Yiping Li1,2, Didi Guo3, Rui Sun1, Ping Chen4, Qi Qian4, Hong Fan5. 1. Department of Medical Genetics and Developmental Biology, Medical School, The Key Laboratory of Developmental Genes and Human Diseases, Ministry of Education, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China. 2. Department of Pathology, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China. 3. Institute of Life Science, The Key Laboratory of Developmental Genes and Human Diseases, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210018, China. 4. Department of Oncology, Yancheng First People's Hospital, Yancheng, 224005, China. 5. Department of Medical Genetics and Developmental Biology, Medical School, The Key Laboratory of Developmental Genes and Human Diseases, Ministry of Education, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China. fanh@seu.edu.cn.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Histone methylation has been considered as one of the epigenetic mechanisms of carcinogenesis and progression. Researches on the correlation between histone lysine methylation and gastric cancer (GC) will help in finding novel epigenetic biomarkers for monitoring cancers. AIMS: The study detected the expression patterns of histone 3 lysine 9 dimethylation (H3K9me2), histone 3 lysine 9 trimethylation (H3K9me3), and histone 3 lysine 27 trimethylation (H3K27me3) in GC tissues and evaluated their clinical merit for GC patients. METHODS: One hundred thirty-three paraffin-embedded GC samples were examined by immunohistochemistry for the histone markers: H3K9me2, H3K9me3, and H3K27me3. The relationship and clinicopathological significance of the three lysine methylations on histone H3 with GC were assessed by Paired t test, Chi-square test, Kaplan-Meier analysis with log-rank test, and Cox proportional hazard analyses. RESULTS: Strong positive immunostaining of H3K9me2, H3K9me3, and H3K27me3 was observed in cancerous tissues than in their counterpart non-cancer tissues. Higher expression patterns of H3K9me2, H3K9me3, and H3K27me3 significantly related to differentiation degree, lymph nodes metastases, and pathological TNM staging in GC. The GC patients with low scoring of the three markers implied long survival period and best prognosis. In contrast, the patients' survival time was significantly shorter if their cancerous tissues presented high expression of the three markers. CONCLUSIONS: H3K9me2, H3K9me3, and H3K27me3 expression patterns closely relate to clinicopathological features and may be the independent risk factors for the survival of GC patients. The combined pattern of the three markers rather than an individual marker is considered to more accurately evaluate the outcome of GC patients.
BACKGROUND: Histone methylation has been considered as one of the epigenetic mechanisms of carcinogenesis and progression. Researches on the correlation between histone lysine methylation and gastric cancer (GC) will help in finding novel epigenetic biomarkers for monitoring cancers. AIMS: The study detected the expression patterns of histone 3 lysine 9 dimethylation (H3K9me2), histone 3 lysine 9 trimethylation (H3K9me3), and histone 3 lysine 27 trimethylation (H3K27me3) in GC tissues and evaluated their clinical merit for GC patients. METHODS: One hundred thirty-three paraffin-embedded GC samples were examined by immunohistochemistry for the histone markers: H3K9me2, H3K9me3, and H3K27me3. The relationship and clinicopathological significance of the three lysine methylations on histone H3 with GC were assessed by Paired t test, Chi-square test, Kaplan-Meier analysis with log-rank test, and Cox proportional hazard analyses. RESULTS: Strong positive immunostaining of H3K9me2, H3K9me3, and H3K27me3 was observed in cancerous tissues than in their counterpart non-cancer tissues. Higher expression patterns of H3K9me2, H3K9me3, and H3K27me3 significantly related to differentiation degree, lymph nodes metastases, and pathological TNM staging in GC. The GC patients with low scoring of the three markers implied long survival period and best prognosis. In contrast, the patients' survival time was significantly shorter if their cancerous tissues presented high expression of the three markers. CONCLUSIONS: H3K9me2, H3K9me3, and H3K27me3 expression patterns closely relate to clinicopathological features and may be the independent risk factors for the survival of GC patients. The combined pattern of the three markers rather than an individual marker is considered to more accurately evaluate the outcome of GC patients.
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