MGMT promoter methylation, loss of expression and prognosis in 855 colorectal cancers
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Shima, Kaori
Morikawa, Teppei
Baba, Yoshifumi
Nosho, Katsuhiko
Suzuki, Maiko
Yamauchi, Mai
Hayashi, Marika
Giovannucci, Edward
Fuchs, Charles S.
Ogino, Shuji
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Shima, Kaori, Teppei Morikawa, Yoshifumi Baba, Katsuhiko Nosho, Maiko Suzuki, Mai Yamauchi, Marika Hayashi, Edward Giovannucci, Charles S. Fuchs, and Shuji Ogino. 2010. “MGMT Promoter Methylation, Loss of Expression and Prognosis in 855 Colorectal Cancers.” Cancer Causes & Control 22 (2): 301–9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-010-9698-z.Abstract
O (6)-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) is a DNA repair enzyme. MGMT promoter hypermethylation and epigenetic silencing often occur as early events in carcinogenesis. However, prognostic significance of MGMT alterations in colorectal cancer remains uncertain.Utilizing a database of 855 colon and rectal cancers in two prospective cohort studies (the Nurses' Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study), we detected MGMT promoter hypermethylation in 325 tumors (38%) by MethyLight and loss of MGMT expression in 37% (247/672) of tumors by immunohistochemistry. We assessed the CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP) using eight methylation markers [CACNA1G, CDKN2A (p16), CRABP1, IGF2, MLH1, NEUROG1, RUNX3, and SOCS1], and LINE-1 (L1) hypomethylation, TP53 (p53), and microsatellite instability (MSI).MGMT hypermethylation was not associated with colorectal cancer-specific mortality in univariate or multivariate Cox regression analysis [adjusted hazard ratio (HR) = 1.03; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.79-1.36] that adjusted for clinical and tumor features, including CIMP, MSI, and BRAF mutation. Similarly, MGMT loss was not associated with patient survival. MGMT loss was associated with G > A mutations in KRAS (p = 0.019) and PIK3CA (p = 0.0031).Despite a well-established role of MGMT aberrations in carcinogenesis, neither MGMT promoter methylation nor MGMT loss serves as a prognostic biomarker in colorectal cancer.Terms of Use
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