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Jiang M, Hu CJ, Rowe CL, Kang H, Gong X, Dagucon CP, Wang J, Lin Y, Sood A, Guo Y, Zhu Y, Alexis NE, Gilliland FD, Belinsky SA, Yu X, Leng S. Application of artificial intelligence in quantifying lung deposition dose of black carbon in people with exposure to ambient combustion particles. JOURNAL OF EXPOSURE SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY 2023:10.1038/s41370-023-00607-0. [PMID: 37848612 PMCID: PMC11021374 DOI: 10.1038/s41370-023-00607-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Revised: 09/19/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Understanding lung deposition dose of black carbon is critical to fully reconcile epidemiological evidence of combustion particles induced health effects and inform the development of air quality metrics concerning black carbon. Macrophage carbon load (MaCL) is a novel cytology method that quantifies lung deposition dose of black carbon, however it has limited feasibility in large-scale epidemiological study due to the labor-intensive manual counting. OBJECTIVE To assess the association between MaCL and episodic elevation of combustion particles; to develop artificial intelligence based counting algorithm for MaCL assay. METHODS Sputum slides were collected during episodic elevation of ambient PM2.5 (n = 49, daily PM2.5 > 10 µg/m3 for over 2 weeks due to wildfire smoke intrusion in summer and local wood burning in winter) and low PM2.5 period (n = 39, 30-day average PM2.5 < 4 µg/m3) from the Lovelace Smokers cohort. RESULTS Over 98% individual carbon particles in macrophages had diameter <1 µm. MaCL levels scored manually were highly responsive to episodic elevation of ambient PM2.5 and also correlated with lung injury biomarker, plasma CC16. The association with CC16 became more robust when the assessment focused on macrophages with higher carbon load. A Machine-Learning algorithm for Engulfed cArbon Particles (MacLEAP) was developed based on the Mask Region-based Convolutional Neural Network. MacLEAP algorithm yielded excellent correlations with manual counting for number and area of the particles. The algorithm produced associations with ambient PM2.5 and plasma CC16 that were nearly identical in magnitude to those obtained through manual counting. IMPACT STATEMENT Understanding lung black carbon deposition is crucial for comprehending health effects of combustion particles. We developed "Machine-Learning algorithm for Engulfed cArbon Particles (MacLEAP)", the first artificial intelligence algorithm for quantifying airway macrophage black carbon. Our study bolstered the algorithm with more training images and its first use in air pollution epidemiology. We revealed macrophage carbon load as a sensitive biomarker for heightened ambient combustion particles due to wildfires and residential wood burning.
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- Menghui Jiang
- School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- College of Nursing, University of New Mexico College of Nursing, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
- University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Department of Geography & Environmental Studies, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Department of Geography & Environmental Studies, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
- Miners Colfax Medical Center, Raton, NM, USA
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- School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
- University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Center for Environmental Medicine Asthma and Lung Biology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA
- Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- College of Nursing, University of New Mexico College of Nursing, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
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- School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
- University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
- Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
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Leng S, Picchi MA, Meek PM, Jiang M, Bayliss SH, Zhai T, Bayliyev RI, Tesfaigzi Y, Campen MJ, Kang H, Zhu Y, Lan Q, Sood A, Belinsky SA. Wood smoke exposure affects lung aging, quality of life, and all-cause mortality in New Mexican smokers. Respir Res 2022; 23:236. [PMID: 36076291 PMCID: PMC9454202 DOI: 10.1186/s12931-022-02162-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 08/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background The role of wood smoke (WS) exposure in the etiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), lung cancer (LC), and mortality remains elusive in adults from countries with low ambient levels of combustion-emitted particulate matter. This study aims to delineate the impact of WS exposure on lung health and mortality in adults age 40 and older who ever smoked. Methods We assessed health impact of self-reported “ever WS exposure for over a year” in the Lovelace Smokers Cohort using both objective measures (i.e., lung function decline, LC incidence, and deaths) and two health related quality-of-life questionnaires (i.e., lung disease-specific St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire [SGRQ] and the generic 36-item short-form health survey). Results Compared to subjects without WS exposure, subjects with WS exposure had a more rapid decline of FEV1 (− 4.3 ml/s, P = 0.025) and FEV1/FVC ratio (− 0.093%, P = 0.015), but not of FVC (− 2.4 ml, P = 0.30). Age modified the impacts of WS exposure on lung function decline. WS exposure impaired all health domains with the increase in SGRQ scores exceeding the minimal clinically important difference. WS exposure increased hazard for incidence of LC and death of all-cause, cardiopulmonary diseases, and cancers by > 50% and shortened the lifespan by 3.5 year. We found no evidence for differential misclassification or confounding from socioeconomic status for the health effects of WS exposure. Conclusions We identified epidemiological evidence supporting WS exposure as an independent etiological factor for the development of COPD through accelerating lung function decline in an obstructive pattern. Time-to-event analyses of LC incidence and cancer-specific mortality provide human evidence supporting the carcinogenicity of WS exposure. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12931-022-02162-y.
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- Shuguang Leng
- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA. .,Cancer Control and Population Sciences, University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA. .,Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM, 87108, USA.
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- Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM, 87108, USA
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- College of Nursing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA.,Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 01255, USA
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- Cancer Control and Population Sciences, University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA.,College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA.,Cancer Control and Population Sciences, University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
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- Cancer Control and Population Sciences, University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA.,Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM, 87108, USA
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Folate derivatives, 5-methyltetrahydrofolate and 10-formyltetrahydrofolate, protect BEAS-2B cells from high glucose-induced oxidative stress and inflammation. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 2022; 58:419-428. [PMID: 35678985 PMCID: PMC9179225 DOI: 10.1007/s11626-022-00691-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Folate (vitamin B9) and its biologically active derivatives are well-known antioxidant molecules protecting cells from oxidative degradation. The presence of high glucose, often found in diabetic patients, causes oxidative stress resulting in cellular stress and inflammatory injury. Cells in organs such as the lung are highly prone to inflammation, and various protective mechanisms exist to prevent the progressive disorders arising from inflammation. In the present study, the synthetic form of folate, i.e. folic acid, and active forms of folate, i.e. 5-methyltetrahydrofolate and 10-formyltetrahydrofolate, were evaluated for their antioxidant and antiinflammatory potential against high glucose (50 mM)–mediated oxidative stress and inflammation in BEAS-2B cells, an immortalised bronchial epithelial cell line. High glucose treatment showed a 67% reduction in the viability of BEAS-2B cells, which was restored to the viability levels seen in control cultures by the addition of active folate derivatives to the culture media. The DCFH-DA fluorometric assay was performed for oxidative stress detection. The high glucose–treated cells showed a significantly higher fluorescence intensity (1.81- and 3.8-fold for microplate assay and microscopic observation, respectively), which was normalised to control levels on supplementation with active folate derivatives. The proinflammatory NF-κB p50 protein expression in the active folate derivative–supplemented high glucose–treated cells was significantly lower compared to the folic acid treatment. In support of these findings, in silico microarray GENVESTIGATOR database analysis showed that in bronchiolar small airway epithelial cells exposed to inflammatory condition, folate utilization pathway genes are largely downregulated. However, the folate-binding protein gene, which encodes to the folate receptor 1 (FOLR1), is significantly upregulated, suggesting a high demand for folate by these cells in inflammatory situations. Supplementation of the active folate derivatives 5-methyltetrahydrofolate and 10-formyltetrahydrofolate resulted in significantly higher protection over the folic acid from high glucose–induced oxidative stress and inflammation. Therefore, the biologically active folate derivatives could be a suitable alternative over the folic acid for alleviating inflammatory injury-causing oxidative stress.
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Joglekar R, Grenier C, Hoyo C, Hoffman K, Murphy SK. Maternal tobacco smoke exposure is associated with increased DNA methylation at human metastable epialleles in infant cord blood. ENVIRONMENTAL EPIGENETICS 2022; 8:dvac005. [PMID: 35355955 PMCID: PMC8962709 DOI: 10.1093/eep/dvac005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2021] [Revised: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Metastable epialleles (MEs) are genomic regions that are stochastically methylated prior to germ layer specification and exhibit high interindividual but low intra-individual variability across tissues. ME methylation is vulnerable to environmental stressors, including diet. Tobacco smoke (TS) exposure during pregnancy is associated with adverse impacts on fetal health and maternal micronutrient levels as well as altered methylation. Our objective was to determine if maternal smoke exposure impacts methylation at MEs. Consistent with prior studies, we observed reductions in one-carbon pathway micronutrients with gestational TS exposure, including maternal folate (P = 0.02) and vitamins B6 (P = 0.05) and B12 (P = 0.007). We examined putative MEs BOLA3, PAX8, and ZFYVE28 in cord blood specimens from 85 Newborn Epigenetics STudy participants. Gestational TS exposure was associated with elevated DNA methylation at PAX8 (+5.22% average methylation; 95% CI: 0.33% to 10.10%; P = 0.037). In human conceptal kidney tissues, higher PAX8 transcription was associated with lower methylation (R s = 0.55; P = 0.07), suggesting that the methylation levels established at MEs, and their environmentally induced perturbation, may have meaningful, tissue-specific functional consequences. This may be particularly important because PAX8 is implicated in several cancers, including pediatric kidney cancer. Our data are the first to indicate vulnerability of human ME methylation establishment to TS exposure, with a general trend of increasing levels of methylation at these loci. Further investigation is needed to determine how TS exposure-mediated changes in DNA methylation at MEs, and consequent expression levels, might affect smoking-related disease risk.
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- Rashmi Joglekar
- Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, PO Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, 70 W Main Street, Suite 510, Durham, NC 27701, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, 70 W Main Street, Suite 510, Durham, NC 27701, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Epidemiology and Environmental Epigenomics Lab, North Carolina State University, 850 Main Campus Drive, Suite 1104, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
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- Division of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Grainger Hall, 9 Circuit Drive, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, PO Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, 70 W Main Street, Suite 510, Durham, NC 27701, USA
- Division of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Grainger Hall, 9 Circuit Drive, Durham, NC 27708, USA
- Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, DUMC 3712, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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De Queiroz Andrade E, Gomes GMC, Collison A, Grehan J, Murphy VE, Gibson P, Mattes J, Karmaus W. Variation of DNA Methylation in Newborns Associated with Exhaled Carbon Monoxide during Pregnancy. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:ijerph18041597. [PMID: 33567599 PMCID: PMC7915220 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18041597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2020] [Revised: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 02/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Fetal exposure to tobacco smoke is an adverse risk factor for newborns. A plausible mechanism of how this exposure may negatively impact long term health is differential methylation of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNAm) and its relation to birth weight. We examined whether self-reported gestational smoking status and maternal exhaled carbon monoxide (eCO) during early pregnancy were associated with methylation of cytosine by guanines (CpG) sites that themselves predicted birth weight. We focused first on CpGs associated with maternal smoking, and secondly, among these, on CpGs related to birth weight found in another cohort. Then in 94 newborns from the Breathing for Life Trial (BLT) DNAm levels in cord blood were determined using Infinium Methylation EPIC BeadChip measuring >850K CpGs. We regressed CpGs on eCO and tested via mediation analysis whether CpGs link eCO to birth weight. Nine smoking related CpG sites were significantly associated with birth weight. Among these nine CpGs the methylation of cg02264407 on the LMO7 gene was statistically significant and linked with eCO measurements. eCO greater than six ppm showed a 2.3% decrease in infant DNAm (p = 0.035) on the LMO7 gene. A 1% decrease in methylation at this site resulted in decreased birth weight by 44.8 g (p = 0.003). None of the nine CpGs tested was associated with self-reported smoking. This is the first study to report potential mediation of DNA methylation, linking eCO measurements during early pregnancy with birth weight.
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- Ediane De Queiroz Andrade
- School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia; (E.D.Q.A.); (G.M.C.G.); (J.G.); (V.E.M.); (J.M.)
- Priority Research Centre GrowUpWell, Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia
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- School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia; (E.D.Q.A.); (G.M.C.G.); (J.G.); (V.E.M.); (J.M.)
- Priority Research Centre GrowUpWell, Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia
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- School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia; (E.D.Q.A.); (G.M.C.G.); (J.G.); (V.E.M.); (J.M.)
- Priority Research Centre GrowUpWell, Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia
- Correspondence: (A.C.); (W.K.); Tel.: +61-2-4042-0219 (A.C.); +1-901-678-2491 (W.K.)
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- School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia; (E.D.Q.A.); (G.M.C.G.); (J.G.); (V.E.M.); (J.M.)
- Priority Research Centre GrowUpWell, Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia
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- School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia; (E.D.Q.A.); (G.M.C.G.); (J.G.); (V.E.M.); (J.M.)
- Priority Research Centre GrowUpWell, Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia
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- Priority Research Centre Healthy Lungs, Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia;
- Respiratory & Sleep Medicine Department, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW 2305, Australia
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- School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia; (E.D.Q.A.); (G.M.C.G.); (J.G.); (V.E.M.); (J.M.)
- Priority Research Centre GrowUpWell, Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia
- Paediatric Respiratory & Sleep Medicine Department, John Hunter Children’s Hospital, Newcastle, NSW 2305, Australia
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- Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Environmental Health Science, School of Public Health, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA
- Correspondence: (A.C.); (W.K.); Tel.: +61-2-4042-0219 (A.C.); +1-901-678-2491 (W.K.)
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Al-Yozbaki M, Jabre I, Syed NH, Wilson CM. Targeting DNA methyltransferases in non-small-cell lung cancer. Semin Cancer Biol 2021; 83:77-87. [PMID: 33486076 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2021.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2020] [Revised: 01/14/2021] [Accepted: 01/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Despite the advances in treatment using chemotherapy or targeted therapies, due to static survival rates, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the major cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Epigenetic-based therapies have been developed for NSCLC by targeting DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) and histone-modifying enzymes. However, treatment using single epigenetic agents on solid tumours has been inadequate; whereas, treatment with a combination of DNMTs inhibitors with chemotherapy and immunotherapy has shown great promise. Dietary sources of phytochemicals could also inhibit DNMTs and cancer stem cells, representing a novel and promising way to prevent and treat cancer. Herein, we will discuss the different DNMTs, DNA methylation profiling in NSCLC as well as current demethylating agents in ongoing clinical trials. Therefore, providing a concise overview of future developments in the field of epigenetic therapy in NSCLC.
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- Minnatallah Al-Yozbaki
- Canterbury Christ Church University, School of Human and Life Sciences, Life Sciences Industry Liaison Lab, Sandwich, UK
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- Dept. of Microbial Sciences, School of Biosciences and Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK
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- Canterbury Christ Church University, School of Human and Life Sciences, Life Sciences Industry Liaison Lab, Sandwich, UK
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- Canterbury Christ Church University, School of Human and Life Sciences, Life Sciences Industry Liaison Lab, Sandwich, UK; University of Liverpool, Institute of Translation Medicine, Dept of Molecular & Clinical Cancer Medicine, UK.
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How Dietary Factors Affect DNA Methylation: Lesson from Epidemiological Studies. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 56:medicina56080374. [PMID: 32722411 PMCID: PMC7466216 DOI: 10.3390/medicina56080374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2020] [Revised: 07/22/2020] [Accepted: 07/23/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Over the past decades, DNA methylation has been proposed as a molecular mechanism underlying the positive or negative effects of diet on human health. Despite the number of studies on this topic is rapidly increasing, the relationship between dietary factors, changes in DNA methylation and health outcomes remains unclear. In this review, we summarize the literature from observational studies (cross-sectional, retrospective, or prospective) which examined the association of dietary factors (nutrients, foods, and dietary patterns) with DNA methylation markers among diseased or healthy people during the lifetime. Next, we discuss the methodological pitfalls by examining strengths and limitations of published studies. Finally, we close with a discussion on future challenges of this field of research, raising the need for large-size prospective studies evaluating the association between diet and DNA methylation in health and diseases for appropriate public health strategies.
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Teneng I, Picchi MA, Leng S, Dagucon CP, Ramalingam S, Tellez CS, Belinsky SA. DNA-PKc deficiency drives pre-malignant transformation by reducing DNA repair capacity in concert with reprogramming the epigenome in human bronchial epithelial cells. DNA Repair (Amst) 2019; 79:1-9. [PMID: 31055244 PMCID: PMC6551272 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2019.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2019] [Revised: 04/11/2019] [Accepted: 04/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The expression of DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (DNA-PKc) is highly variable in smokers and reduced enzyme activity has been associated with risk for lung cancer. An in vitro model of lung pre-malignancy was used to evaluate the role of double-strand break DNA repair capacity in transformation of hTERT/CDK4 immortalized human bronchial epithelial cells (HBECs) and reprograming of the epigenome. Here we show that knockdown of DNA-PKc to levels simulating haploinsufficiency dramatically reduced DNA repair capacity following challenge with bleomycin and significantly increased transformation efficiency of HBEC lines exposed weekly for 12 weeks to this radiomimetic. Transformed HBEC lines with wild type or knockdown of DNA-PKc showed altered expression of more than 1,000 genes linked to major cell regulatory pathways involved in lung cancer. While lung cancer driver mutations were not detected in transformed clones, more than 300 genes that showed reduced expression associated with promoter methylation in transformed clones or predictive for methylation in malignant tumors were identified. These studies support reduced DNA repair capacity as a key factor in the initiation and clonal expansion of pre-neoplastic cells and double-strand break DNA damage as causal for epigenetic mediated silencing of many lung cancer-associated genes. The fact that DNA damage, repair, and epigenetic silencing of genes are causal for many other cancers that include colon and prostate extends the generalizability and impact of these findings.
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- Ivo Teneng
- Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
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Nasir A, Bullo MMH, Ahmed Z, Imtiaz A, Yaqoob E, Jadoon M, Ahmed H, Afreen A, Yaqoob S. Nutrigenomics: Epigenetics and cancer prevention: A comprehensive review. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2019; 60:1375-1387. [PMID: 30729798 DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2019.1571480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Due to change in lifestyle and food habits, people are more at risk of diet-related diseases and cancers. It is also established that dietary modifications significantly reduce the risk of diseases. Nutrigenomics is relatively fresh discipline, but possess an enormous potential that can apply for prevention and management of certain carcinomas and diseases. This review enables us to generate useful information for scientists and health professionals regarding the role of Nutrigenomics in the prevention of diet and lifestyle-related diseases like cancer. It influences health conditions of individuals and susceptibility of disease by defining the metabolic response and gene expression. Epigenetic modifications can perform a significant role in disease occurrence and pathogenesis. DNA methylation and chromatin remodeling are the most common epigenetic mechanisms. Omega 3 fatty acids are the best example of nutrients and gene interaction not involving DNA methylation while certain bioactive food compounds have a proven role in cancer prevention through an epigenetic mechanism. Dietary polyphenols substantially take part in prevention of oral, breast, skin, esophageal, colorectal, prostate, pancreatic and lung cancers. Moreover, minerals and vitamins involve regulatory processes. Zinc, Selenium and folate involve in DNA repairing process have anticancer properties. Consumption of multivitamins prevents methylation of cancer cells.
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- Ayesha Nasir
- Department of Environmental Design Health & Nutritional Sciences, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan.,Maroof international Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Design Health & Nutritional Sciences, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan.,Federal General Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Design Health & Nutritional Sciences, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- National Institute of Food Science and Technology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Social Sciences, Peer Mehar Ali shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Design Health & Nutritional Sciences, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Design Health & Nutritional Sciences, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Design Health & Nutritional Sciences, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- College of food science and engineering, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
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Leng S, Diergaarde B, Picchi MA, Wilson DO, Gilliland FD, Yuan JM, Siegfried JM, Belinsky SA. Gene Promoter Hypermethylation Detected in Sputum Predicts FEV 1 Decline and All-Cause Mortality in Smokers. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2018; 198:187-196. [PMID: 29437466 PMCID: PMC6058990 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201708-1659oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2017] [Accepted: 02/12/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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RATIONALE Gene promoter hypermethylation detected in sputum assesses the extent of field cancerization and predicts lung cancer (LC) risk in ever-smokers. A rapid decline of FEV1 is a major driver for development of airway obstruction. OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of methylation of 12 genes on FEV1 decline and of FEV1 decline on subsequent LC incidence using two independent, longitudinal cohorts (i.e., LSC [Lovelace Smokers Cohort] and PLuSS [Pittsburgh Lung Screening Study]). METHODS Gene methylation was measured in sputum using two-stage nested methylation-specific PCR. The linear mixed effects model was used to assess the effects of studied variables on FEV1 decline. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS A dose-dependent relationship between number of genes methylated and FEV1 decline was identified, with smokers with three or more methylated genes having 27.8% and 10.3% faster FEV1 decline than smokers with zero to two methylated genes in the LSC and PLuSS cohort, respectively (all P < 0.01). High methylation in sputum was associated with a shorter latency for LC incidence (log-rank P = 0.0048) and worse all-cause mortality (log-rank P < 0.0001). Smokers with subsequent LC incidence had a more rapid annual decline of FEV1 (by 5.2 ml, P = 0.038) than smoker control subjects. CONCLUSIONS Gene methylation detected in sputum predicted FEV1 decline, LC incidence, and all-cause mortality in smokers. Rapid FEV1 decline may be a risk factor for LC incidence in smokers, which may explain a greater prevalence of airway obstruction seen in patients with LC.
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- Shuguang Leng
- Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Cancer Control Research Program and
- School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Department of Human Genetics and
- Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Program
- Lung Cancer Program, and
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- Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California; and
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- Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, and
- Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Cancer Control Research Program and
- Cancer Genetics and Epigenetics Program, University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Potential Micronutrients and Phytochemicals against the Pathogenesis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Lung Cancer. Nutrients 2018; 10:nu10070813. [PMID: 29941777 PMCID: PMC6073117 DOI: 10.3390/nu10070813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2018] [Revised: 06/14/2018] [Accepted: 06/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have shared etiology, including key etiological changes (e.g., DNA damage and epigenetics change) and lung function impairment. Focusing on those shared targets may help in the prevention of both. Certain micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) and phytochemicals (carotenoids and phenols) have potent antioxidant or methyl-donating properties and thus have received considerable interest. We reviewed recent papers probing into the potential of nutrients with respect to lung function preservation and prevention of lung cancer risk, and suggest several hypothetical intervention patterns. Intakes of vitamins (i.e., A, C, D, E, B12), carotenoids, flavonoids, curcumins, resveratrol, magnesium, and omega-3 fatty acids all show protective effects against lung function loss, some mainly by improving average lung function and others through reducing decline rate. Dietary interventions early in life may help lung function reserve over the lifespan. Protective nutrient interventions among smokers are likely to mitigate the effects of cigarettes on lung health. We also discuss their underlying mechanisms and some possible causes for the inconsistent results in observational studies and supplementation trials. The role of the lung microbiome on lung health and its potential utility in identifying protective nutrients are discussed as well. More prospective cohorts and well-designed clinical trials are needed to promote the transition of individualized nutrient interventions into health policy.
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Jiang CL, He SW, Zhang YD, Duan HX, Huang T, Huang YC, Li GF, Wang P, Ma LJ, Zhou GB, Cao Y. Air pollution and DNA methylation alterations in lung cancer: A systematic and comparative study. Oncotarget 2018; 8:1369-1391. [PMID: 27901495 PMCID: PMC5352062 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.13622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2016] [Accepted: 11/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The lung cancer incidence in the Xuanwei and neighboring region, Yunnan, China, is among the highest in China and is attributed to severe air pollution with high benzo(a)pyrene levels. We systematically and comparatively analyzed DNA methylation alterations at genome and gene levels in Xuanwei lung cancer tissues and cell lines, as well as benzo(a)pyrene-treated cells and mouse samples. We obtained a comprehensive dataset of genome-wide cytosine-phosphate-guanine island methylation in air pollution-related lung cancer samples. Benzo(a)pyrene exposure induced multiple alterations in DNA methylation and in mRNA expressions of DNA methyltransferases and ten-11 translocation proteins; these alterations partially occurred in Xuanwei lung cancer. Furthermore, benzo(a)pyrene-induced DKK2 and EN1 promoter hypermethylation and LPAR2 promoter hypomethylation led to down-regulation and up-regulation of the genes, respectively; the down-regulation of DKK2 and EN1 promoted the cellular proliferation. Thus, DNA methylation alterations induced by benzo(a)pyrene contribute partially to abnormal DNA methylation in air pollution-related lung cancer, and these DNA methylation alterations may affect the development and progression of lung cancer. Additionally, vitamin C and B6 can reduce benzo(a)pyrene-induced DNA methylation alterations and may be used as chemopreventive agents for air pollution-related lung cancer.
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- Cheng-Lan Jiang
- Laboratory of Molecular and Experimental Pathology, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China.,Kunming College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Experimental Pathology, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Experimental Pathology, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China.,School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Experimental Pathology, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
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- Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, (Yunnan Tumor Hospital), Kunming 650106, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, (Yunnan Tumor Hospital), Kunming 650106, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650032, China
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- Clinical Medicine Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650332, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Experimental Pathology, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
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Serine prevented high-fat diet-induced oxidative stress by activating AMPK and epigenetically modulating the expression of glutathione synthesis-related genes. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2017; 1864:488-498. [PMID: 29158183 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2017.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2017] [Revised: 10/26/2017] [Accepted: 11/14/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Serine deficiency has been observed in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Whether serine supplementation has any beneficial effects on the prevention of NAFLD remains unknown. The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of serine supplementation on hepatic oxidative stress and steatosis and its related mechanisms. Forty male C57BL/6J mice (9week-old) were randomly assigned into four groups (n=10) and fed: i) a low-fat diet; ii) a low-fat diet supplemented with 1% (wt:vol) serine; iii) a high-fat (HF) diet; and iv) a HF diet supplemented with 1% serine, respectively. Palmitic acid (PA)-treated primary hepatocytes separated from adult mice were also used to study the effects of serine on oxidative stress. The results showed that serine supplementation increased glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity, and protected mice from hepatic lipid accumulation, but did not significantly decreased HF diet-induced weight gain. In addition, serine supplementation protected glutathione (GSH) antioxidant system and prevented hypermethylation in the promoters of glutathione synthesis-related genes, while decreasing reactive oxygen species (ROS) in mice fed a HF diet. Moreover, we found that serine supplementation increased phosphorylation and S-glutathionylation of AMP-activated protein kinase α subunit (AMPKα), and decreased ROS, malondialdehyde and triglyceride contents in PA-treated primary hepatocytes. However, while AMPK activity or GSH synthesis was inhibited, the abovementioned effects of serine on PA-treated primary hepatocytes were not observed. Our results suggest that serine supplementation could prevent HF diet-induced oxidative stress and steatosis by epigenetically modulating the expression of glutathione synthesis-related genes and through AMPK activation.
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Leng S, Picchi MA, Kang H, Wu G, Filipczak PT, Juri DE, Zhang X, Gauderman WJ, Gilliland FD, Belinsky SA. Dietary Nutrient Intake, Ethnicity, and Epigenetic Silencing of Lung Cancer Genes Detected in Sputum in New Mexican Smokers. Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 2017; 11:93-102. [PMID: 29118161 DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.capr-17-0196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2017] [Revised: 09/19/2017] [Accepted: 10/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Lung cancer gene methylation detected in sputum assesses field cancerization and predicts lung cancer incidence. Hispanic smokers have higher lung cancer susceptibility compared with non-Hispanic whites (NHW). We aimed to identify novel dietary nutrients affecting lung cancer gene methylation and determine the degree of ethnic disparity in methylation explained by diet. Dietary intakes of 139 nutrients were assessed using a validated Harvard food frequency questionnaire in 327 Hispanics and 1,502 NHWs from the Lovelace Smokers Cohort. Promoter methylation of 12 lung cancer genes was assessed in sputum DNA. A global association was identified between dietary intake and gene methylation (Ppermutation = 0.003). Seventeen nutrient measurements were identified with magnitude of association with methylation greater than that seen for folate. A stepwise approach identified B12, manganese, sodium, and saturated fat as the minimally correlated set of nutrients whose optimal intakes could reduce the methylation by 36% (Ppermutation < 0.001). Six protective nutrients included vitamin D, B12, manganese, magnesium, niacin, and folate. Approximately 42% of ethnic disparity in methylation was explained by insufficient intake of protective nutrients in Hispanics compared with NHWs. Functional validation of protective nutrients showed an enhanced DNA repair capacity toward double-strand DNA breaks, a mechanistic biomarker strongly linked to acquisition of lung cancer gene methylation in smokers. Dietary intake is a major modifiable factor for preventing promoter methylation of lung cancer genes in smokers' lungs. Complex dietary supplements could be developed on the basis of these protective nutrients for lung cancer chemoprevention in smokers. Hispanic smokers may benefit the most from this complex for reducing their lung cancer susceptibility. Cancer Prev Res; 11(2); 93-102. ©2017 AACR.
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- Shuguang Leng
- Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico. .,Cancer Control (CaC) Research Program, University of New Mexico Cancer Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- Department of Internal Medicine and UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico. .,Cancer Control (CaC) Research Program, University of New Mexico Cancer Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Leng S, Picchi MA, Tesfaigzi Y, Wu G, Gauderman WJ, Xu F, Gilliland FD, Belinsky SA. Dietary nutrients associated with preservation of lung function in Hispanic and non-Hispanic white smokers from New Mexico. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis 2017; 12:3171-3181. [PMID: 29133979 PMCID: PMC5669789 DOI: 10.2147/copd.s142237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Background COPD is the third leading cause of death in the United States. Cigarette smoking accelerates the age-related forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) decline, an important determinant for the genesis of COPD. Hispanic smokers have lower COPD prevalence and FEV1 decline than non-Hispanic whites (NHWs). Patients and methods A nutritional epidemiological study was conducted in the Lovelace Smokers cohort (LSC; n=1,829) and the Veterans Smokers cohort (n=508) to identify dietary nutrients (n=139) associated with average FEV1 and its decline and to assess whether nutrient intakes could explain ethnic disparity in FEV1 decline between Hispanics and NHW smokers. Results Nutrients discovered and replicated to be significantly associated with better average FEV1 included magnesium, folate, niacin, vitamins A and D, eicosenoic fatty acid (20:1n9), eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5n3), docosapentaenoic acid (DPA; 22:5n3), docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n3), and fiber. In addition, greater intakes of eicosenoic fatty acid and DPA were associated with slower FEV1 decline in the LSC. Among omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, DPA is the most potent nutrient associated with better average FEV1 and slower FEV1 decline. Adverse effect of continuous current smoking on FEV1 decline was completely negated in LSC members with high DPA intake (>20 mg/day). Slower FEV1 decline in Hispanics compared to NHWs may be due to the greater protection of eicosenoic fatty acid and DPA for FEV1 decline rather than greater intake of protective nutrients in this ethnic group. Conclusion The protective nutrients for the preservation of FEV1 in ever smokers could lay foundation for designing individualized nutritional intervention targeting “optimal physiological levels” in human to improve lung function in ever smokers. Ethnic disparity in FEV1 decline may be explained by difference in magnitude of protection of dietary intakes of eicosenoic fatty acid and DPA between Hispanics and NHWs.
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- Shuguang Leng
- The Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute.,Cancer Control Research Program, University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center
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- The Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
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- The Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
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- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Pathophysiology Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
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- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- The Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute.,Cancer Control Research Program, University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center.,Cancer Genetics and Epigenetics Program, University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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Liu Y, Zhi L, Shen J, Li S, Yao J, Yang X. Effect of in ovo folic acid injection on hepatic IGF2 expression and embryo growth of broilers. J Anim Sci Biotechnol 2016; 7:40. [PMID: 27453780 PMCID: PMC4957392 DOI: 10.1186/s40104-016-0099-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2016] [Accepted: 06/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background Insulin-like factor 2 (IGF2) plays an important role in embryonic growth process by modulating intermediary metabolism and cell proliferation. Folic acid is involved in one carbon metabolism and contributes to DNA methylation which is related to gene expression. The purpose of this study was to explore whether folic acid could regulate IGF2 expression via epigenetic mechanism and further promote embryonic growth of new-hatched broilers. Methods In the present study, 360 fertile eggs were selected and randomly assigned to four treatments. On 11 embryonic day of incubation (E11), 0, 50, 100 and 150 μg folic acid were injected into eggs respectively. After hatched, growth performance of broilers were calculated. Hepatic IGF2 expression, methylation level and chromatin structure of promoter region were analyzed. Results Results have showed that IGF2 expression was up-regulated in 150 μg folic acid group (P < 0.05) and other two dose of folic acid did not affect gene expression (P > 0.05). Meanwhile, methylation level of IGF2 promoter were lower in 100 and 150 μg groups, which was consistent with lower expression of DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) (P < 0.05). What’s more, chromatin looseness of IGF2 promoter was higher in 150 μg group than control group (P < 0.05). Further, birth weight (BW), liver and bursa index of new-hatched chickens in 150 μg folic acid group were higher than the other groups (P < 0.05). There were positive correlations between hepatic IGF2 expression and BW and organs index (P < 0.05). Conclusion In conclusion, our data have demonstrated that 150 μg folic acid injection on E11 could up-regulate IGF2 expression by modulating DNA hypomethylation and improving chromatin accessibility in the gene promoter region, and ulteriorly facilitate embryonic growth and organ development of broilers. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s40104-016-0099-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Yanli Liu
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 China
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- School of Mathematics and Computer Science, ShanXi Normal University, Linfen, 041000 China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 China
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The search for a connection between diet and human cancer has a long history in cancer research, as has interest in the mechanisms by which dietary factors might increase or decrease cancer risk. The realization that altering diet can alter the epigenetic state of genes and that these epigenetic alterations might increase or decrease cancer risk is a more modern notion, driven largely by studies in animal models. The connections between diet and epigenetic alterations, on the one hand, and between epigenetic alterations and cancer, on the other, are supported by both observational studies in humans as well as animal models. However, the conclusion that diet is linked directly to epigenetic alterations and that these epigenetic alterations directly increase or decrease the risk of human cancer is much less certain. We suggest that true and measurable effects of diet or dietary supplements on epigenotype and cancer risk are most likely to be observed in longitudinal studies and at the extremes of the intersection of dietary risk factors and human population variability. Careful analysis of such outlier populations is most likely to shed light on the molecular mechanisms by which suspected environmental risk factors drive the process of carcinogenesis.
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- Carmen Sapienza
- Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140;
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- Department of Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140;
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Price RJ, Lillycrop KA, Burdge GC. Folic acid supplementation in vitro induces cell type–specific changes in BRCA1 and BRCA 2 mRNA expression, but does not alter DNA methylation of their promoters or DNA repair. Nutr Res 2015; 35:532-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2015.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2014] [Revised: 04/01/2015] [Accepted: 04/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Hubers AJ, Heideman DAM, Burgers SA, Herder GJM, Sterk PJ, Rhodius RJ, Smit HJ, Krouwels F, Welling A, Witte BI, Duin S, Koning R, Comans EFI, Steenbergen RDM, Postmus PE, Meijer GA, Snijders PJF, Smit EF, Thunnissen E. DNA hypermethylation analysis in sputum for the diagnosis of lung cancer: training validation set approach. Br J Cancer 2015; 112:1105-13. [PMID: 25719833 PMCID: PMC4366885 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2014.636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2014] [Revised: 10/06/2014] [Accepted: 12/01/2014] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Background: Lung cancer has the highest mortality of all cancers. The aim of this study was to examine DNA hypermethylation in sputum and validate its diagnostic accuracy for lung cancer. Methods: DNA hypermethylation of RASSF1A, APC, cytoglobin, 3OST2, PRDM14, FAM19A4 and PHACTR3 was analysed in sputum samples from symptomatic lung cancer patients and controls (learning set: 73 cases, 86 controls; validation set: 159 cases, 154 controls) by quantitative methylation-specific PCR. Three statistical models were used: (i) cutoff based on Youden's J index, (ii) cutoff based on fixed specificity per marker of 96% and (iii) risk classification of post-test probabilities. Results: In the learning set, approach (i) showed that RASSF1A was best able to distinguish cases from controls (sensitivity 42.5%, specificity 96.5%). RASSF1A, 3OST2 and PRDM14 combined demonstrated a sensitivity of 82.2% with a specificity of 66.3%. Approach (ii) yielded a combination rule of RASSF1A, 3OST2 and PHACTR3 (sensitivity 67.1%, specificity 89.5%). The risk model (approach iii) distributed the cases over all risk categories. All methods displayed similar and consistent results in the validation set. Conclusions: Our findings underscore the impact of DNA methylation markers in symptomatic lung cancer diagnosis. RASSF1A is validated as diagnostic marker in lung cancer.
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- A J Hubers
- Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam 1081 HV, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam 1081 HV, The Netherlands
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, NKI-Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Sint Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Sint Lucas Andreas Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Spaarne Hospital, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Medisch Centrum Alkmaar, Alkmaar, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam 1081 HV, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam 1081 HV, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam 1081 HV, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam 1081 HV, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam 1081 HV, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam 1081 HV, The Netherlands
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Leng S, Liu Y, Weissfeld JL, Thomas CL, Han Y, Picchi MA, Edlund CK, Willink RP, Gaither Davis AL, Do KC, Nukui T, Zhang X, Burki EA, Van Den Berg D, Romkes M, Gauderman WJ, Crowell RE, Tesfaigzi Y, Stidley CA, Amos CI, Siegfried JM, Gilliland FD, Belinsky SA. 15q12 variants, sputum gene promoter hypermethylation, and lung cancer risk: a GWAS in smokers. J Natl Cancer Inst 2015; 107:djv035. [PMID: 25713168 DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djv035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Detection of promoter hypermethylation of tumor suppressor genes in exfoliated cells from the lung provides an assessment of field cancerization that in turn predicts lung cancer. The identification of genetic determinants for this validated cancer biomarker should provide novel insights into mechanisms underlying epigenetic reprogramming during lung carcinogenesis. METHODS A genome-wide association study using generalized estimating equations and logistic regression models was conducted in two geographically independent smoker cohorts to identify loci affecting the propensity for cancer-related gene methylation that was assessed by a 12-gene panel interrogated in sputum. All statistical tests were two-sided. RESULTS Two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at 15q12 (rs73371737 and rs7179575) that drove gene methylation were discovered and replicated with rs73371737 reaching genome-wide significance (P = 3.3×10(-8)). A haplotype carrying risk alleles from the two 15q12 SNPs conferred 57% increased risk for gene methylation (P = 2.5×10(-9)). Rs73371737 reduced GABRB3 expression in lung cells and increased risk for smoking-induced chronic mucous hypersecretion. Furthermore, subjects with variant homozygote of rs73371737 had a two-fold increase in risk for lung cancer (P = .0043). Pathway analysis identified DNA double-strand break repair by homologous recombination (DSBR-HR) as a major pathway affecting susceptibility for gene methylation that was validated by measuring chromatid breaks in lymphocytes challenged by bleomycin. CONCLUSIONS A functional 15q12 variant was identified as a risk factor for gene methylation and lung cancer. The associations could be mediated by GABAergic signaling that drives the smoking-induced mucous cell metaplasia. Our findings also substantiate DSBR-HR as a critical pathway driving epigenetic gene silencing.
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- Shuguang Leng
- : Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (SL, YL, CLT, MAP, RPW, KCD, XZ, EAB, YT, SAB); Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health (JLW) and Department of Medicine (TN, MR), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Center for Genomic Medicine, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (YH, CIA); Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (CKE, DVDB, WJG, FDG); Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, Hillman Cancer Center of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (ALGD, JMS); Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (REC, CAS); Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (JMS)
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- : Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (SL, YL, CLT, MAP, RPW, KCD, XZ, EAB, YT, SAB); Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health (JLW) and Department of Medicine (TN, MR), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Center for Genomic Medicine, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (YH, CIA); Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (CKE, DVDB, WJG, FDG); Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, Hillman Cancer Center of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (ALGD, JMS); Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (REC, CAS); Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (JMS)
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- : Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (SL, YL, CLT, MAP, RPW, KCD, XZ, EAB, YT, SAB); Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health (JLW) and Department of Medicine (TN, MR), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Center for Genomic Medicine, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (YH, CIA); Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (CKE, DVDB, WJG, FDG); Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, Hillman Cancer Center of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (ALGD, JMS); Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (REC, CAS); Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (JMS)
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- : Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (SL, YL, CLT, MAP, RPW, KCD, XZ, EAB, YT, SAB); Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health (JLW) and Department of Medicine (TN, MR), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Center for Genomic Medicine, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (YH, CIA); Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (CKE, DVDB, WJG, FDG); Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, Hillman Cancer Center of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (ALGD, JMS); Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (REC, CAS); Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (JMS)
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- : Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (SL, YL, CLT, MAP, RPW, KCD, XZ, EAB, YT, SAB); Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health (JLW) and Department of Medicine (TN, MR), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Center for Genomic Medicine, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (YH, CIA); Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (CKE, DVDB, WJG, FDG); Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, Hillman Cancer Center of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (ALGD, JMS); Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (REC, CAS); Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (JMS)
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- : Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (SL, YL, CLT, MAP, RPW, KCD, XZ, EAB, YT, SAB); Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health (JLW) and Department of Medicine (TN, MR), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Center for Genomic Medicine, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (YH, CIA); Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (CKE, DVDB, WJG, FDG); Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, Hillman Cancer Center of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (ALGD, JMS); Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (REC, CAS); Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (JMS)
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- : Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (SL, YL, CLT, MAP, RPW, KCD, XZ, EAB, YT, SAB); Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health (JLW) and Department of Medicine (TN, MR), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Center for Genomic Medicine, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (YH, CIA); Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (CKE, DVDB, WJG, FDG); Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, Hillman Cancer Center of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (ALGD, JMS); Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (REC, CAS); Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (JMS)
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- : Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (SL, YL, CLT, MAP, RPW, KCD, XZ, EAB, YT, SAB); Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health (JLW) and Department of Medicine (TN, MR), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Center for Genomic Medicine, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (YH, CIA); Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (CKE, DVDB, WJG, FDG); Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, Hillman Cancer Center of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (ALGD, JMS); Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (REC, CAS); Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (JMS)
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- : Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (SL, YL, CLT, MAP, RPW, KCD, XZ, EAB, YT, SAB); Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health (JLW) and Department of Medicine (TN, MR), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Center for Genomic Medicine, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (YH, CIA); Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (CKE, DVDB, WJG, FDG); Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, Hillman Cancer Center of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (ALGD, JMS); Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (REC, CAS); Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (JMS)
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- : Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (SL, YL, CLT, MAP, RPW, KCD, XZ, EAB, YT, SAB); Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health (JLW) and Department of Medicine (TN, MR), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Center for Genomic Medicine, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (YH, CIA); Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (CKE, DVDB, WJG, FDG); Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, Hillman Cancer Center of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (ALGD, JMS); Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (REC, CAS); Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (JMS)
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- : Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (SL, YL, CLT, MAP, RPW, KCD, XZ, EAB, YT, SAB); Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health (JLW) and Department of Medicine (TN, MR), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Center for Genomic Medicine, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (YH, CIA); Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (CKE, DVDB, WJG, FDG); Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, Hillman Cancer Center of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (ALGD, JMS); Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (REC, CAS); Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (JMS)
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- : Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (SL, YL, CLT, MAP, RPW, KCD, XZ, EAB, YT, SAB); Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health (JLW) and Department of Medicine (TN, MR), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Center for Genomic Medicine, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (YH, CIA); Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (CKE, DVDB, WJG, FDG); Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, Hillman Cancer Center of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (ALGD, JMS); Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (REC, CAS); Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (JMS)
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- : Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (SL, YL, CLT, MAP, RPW, KCD, XZ, EAB, YT, SAB); Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health (JLW) and Department of Medicine (TN, MR), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Center for Genomic Medicine, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (YH, CIA); Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (CKE, DVDB, WJG, FDG); Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, Hillman Cancer Center of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (ALGD, JMS); Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (REC, CAS); Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (JMS)
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- : Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (SL, YL, CLT, MAP, RPW, KCD, XZ, EAB, YT, SAB); Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health (JLW) and Department of Medicine (TN, MR), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Center for Genomic Medicine, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (YH, CIA); Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (CKE, DVDB, WJG, FDG); Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, Hillman Cancer Center of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (ALGD, JMS); Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (REC, CAS); Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (JMS)
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- : Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (SL, YL, CLT, MAP, RPW, KCD, XZ, EAB, YT, SAB); Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health (JLW) and Department of Medicine (TN, MR), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Center for Genomic Medicine, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (YH, CIA); Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (CKE, DVDB, WJG, FDG); Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, Hillman Cancer Center of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (ALGD, JMS); Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (REC, CAS); Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (JMS)
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- : Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (SL, YL, CLT, MAP, RPW, KCD, XZ, EAB, YT, SAB); Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health (JLW) and Department of Medicine (TN, MR), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Center for Genomic Medicine, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (YH, CIA); Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (CKE, DVDB, WJG, FDG); Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, Hillman Cancer Center of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (ALGD, JMS); Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (REC, CAS); Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (JMS)
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- : Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (SL, YL, CLT, MAP, RPW, KCD, XZ, EAB, YT, SAB); Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health (JLW) and Department of Medicine (TN, MR), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Center for Genomic Medicine, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (YH, CIA); Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (CKE, DVDB, WJG, FDG); Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, Hillman Cancer Center of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (ALGD, JMS); Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (REC, CAS); Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (JMS)
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- : Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (SL, YL, CLT, MAP, RPW, KCD, XZ, EAB, YT, SAB); Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health (JLW) and Department of Medicine (TN, MR), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Center for Genomic Medicine, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (YH, CIA); Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (CKE, DVDB, WJG, FDG); Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, Hillman Cancer Center of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (ALGD, JMS); Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (REC, CAS); Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (JMS)
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- : Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (SL, YL, CLT, MAP, RPW, KCD, XZ, EAB, YT, SAB); Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health (JLW) and Department of Medicine (TN, MR), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Center for Genomic Medicine, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (YH, CIA); Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (CKE, DVDB, WJG, FDG); Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, Hillman Cancer Center of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (ALGD, JMS); Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (REC, CAS); Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (JMS)
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- : Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (SL, YL, CLT, MAP, RPW, KCD, XZ, EAB, YT, SAB); Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health (JLW) and Department of Medicine (TN, MR), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Center for Genomic Medicine, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (YH, CIA); Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (CKE, DVDB, WJG, FDG); Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, Hillman Cancer Center of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (ALGD, JMS); Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (REC, CAS); Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (JMS)
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- : Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (SL, YL, CLT, MAP, RPW, KCD, XZ, EAB, YT, SAB); Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health (JLW) and Department of Medicine (TN, MR), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Center for Genomic Medicine, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (YH, CIA); Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (CKE, DVDB, WJG, FDG); Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, Hillman Cancer Center of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (ALGD, JMS); Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (REC, CAS); Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (JMS)
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- : Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (SL, YL, CLT, MAP, RPW, KCD, XZ, EAB, YT, SAB); Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health (JLW) and Department of Medicine (TN, MR), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Center for Genomic Medicine, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (YH, CIA); Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (CKE, DVDB, WJG, FDG); Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, Hillman Cancer Center of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (ALGD, JMS); Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (REC, CAS); Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (JMS)
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- : Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM (SL, YL, CLT, MAP, RPW, KCD, XZ, EAB, YT, SAB); Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health (JLW) and Department of Medicine (TN, MR), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Center for Genomic Medicine, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (YH, CIA); Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (CKE, DVDB, WJG, FDG); Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, Hillman Cancer Center of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (ALGD, JMS); Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (REC, CAS); Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (JMS).
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Gene promoter methylation and DNA repair capacity in monozygotic twins with discordant smoking habits. MUTATION RESEARCH-GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS 2015; 779:57-64. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2015.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2014] [Revised: 12/11/2014] [Accepted: 01/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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p16 hypermethylation: A biomarker for increased esophageal cancer susceptibility in high incidence region of North East India. Tumour Biol 2014; 36:1627-42. [DOI: 10.1007/s13277-014-2762-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2014] [Accepted: 10/22/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Hubers AJ, van der Drift MA, Prinsen CFM, Witte BI, Wang Y, Shivapurkar N, Stastny V, Bolijn AS, Hol BEA, Feng Z, Dekhuijzen PNR, Gazdar AF, Thunnissen E. Methylation analysis in spontaneous sputum for lung cancer diagnosis. Lung Cancer 2014; 84:127-33. [PMID: 24598366 DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2014.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2013] [Revised: 01/20/2014] [Accepted: 01/22/2014] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Lung cancer is the most fatal cancer in the developed world due to presence of metastases at time of diagnosis. The aim of this study is to examine DNA hypermethylation in sputum compared to sputum cytology for the diagnosis of lung cancer. A novel risk analysis is introduced, using the distinction between diagnostic and risk markers. METHODS Two independent sets were randomly composed from a prospectively collected sputum bank (Set 1: n = 98 lung cancer patients, n = 90 controls; Set 2: n = 60 lung cancer patients, n = 445 controls). Sputum cytology was performed for all samples. The following DNA hypermethylation markers were tested in both sets: RASSF1A, APC and cytoglobin (CYGB). Two statistical analyses were conducted: multivariate logistic regression and a risk classification model based on post-test probabilities. RESULTS In multivariate analysis, RASSF1A was the best of the three markers in discriminating lung cancer cases from controls in both sets (sensitivity 41-52%, specificity 94-96%). The risk model showed that 36% of lung cancer patients were defined as "high risk" (≥ 60% chance on lung cancer) based on RASSF1A hypermethylation in Set 1. The model was reproducible in Set 2. Risk markers (APC, CYGB) have less diagnostic value. Sensitivity of cytology for lung cancer diagnosis was 22%. RASSF1A hypermethylation yielded a sensitivity of 45%. The combined sensitivity for RASSF1A with cytological diagnosis increased to 52% with similar specificity (94%). CONCLUSION In a diagnostic setting, hypermethylation analysis in sputum is possible when a diagnostic marker is used. However, risk markers are insufficient for this purpose.
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- A Jasmijn Hubers
- Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, USA
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- Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA
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- Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonology, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, USA
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- Department of Pulmonology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Stewart DJ, Nunez MI, Jelinek J, Hong D, Gupta S, Issa JP, Wistuba II, Kurzrock R. Decitabine impact on the endocytosis regulator RhoA, the folate carriers RFC1 and FOLR1, and the glucose transporter GLUT4 in human tumors. Clin Epigenetics 2014; 6:2. [PMID: 24401732 PMCID: PMC3895853 DOI: 10.1186/1868-7083-6-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2013] [Accepted: 12/13/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Background In 31 solid tumor patients treated with the demethylating agent decitabine, we performed tumor biopsies before and after the first cycle of decitabine and used immunohistochemistry (IHC) to assess whether decitabine increased expression of various membrane transporters. Resistance to chemotherapy may arise due to promoter methylation/downregulation of expression of transporters required for drug uptake, and decitabine can reverse resistance in vitro. The endocytosis regulator RhoA, the folate carriers FOLR1 and RFC1, and the glucose transporter GLUT4 were assessed. Results Pre-decitabine RhoA was higher in patients who had received their last therapy >3 months previously than in patients with more recent prior therapy (P = 0.02), and varied inversely with global DNA methylation as assessed by LINE1 methylation (r = −0.58, P = 0.006). Tumor RhoA scores increased with decitabine (P = 0.03), and RFC1 also increased in patients with pre-decitabine scores ≤150 (P = 0.004). Change in LINE1 methylation with decitabine did not correlate significantly with change in IHC scores for any transporter assessed. We also assessed methylation of the RFC1 gene (alias SLC19A1). SLC19A1 methylation correlated with tumor LINE1 methylation (r = 0.45, P = 0.02). There was a small (statistically insignificant) decrease in SLC19A1 methylation with decitabine, and there was a trend towards change in SLC19A1 methylation with decitabine correlating with change in LINE1 methylation (r = 0.47, P <0.15). While SLC19A1 methylation did not correlate with RFC1 scores, there was a trend towards an inverse correlation between change in SLC19A1 methylation and change in RFC1 expression (r = −0.45, P = 0.19). Conclusions In conclusion, after decitabine administration, there was increased expression of some (but not other) transporters that may play a role in chemotherapy uptake. Larger patient numbers will be needed to define the extent to which this increased expression is associated with changes in DNA methylation.
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- David J Stewart
- Head, Division of Medical Oncology, The Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON K1H 8 L6, Canada
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- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Fels Institute for Cancer Research, Temple University, 3307 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19410, USA
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- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Fels Institute for Cancer Research, Temple University, 3307 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19410, USA
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- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center, 3855 Health Sciences Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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De Flora S, Izzotti A, D'Agostini F, La Maestra S, Micale RT, Ceccaroli C, Steele VE, Balansky R. Rationale and approaches to the prevention of smoking-related diseases: overview of recent studies on chemoprevention of smoking-induced tumors in rodent models. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART C, ENVIRONMENTAL CARCINOGENESIS & ECOTOXICOLOGY REVIEWS 2014; 32:105-120. [PMID: 24875440 DOI: 10.1080/10590501.2014.907459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Tobacco smoke plays a dominant role in the epidemiology of lung cancer, cancer at other sites, and a variety of other chronic diseases. It is the leading cause of death in developed countries, and the global burden of cancer is escalating in less developed regions. For a rational implementation of strategies exploitable for the prevention smoking-related diseases, it is crucial to elucidate both the mechanisms of action of cigarette smoke and the protective mechanisms of the host organism. The imperative primary prevention goal is to avoid any type of exposure to smoke. Epidemiological studies have shown that a decrease in the consumption of cigarettes can be successful in attenuating the epidemic of lung cancer in several countries. Chemoprevention by means of dietary and/or pharmacological agents provides a complementary strategy aimed at decreasing the risk of developing smoking-associated diseases in addicted current smokers, who are unable to quit smoking, and especially in involuntary smokers and ex-smokers. The availability of new animal models that are suitable to detect the carcinogenicity of cigarette smoke and to assess the underlying molecular mechanisms provides new tools for evaluating both safety and efficacy of putative chemopreventive agents.
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- Silvio De Flora
- a Department of Health Sciences , University of Genoa , Italy
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Leng S, Liu Y, Thomas CL, Gauderman WJ, Picchi MA, Bruse SE, Zhang X, Flores KG, Van Den Berg D, Stidley CA, Gilliland FD, Belinsky SA. Native American ancestry affects the risk for gene methylation in the lungs of Hispanic smokers from New Mexico. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2013; 188:1110-6. [PMID: 24032348 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201305-0925oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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RATIONALE Gene promoter methylation detected in sputum predicts lung cancer risk in smokers. Compared with non-Hispanic whites (NHW), Hispanics have a lower age-standardized incidence for lung cancer. OBJECTIVES This study compared the methylation prevalence in sputum of NHWs with Hispanics using the Lovelace Smokers cohort (n = 1998) and evaluated the effect of Native American ancestry (NAA) and diet on biomarkers for lung cancer risk. METHODS Genetic ancestry was estimated using 48 ancestry markers. Diet was assessed by the Harvard University Dietary Assessment questionnaire. Methylation of 12 genes was measured in sputum using methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction. The association between NAA and risk for methylation was assessed using generalized estimating equations. The ethnic difference in the association between pack-years and risk for lung cancer was assessed in the New Mexico lung cancer study. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Overall Hispanics had a significantly increased risk for methylation across the 12 genes analyzed (odds ratio, 1.18; P = 0.007). However, the risk was reduced by 32% (P = 0.032) in Hispanics with high versus low NAA. In the New Mexico lung cancer study, Hispanic non-small cell lung cancer cases have significantly lower pack-years than NHW counterparts (P = 0.007). Furthermore, compared with NHW smokers, Hispanic smokers had a more rapidly increasing risk for lung cancer as a function of pack-years (P = 0.058). CONCLUSIONS NAA may be an important risk modifier for methylation in Hispanic smokers. Smoking intensity may have a greater impact on risk for lung cancer in Hispanics compared with NHWs.
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- Shuguang Leng
- 1 Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Wang LJ, Zhang HW, Zhou JY, Liu Y, Yang Y, Chen XL, Zhu CH, Zheng RD, Ling WH, Zhu HL. Betaine attenuates hepatic steatosis by reducing methylation of the MTTP promoter and elevating genomic methylation in mice fed a high-fat diet. J Nutr Biochem 2013; 25:329-36. [PMID: 24456734 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2013.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2013] [Revised: 11/08/2013] [Accepted: 11/16/2013] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Aberrant DNA methylation contributes to the abnormality of hepatic gene expression, one of the main factors in the pathogenesis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Betaine is a methyl donor and has been considered to be a lipotropic agent. However, whether betaine supplementation improves NAFLD via its effect on the DNA methylation of specific genes and the genome has not been explored. Male C57BL/6 mice were fed either a control diet or high-fat diet (HFD) supplemented with 0%, 1% and 2% betaine in water (wt/vol) for 12 weeks. Betaine supplementation ameliorated HFD-induced hepatic steatosis in a dose-dependent manner. HFD up-regulated FAS and ACOX messenger RNA (mRNA) expression and down-regulated PPARα, ApoB and MTTP mRNA expression; however, these alterations were reversed by betaine supplementation, except ApoB. MTTP mRNA expression was negatively correlated with the DNA methylation of its CpG sites at -184, -156, -63 and -60. Methylation of these CpG sites was lower in both the 1% and 2% betaine-supplemented groups than in the HFD group (averages; 25.55% and 14.33% vs. 30.13%). In addition, both 1% and 2% betaine supplementation significantly restored the methylation capacity [S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) concentration and SAM/S-adenosylhomocysteine ratios] and genomic methylation level, which had been decreased by HFD (0.37% and 0.47% vs. 0.25%). These results suggest that the regulation of aberrant DNA methylation by betaine might be a possible mechanism of the improvements in NAFLD upon betaine supplementation.
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- Li-jun Wang
- Faculty of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, 510080 Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, University of Sun Yat-Sen, 510120 Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, 510080 Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, 510080 Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, 510080 Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, 510080 Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, 510080 Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Research and Therapy Center for Liver Disease, the Affiliated Dongnan Hospital of Xiamen University, 363000 Zhangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, 510080 Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, 510080 Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
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Wild CP, Scalbert A, Herceg Z. Measuring the exposome: a powerful basis for evaluating environmental exposures and cancer risk. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2013; 54:480-99. [PMID: 23681765 DOI: 10.1002/em.21777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2013] [Revised: 03/04/2013] [Accepted: 03/06/2013] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Advances in laboratory sciences offer much in the challenge to unravel the complex etiology of cancer and to therefore provide an evidence-base for prevention. One area where improved measurements are particularly important to epidemiology is exposure assessment; this requirement has been highlighted through the concept of the exposome. In addition, the ability to observe genetic and epigenetic alterations in individuals exposed to putative risk factors also affords an opportunity to elucidate underlying mechanisms of carcinogenesis, which in turn may allow earlier detection and more refined molecular classification of disease. In this context the application of omics technologies to large population-based studies and their associated biobanks raise exciting new avenues of research. This review considers the areas of genomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics and metabolomics and the evidence to date that people exposed to well-defined factors (for example, tobacco, diet, occupational exposures, environmental pollutants) have specific omics profiles. Although in their early stages of development these approaches show promising evidence of distinct exposure-derived biological effects and indicate molecular pathways that may be particularly relevant to the carcinogenic process subsequent to environmental and lifestyle exposures. Such an interdisciplinary approach is vital if the full benefits of advances in laboratory sciences and investments in large-scale prospective cohort studies are to be realized in relation to cancer prevention.
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- Christopher P Wild
- International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 cours Albert Thomas, Lyon, France.
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Alberg AJ, Brock MV, Ford JG, Samet JM, Spivack SD. Epidemiology of lung cancer: Diagnosis and management of lung cancer, 3rd ed: American College of Chest Physicians evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Chest 2013; 143:e1S-e29S. [PMID: 23649439 DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-2345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 453] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Ever since a lung cancer epidemic emerged in the mid-1900 s, the epidemiology of lung cancer has been intensively investigated to characterize its causes and patterns of occurrence. This report summarizes the key findings of this research. METHODS A detailed literature search provided the basis for a narrative review, identifying and summarizing key reports on population patterns and factors that affect lung cancer risk. RESULTS Established environmental risk factors for lung cancer include smoking cigarettes and other tobacco products and exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke, occupational lung carcinogens, radiation, and indoor and outdoor air pollution. Cigarette smoking is the predominant cause of lung cancer and the leading worldwide cause of cancer death. Smoking prevalence in developing nations has increased, starting new lung cancer epidemics in these nations. A positive family history and acquired lung disease are examples of host factors that are clinically useful risk indicators. Risk prediction models based on lung cancer risk factors have been developed, but further refinement is needed to provide clinically useful risk stratification. Promising biomarkers of lung cancer risk and early detection have been identified, but none are ready for broad clinical application. CONCLUSIONS Almost all lung cancer deaths are caused by cigarette smoking, underscoring the need for ongoing efforts at tobacco control throughout the world. Further research is needed into the reasons underlying lung cancer disparities, the causes of lung cancer in never smokers, the potential role of HIV in lung carcinogenesis, and the development of biomarkers.
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- Anthony J Alberg
- Hollings Cancer Center and the Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
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- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW To evaluate recent developments in nutritional epigenomics and related challenges, opportunities, and implications for cancer control and prevention. RECENT FINDINGS Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, and understanding the factors that contribute to cancer development may facilitate the development of strategies for cancer prevention and control. Cancer development involves genetic and epigenetic alterations. Genetic marks are permanent, whereas epigenetic marks are dynamic, change with age, and are influenced by the external environment. Thus, epigenetics provides a link between the environment, diet, and cancer development. Proper food selection is imperative for better health and to avoid cancer and other diseases. Nutrients either contribute directly to cancer prevention or support the repair of genomic and epigenomic damage caused by exposure to cancer-causing agents such as toxins, free radicals, radiation, and infectious agents. Nutritional epigenomics provides an opportunity for cancer prevention because selected nutrients have the potential to reverse cancer-associated epigenetic marks in different tumor types. A number of natural foods and their bioactive components have been shown to have methylation-inhibitory and deacetylation-inhibitory properties. SUMMARY Natural foods and bioactive food components have characteristics and functions that are similar to epigenetic inhibitors and therefore have potential in cancer control and prevention.
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- Mukesh Verma
- Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-7324, USA.
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Martinelli M, Scapoli L, Carbonara P, Valentini I, Girardi A, Farinella F, Mattei G, Pacilli AMG, Fasano L, Nava S, Solmi R. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and polymorphisms of the folate pathway genes. Clin Biochem 2013; 46:85-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2012.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2012] [Revised: 07/26/2012] [Accepted: 10/09/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Steves CJ, Spector TD, Jackson SHD. Ageing, genes, environment and epigenetics: what twin studies tell us now, and in the future. Age Ageing 2012; 41:581-6. [PMID: 22826292 DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afs097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Compared with younger people, older people are much more variable in their organ function, and these large individual differences contribute to the complexity of geriatric medicine. What determines this variability? Is it due to the accumulation of different life experiences, or because of the variation in the genes we are born with, or an interaction of both? This paper reviews key findings from ageing twin cohorts probing these questions. Twin studies are the perfect natural experiment to dissect out genes and life experiences. We discuss the paradox that ageing is strongly determined by heritable factors (an influence that often gets stronger with time), yet longevity and lifespan seem not to be so heritable. We then focus on the intriguing question of why DNA sequence-identical twins might age differently. Animal studies are increasingly showing that epigenetic modifications occurring in early development and adulthood, might be key to ageing phenomena but this is difficult to investigate longitudinally in human populations, due to ethical problems of intervention and long lifespan. We propose that identical twin studies using new and existing cohorts may be useful human models in which to investigate the interaction between the environment and genetics, mediated by epigenetic modifications.
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- Claire Joanne Steves
- Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, Kings College London, 1st Floor South Wing St Thomas' Campus Labeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH, UK.
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SIGNIFICANCE The progressive, dose-dependent, and potentially reversible epigenetic changes observed in cancer present new opportunities in cancer risk modification and prevention using dietary and lifestyle factors. Folate, a water-soluble B vitamin, has been of intense interest because of an inverse association between folate status and the risk of several malignancies (particularly colorectal cancer) and its potential to modulate DNA methylation. Aberrant patterns and dysregulation of DNA methylation are mechanistically related to carcinogenesis. RECENT ADVANCES The effects of folate on DNA methylation patterns have recently been investigated in two important life stages: pre- and early postnatal life and aging. Recent studies have demonstrated that folate exposure in the intrauterine environment and early life and during the aging process may have profound effects on DNA methylation with significant functional ramifications, including the risk of cancer. CRITICAL ISSUES Evidence from animal, human, and in vitro studies suggest that the epigenetic effects of folate on DNA methylation are highly complex. The effects are gene and site specific and appear to depend on cell type, target organ, stage of transformation, the degree and duration of folate manipulations, interactions with other methyl group donors and dietary factors, and genetic variants in the folate metabolic pathways. FUTURE DIRECTIONS The potential for folate to modulate DNA methylation and, thus, modify the risk of cancer in humans is worthy of further investigation. Due to the complex relationship between folate exposure and DNA methylation, more elaborate epidemiological, clinical, and mechanistic studies that determine the clinical, biological, and molecular effects of folate are warranted.
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- Anna Ly
- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Anderson OS, Sant KE, Dolinoy DC. Nutrition and epigenetics: an interplay of dietary methyl donors, one-carbon metabolism and DNA methylation. J Nutr Biochem 2012; 23:853-9. [PMID: 22749138 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2012.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 469] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2011] [Revised: 03/19/2012] [Accepted: 03/29/2012] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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DNA methylation is the most extensively studied mechanism of epigenetic gene regulation. Increasing evidence indicates that DNA methylation is labile in response to nutritional and environmental influences. Alterations in DNA methylation profiles can lead to changes in gene expression, resulting in diverse phenotypes with the potential for increased disease risk. The primary methyl donor for DNA methylation is S-adenosylmethionine (SAM), a species generated in the cyclical cellular process called one-carbon metabolism. One-carbon metabolism is catalyzed by several enzymes in the presence of dietary micronutrients, including folate, choline, betaine and other B vitamins. For this reason, nutrition status, particularly micronutrient intake, has been a focal point when investigating epigenetic mechanisms. Although animal evidence linking nutrition and DNA methylation is fairly extensive, epidemiological evidence is less comprehensive. This review serves to integrate studies of the animal in vivo with human epidemiological data pertaining to nutritional regulation of DNA methylation and to further identify areas in which current knowledge is limited.
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- Olivia S Anderson
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USA
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Colacino JA, Arthur AE, Dolinoy DC, Sartor MA, Duffy SA, Chepeha DB, Bradford CR, Walline HM, McHugh JB, D'Silva N, Carey TE, Wolf GT, Taylor JMG, Peterson KE, Rozek LS. Pretreatment dietary intake is associated with tumor suppressor DNA methylation in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas. Epigenetics 2012; 7:883-91. [PMID: 22722388 PMCID: PMC3427284 DOI: 10.4161/epi.21038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Diet is associated with cancer prognosis, including head and neck cancer (HNC), and has been hypothesized to influence epigenetic state by determining the availability of functional groups involved in the modification of DNA and histone proteins. The goal of this study was to describe the association between pretreatment diet and HNC tumor DNA methylation. Information on usual pretreatment food and nutrient intake was estimated via food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) on 49 HNC cases. Tumor DNA methylation patterns were assessed using the Illumina Goldengate Methylation Cancer Panel. First, a methylation score, the sum of individual hypermethylated tumor suppressor associated CpG sites, was calculated and associated with dietary intake of micronutrients involved in one-carbon metabolism and antioxidant activity, and food groups abundant in these nutrients. Second, gene specific analyses using linear modeling with empirical Bayesian variance estimation were conducted to identify if methylation at individual CpG sites was associated with diet. All models were controlled for age, sex, smoking, alcohol and HPV status. Individuals reporting in the highest quartile of folate, vitamin B12 and vitamin A intake, compared with those in the lowest quartile, showed significantly less tumor suppressor gene methylation, as did patients reporting the highest cruciferous vegetable intake. Gene specific analyses identified differential associations between DNA methylation and vitamin B12 and vitamin A intake when stratifying by HPV status. These preliminary results suggest that intake of folate, vitamin A and vitamin B12 may be associated with the tumor DNA methylation profile in HNC and enhance tumor suppression.
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- Justin A Colacino
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Leng S, Do K, Yingling CM, Picchi MA, Wolf HJ, Kennedy TC, Feser WJ, Baron AE, Franklin WA, Brock MV, Herman JG, Baylin SB, Byers T, Stidley CA, Belinsky SA. Defining a gene promoter methylation signature in sputum for lung cancer risk assessment. Clin Cancer Res 2012; 18:3387-95. [PMID: 22510351 PMCID: PMC3483793 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-11-3049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the methylation state of 31 genes in sputum as biomarkers in an expanded nested, case-control study from the Colorado cohort, and to assess the replication of results from the most promising genes in an independent case-control study of asymptomatic patients with stage I lung cancer from New Mexico. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Cases and controls from Colorado and New Mexico were interrogated for methylation of up to 31 genes using nested, methylation-specific PCR. Individual genes and methylation indices were used to assess the association between methylation and lung cancer with logistic regression modeling. RESULTS Seventeen genes with ORs of 1.4 to 3.6 were identified and selected for replication in the New Mexico study. Overall, the direction of effects seen in New Mexico was similar to Colorado with the largest increase in case discrimination (ORs, 3.2-4.2) seen for the PAX5α, GATA5, and SULF2 genes. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves generated from seven-gene panels from Colorado and New Mexico studies showed prediction accuracy of 71% and 77%, respectively. A 22-fold increase in lung cancer risk was seen for a subset of New Mexico cases with five or more genes methylated. Sequence variants associated with lung cancer did not improve the accuracy of this gene methylation panel. CONCLUSIONS These studies have identified and replicated a panel of methylated genes whose integration with other promising biomarkers could initially identify the highest risk smokers for computed tomographic screening for early detection of lung cancer.
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- Shuguang Leng
- Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108, USA
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Epigenetic changes in response to tai chi practice: a pilot investigation of DNA methylation marks. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2012; 2012:841810. [PMID: 22719790 PMCID: PMC3375016 DOI: 10.1155/2012/841810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2012] [Accepted: 03/29/2012] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Tai chi exercise has been shown to improve physiological and psychosocial functions, well-being, quality of life, and disease conditions. The biological mechanisms by which tai chi exerts its holistic effects remain unknown. We investigated whether tai chi practice results in positive epigenetic changes at the molecular level. Design. The DNA methylation profiles of sixty CpG-dinucleotide marks in female tai chi practitioners (N = 237; 45–88 years old) who have been practising tai chi for three or more years were compared with those of age-matched control females (N = 263) who have never practised tai chi. Results. Six CpG marks originating from three different chromosomes reveal a significant difference (P < 0.05) between the two cohorts. Four marks show losses while two marks show gains in DNA methylation with age in the controls. In the tai chi cohort all six marks demonstrate significant slowing (by 5–70%) of the age-related methylation losses or gains observed in the controls, suggesting that tai chi practice may be associated with measurable beneficial epigenetic changes. Conclusions. The results implicate the potential use of DNA methylation as an epigenetic biomarker to better understand the biological mechanisms and the health and therapeutic efficacies of tai chi.
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Flores KG, Stidley CA, Mackey AJ, Picchi MA, Stabler SP, Siegfried JM, Byers T, Berwick M, Belinsky SA, Leng S. Sex-specific association of sequence variants in CBS and MTRR with risk for promoter hypermethylation in the lung epithelium of smokers. Carcinogenesis 2012; 33:1542-7. [PMID: 22665368 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgs194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Gene promoter hypermethylation is now regarded as a promising biomarker for the risk and progression of lung cancer. The one-carbon metabolism pathway is postulated to affect deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) methylation because it is responsible for the generation of S-adenosylmethionine (SAM), the methyl donor for cellular methylation reactions. This study investigated the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in six one-carbon metabolism-related genes with promoter hypermethylation in sputum DNA from non-Hispanic white smokers in the Lovelace Smokers Cohort (LSC) (n = 907). Logistic regression was used to assess the association of SNPs with hypermethylation using a high/low methylation cutoff. SNPs in the cystathionine beta synthase (CBS) and 5-methyltetrahydrofolate-homocysteine methyltransferase reductase (MTRR) genes were significantly associated with high methylation in males [CBS rs2850146 (-8283G > C), OR = 4.9; 95% CI: 1.98, 12.2, P = 0.0006] and low methylation in females [MTRR rs3776467 (7068A > G), OR = 0.57, 95% CI: 0.42, 0.77, P = 0.0003]. The variant allele of rs2850146 was associated with reduced gene expression and increased plasma homocysteine (Hcy) concentrations. Three plasma metabolites, Hcy, methionine and dimethylglycine, were associated with increased risk for gene methylation. These studies suggest that SNPs in CBS and MTRR have sex-specific associations with aberrant methylation in the lung epithelium of smokers that could be mediated by the affected one-carbon metabolism and transsulfuration in the cells.
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- Kristina G Flores
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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Kirkbride JB, Susser E, Kundakovic M, Kresovich JK, Davey Smith G, Relton CL. Prenatal nutrition, epigenetics and schizophrenia risk: can we test causal effects? Epigenomics 2012; 4:303-15. [PMID: 22690666 PMCID: PMC3970193 DOI: 10.2217/epi.12.20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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We posit that maternal prenatal nutrition can influence offspring schizophrenia risk via epigenetic effects. In this article, we consider evidence that prenatal nutrition is linked to epigenetic outcomes in offspring and schizophrenia in offspring, and that schizophrenia is associated with epigenetic changes. We focus upon one-carbon metabolism as a mediator of the pathway between perturbed prenatal nutrition and the subsequent risk of schizophrenia. Although post-mortem human studies demonstrate DNA methylation changes in brains of people with schizophrenia, such studies cannot establish causality. We suggest a testable hypothesis that utilizes a novel two-step Mendelian randomization approach, to test the component parts of the proposed causal pathway leading from prenatal nutritional exposure to schizophrenia. Applied here to a specific example, such an approach is applicable for wider use to strengthen causal inference of the mediating role of epigenetic factors linking exposures to health outcomes in population-based studies.
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- James B Kirkbride
- EpiCentre group, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Herchel Smith Building for Brain & Mind Sciences, Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge, UK.
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Ong TP, Moreno FS, Ross SA. Targeting the epigenome with bioactive food components for cancer prevention. JOURNAL OF NUTRIGENETICS AND NUTRIGENOMICS 2012; 4:275-92. [PMID: 22353664 DOI: 10.1159/000334585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Epigenetic processes participate in cancer development and likely influence cancer prevention. Global DNA hypomethylation, gene promoter hypermethylation and aberrant histone post-translational modifications are hallmarks of neoplastic cells which have been associated with genomic instability and altered gene expression. Because epigenetic deregulation occurs early in carcinogenesis and is potentially reversible, intervention strategies targeting the epigenome have been proposed for cancer prevention. Bioactive food components (BFCs) with anticancer potential, including folate, polyphenols, selenium, retinoids, fatty acids, isothiocyanates and allyl compounds, influence DNA methylation and histone modification processes. Such activities have been shown to affect the expression of genes involved in cell proliferation, death and differentiation that are frequently altered in cancer. Although the epigenome represents a promising target for cancer prevention with BFCs, few studies have addressed the influence of dietary components on these mechanisms in vivo, particularly on the phenotype of humans, and thus the exact mechanisms whereby diet mediates an effect on cancer prevention remains unclear. Primary factors that should be elucidated include the effective doses and dose timing of BFCs to attain epigenetic effects. Because diet-epigenome interactions are likely to occur in utero, the impact of early-life nutrition on cancer risk programming should be further investigated.
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- Thomas Prates Ong
- Laboratory of Diet, Nutrition and Cancer, Department of Food and Experimental Nutrition, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Mounting evidence continues to point to dietary habits as a modifier of cancer risk and tumor behavior; although it is clear that considerable variability occurs across studies. While genetic public health messages can be developed, the use of mean values may result in underexposure to some essential and nonessential food components, yet precipitate overexposure to nutrients. Undeniably, inconsistencies in the literature may reflect variation in timing of exposures to specific dietary constituents, interactions with the food matrix, processing technologies, or the genomic variation among individuals, which can influence absorption, metabolism, and/or the molecular target. Inter-individual variability in genetics, epigenetics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, or microbiomics can influence the magnitude and direction of response to bioactive food components, as briefly reviewed in this article. Unquestionably, understanding nutrigenomics holds promise to reveal those who will benefit most from dietary interventions plus identify any who might be placed at risk due to overexposures.
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Leng S, Stidley CA, Liu Y, Edlund CK, Willink RP, Han Y, Landi MT, Thun M, Picchi MA, Bruse SE, Crowell RE, Van Den Berg D, Caporaso NE, Amos CI, Siegfried JM, Tesfaigzi Y, Gilliland FD, Belinsky SA. Genetic determinants for promoter hypermethylation in the lungs of smokers: a candidate gene-based study. Cancer Res 2012; 72:707-15. [PMID: 22139380 PMCID: PMC3271143 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-11-3194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The detection of tumor suppressor gene promoter methylation in sputum-derived exfoliated cells predicts early lung cancer. Here, we identified genetic determinants for this epigenetic process and examined their biologic effects on gene regulation. A two-stage approach involving discovery and replication was used to assess the association between promoter hypermethylation of a 12-gene panel and common variation in 40 genes involved in carcinogen metabolism, regulation of methylation, and DNA damage response in members of the Lovelace Smokers Cohort (N = 1,434). Molecular validation of three identified variants was conducted using primary bronchial epithelial cells. Association of study-wide significance (P < 8.2 × 10(-5)) was identified for rs1641511, rs3730859, and rs1883264 in TP53, LIG1, and BIK, respectively. These single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) were significantly associated with altered expression of the corresponding genes in primary bronchial epithelial cells. In addition, rs3730859 in LIG1 was also moderately associated with increased risk for lung cancer among Caucasian smokers. Together, our findings suggest that genetic variation in DNA replication and apoptosis pathways impacts the propensity for gene promoter hypermethylation in the aerodigestive tract of smokers. The incorporation of genetic biomarkers for gene promoter hypermethylation with clinical and somatic markers may improve risk assessment models for lung cancer.
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- Shuguang Leng
- Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM
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- Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM
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- Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM
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- Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MA
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- American Cancer Society, Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, Atlanta, GA
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- Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM
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- Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
- New Mexico VA Health Care System, Albuquerque, NM
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- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MA
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- Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM
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- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM
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Lee HS, Herceg Z. The epigenome and cancer prevention: A complex story of dietary supplementation. Cancer Lett 2012; 342:275-84. [PMID: 22266189 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2012.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2011] [Revised: 01/08/2012] [Accepted: 01/15/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Epigenetic changes have been implicated in virtually all types of human malignancies. In contrast to genetic changes, epigenetic changes occur in a gradual manner during the tumorigenic process and they are potentially reversible. Because epigenetic changes have frequently been detected in high-risk populations, they are attractive targets to prevent the initiation of premalignant lesions or their advance to a malignant stage. A wide range of chemical entities has been found capable of altering the epigenome in animal models and humans. Epidemiological and laboratory-based studies suggested that these agents may have an anti-neoplastic effect against different cancer types. Several of these agents have been tested as dietary supplements, often with conflicting results. In this review, we discuss recent developments in our understanding of agents capable of modulating the epigenome and their potential to prevent human cancer when administered as dietary supplements.
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- Ho-Sun Lee
- Epigenetics Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 150 Cours Albert-Thomas, 69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France
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Gerhauser C. Cancer chemoprevention and nutriepigenetics: state of the art and future challenges. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2012; 329:73-132. [PMID: 22955508 DOI: 10.1007/128_2012_360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The term "epigenetics" refers to modifications in gene expression caused by heritable, but potentially reversible, changes in DNA methylation and chromatin structure. Epigenetic alterations have been identified as promising new targets for cancer prevention strategies as they occur early during carcinogenesis and represent potentially initiating events for cancer development. Over the past few years, nutriepigenetics - the influence of dietary components on mechanisms influencing the epigenome - has emerged as an exciting new field in current epigenetic research. During carcinogenesis, major cellular functions and pathways, including drug metabolism, cell cycle regulation, potential to repair DNA damage or to induce apoptosis, response to inflammatory stimuli, cell signalling, and cell growth control and differentiation become deregulated. Recent evidence now indicates that epigenetic alterations contribute to these cellular defects, for example epigenetic silencing of detoxifying enzymes, tumor suppressor genes, cell cycle regulators, apoptosis-inducing and DNA repair genes, nuclear receptors, signal transducers and transcription factors by promoter methylation, and modifications of histones and non-histone proteins such as p53, NF-κB, and the chaperone HSP90 by acetylation or methylation.The present review will summarize the potential of natural chemopreventive agents to counteract these cancer-related epigenetic alterations by influencing the activity or expression of DNA methyltransferases and histone modifying enzymes. Chemopreventive agents that target the epigenome include micronutrients (folate, retinoic acid, and selenium compounds), butyrate, polyphenols from green tea, apples, coffee, black raspberries, and other dietary sources, genistein and soy isoflavones, curcumin, resveratrol, dihydrocoumarin, nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA), lycopene, anacardic acid, garcinol, constituents of Allium species and cruciferous vegetables, including indol-3-carbinol (I3C), diindolylmethane (DIM), sulforaphane, phenylethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC), phenylhexyl isothiocyanate (PHI), diallyldisulfide (DADS) and its metabolite allyl mercaptan (AM), cambinol, and relatively unexplored modulators of histone lysine methylation (chaetocin, polyamine analogs). So far, data are still mainly derived from in vitro investigations, and results of animal models or human intervention studies are limited that demonstrate the functional relevance of epigenetic mechanisms for health promoting or cancer preventive efficacy of natural products. Also, most studies have focused on single candidate genes or mechanisms. With the emergence of novel technologies such as next-generation sequencing, future research has the potential to explore nutriepigenomics at a genome-wide level to understand better the importance of epigenetic mechanisms for gene regulation in cancer chemoprevention.
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- Clarissa Gerhauser
- Division Epigenomics and Cancer Risk Factors, German Cancer Research Center, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Cancer patients' outcome and survival depends on the early diagnosis of malignant lesions. Several investigation methods used for the prevention and early detection strategies have specific limitations. More recently, epigenetic changes have been considered one of the most promising tools for the early diagnosis of cancer. Some of these epigenetic alterations including promoter hypermethylation of genes like P16INK4a, BRCA1, BRCA2, ERα and RARβ2, APC, and RASSF1A have been associated with early stages of mammary gland tumorigenesis and have been suggested to be included in the models that evaluate individual breast cancer risk. In lung cancer, P16INK4a and MGMT gene hypermethylation was observed in sputum years before clinical manifestation of the squamous cell carcinoma among smokers. Loss of GSTP1 function by DNA hypermethylation together with changes in the methylation levels of repetitive elements like LINE-1 and Sat2 was reported in prostatic preneoplastic lesions. Also, DNA hypermethylation for hMLH1 and MGMT DNA repair genes was reported in precursor lesions to colorectal cancer. These epigenetic alterations may be influenced by factors such as xenoestrogens, folate, and multivitamins. Detection of these changes may help determining cancer susceptibility and early diagnosis.
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Schmelzer C, Kitano M, Hosoe K, Döring F. Ubiquinol affects the expression of genes involved in PPARα signalling and lipid metabolism without changes in methylation of CpG promoter islands in the liver of mice. J Clin Biochem Nutr 2011; 50:119-26. [PMID: 22448092 PMCID: PMC3303474 DOI: 10.3164/jcbn.11-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2011] [Accepted: 05/21/2011] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Coenzyme Q10 is an essential cofactor in the respiratory chain and serves as a potent antioxidant in biological membranes. Recent studies in vitro and in vivo provide evidence that Coenzyme Q10 is involved in inflammatory processes and lipid metabolism via gene expression. To study these effects at the epigenomic level, C57BL6J mice were supplemented for one week with reduced Coenzyme Q10 (ubiquinol). Afterwards, gene expression signatures and DNA promoter methylation patterns of selected genes were analysed. Genome-wide transcript profiling in the liver identified 1112 up-regulated and 571 down-regulated transcripts as differentially regulated between ubiquinol-treated and control animals. Text mining and GeneOntology analysis revealed that the ”top 20” ubiquinol-regulated genes play a role in lipid metabolism and are functionally connected by the PPARα signalling pathway. With regard to the ubiquinol-induced changes in gene expression of about +3.14-fold (p≤0.05), +2.18-fold (p≤0.01), and −2.13-fold (p≤0.05) for ABCA1, ACYP1, and ACSL1 genes, respectively, hepatic DNA methylation analysis of 282 (sense orientation) and 271 (antisense) CpG units in the respective promoter islands revealed no significant effect of ubiquinol. In conclusion, ubiquinol affects the expression of genes involved in PPARα signalling and lipid metabolism without changing the promoter DNA methylation status in the liver of mice.
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- Constance Schmelzer
- Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Research Unit Nutritional Physiology "Oskar Kellner", Dummerstorf, Germany
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Xu X, Gammon MD, Jefferson E, Zhang Y, Cho YH, Wetmur JG, Teitelbaum SL, Bradshaw PT, Terry MB, Garbowski G, Hibshoosh H, Neugut AI, Santella RM, Chen J. The influence of one-carbon metabolism on gene promoter methylation in a population-based breast cancer study. Epigenetics 2011; 6:1276-83. [PMID: 22048254 DOI: 10.4161/epi.6.11.17744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Abnormal methylation in gene promoters is a hallmark of the cancer genome; however, factors that may influence promoter methylation have not been well elucidated. As the one-carbon metabolism pathway provides the universal methyl donor for methylation reactions, perturbation of this pathway might influence DNA methylation and, ultimately, affect gene functions. Utilizing approximately 800 breast cancer tumor tissues from a large population-based study, we investigated the relationships between dietary and genetic factors involved in the one-carbon metabolism pathway and promoter methylation of a panel of 13 breast cancer-related genes. We found that CCND2, HIN1 and CHD1 were the most "dietary sensitive" genes, as methylation of their promoters was associated with intakes of at least two out of the eight dietary methyl factors examined. On the other hand, some micronutrients (i.e., B 2 and B 6) were more "epigenetically active" as their intake levels correlated with promoter methylation status in 3 out of the 13 breast cancer genes evaluated. Both positive (hypermethylation) and inverse (hypomethylation) associations with high micronutrient intake were observed. Unlike what we saw for dietary factors, we did not observe any clear patterns between one-carbon genetic polymorphisms and the promoter methylation status of the genes examined. Our results provide preliminary evidence that one-carbon metabolism may have the capacity to influence the breast cancer epigenome. Given that epigenetic alterations are thought to occur early in cancer development and are potentially reversible, dietary modifications may offer promising venues for cancer intervention and prevention.
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- Xinran Xu
- Research Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai East Hospital of Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
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Schmelzer C, Döring F. Micronutrient special issue: coenzyme Q(10) requirements for DNA damage prevention. Mutat Res 2011; 733:61-8. [PMID: 21964355 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2011.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2011] [Revised: 09/12/2011] [Accepted: 09/16/2011] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Coenzyme Q(10) (CoQ(10)) is an essential component for electron transport in the mitochondrial respiratory chain and serves as cofactor in several biological processes. The reduced form of CoQ(10) (ubiquinol, Q(10)H(2)) is an effective antioxidant in biological membranes. During the last years, particular interest has been grown on molecular effects of CoQ(10) supplementation on mechanisms related to DNA damage prevention. This review describes recent advances in our understanding about the impact of CoQ(10) on genomic stability in cells, animals and humans. With regard to several in vitro and in vivo studies, CoQ(10) provides protective effects on several markers of oxidative DNA damage and genomic stability. In comparison to the number of studies reporting preventive effects of CoQ(10) on oxidative stress biomarkers, CoQ(10) intervention studies in humans with a direct focus on markers of DNA damage are limited. Thus, more well-designed studies in healthy and disease populations with long-term follow up results are needed to substantiate the reported beneficial effects of CoQ(10) on prevention of DNA damage.
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- Constance Schmelzer
- Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Nutritional Physiology, Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, 18196 Dummerstorf, Germany.
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Debien E, Hervouet E, Gautier F, Juin P, Vallette FM, Cartron PF. ABT-737 and/or folate reverse the PDGF-induced alterations in the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway in low-grade glioma patients. Clin Epigenetics 2011; 2:369-381. [PMID: 21949549 PMCID: PMC3156333 DOI: 10.1007/s13148-011-0035-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2011] [Accepted: 04/10/2011] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Elevated activation of the platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) pathway, apoptosis evasion phenotype, and global DNA hypomethylation are hallmarks frequently observed in cancers, such as in low-grade glioma (LGG). However, the orchestration of these malignant functions is not fully elucidated in LGG. Our study reveals that the co-presence of these hallmarks in the same LGG is frequent and confers poor prognosis in patients with LGG. Our data also indicate that the apoptosis evasion phenotype of these cells harboring a hypomethylation-induced activation of the PDGF pathway is associated with a hypomethylation of the bcl-xl and bcl-w genes and the phosphorylation and/or downregulation of three major pro-apoptotic BH3-only proteins: PUMA, Bad, and Bim. Consistent with this, we demonstrate that the use of folate, a DNA-methylating agent, promotes the reprogramming of the sensitivity of glioma cells to ABT-737/etoposide-induced apoptosis and reduces the dose of ABT-737 required to promote etoposide-induced apoptosis. This work supports the idea that the inclusion of folate and/or ABT-737 could be a promising adjuvant in the design of anti-glioma therapeutic protocols in clinical studies. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s13148-011-0035-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Emilie Debien
- Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie Nantes-Angers, INSERM, U892, Equipe Apoptose et Progression Tumorale, 8 quai moncousu, BP7021, 44007 Nantes, France
- Faculté de Médecine, Département de Recherche en Cancérologie, IFR26, Université de Nantes, 4400 Nantes, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie Nantes-Angers, INSERM, U892, Equipe Apoptose et Progression Tumorale, 8 quai moncousu, BP7021, 44007 Nantes, France
- Faculté de Médecine, Département de Recherche en Cancérologie, IFR26, Université de Nantes, 4400 Nantes, France
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- Faculté de Médecine, Département de Recherche en Cancérologie, IFR26, Université de Nantes, 4400 Nantes, France
- Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie Nantes-Angers, INSERM, U892, Equipe Survie cellulaire et échappement tumoral dans les cancers du sein, 8 quai moncousu, BP7021, 44007 Nantes, France
- Département de Biologie Oncologique, ICO René Gauducheau, Bd J. Monod, 44805 Nantes-Saint Herblain, France
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- Faculté de Médecine, Département de Recherche en Cancérologie, IFR26, Université de Nantes, 4400 Nantes, France
- Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie Nantes-Angers, INSERM, U892, Equipe Survie cellulaire et échappement tumoral dans les cancers du sein, 8 quai moncousu, BP7021, 44007 Nantes, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie Nantes-Angers, INSERM, U892, Equipe Apoptose et Progression Tumorale, 8 quai moncousu, BP7021, 44007 Nantes, France
- Faculté de Médecine, Département de Recherche en Cancérologie, IFR26, Université de Nantes, 4400 Nantes, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie Nantes-Angers, INSERM, U892, Equipe Apoptose et Progression Tumorale, 8 quai moncousu, BP7021, 44007 Nantes, France
- Faculté de Médecine, Département de Recherche en Cancérologie, IFR26, Université de Nantes, 4400 Nantes, France
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González-Ramírez I, García-Cuellar C, Sánchez-Pérez Y, Granados-García M. DNA methylation in oral squamous cell carcinoma: molecular mechanisms and clinical implications. Oral Dis 2011; 17:771-8. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2011.01833.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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