genes or activation of oncogenes, and mediates the resistance of breast cancer to chemotherapeutic drugs. DNA methyltransferase(DNMT) inhibitors can activate silent genes through demethylation, enhance chemotherapy sensitivity, and show synergistic anti-tumor potential in combination with other drugs. In addition, this paper discusses the application prospect of individualized treatment, and proposes that in the future, it is necessary to further explore subtype-specific methylation markers of breast cancer and optimize the combined treatment plan to overcome drug resistance and improve the efficacy, so as to provide a new epigenetic strategy for the precise treatment of breast cancer.

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引用信息:

[1]黄强,王宇煊,黄盼盼.DNA甲基化修饰在乳腺癌中的研究进展[J].赣南医科大学学报().

基金信息:

国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目(82202928)

发布时间:

2026-07-08

出版时间:

2026-07-08

网络发布时间:

2026-07-08

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