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Promoter hypermethylation of the tumor-suppressor genes RASSF1A, GSTP1 and CDH1 in endometrial cancer.

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:Endometrial cancer is a common gynecological malignancy with a good prognosis in early stages of the disease. The CpG island in the promoter region of tumor-suppressor genes are frequently methylated in various types of human cancers. In the present study, we examined the methylation status of the GSTP1, CDH1 and RASSF1A genes in endometrioid endometrial cancer (EEC), endometrial complex hyperplasia (EHP) and healthy endometrium with the aim to identify correlations between promoter hypermethylation, disease risk and clinicopathological parameters. A nested two-stage methylation-specific PCR (MSP) was performed to analyze the promoter CpG methylation status of GSTP1, CDH1 and RASSF1A genes in the population studied. A total of 92 subjects were initially included in the study of which 41 EEC, 19 EHP and 20 controls were processed for final analyses. A significant difference was found between the study groups and the presence of promoter CpG hypermethylation status in the GSTP1 (p<0.05) and RASSF1A (p<0.0001) genes. RASSF1A, GSTP1 and CDH1 gene promoter methylation was present in 85.4, 68.3 and 31.4% of EEC samples when compared to that in the controls with 30.0, 35.0 and 20.0%, respectively. CpG methylation of all three investigated tumor-suppressor genes was found in 12.2% of EEC patients, in 4.2% of EHP patients and in 3.7% of the controls, respectively. Positive findings for the promoter methylation of two investigated genes were found in 48.7% of EEC patients, 26.0% of EHP patients and in 18.5% of the controls. With regard to histopathological variables and CpG methylation, we found significant correlations between the RASSF1A and GSTP1 genes and higher tumor grade, deeper myometrial invasion and positive metastatic involvement of pelvic lymph nodes. No associations were noted between promoter hypermethylation of the CDH1 gene and biological features of the endometrial cancer cases. The results indicate that aberrant CpG methylation of the promoter region in the GSTP1 and RASSF1A tumor-suppressor genes is an important event in carcinogenesis of endometrial cancer and may have an impact on tumor aggressiveness. Finally, the present study suggests that epigenetic alterations may be of diagnostic value for the better clinical management of premalignant endometrial lesions.

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Oncol Rep

journal_title

Oncology reports

authors

Fiolka R,Zubor P,Janusicova V,Visnovsky J,Mendelova A,Kajo K,Lasabova Z,Plank L,Danko J

doi

10.3892/or.2013.2752

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-12-01 00:00:00

pages

2878-86

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eissn

1021-335X

issn

1791-2431

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Promoter hypermethylation of the tumor-suppressor genes RASSF1A, GSTP1 and CDH1 in endometrial cancer.