PURPOSE: Monosomy 3 (M3) or the presence of a specific RNA expression profile, known as class 2, is strongly associated with death from uveal melanoma (UM). Given the important role of epigenetic processes in cancer development and progression, we compared the transcriptional profiles of a selection of epigenetic regulators between primary UM with a good and a bad prognosis. METHODS: Transcriptional levels of 59 epigenetic regulator genes were measured by quantitative PCR (qPCR) in 20 UM, 12 with monosomy of chromosome 3 (M3) and 8 with disomy of chromosome 3 (D3). Validation was performed in an independent cohort. Expression levels were compared to clinicopathological characteristics, including class type. Bisulfite sequencing was used to evaluate the role of DNA methylation in gene silencing. RESULTS: In the first set of tumors, general downregulation of transcription of the genes encoding epigenetic regulatory enzymes was seen in association with M3. The 10 genes with the highest differential expression between M3 and D3 were selected and were analyzed in a second set of tumors. In the validation set, significantly lower levels of KAT2B (P = 0.008), HDAC11 (P = 0.009), KMT1C (P = 0.05), KDM4B (P = 0.003), KDM6B (P = 0.04), and BMI-1 (P = 0.001) transcripts were found in tumors with M3/class 2. Methylation of C-phosphate-G (CpG) residues was not observed on the putative regulatory regions of KAT2B, KDM4B, or KDM6B. CONCLUSIONS: Expression levels of a number of histone-modifying genes and polycomb family members are significantly lower in uveal melanoma with monosomy 3/class 2, supporting a general dysregulation of epigenetic modifiers in UM with a bad prognosis. Copyright 2015 The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Inc.
PURPOSE: Monosomy 3 (M3) or the presence of a specific RNA expression profile, known as class 2, is strongly associated with death from uveal melanoma (UM). Given the important role of epigenetic processes in cancer development and progression, we compared the transcriptional profiles of a selection of epigenetic regulators between primary UM with a good and a bad prognosis. METHODS: Transcriptional levels of 59 epigenetic regulator genes were measured by quantitative PCR (qPCR) in 20 UM, 12 with monosomy of chromosome 3 (M3) and 8 with disomy of chromosome 3 (D3). Validation was performed in an independent cohort. Expression levels were compared to clinicopathological characteristics, including class type. Bisulfite sequencing was used to evaluate the role of DNA methylation in gene silencing. RESULTS: In the first set of tumors, general downregulation of transcription of the genes encoding epigenetic regulatory enzymes was seen in association with M3. The 10 genes with the highest differential expression between M3 and D3 were selected and were analyzed in a second set of tumors. In the validation set, significantly lower levels of KAT2B (P = 0.008), HDAC11 (P = 0.009), KMT1C (P = 0.05), KDM4B (P = 0.003), KDM6B (P = 0.04), and BMI-1 (P = 0.001) transcripts were found in tumors with M3/class 2. Methylation of C-phosphate-G (CpG) residues was not observed on the putative regulatory regions of KAT2B, KDM4B, or KDM6B. CONCLUSIONS: Expression levels of a number of histone-modifying genes and polycomb family members are significantly lower in uveal melanoma with monosomy 3/class 2, supporting a general dysregulation of epigenetic modifiers in UM with a bad prognosis. Copyright 2015 The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Inc.
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