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- Title
ANK2 Hypermethylation in Canine Mammary Tumors and Human Breast Cancer.
- Authors
Schabort, Johannes J.; Nam, A-Reum; Lee, Kang-Hoon; Kim, Seok Won; Lee, Jeong Eon; Cho, Je-Yoel
- Abstract
Canine mammary tumors (CMT) constitute the most common tumor types found in female dogs. Understanding this cancer through extensive research is important not only for clinical veterinary applications, but also in the scope of comparative oncology. The use of DNA methylation as a biomarker has been noted for numerous cancers in the form of both tissue and liquid biopsies, yet the study of methylation in CMT has been limited. By analyzing our canine methyl-binding domain sequencing (MBD-seq) data, we identified intron regions of canine ANK2 and EPAS1 as differentially methylated regions (DMGs) in CMT. Subsequently, we established quantitative methylation specific PCR (qMSP) of ANK2 and EPAS1 to validate the target hypermethylation in CMT tissue, as well as cell free DNA (cfDNA) from CMT plasma. Both ANK2 and EPAS1 were hypermethylated in CMT and highlighted as potential tissue biomarkers in CMT. ANK2 additionally showed significant hypermethylation in the plasma cfDNA of CMT, indicating that it could be a potential liquid biopsy biomarker as well. A similar trend towards hypermethylation was indicated in HBC at a specific CpG of the ANK2 target on the orthologous human region, which validates the comparative approach using aberrant methylation in CMT.
- Subjects
HUDSON'S Bay Co.; BREAST tumors; BREAST cancer; DNA methylation; BIOMARKERS; METHYLATION; TUMOR suppressor genes
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020, Vol 21, Issue 22, p8697
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms21228697