Genome-wide open chromatin methylome profiles in colorectal cancer
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ABSTRACT: The methylome of open chromatins was investigated in colorectal cancer (CRC) to explore cancer-specific methylation and potential biomarkers. Epigenome-wide methylome of open chromatins was studied in colorectal cancer tissues using Infinium DNA MethylationEPIC assay. Differentially methylated regions were identified using the ChAMP Bioconductor. Our stringent analysis led to the discovery of 2187 significant differentially methylated open chromatins in CRCs. More hypomethylated probes were observed and the trend was similar across all chromosomes. Majority of hyper- and hypomethylated probes in open chromatin were in chromosome 1. Our unsupervised hierarchical clustering analysis showed that 40 significant differentially methylated open chromatins were able to segregate CRC from normal colonic tissues. Receiver operating characteristic analyses from the top 40 probes revealed several significant, highly discriminative, specific and sensitive probes such as OPLAH cg26256223, EYA4 cg01328892, and CCNA1 cg11513637, among others. OPLAH cg26256223 hypermethylation is associated with reduced gene expression in the CRC. This study reports many open chromatin loci with novel differential methylation statuses, some of which with the potential as candidate markers for diagnostic purposes.
Project description:Determination of the profile of genes commonly aberrantly methylated in colorectal cancer (CRC) has substantial potential value for diagnostic and therapeutic application. However, our knowledge of the DNA methylation pattern in CRC is currently limited. Therefore, we analyzed the methylation profile of 27,578 CpG sites spanning more than 14,000 genes in CRC and in adjacent normal mucosa using beadchip array-based technology. We identified 621 CpG sites located in promoter region and CpG islands that were significantly hypermethylated in CRC compared to normal mucosa. Genes on chromosome 18 showed promoter hypermethylation most frequently. According to gene ontology analysis, the most common biologically relevant class of genes affected by methylation was the class associated with the cadherin signaling pathway. In comparison with genome-wide expression array, mRNA expression was more like to be down-regulated in the genes demonstrating promoter hypermethylation, although this was not statistically significant. We validated 10 CpG sites that were shown to be hypermethylated in the array studies (ADHFE1, BOLL, SLC6A15, ADAMTS5, TFPI2, EYA4, NPY, TWIST1, LAMA1, GAS7) and 2 CpG sites showing hypomethylaion (MAEL, SFT2D3) in CRC compared to normal mucosa using pyrosequencing. The methylation status measured by pyrosequencing was consistent with the methylation array data. In conclusion, we have shown that methylation profiling based on beadchip arrays is an effective method for screening for aberrantly methylated genes in CRC. In addition, we identified novel methylated genes that are candidate diagnostic or prognostic markers for CRC. We measured the methylation status of the 27,578 CpG sites (Human Methylation27 DNA Analysis BeadChip) in 22 pairs of CRC tissue and adjacent normal mucosa to identify genes that are commonly aberrantly methylated in CRC.
Project description:We conducted a genome wide DNA methylation profiling of primary CICs-CRC and differentiated tumor cell lines-CRC, including autologous pairs. The Illumina Infinium Methylation EPIC v1.0 BeadChip Array was used to obtain DNA methylation profiles. Idat files generated by Infinium MethylationV.1 BeadChip were analyzed using the RnBeads R package. In total, 782939 probes were retained for further differential DNA methylation analysis. Differential methylation analysis between CIC and FBS cell lines was conducted using limmaR package at the CpG sites and region levels, defined as tiling (5 kb), genes, promoters, and CpG islands. For differential methylation measures, a combined rank a total of 3529 differentially methylated sites were identified. A combined rank among the 500 best ranking regions was applied to identify differentially methylated genes (n=79) and promoters (n=31) in CRC-CICs vs. FBS cell lines. N=48 and 31 genes were hypomethylated and hypermethylated, respectively while, at the promoter levels, N=9 and 22 were hypomethylated and hypermethylated, respectively in CRC-CIC as compared to FBS cell lines (p-value ≤0.11). CICs exhibited distinct methylation patterns, compared to differentiated tumor cells (p<0.05 or 0.01). Following the data quality control and normalization,
Project description:Determination of the profile of genes commonly aberrantly methylated in colorectal cancer (CRC) has substantial potential value for diagnostic and therapeutic application. However, our knowledge of the DNA methylation pattern in CRC is currently limited. Therefore, we analyzed the methylation profile of 27,578 CpG sites spanning more than 14,000 genes in CRC and in adjacent normal mucosa using beadchip array-based technology. We identified 621 CpG sites located in promoter region and CpG islands that were significantly hypermethylated in CRC compared to normal mucosa. Genes on chromosome 18 showed promoter hypermethylation most frequently. According to gene ontology analysis, the most common biologically relevant class of genes affected by methylation was the class associated with the cadherin signaling pathway. In comparison with genome-wide expression array, mRNA expression was more like to be down-regulated in the genes demonstrating promoter hypermethylation, although this was not statistically significant. We validated 10 CpG sites that were shown to be hypermethylated in the array studies (ADHFE1, BOLL, SLC6A15, ADAMTS5, TFPI2, EYA4, NPY, TWIST1, LAMA1, GAS7) and 2 CpG sites showing hypomethylaion (MAEL, SFT2D3) in CRC compared to normal mucosa using pyrosequencing. The methylation status measured by pyrosequencing was consistent with the methylation array data. In conclusion, we have shown that methylation profiling based on beadchip arrays is an effective method for screening for aberrantly methylated genes in CRC. In addition, we identified novel methylated genes that are candidate diagnostic or prognostic markers for CRC.
Project description:Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains a major concern with high morbidity and mortality worldwide. DNA methylation alteration plays a pivotal role in cancer development. We aimed to screen novel biomarkers for CRC diagnosis and chemotherapy-related adverse event (CRAE) prediction using the advanced Illumina Infinium MethylationEPIC (850K) BeadChip. Methods: We analyzed the methylation profiles of paired tumor and normal tissues from 21 Chinese CRC patients. After normalization by potential confounders, three types of methylation profiles (differentially methylated probes, differentially methylated regions, and gene-function-differentially methylated regions) were further studied by functional annotation and pathway enrichment analysis. At last, integrated-methylation-marker systems for CRC diagnosis and CRAE prediction were developed based on genes within the mostly related pathways and LASSO regression. Findings: Tumor-related methylation was characterized with hypermethylated promoter islands and hypomethylated intragenic openseas. CRAE-related methylation was characterized with hyper- (or hypo-) methylated intragenic (or intergenic) regions. The two most important susceptible factors for various types of CARE were inactive regeneration functions and active immune response. Differentially methylated genes were significantly enriched in neuronal system, metabolism of RNA, and extracellular matrix organization. All of the integrated-methylation-marker systems demonstrated high discriminative accuracy in both CRC diagnosis (AUROC = 1) and CRAE prediction (AUROC = 0.817-1). Interpretation: In this study, we provided new insights on the formation of CRC diagnosis and CRAE based on three types of methylation profile. The integrated-methylation-marker systems combining multiple DMPs were found to have potentially diagnostic and predictive values. Hence, our findings have important clinical implications, and further validation is warranted.
Project description:The impact of healthy aging on molecular programming of immune cells is poorly understood. Here, we report comprehensive characterization of healthy aging in human classical monocytes, with a focus on epigenomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic alterations, as well as the corresponding proteomic and metabolomic data for plasma, using healthy cohorts of 20 young and 20 older males (~27 and ~64 years old on average). For each individual, we performed eRRBS-based DNA methylation profiling, which allowed us to identify a set of age-associated differentially methylated regions (DMRs) – a novel, cell-type specific signature of aging in DNA methylome. Hypermethylation events were associated with H3K27me3 in the CpG islands near promoters of lowly-expressed genes, while hypomethylated DMRs were enriched in H3K4me1 marked regions and associated with age-related increase of expression of the corresponding genes, providing a link between DNA methylation and age-associated transcriptional changes in primary human cells.
Project description:<p><b>Background</b>: Circulating cell free (ccf) fetal DNA has enabled non-invasive prenatal fetal aneuploidy testing without direct discrimination of the genetically distinct maternal and fetal DNA. Current testing may be improved by specifically enriching the sample material for fetal DNA. DNA methylation may allow for such a separation of DNA and thus support additional clinical opportunities; however, this depends on knowledge of the methylomes of ccf DNA and its cellular contributors.</p> <p><b>Results</b>: Whole genome bisulfite sequencing was performed on a set of unmatched samples including ccf DNA from 8 non-pregnant (NP) and 7 pregnant female donors and genomic DNA from 7 buffy coat and 5 placenta samples. We found CpG cytosines within longer fragments were more likely to be methylated, linking DNA methylation and fragment size in ccf DNA. Comparison of the methylomes of placenta and NP ccf DNA revealed many of the 51,259 identified differentially methylated regions (DMRs) were located in domains exhibiting consistent placenta hypomethylation across millions of consecutive bases, regions we termed placenta hypomethylated domains. DMRs identified when comparing placenta to NP ccf DNA were recapitulated in pregnant ccf DNA, confirming the ability to detect differential methylation in ccf DNA mixtures.</p> <p><b>Conclusions</b>: We generated methylome maps for four sample types at single base resolution, identified a link between DNA methylation and fragment length in ccf DNA, identified DMRs between sample groups, and uncovered the presence of megabase-size placenta hypomethylated domains. Furthermore, we anticipate these results to provide a foundation to which future studies using discriminatory DNA methylation may be compared.</p>
Project description:Purpose:we'd like to provide the first DNA methylation profiling for ITP. Methods:Peripheral blood CD4+ T lymphocytes samples were collected from 4 primary refractory ITP cases and 4 age-matched healthy controls, and DNA methylome profiling was performed using Illumina Human Methylation850K. Results:The DNA methylome profiling identified a total of 260 differentially methylated CpG sites mapping to 72 hypermethylated and 64 hypomethylated genes. Conclusions:we performed genome-wide DNA methylation profiling of primary refractory ITP and healthy controls, and identified a set of differentially methylated genes and pathways.
Project description:To identify novel hypermethylated genes in colorectal cancer (CRC) and to test their potential application in CRC early diagnosis, we performed a genome-wide screening of 57,723 CpG dinucleotides covering 4,010 genes in paired DNA samples extracted from 3 fresh frozen CRC tissues and their matching non-tumor adjacent tissues from a cohort of 3 CRC patients undergoing curative surgery using MIRA-based microarray. We also validated candidate hypermethylated genes screened by MIRA-based microarray in independent CRC samples using combined bisulfite restriction analysis. A total of 297 CpG dinucleotides in CRC covering 211 genes were found to be hypermethylated in CRC tissues. From these 211 candidate methylated genes, seven novel methylated genes were picked up for validation and three genes were confirmed to be methylated in cancer samples but not in non-cancer samples.We also compared the methylation levels of these three novel hypermethylated genes with those of Vimentin and SEPT9, well-known hypermethylated genes in CRC, and found that methylated PHOX2B, FGF12 and GAD2 were better than methylated Vimentin and SEPT9 in differentiating CRC cancer tissue from normal tissue. Significant enrichment analysis of GO terms of the hypermethylated genes showed that a high proportion of hypermethylated genes in tumor tissues are involved in regulation of transcription. Paired experiments, colorectal cancer tissue vs. adjacent non-cancer tissue. Biological replicates: 3 cancer replicates, 3 paired non-cancer replicates.
Project description:To distinguish transcripts expressed from each of the three wheat genomes and those from the rye chromatins, genomic probes generated from diploid progenitors of wheat and rye were synthesized
Project description:This study was undertaken to identify novel tumour suppressor genes in lung adenocarcinoma. EYA4, located at 6q23.2 was identified as a frequently lost and hypermethylated gene in the analyzed samples. EYA4 is underexpressed in addition to being deleted and hypermethylated. Control of EYA4 expression by DNA methylation was assessed using 5'-azacytidine. The role of EYA4 in apoptosis was assessed using a stable knock down of the gene which was assessed for apoptotis using FACS and qPCR. Methylation profiling: 30 adenocarcinoma samples and 30 patient-matched non-malignant lung samples are included. Non-malignant samples were used as references to identify hypermethylated probes. For each normal/tumor pair, the sample numbers are paired but offset by one with the tumor being the lower of the two numbers. For example, 85040001 is the adenocarcinoma tumor profile that pairs with non-malignant 85040002. Genome variation (aCGH) profiling: 30 adenocarcinoma gene dosage profiles are included. Values presented are log2 ratios of Cy3(sample)/Cy5(diploid reference)