Study of the Fluorescence Intensity of Histones HP1gamma, H3K9me3, H3K27me3, and Histone Deacetylases SIRT1 and SIRT6 in Dermal Fibroblasts of Patients with Breast Cancer and Patients at Risk of Cancer

Abstract

Breast cancer is by far the most common cancer among women. The heterogeneous nature of the onset of this disease has already been proven and a search is underway for possible epigenetic mechanisms that affect the course of treatment. The indirect immunofluorescence method was used to study the fluorescence intensity of histones HP1γ, H3K9me3, H3K27me3, and histone deacetylases SIRT1 and SIRT6 in dermal fibroblasts of patients with breast cancer and patients at risk of developing cancer. The results of the study showed a significant difference in the level of fluorescence intensity of histones H3K9me3 and H3K27me3 in the cells of patients with breast cancer from the values in the cells of healthy donors. Also, the results of the study suggest that the heterochromatin protein HP1γ is a possible marker of the heterogeneity of breast cancer.