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Gene promoter-associated CpG island hypermethylation in squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue

Authors: Samatha Bhat, Shama Prasada Kabekkodu, Chinchu Jayaprakash, Raghu Radhakrishnan, Satadru Ray, Kapaettu Satyamoorthy

Published in: Virchows Archiv | Issue 4/2017

Abstract

The present study was undertaken to explore and validate novel hypermethylated DNA regions in squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue (SCCT). Genome-wide methylation changes were identified by differential methylation hybridization (DMH) microarray and validated by bisulfite genome sequencing (BGS). The results were compared against datasets from The Cancer Genome Atlas head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (TCGA-HNSCC), Gene Expression Omnibus (GSE26549), and ArrayExpress (E-MTAB-1328). DMH identified 116 hypomethylated and 241 hypermethylated regions. Of the latter, 24 were localized to promoter or 5′-UTR regions. By BGS, promoter sequences of DAPK1, LRPPRC, RAB6C, and ZNF471 were significantly hypermethylated in tumors when compared with matched normal tissues (P < 0.0001). A TCGA-HNSCC dataset (516 cases of cancer and 50 normal tissue samples) further confirmed hypermethylation of DAPK1, RAB6C, and ZNF471. Sensitivity and specificity of methylation markers for a diagnosis of cancer were in the range of 70–100% in our study and from TCGA-HNSCC datasets, with an area under curve (AUC) of 0.83 and above. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis of TCGA-HNSCC expression data revealed that patients with low expressions of DAPK1, RAB6C, and ZNF471 showed poorer survival than patients with high expression (P = 0.02). Human papillomavirus (HPV) was found in 55% of cases, HPV16 being the predominant genotype. DAPK1 immunohistochemical staining was lower in SCCT than in normal buccal epithelial cells. This is the first study to report hypermethylation of LRPPRC, RAB6C, and ZNF471 in SCCT and its diagnostic and prognostic potentials in a specific head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

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Title: Gene promoter-associated CpG island hypermethylation in squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue
Authors: Samatha Bhat
Shama Prasada Kabekkodu
Chinchu Jayaprakash
Raghu Radhakrishnan
Satadru Ray
Kapaettu Satyamoorthy
Publication date: 01-04-2017
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Virchows Archiv / Issue 4/2017
Print ISSN: 0945-6317
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2307
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-017-2094-2

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