Titel
Association between MGMT Enhancer Methylation and MGMT Promoter Methylation, MGMT Protein Expression, and Overall Survival in Glioblastoma
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Abstract
The repair protein O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) is regulated epigenetically, mainly by the methylation of the MGMT promoter. MGMT promoter methylation status has emerged as a prognostic and predictive biomarker for patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma (GBM). However, a strong negative correlation between MGMT promoter methylation and MGMT protein expression cannot be applied as a rule for all GBM patients. In order to investigate if the DNA methylation status of MGMT enhancers is associated with MGMT promoter methylation, MGMT expression, and the overall survival (OS) of GBM patients, we established assays based on high-resolution melting analysis and pyrosequencing for one intragenic and three intergenic MGMT enhancers. For CpGs in an enhancer located 560 kb upstream of the MGMT promoter, we found a significant negative correlation between the methylation status and MGMT protein levels of GBM samples expressing MGMT. The methylation status of CpGs in the intragenic enhancer (hs696) was strongly negatively correlated with MGMT promoter methylation and was significantly higher in MGMT-expressing GBM samples than in MGMT-non-expressing GBM samples. Moreover, low methylation of CpGs 01–03 and CpGs 09–13 was associated with the longer OS of the GBM patients. Our findings indicate an association between MGMT enhancer methylation and MGMT promoter methylation, MGMT protein expression, and/or OS.
Stichwort
glioblastomaMGMToverall survivalprognostic biomarkerenhancerDNA methylationenhancer methylationbiomarkerhigh resolution meltingpyrosequencing
Objekt-Typ
Sprache
Englisch [eng]
Persistent identifier
https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:2023669
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Titel
Cells
Band
12
Ausgabe
12
ISSN
2073-4409
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Verlag
MDPI AG
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Zugänglichkeit
Rechteangabe
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