1 Department of Urology, Medical University of Lodz, Poland.
Arch Med Sci. 2011 Jun;7(3):512-6. doi: 10.5114/aoms.2011.23421. Epub 2011 Jul 11.
The aim of the study was to examine the frequency of methylation status in promoter regions of p16 and DAPK genes in patients with non-invasive bladder cancer.
Forty-two patients (92.9% men, 73.8% smokers, 71.4% T1G1, 19.1% T1G2, 9.5% T1G3) and 36 healthy controls were studied. Isolation of genomic DNA from blood serum and methylation-specific PCR (MSP) were applied. Methylation status - methylated and unmethylated promoter regions of p16 and DAPK genes were analysed.
Seventeen out of 42 patients (40.5%) had the methylated p16 gene, while methylation of the DAPK gene was seen in 27 of 42 cases (64.3%). In 12 patients (28.6%) both analysed genes were methylated. A statistically significant (p = 0.046) higher frequency of DAPK gene methylation (71.4%) was observed in patients with lower grade (G1) bladder cancer.
Detection of the aberrant hypermethylation of DAPK and p16 genes in blood DNA from non-invasive bladder cancer patients might offer an effective means for earlier auxiliary diagnosis of the malignancy.
本研究旨在检测非浸润性膀胱癌患者 p16 和 DAPK 基因启动子区甲基化状态的频率。
研究纳入 42 名患者(92.9%为男性,73.8%为吸烟者,71.4%为 T1G1,19.1%为 T1G2,9.5%为 T1G3)和 36 名健康对照者。采用血清基因组 DNA 分离和甲基化特异性 PCR(MSP)检测。分析 p16 和 DAPK 基因启动子区甲基化状态 - 甲基化和非甲基化。
42 名患者中有 17 名(40.5%)存在 p16 基因甲基化,42 例中有 27 例(64.3%)存在 DAPK 基因甲基化。在 12 例患者(28.6%)中,两个分析的基因均被甲基化。在低级别(G1)膀胱癌患者中,DAPK 基因甲基化频率显著更高(p = 0.046)。
在非浸润性膀胱癌患者的血液 DNA 中检测到 DAPK 和 p16 基因的异常高甲基化,可能为恶性肿瘤的早期辅助诊断提供有效的手段。