Aberrant DNA methylation profiles of non-small cell lung cancers in a Korean population

Dong Sun Kim, Seung Ick Cha, Jae Hee Lee, Yu Mi Lee, Jin Eun Choi, Min Jin Kim, Ji Seun Lim, Eung Bae Lee, Chang Ho Kim, Tae In Park, Tae Hoon Jung, Jae Yong Park

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Abstract

We performed this study to investigate the aberrant methylation profile of the cancer-related genes in Korean non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that previously exhibited high frequencies of methylation in Western populations. The aberrant promoter methylation of eight genes (GSTP1, p16, FHIT, APC, RASSF1A, hMLH1, hMSH2, AGT) was determined by MSP in 99 surgically resected NSCLCs and their corresponding nonmalignant lung tissues. Methylation in the tumor samples was detected at 15% for GSTP1, 22% for p16, 34% for FHIT1, 48% for APC, 40% for RASSF1A, 18% for hMLH1, 8% for hMSH2 and 21% for AGT, whereas it occurred at lower frequencies in the corresponding nonmalignant lung tissues, particularly in the p16 (1%) and RASSF1A (1%) genes. These results suggest that the methylation profiles of NSCLCs in a Korean population are similar to those in Western populations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-6
Number of pages6
JournalLung Cancer
Volume58
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2007

Keywords

  • Lung cancer
  • Methylation profiles

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