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Alu hypomethylation in smoke-exposed epithelia and oral squamous carcinoma

dc.contributor.authorCharoenchai Puttipanyalearsen_US
dc.contributor.authorKeskanya Subbalekhaen_US
dc.contributor.authorApiwat Mutiranguraen_US
dc.contributor.authorNakarin Kitkumthornen_US
dc.contributor.otherChulalongkorn Universityen_US
dc.contributor.otherMahidol Universityen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-19T04:43:15Z
dc.date.available2018-10-19T04:43:15Z
dc.date.issued2013-01-01en_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: Alu elements are one of the most common repetitive sequences that now constitute more than 10% of the human genome and potential targets for epigenetic alterations. Correspondingly, methylation of these elements can result in a genome-wide event that may have an impact in cancer. However, studies investigating the genome-wide status of Alu methylation in cancer remain limited. Objectives: Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) presents with high incidence in South-East Asia and thus the aim of this study was to evaluate the Alu methylation status in OSCCs and explore with the possibility of using this information for diagnostic screening. We evaluated Alu methylation status in a) normal oral mucosa compared to OSCC; b) peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of normal controls comparing to oral cancer patients; c) among oral epithelium of normal controls, smokers and oral cancer patients. Materials and Methods: Alu methylation was detected by combined bisulfite restriction analysis (COBRA) at 2 CpG sites. The amplified products were classified into three patterns; hypermethylation (mCmC), partial methylation (uCmC+mCuC), and hypomethylation (uCuC). Results: The results demonstrate that the %mCmC value is suitable for differentiating normal and cancer in oral tissues (p=0.0002), but is not significantly observe in PBMCs. In addition, a stepwise decrease in this value was observed in the oral epithelium from normal, light smoker, heavy smoker, low stage and high stage OSCC (p=0.0003). Furthermore, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analyses demonstrated the potential of combined %mC or %mCmC values as markers for oral cancer detection with sensitivity and specificity of 86.7% and 56.7%, respectively. Conclusions: Alu hypomethylation is likely to be associated with multistep oral carcinogenesis, and might be developed as a screening tool for oral cancer detection.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAsian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. Vol.14, No.9 (2013), 5495-5501en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.9.5495en_US
dc.identifier.issn2476762Xen_US
dc.identifier.issn15137368en_US
dc.identifier.other2-s2.0-84887596945en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/31397
dc.rightsMahidol Universityen_US
dc.rights.holderSCOPUSen_US
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dc.subjectBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biologyen_US
dc.subjectMedicineen_US
dc.titleAlu hypomethylation in smoke-exposed epithelia and oral squamous carcinomaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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