Reliable tumor detection using cerebrospinal fluid cell-free DNA methylomes in pediatric medulloblastoma
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ABSTRACT: Medulloblastoma (MB) is an embryonal tumor of the cerebellum and a highly malignant childhood brain tumor. Cell-free circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) from the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with brain tumors faithfully represent genomic alterations of brain tumors. Distinct epigenetic signatures among subgroups of MB allow us to detect epigenetic alterations in CSF to aid classify and guide therapy of MB tumors. Here, we evaluate DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation of ctDNA derived from small amount of CSF (200 µL) and matched tumor DNA from 3 MB patients. We find highly concordance of DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation between CSF ctDNA and tumor DNA, especially in CpG islands. Importantly, CSF ctDNA can mostly recapitulate the dynamic changes of DNA methylation and hydroxymehtylation in tumor species compared to healthy cerebellums. Those MB tumor signature CpGs’ DNA methylation status are recovered in CSF ctDNA can clearly distinguish MB subgroups by utilizing public large cohort data. We further identified potential diagnostic and prognostic DNA methylation markers in CSF ctDNA. Our results show that CSF ctNDA methylation and hydroxymethylation can be a minimal invasive method to assess epigenetic alterations of MB, which is complementary to current diagnoses of MB tumors.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE142241 | GEO | 2020/10/28
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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