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ArticleClinical epigenetics2022

Bisulfite profiling of the MGMT promoter and comparison with routine testing in glioblastoma diagnostics.

Sascha Tierling, Wiebke M Jürgens-Wemheuer, Alea Leismann, Julia Becker-Kettern, Michael Scherer, Arne Wrede, David Breuskin, Steffi Urbschat, Christoph Sippl, Joachim Oertel and 2 more

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Article in Clinical epigenetics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Sascha Tierling *Fak.NT Life Sciences, Department of Genetics/Epigenetics, Saarland University, Campus, Building A2 4, 66041, Saarbrücken, Germany. s.tierling@mx.uni-saarland.de.ORCID 0000-0001-9211-5291
Wiebke M Jürgens-Wemheuer *Institute of Neuropathology, Medical Faculty of the Saarland University, Homburg, Germany.
Alea LeismannFak.NT Life Sciences, Department of Genetics/Epigenetics, Saarland University, Campus, Building A2 4, 66041, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Julia Becker-KetternInstitute of Neuropathology, Medical Faculty of the Saarland University, Homburg, Germany.
Michael SchererFak.NT Life Sciences, Department of Genetics/Epigenetics, Saarland University, Campus, Building A2 4, 66041, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Arne WredeInstitute of Neuropathology, Medical Faculty of the Saarland University, Homburg, Germany.
David BreuskinInstitute for Neurosurgery, Medical Faculty of the Saarland University, Homburg, Germany.
Steffi UrbschatInstitute for Neurosurgery, Medical Faculty of the Saarland University, Homburg, Germany.
Christoph SipplInstitute for Neurosurgery, Medical Faculty of the Saarland University, Homburg, Germany.
Joachim OertelInstitute for Neurosurgery, Medical Faculty of the Saarland University, Homburg, Germany.
Walter J Schulz-SchaefferInstitute of Neuropathology, Medical Faculty of the Saarland University, Homburg, Germany.
Jörn WalterFak.NT Life Sciences, Department of Genetics/Epigenetics, Saarland University, Campus, Building A2 4, 66041, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Saarland University · DECentre for Genomic Regulation · ES

Funding

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung 01KU1216FBundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung 031L0101DHorizon 2020 733100
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPromoter methylation of the DNA repair gene O

resultsTo better rationalize the variation across assays, we compared these standard techniques and assays to deep bisulfite sequencing results in a cohort of 80 malignant astrocytomas. Our deep analysis covers 49 CpG sites of the expanded MGMT promoter, including exon 1, parts of intron 1 and a region upstream of the transcription start site (TSS). We observed that deep sequencing data are in general in agreement with CpG-specific pyrosequencing, while the most widely used MSP assays published by Esteller et al. (N Engl J Med 343(19):1350-1354, 2000. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM200011093431901 ) and Felsberg et al. (Clin Cancer Res 15(21):6683-6693, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-08-2801 ) resulted in partially discordant results in 22 tumors (27.5%). Local deep bisulfite sequencing (LDBS) revealed that CpGs located in exon 1 are suited best to discriminate methylated from unmethylated samples. Based on LDBS data, we propose an optimized MSP primer pair with 83% and 85% concordance to pyrosequencing and LDBS data. A hitherto neglected region upstream of the TSS, with an overall higher methylation compared to exon 1 and intron 1 of MGMT, is also able to discriminate the methylation status.

conclusionOur integrated analysis allows to evaluate and redefine co-methylation domains within the MGMT promoter and to rationalize the practical impact on assays used in daily routine diagnostics.

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Brain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaDNA MethylationDNA Modification MethylasesDNA Repair EnzymesHumansO(6)-Methylguanine-DNA MethyltransferaseSulfitesTumor Suppressor ProteinsDNA Modification MethylasesDNA Repair Enzymeshydrogen sulfiteMGMT protein, humanO(6)-Methylguanine-DNA MethyltransferaseSulfitesTumor Suppressor ProteinsDNA methylationGlioblastomaLocal deep bisulfite sequencingMGMTMSP

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