Figure 6
From: Epigenetic silencing of DSC3 is a common event in human breast cancer
Hypermethylated DSC3 promoter regions are inaccessible to in vivo MspI endonuclease digestion. Intact nuclei were isolated from MDA-MB-231 and UACC1179 cells and digested in vivo with MspI. Isolated DNA was ligated with a linker specific to the MspI ends, and hemi-nested, linker mediated PCR was conducted with two rounds of PCR with two gene specific primers. Increased amounts of PCR product reveal the presence of accessible chromatin. Inset within the graph is the average calculated fold decrease and standard deviation when MDA-MB-231 and UACC1179 cells are compared to MCF10A. The graph shown is representative of three independent replicates.