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Characterizing the genetic basis of methylome diversity in histologically normal human lung tissue.

ABSTRACT: The genetic regulation of the human epigenome is not fully appreciated. Here we describe the effects of genetic variants on the DNA methylome in human lung based on methylation-quantitative trait loci (meQTL) analyses. We report 34,304 cis- and 585 trans-meQTLs, a genetic-epigenetic interaction of surprising magnitude, including a regulatory hotspot. These findings are replicated in both breast and kidney tissues and show distinct patterns: cis-meQTLs mostly localize to CpG sites outside of genes, promoters and CpG islands (CGIs), while trans-meQTLs are over-represented in promoter CGIs. meQTL SNPs are enriched in CTCF-binding sites, DNaseI hypersensitivity regions and histone marks. Importantly, four of the five established lung cancer risk loci in European ancestry are cis-meQTLs and, in aggregate, cis-meQTLs are enriched for lung cancer risk in a genome-wide analysis of 11,587 subjects. Thus, inherited genetic variation may affect lung carcinogenesis by regulating the human methylome.

SUBMITTER: Shi J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3982882 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Characterizing the genetic basis of methylome diversity in histologically normal human lung tissue.

Shi Jianxin J Marconett Crystal N CN Duan Jubao J Hyland Paula L PL Li Peng P Wang Zhaoming Z Wheeler William W Zhou Beiyun B Campan Mihaela M Lee Diane S DS Huang Jing J Zhou Weiyin W Triche Tim T Amundadottir Laufey L Warner Andrew A Hutchinson Amy A Chen Po-Han PH Chung Brian S I BS Pesatori Angela C AC Consonni Dario D Bertazzi Pier Alberto PA Bergen Andrew W AW Freedman Mathew M Siegmund Kimberly D KD Berman Benjamin P BP Borok Zea Z Chatterjee Nilanjan N Tucker Margaret A MA Caporaso Neil E NE Chanock Stephen J SJ Laird-Offringa Ite A IA Landi Maria Teresa MT

Nature communications 20140227

The genetic regulation of the human epigenome is not fully appreciated. Here we describe the effects of genetic variants on the DNA methylome in human lung based on methylation-quantitative trait loci (meQTL) analyses. We report 34,304 cis- and 585 trans-meQTLs, a genetic-epigenetic interaction of surprising magnitude, including a regulatory hotspot. These findings are replicated in both breast and kidney tissues and show distinct patterns: cis-meQTLs mostly localize to CpG sites outside of gene ...[more]

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Project description:BackgroundAdenocarcinoma (ADC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) are the most prevalent histological types among lung cancers. Distinguishing between these subtypes is critically important because they have different implications for prognosis and treatment. Normally, histopathological analyses are used to distinguish between the two, where the tissue samples are collected based on small endoscopic samples or needle aspirations. However, the lack of cell architecture in these small tissue samples hampers the process of distinguishing between the two subtypes. Molecular profiling can also be used to discriminate between the two lung cancer subtypes, on condition that the biopsy is composed of at least 50 % of tumor cells. However, for some cases, the tissue composition of a biopsy might be a mix of tumor and tumor-adjacent histologically normal tissue (TAHN). When this happens, a new biopsy is required, with associated cost, risks and discomfort to the patient. To avoid this problem, we hypothesize that a computational method can distinguish between lung cancer subtypes given tumor and TAHN tissue.MethodsUsing publicly available datasets for gene expression and DNA methylation, we applied four classification tasks, depending on the possible combinations of tumor and TAHN tissue. First, we used a feature selector (ReliefF/Limma) to select relevant variables, which were then used to build a simple naïve Bayes classification model. Then, we evaluated the classification performance of our models by measuring the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC). Finally, we analyzed the relevance of the selected genes using hierarchical clustering and IPA® software for gene functional analysis.ResultsAll Bayesian models achieved high classification performance (AUC > 0.94), which were confirmed by hierarchical cluster analysis. From the genes selected, 25 (93 %) were found to be related to cancer (19 were associated with ADC or SCC), confirming the biological relevance of our method.ConclusionsThe results from this study confirm that computational methods using tumor and TAHN tissue can serve as a prognostic tool for lung cancer subtype classification. Our study complements results from other studies where TAHN tissue has been used as prognostic tool for prostate cancer. The clinical implications of this finding could greatly benefit lung cancer patients.

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Characterizing the genetic basis of methylome diversity in histologically normal human lung tissue.

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Characterizing the genetic basis of methylome diversity in histologically normal human lung tissue.

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