Promoter methylation in the PTCH gene in cervical epithelial cancer and ovarian cancer tissue as studied by eight novel Pyrosequencing assays

Lof-Ohlin, Zarah; Levanat, Sonja; Sabol, Maja; Sorbe, Bengt; Nilsson, Torbjorn K. (2010) Promoter methylation in the PTCH gene in cervical epithelial cancer and ovarian cancer tissue as studied by eight novel Pyrosequencing assays. International Journal of Oncology, 38 (3). pp. 685-692. ISSN 1019-6439

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Abstract

DNA methylation status in the CpG sites of promoter regions in cancer-related genes, such as PTCH, has traditionally been investigated using either dye-terminator sequencing or methylation-specific PCR. We aimed to study the PTCH gene promoter methylation in gynecological cancers, with a method that gives a quantitative measure of the methylation status of the promoter region of the studied gene, and for this purpose, we designed novel Pyrosequencing based assays. Bisulfite-treated genomic DNA (bsDNA)was amplified by standard PCR and applied to novel Pyrosequencing assays, in order to measure the methylated fraction(%) at each CpG site of the PTCH gene promoter. We analyzed 22 squamous cell cervical cancer tissue specimens (11 with good and 11 with poor outcomes after radiotherapy)and 5 ovarian cancer tissue specimens matched with 5 normal ovarian tissue specimens. Six optimized PCR protocols which generated 8 Pyrosequencing assays covering 63 CpG sites in the promoter regions 1 and 2 as well as the previously unanalyzed promoter region 3 in the PTCH gene were developed. The 27 tumor tissue specimens and 5 normal tissues did not show any methylation within any of the 63 CpG sites. Our data suggest that methylation of the PTCH promoter is not a high-prevalence feature of squamous cell cervical cancer or ovarian cancer, but Pyrosequencing assays are a good method for studying promoter methylation.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	CpG sites; DNA methylation; Hedgehog pathway; Pyrosequencing technology
Subjects:	BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE > Basic Medical Sciences
Divisions:	Division of Molecular Medicine
Projects:	Project title Project leader Project code Project type Signal transduction in tumors: Hh-Gli interactions and therapeutic potential (Prijenos signala u tumorima: Hh-Gli put, interakcije i potencijalne terapije)- Sonja Levanat 098-0982464-2461 MZOS
Depositing User:	Maja Sabol
Date Deposited:	27 Nov 2015 12:49
URI:	http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/2312
DOI:	10.3892/ijo.2010.889

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