The frequency of promoter DNA hypermethylation is decreased in colorectal neoplasms of familial adenomatous polyposis.

The frequency of promoter DNA hypermethylation is decreased in colorectal neoplasms of familial adenomatous polyposis. Oncotarget. 2018 Aug 24;9(66):32653-32666 Authors: Takane K, Fukuyo M, Matsusaka K, Ota S, Rahmutulla B, Matsushita K, Miyauchi H, Nakatani Y, Matsubara H, Kaneda A Abstract Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is an inherited disorder characterized by numerous colorectal adenomatous polyps with predisposition to the development of colorectal cancer (CRC). Here, we conducted genome-wide DNA methylation analysis of FAP neoplasms, including seven cancer samples and 16 adenoma samples, using an Infinium 450K BeadArray. As controls for sporadic colorectal neoplasms and mucosae, we used Infinium 450k data from 297 CRC samples, 45 colorectal adenoma samples, and 37 normal mucosa samples with reference to The Cancer Genome Atlas and other databases. Unsupervised two-way hierarchical clustering analysis of FAP and sporadic CRC/adenoma revealed that CRC was classified into four DNA methylation epigenotypes (MEs): high-ME (HME), intermediate-ME (IME), low-ME (LME), and normal-like ME (NME). Five FAP neoplasms (two cancer and three adenoma) were clustered with IME, whereas 18 FAP neoplasms (five cancer and 13 adenoma) were clustered into NME. IME FAP neoplasms significantly correlated with KRAS mutations, similar to sporadic CRC. Within IME cases, however, aberrant DNA methylation was significantly less frequent in FAP neoplasm...
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