TIMP3 Promoter Methylation Represents an Epigenetic Marker of BRCA1ness Breast Cancer Tumours.

Maleva Kostovska, Ivana and Jakimovska, Milena and Popovska-Jankovic, Katerina and Kubelka-Sabit, Katerina and Karagjozov, Mitko and Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana (2018) TIMP3 Promoter Methylation Represents an Epigenetic Marker of BRCA1ness Breast Cancer Tumours. Pathology oncology research : POR, 24 (4). pp. 937-940. ISSN 1532-2807

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Abstract

Tumours presenting BRCAness profile behave more aggressively and are more invasive as a consequence of their complex genetic and epigenetic alterations, caused by impaired fidelity of the DNA repair processes. Methylation of promoter CpG islands represents an alternative mechanism to inactivate DNA repair and tumour suppressor genes. In our study, we analyzed the frequency of methylation changes of 24 tumour suppressor genes and explored their association with BRCAness profile. BRCA1ness profile and aberrant methylation were studied in 233 fresh frozen breast tumour tissues by Multiplex Ligation-dependent Probe Amplification (MLPA) and Methylation Specific (MS)-MLPA methods, respectively. Our analyses revealed that 12.4% of the breast cancer (BC) patients had tumours with a BRCA1ness profile. TIMP3 showed significantly higher (p = 5.8х10) methylation frequency in tumours with BRCA1ness, while methylation of APC, GSTP1 and RASSF1 promoters was negatively associated with BRCA1ness (р = 0.0017, р = 0.007 and р = 0.046, respectively). TIMP3 methylation was also associated with triple negative (TN) BC. Furthermore, TN tumours showing BRCA1ness showed stronger association with TIMP3 methylation (p = 0.0008) in comparison to TN tumours without BRCA1ness (p = 0.009). In conclusion, we confirmed that TIMP3 methylation is a marker for TN tumours and furthermore we showed for the first time that TIMP3 promoter methylation is an epigenetic marker of BRCA1ness tumours.

Item Type:	Article
Impact Factor Value:	2.874
Subjects:	Medical and Health Sciences > Basic medicine Medical and Health Sciences > Clinical medicine
Divisions:	Faculty of Medical Science
Depositing User:	Katerina Kubelka-Sabit
Date Deposited:	16 Jan 2023 12:11
Last Modified:	16 Jan 2023 12:11
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/30768

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