Abstract:
PURPOSE: A method for identifying a material which negatively controls hypoxic target gene and a composition for treating cancer using the identified test material are provided. CONSTITUTION: A composition for treating cancer contains a material which negatively controls hypoxic target gene. The material is a methyltansferase which methylates intracellular leptin. The methyltransferase is G9a. A method for identifying the material comprises: a step of treating a test material to cells under the hypoxic environment; a step of detecting methylation of intracellular leptin; and a step of determining the material which negatively controls hypoxic target gene which methylates reptin.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A method for screening anticancer agents using methylation level of pontin is provided to screen anticancer agents and to develop novel anticancer drugs through the effect on cancer cell proliferation and growth by controlling the bond of a methyl group to the pontin protein. CONSTITUTION: A method for screening anticancer agents comprises the steps of culturing cells; contacting the cells with potential materials; confirming reduction of methylation of intracellular pontin compared with a control group (uncontacted group); and selecting a potential material which reduces methylation of pontin as an anticancer agent. The cell is an animal cell.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A method for identifying a material which negatively controls hypoxic target gene and a composition for treating cancer using the identified test material are provided. CONSTITUTION: A composition for treating cancer contains a material which negatively controls hypoxic target gene. The material is a methyltansferase which methylates intracellular leptin. The methyltransferase is G9a. A method for identifying the material comprises: a step of treating a test material to cells under the hypoxic environment; a step of detecting methylation of intracellular leptin; and a step of determining the material which negatively controls hypoxic target gene which methylates reptin.