General Information of Drug Transporter (DT)
DT ID DTD0013 Transporter Info
Gene Name ABCB4
Transporter Name Multidrug resistance protein 3
Gene ID
5244
UniProt ID
P21439
Epigenetic Regulations of This DT (EGR)

Histone acetylation

  Breast cancer

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  Epigenetic Phenomenon 1

Hypoacetylation of ABCB4 in breast cancer (compare with doxorubicin-resistant counterpart cells) [ 2 ]

Location

Promoter

Epigenetic Type

Histone acetylation Experiment Method Chromatin immunoprecipitation

Related Molecular Changes

Down regulation of ABCB4 Experiment Method RT-qPCR

Studied Phenotype

Breast cancer [ ICD-11: 2C60-2C6Z]

Experimental Material

Multiple cell lines of human

Additional Notes

ABCB4 was overexpressed in doxorubicin-resistant breast cancer cells compared to their doxorubicin-sensitive counterparts, which was associated with reduced DNA methylation as well as increased histone acetylation at the ABCB4 promoter.

  Epigenetic Phenomenon 2

Hypoacetylation of ABCB4 in breast cancer (compare with doxorubicin-resistant counterpart cells) [ 2 ]

Location

Promoter

Epigenetic Type

Histone acetylation Experiment Method Chromatin immunoprecipitation

Related Molecular Changes

Down regulation of ABCB4 Experiment Method RT-qPCR

Studied Phenotype

Breast cancer [ ICD-11: 2C60-2C6Z]

Experimental Material

Multiple cell lines of human

Additional Notes

ABCB4 was overexpressed in doxorubicin-resistant breast cancer cells compared to their doxorubicin-sensitive counterparts, which was associated with reduced DNA methylation as well as increased histone acetylation at the ABCB4 promoter.

Methylation

  Breast cancer

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  Epigenetic Phenomenon 1

Hypermethylation of ABCB4 in breast cancer [ 1 ]

Location

Promoter

Epigenetic Type

Methylation Experiment Method Bisulfite pyrosequencing

Related Molecular Changes

Down regulation of ABCB4 Experiment Method RT-qPCR

Studied Phenotype

Breast cancer [ ICD-11: 2C60-2C6Z]

Frequency

11 (41%) out of the 27 studied tumor samples

Experimental Material

Multiple cell lines of human; Patients tissue samples

Additional Notes

Tumor specific ABCB4 Hypermethylation in primary tumors and reduced ABCB4 expression in primary lung cancer.

  Nodular goiter

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  Epigenetic Phenomenon 1

Hypomethylation of ABCB4 in nodular goiter [ 3 ]

Location

Promoter

Epigenetic Type

Methylation Experiment Method Methylation-specific PCR

Studied Phenotype

Nodular goiter [ ICD-11: 5A01.Z]

Experimental Material

Multiple cell lines of human; Patient tissue samples

Additional Notes

A distinct methylation profiling in drug metabolism and transport genes between nodular goiter and normal thyroid tissues, particularly ABCB4, CYP1B1 and CYP24A1 and SLC1A2.
References
1 ABCB4 is frequently epigenetically silenced in human cancers and inhibits tumor growth. Sci Rep. 2014 Nov 4;4:6899.
2 Overexpression of ABCB4 contributes to acquired doxorubicin resistance in breast cancer cells in vitro. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2018 Aug;82(2):199-210.
3 Aberrant DNA methylation of drug metabolism and transport genes in nodular goiter. Thyroid Res. 2011 Oct 12;4(1):15.

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