Methylation markers for small cell lung cancer in peripheral blood leukocyte DNA. J Thorac Oncol 2010 Jun;5(6):778-85
Date
04/28/2010Pubmed ID
20421821Pubmed Central ID
PMC3000124DOI
10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181d6e0b3Scopus ID
2-s2.0-77953138943 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 62 CitationsAbstract
INTRODUCTION: Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is the most aggressive form of lung malignancy.
METHODS: To identify and validate potential DNA methylation markers for risk assessment and disease detection, we examined peripheral blood leukocyte DNA specimens for methylation differences between SCLC cases and controls. We tested 1505 CpG sites using the Illumina Beadchip assay and validated 9 CpG sites using pyrosequencing technology.
RESULTS: In 44 matched SCLC case-control pairs, we identified significant differences at 62 CpG sites (false discovery rate < or =0.05) in 52 independent genes. Of those, we further determined 43 sites in 36 genes with a mean methylation level difference greater than 0.03 between the cases and controls. We then selected and validated 9 CpG sites for methylation differences in an independent set of 138 matched case-control pairs. The 9 validated CpG sites predicted a higher risk for cases than controls in 85.8% of all pairs of cases and controls, and 2 (in genes CSF3R and ERCC1) jointly contributed most of the discriminating ability.
CONCLUSIONS: Our replicated results demonstrated feasibility of applying large-scale methylation arrays for biomarker discovery and subsequent validation in peripheral blood DNA. The CpG sites identified in this study may potentially assist in risk prediction and diagnosis of SCLC.
Author List
Wang L, Aakre JA, Jiang R, Marks RS, Wu Y, Chen J, Thibodeau SN, Pankratz VS, Yang PMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdultAged
Aged, 80 and over
Carcinoma, Small Cell
CpG Islands
DNA Methylation
DNA-Binding Proteins
Endonucleases
Female
Humans
Leukocytes
Logistic Models
Lung Neoplasms
Male
Middle Aged
