TY - JOUR
T1 - Validation of DNA promoter hypermethylation biomarkers in breast cancer - A short report
AU - De Groot, Jolien S.
AU - Pan, Xiaojuan
AU - Meeldijk, Jan
AU - Van Der Wall, Elsken
AU - van Diest, Paulus Joannes
AU - Moelans, Cathy B.
PY - 2014/8
Y1 - 2014/8
N2 - Purpose: DNA promoter hypermethylation of tumor suppressor genes is known to occur early in cancer development, including breast cancer. To improve early breast cancer detection, we aimed to investigate whether the identification of DNA promoter hypermethylation might be of added value. Methods: The methylation status of a panel of 19 candidate genes (AKR1B1, ALX1, ARHGEF7, FZD10, GHSR, GPX7, GREM1, GSTP1, HOXD1, KL, LHX2, MAL, MGMT, NDRG2, RASGRF2, SFRP1, SFRP2, TM6SF1 and TMEFF2) was determined in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded normal breast and breast cancer tissue samples using gel-based methylation-specific PCR (MSP). Results: The promoters of the AKR1B1, ALX1, GHSR, GREM1, RASGRF2, SFRP2, TM6SF1 and TMEFF2 genes were found to be significantly differentially methylated in normal versus malignant breast tissues. Based on sensitivity, specificity and logistic regression analyses the best performing genes for detecting breast cancer were identified. Through multivariate analyses, we found that AKR1B1 and TM6SF1 could detect breast cancer with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.986 in a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) assessment. Conclusions: Based on our data, we conclude that AKR1B1 and TM6SF1 may serve as candidate methylation biomarkers for early breast cancer detection. Further studies are underway to evaluate the methylation status of these genes in body fluids, including nipple aspirates and blood.
AB - Purpose: DNA promoter hypermethylation of tumor suppressor genes is known to occur early in cancer development, including breast cancer. To improve early breast cancer detection, we aimed to investigate whether the identification of DNA promoter hypermethylation might be of added value. Methods: The methylation status of a panel of 19 candidate genes (AKR1B1, ALX1, ARHGEF7, FZD10, GHSR, GPX7, GREM1, GSTP1, HOXD1, KL, LHX2, MAL, MGMT, NDRG2, RASGRF2, SFRP1, SFRP2, TM6SF1 and TMEFF2) was determined in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded normal breast and breast cancer tissue samples using gel-based methylation-specific PCR (MSP). Results: The promoters of the AKR1B1, ALX1, GHSR, GREM1, RASGRF2, SFRP2, TM6SF1 and TMEFF2 genes were found to be significantly differentially methylated in normal versus malignant breast tissues. Based on sensitivity, specificity and logistic regression analyses the best performing genes for detecting breast cancer were identified. Through multivariate analyses, we found that AKR1B1 and TM6SF1 could detect breast cancer with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.986 in a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) assessment. Conclusions: Based on our data, we conclude that AKR1B1 and TM6SF1 may serve as candidate methylation biomarkers for early breast cancer detection. Further studies are underway to evaluate the methylation status of these genes in body fluids, including nipple aspirates and blood.
KW - Biomarkers
KW - Breast cancer
KW - DNA promoter hypermethylation
KW - Early detection
KW - Validation
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U2 - 10.1007/s13402-014-0189-1
DO - 10.1007/s13402-014-0189-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 25123395
AN - SCOPUS:84906935695
SN - 2211-3428
VL - 37
SP - 297
EP - 303
JO - Cellular Oncology
JF - Cellular Oncology
IS - 4
ER -