Feng Qinghua, Hawes Stephen E, Stern Joshua E, Wiens Linda, Lu Hiep, Dong Zhao Ming, Jordan C Diana, Kiviat Nancy B, Vesselle Hubert
Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Box 357115, Seattle, WA 98195-7115, USA.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2008 Mar;17(3):645-54. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2518.
We used MethyLight assays to analyze DNA methylation status of 27 genes on 49 paired cancerous and noncancerous tissue samples from non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients who underwent surgical resection. Seven genes (RARB, BVES, CDKN2A, KCNH5, RASSF1, CDH13, and RUNX) were found to be methylated significantly more frequently in tumor tissues than in noncancerous tissues. Only methylation of CCND2 and APC was frequently detected in both cancerous and noncancerous tissues, supporting the hypothesis that the methylation of these two genes is a preneoplastic change and may be associated with tobacco smoking exposure. Methylation of any one of eight genes (RASSF1, DAPK1, BVES, CDH13, MGMT, KCNH5, RARB, or CDH1) was present in 80% of NSCLC tissues but only in 14% of noncancerous tissues. Detection of methylation of these genes in blood might have utility in monitoring and detecting tumor recurrence in early-stage NSCLC after curative surgical resection.
我们采用甲基化荧光定量分析方法,对49例接受手术切除的非小细胞肺癌(NSCLC)患者的配对癌组织和癌旁组织样本中的27个基因的DNA甲基化状态进行了分析。结果发现,与癌旁组织相比,肿瘤组织中7个基因(RARB、BVES、CDKN2A、KCNH5、RASSF1、CDH13和RUNX)的甲基化频率显著更高。仅CCND2和APC的甲基化在癌组织和癌旁组织中均频繁检测到,这支持了这两个基因的甲基化是肿瘤前变化且可能与吸烟暴露相关的假设。8个基因(RASSF1、DAPK1、BVES、CDH13、MGMT、KCNH5、RARB或CDH1)中任何一个基因的甲基化存在于80%的NSCLC组织中,但仅存在于14%的癌旁组织中。检测血液中这些基因的甲基化可能有助于监测和检测根治性手术切除后早期NSCLC的肿瘤复发。