Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Department of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Epigenomics. 2018 Apr 1;10(4):367-378. doi: 10.2217/epi-2017-0119. Epub 2018 Mar 12.
We examined methylation patterns with aggressive tumor phenotypes and investigated demographic, socioeconomic and reproductive predictors of gene methylation.
MATERIALS & METHODS: Pyrosequencing quantified methylation of BRCA1, EGFR, GSTM2, RASSF1, TFF1 and Sat 2. We used quantile regression models to calculate adjusted median methylation values by estrogen and progesterone receptor (ER/PR) status. Bivariate associations between participant characteristics and methylation were examined.
Higher percent methylation of GSTM2 was observed in ER/PR-negative compared with ER/PR-positive tumors in ductal carcinoma in situ (14 vs 2%) and invasive (35 vs 3%) tissue components. Trends in aberrant GSTM2 methylation across tissue components were stronger among ER/PR-negative tumors (p-interaction <0.001). Black women were more likely to have ER/PR-negative tumors (p = 0.01) and show hypermethylation of GSTM2 compared with other women (p = 0.05).
GSTM2 promoter hypermethylation may serve as a potential biomarker of aggressive tumor development and a mechanism for ER/PR-negative tumor progression.
我们研究了具有侵袭性肿瘤表型的甲基化模式,并探讨了基因甲基化的人口统计学、社会经济学和生殖预测因素。
焦磷酸测序定量检测 BRCA1、EGFR、GSTM2、RASSF1、TFF1 和 Sat2 的甲基化。我们使用分位数回归模型,根据雌激素和孕激素受体(ER/PR)状态计算调整后的中位甲基化值。检验了参与者特征与甲基化之间的双变量关联。
在导管原位癌(DCIS)和浸润性组织成分中,与 ER/PR 阳性肿瘤相比,GSTM2 高甲基化的百分比在 ER/PR 阴性肿瘤中更高(分别为 14%和 2%)。在 ER/PR 阴性肿瘤中,GSTM2 异常甲基化的趋势更强(p 交互<0.001)。与其他女性相比,黑人女性更有可能患有 ER/PR 阴性肿瘤(p=0.01),并且 GSTM2 呈高甲基化状态(p=0.05)。
GSTM2 启动子的过度甲基化可能是侵袭性肿瘤发展的潜在生物标志物,也是 ER/PR 阴性肿瘤进展的机制。