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DNA methylation biomarkers accurately detect esophageal cancer prior and post neoadjuvant chemoradiation
BACKGROUND: Esophageal cancer (ECa) is associated with high mortality, mostly due to late diagnosis, precluding curativeintent surgery. Hence, neoadjuvant chemoradiation (ChRT) is recommended in most patients regardless of histological subtype. A proportion of these patients, however, achieve comple...
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2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10134363/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36670548 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cam4.5623 |
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author | Macedo‐Silva, Catarina Constâncio, Vera Miranda‐Gonçalves, Vera Leite‐Silva, Pedro Salta, Sofia Lobo, João Guimarães, Rita Carvalho‐Maia, Carina Gigliano, Davide Farinha, Mónica Sousa, Olga Henrique, Rui Jerónimo, Carmen |
author_facet | Macedo‐Silva, Catarina Constâncio, Vera Miranda‐Gonçalves, Vera Leite‐Silva, Pedro Salta, Sofia Lobo, João Guimarães, Rita Carvalho‐Maia, Carina Gigliano, Davide Farinha, Mónica Sousa, Olga Henrique, Rui Jerónimo, Carmen |
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description | BACKGROUND: Esophageal cancer (ECa) is associated with high mortality, mostly due to late diagnosis, precluding curativeintent surgery. Hence, neoadjuvant chemoradiation (ChRT) is recommended in most patients regardless of histological subtype. A proportion of these patients, however, achieve complete disease remission and might be spared of radical surgery. The lack of reliable, minimally invasive biomarkers able to detect post‐ChRT disease persistence is, nonetheless, a major drawback. We have previously shown that miRNA promotor methylation enables accurate cancer detection in tissues and liquid biopsies but has been seldom explored in ECa patients. AIMS: Herein, we sought to unveil and validate novel candidate biomarkers able to detect ECa prior and post ChRT. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Promoter methylation of miR129‐2, miR124‐3 and ZNF569 was assessed, using quantitative methylation‐specific PCR (qMSP), in tissue samples from normal esophagus, treatment‐naïve and post‐ChRT ECa, as well as in liquid biopsies from ECa patients. RESULTS: All genes disclosed significantly different promoter methylation levels between ECa and normal esophagus, accurately detecting post‐ChRT disease, especially for adenocarcinoma. Remarkably, miR129‐2 (me)/ZNF569 (me) methylation panel identified ECa in liquid samples with 53% sensitivity and 87% specificity. DISCUSSION: MiR129‐2 (me), miR124‐3 (me) and ZNF569 (me) accurately discriminate ECa, either pre‐ or post‐ChRT, from normal tissue, enabling ECa detection. Furthermore, circulalting methylation‐based biomarkers are promising minimally invasive tools to detect post‐ChRT residual ECa. CONCLUSION: Overall, our results encourage the use of miRNA methylation biomarkers as accurate ECa detection tools as a novel approach for ChRT response monitoring. |
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spelling | pubmed-101343632023-04-28 DNA methylation biomarkers accurately detect esophageal cancer prior and post neoadjuvant chemoradiation Macedo‐Silva, Catarina Constâncio, Vera Miranda‐Gonçalves, Vera Leite‐Silva, Pedro Salta, Sofia Lobo, João Guimarães, Rita Carvalho‐Maia, Carina Gigliano, Davide Farinha, Mónica Sousa, Olga Henrique, Rui Jerónimo, Carmen Cancer Med RESEARCH ARTICLES BACKGROUND: Esophageal cancer (ECa) is associated with high mortality, mostly due to late diagnosis, precluding curativeintent surgery. Hence, neoadjuvant chemoradiation (ChRT) is recommended in most patients regardless of histological subtype. A proportion of these patients, however, achieve complete disease remission and might be spared of radical surgery. The lack of reliable, minimally invasive biomarkers able to detect post‐ChRT disease persistence is, nonetheless, a major drawback. We have previously shown that miRNA promotor methylation enables accurate cancer detection in tissues and liquid biopsies but has been seldom explored in ECa patients. AIMS: Herein, we sought to unveil and validate novel candidate biomarkers able to detect ECa prior and post ChRT. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Promoter methylation of miR129‐2, miR124‐3 and ZNF569 was assessed, using quantitative methylation‐specific PCR (qMSP), in tissue samples from normal esophagus, treatment‐naïve and post‐ChRT ECa, as well as in liquid biopsies from ECa patients. RESULTS: All genes disclosed significantly different promoter methylation levels between ECa and normal esophagus, accurately detecting post‐ChRT disease, especially for adenocarcinoma. Remarkably, miR129‐2 (me)/ZNF569 (me) methylation panel identified ECa in liquid samples with 53% sensitivity and 87% specificity. DISCUSSION: MiR129‐2 (me), miR124‐3 (me) and ZNF569 (me) accurately discriminate ECa, either pre‐ or post‐ChRT, from normal tissue, enabling ECa detection. Furthermore, circulalting methylation‐based biomarkers are promising minimally invasive tools to detect post‐ChRT residual ECa. CONCLUSION: Overall, our results encourage the use of miRNA methylation biomarkers as accurate ECa detection tools as a novel approach for ChRT response monitoring. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-01-20 /pmc/articles/PMC10134363/ /pubmed/36670548 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cam4.5623 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Cancer Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | RESEARCH ARTICLES Macedo‐Silva, Catarina Constâncio, Vera Miranda‐Gonçalves, Vera Leite‐Silva, Pedro Salta, Sofia Lobo, João Guimarães, Rita Carvalho‐Maia, Carina Gigliano, Davide Farinha, Mónica Sousa, Olga Henrique, Rui Jerónimo, Carmen DNA methylation biomarkers accurately detect esophageal cancer prior and post neoadjuvant chemoradiation |
title |
DNA methylation biomarkers accurately detect esophageal cancer prior and post neoadjuvant chemoradiation |
title_full |
DNA methylation biomarkers accurately detect esophageal cancer prior and post neoadjuvant chemoradiation |
title_fullStr |
DNA methylation biomarkers accurately detect esophageal cancer prior and post neoadjuvant chemoradiation |
title_full_unstemmed |
DNA methylation biomarkers accurately detect esophageal cancer prior and post neoadjuvant chemoradiation |
title_short |
DNA methylation biomarkers accurately detect esophageal cancer prior and post neoadjuvant chemoradiation |
title_sort | dna methylation biomarkers accurately detect esophageal cancer prior and post neoadjuvant chemoradiation |
topic | RESEARCH ARTICLES |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10134363/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36670548 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cam4.5623 |
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