title: Identification of new differentially methylated genes that have potential functional consequences in prostate cancer.
abstract: Many differentially methylated genes have been identified in prostate cancer (PCa), primarily using candidate gene-based assays. Recently, several global DNA methylation profiles have been reported in PCa, however, each of these has weaknesses in terms of ability to observe global DNA methylation alterations in PCa. We hypothesize that there remains unidentified aberrant DNA methylation in PCa, which may be identified using higher resolution assay methods. We used the newly developed Illumina HumanMethylation450 BeadChip in PCa (n = 19) and adjacent normal tissues (n = 4) and combined these with gene expression data for identifying new DNA methylation that may have functional consequences in PCa development and progression. We also confirmed our methylation results in an independent data set. Two aberrant DNA methylation genes were validated among an additional 56 PCa samples and 55 adjacent normal tissues. A total 28,735 CpG sites showed significant differences in DNA methylation (FDR adjusted P<0.05), defined as a mean methylation difference of at least 20% between PCa and normal samples. Furthermore, a total of 122 genes had more than one differentially methylated CpG site in their promoter region and a gene expression pattern that was inverse to the direction of change in DNA methylation (e.g. decreased expression with increased methylation, and vice-versa). Aberrant DNA methylation of two genes, AOX1 and SPON2, were confirmed via bisulfate sequencing, with most of the respective CpG sites showing significant differences between tumor samples and normal tissues. The AOX1 promoter region showed hypermethylation in 92.6% of 54 tested PCa samples in contrast to only three out of 53 tested normal tissues. This study used a new BeadChip combined with gene expression data in PCa to identify novel differentially methylated CpG sites located within genes. The newly identified differentially methylated genes may be used as biomarkers for PCa diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Center for Cancer Genomics, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America.
authors.forename: Jin W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seong-Tae
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Aubrey R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: Tracey
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Shelly
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Wennuan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lindberg
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Egevad
authors.forename: Henrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gronberg
authors.forename: William B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Isaacs
authors.forename: Jianfeng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D042931:Aldehyde Oxidase / Q000235:genetics; D018899:CpG Islands; D019175:DNA Methylation; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011467:Prostate / Q000378:metabolism; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; C122166:SPON2 protein, human; C526436:AOX1 protein, human; D042931:Aldehyde Oxidase