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- Title
Clinicopathological impacts of DNA methylation alterations on pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: prediction of early recurrence based on genome-wide DNA methylation profiling.
- Authors
Endo, Yutaka; Fujimoto, Mao; Ito, Nanako; Takahashi, Yoriko; Kitago, Minoru; Gotoh, Masahiro; Hiraoka, Nobuyoshi; Yoshida, Teruhiko; Kitagawa, Yuko; Kanai, Yae; Arai, Eri
- Abstract
Purpose: The present study was conducted to clarify the clinicopathological impacts of DNA methylation alterations on pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Methods: Genome-wide DNA methylation screening was performed using the Infinium HumanMethylation450 BeadChip, and DNA methylation quantification was verified using pyrosequencing. We analyzed fresh-frozen tissues from an initial cohort (17 samples of normal control pancreatic tissue [C] from 17 patients without PDAC, and 34 samples of non-cancerous pancreatic tissue [N] and 82 samples of cancerous tissue [T] both obtained from 82 PDAC patients) and formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded T samples from 34 patients in a validation cohort. Results: The DNA methylation profiles of N samples tended to differ from those of C samples, and 91,907 probes showed significant differences in DNA methylation levels between C and T samples. Epigenetic clustering of T samples was significantly correlated with a larger tumor diameter and early recurrence (ER), defined as relapse within 6 months after surgery. Three marker CpG sites, applicable to formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded surgically resected materials regardless of their tumor cell content, were identified for prediction of ER. The sensitivity and specificity for detection of patients belonging to the ER group using a panel combining these three marker CpG sites, including a CpG site in the CDK14 gene, were 81.8% and 71.7% and 88.9% and 70.4% in the initial and validation cohorts, respectively. Conclusion: These findings indicate that DNA methylation alterations may have a clinicopathological impact on PDAC. Application of our criteria will ultimately allow prediction of ER after surgery to improve the outcome of PDAC patients.
- Subjects
DNA methylation; DNA fingerprinting; PANCREATIC enzymes; ADENOCARCINOMA; GENES; CLUSTER sampling
- Publication
Journal of Cancer Research & Clinical Oncology, 2021, Vol 147, Issue 5, p1341
- ISSN
0171-5216
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00432-021-03541-6