Methylation of the TPEF- and PAX6-promoters is increased in early bladder cancer and in normal mucosa adjacent to pTa tumours.
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Methylation of the TPEF- and PAX6-promoters is increased in early bladder cancer and in normal mucosa adjacent to pTa tumours. / Hellwinkel, Olaf; Kedia, Merab; Isbarn, Hendrik; Budäus, Lars; Friedrich, Martin.
In: BJU INT, Vol. 101, No. 6, 6, 2008, p. 753-757.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Methylation of the TPEF- and PAX6-promoters is increased in early bladder cancer and in normal mucosa adjacent to pTa tumours.
AU - Hellwinkel, Olaf
AU - Kedia, Merab
AU - Isbarn, Hendrik
AU - Budäus, Lars
AU - Friedrich, Martin
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To evaluate CpG island methylation patterns of cancer-associated genes for their applicability as molecular biomarkers for the detection of superficial bladder cancer and for the discrimination of invasive from noninvasive tumours. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We analysed the methylation status of CpG islands in the promoter region of the cancer-associated genes GSTP1, DAPK, MDR1, TPEF, PAX6, and TSLC1 in primary papillary bladder cancer specimens from 39 patients (pT1 10, pTis one, pTa 20, pT2 five). Tumour-adjacent normal mucosa served as the control. The DNAs were bisulphite-treated and submitted to methylation-specific real-time polymerase chain reactions. RESULTS: Only TPEF and PAX6 had substantial CpG island methylation percentages. The TPEF- and PAX6-promoters also had significantly higher methylation rates in tumour tissue compared with the normal tumour-adjacent tissue. Interestingly, the methylation rates of the TPEF- and the PAX6-promoter were higher in adjacent normal tissues from bladders with pTa then in those with pT1 tumours. CONCLUSION: Our results shed a critical light on the hypothesis that CpG island hypermethylation of the GSTP1-, DAPK-, MDR1- and TSLC1-promoter could represent molecular biomarkers for bladder cancer diagnosis and detection. However, methylated PAX6- or TPEF-promoters could represent biomarkers for this disease. Additional studies are needed to evaluate whether methylation rates of these genes in normal bladder tissues are applicable as accessory markers for the tumour state or its invasive behaviour.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To evaluate CpG island methylation patterns of cancer-associated genes for their applicability as molecular biomarkers for the detection of superficial bladder cancer and for the discrimination of invasive from noninvasive tumours. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We analysed the methylation status of CpG islands in the promoter region of the cancer-associated genes GSTP1, DAPK, MDR1, TPEF, PAX6, and TSLC1 in primary papillary bladder cancer specimens from 39 patients (pT1 10, pTis one, pTa 20, pT2 five). Tumour-adjacent normal mucosa served as the control. The DNAs were bisulphite-treated and submitted to methylation-specific real-time polymerase chain reactions. RESULTS: Only TPEF and PAX6 had substantial CpG island methylation percentages. The TPEF- and PAX6-promoters also had significantly higher methylation rates in tumour tissue compared with the normal tumour-adjacent tissue. Interestingly, the methylation rates of the TPEF- and the PAX6-promoter were higher in adjacent normal tissues from bladders with pTa then in those with pT1 tumours. CONCLUSION: Our results shed a critical light on the hypothesis that CpG island hypermethylation of the GSTP1-, DAPK-, MDR1- and TSLC1-promoter could represent molecular biomarkers for bladder cancer diagnosis and detection. However, methylated PAX6- or TPEF-promoters could represent biomarkers for this disease. Additional studies are needed to evaluate whether methylation rates of these genes in normal bladder tissues are applicable as accessory markers for the tumour state or its invasive behaviour.
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
VL - 101
SP - 753
EP - 757
JO - BJU INT
JF - BJU INT
SN - 1464-4096
IS - 6
M1 - 6
ER -
