Figure 9
From: Breast carcinoma cells re-express E-cadherin during mesenchymal to epithelial reverting transition
Re-expression of E-cadherin follows a proliferation-dependent demethylation of the E-cadherin promoter. A) MS-PCR of MDA-MB-231 cultured alone in hepatocyte growth media B) MS-PCR using human-specific primers that amplify the imprinted H19 gene. C) MS-PCR of E-cadherin promoter following addition of MMC D) Addition of MMC prevents E-cadherin re-expression at the protein level. E) The maintenance demethylase DNMT1 does not change in localization or intensity in MDA-MB-231 cancer cells when cocultured with hepatocytes. DNMT1, red; DAPI, blue.