The Study of DNA Methylation of bax Gene Promoter in Breast and Colorectal Carcinoma Cell Lines

Abstract

Background: The Bcl-2 protein family members have known as essential controllers of mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis. Bax is a proapoptotic member of Bcl-2 protein family, which is well known to play crucial roles for apoptosis control. bax has been implicated as potential tumor suppressor in certain solid tumors such as breast and colorectal carcinoma. DNA methylation of promoter associated CpG islands has known as a common mechanism for gene inactivation in tumor cells.