Detecting Cervical Cancer by Quantitative Promoter Hypermethylation Assay on Cervical Scrapings: A Feasibility Study

Current morphology-based cervical cancer screening is associated with significant false-positive and false-negative results. Tumor suppressor gene hypermethylation is frequently present in cervical cancer. It is unknown whether a cervical scraping reflects the methylation status of the underlying ep...

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Published in:	Molecular cancer research Vol. 2; no. 5; pp. 289 - 295
Main Authors:	Reesink-Peters, Nathalie, Wisman, G Bea A, Jéronimo, Carmen, Tokumaru, C Yutaka, Cohen, Yoram, Dong, Seung Myung, Klip, Harrie G, Buikema, Henk J, Suurmeijer, Albert J H, Hollema, Harrie, Boezen, H Marieke, Sidransky, David, van der Zee, Ate G J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States American Association for Cancer Research 01-05-2004
Subjects:	Cervix Uteri - pathology DNA Methylation Epithelium - metabolism Epithelium - pathology Female Genes - genetics Humans Neoplasm Staging Promoter Regions, Genetic - genetics Specimen Handling Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - classification Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - diagnosis Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - genetics Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - pathology
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Summary:	Current morphology-based cervical cancer screening is associated with significant false-positive and false-negative results. Tumor suppressor gene hypermethylation is frequently present in cervical cancer. It is unknown whether a cervical scraping reflects the methylation status of the underlying epithelium, and it is therefore unclear whether quantitative hypermethylation specific PCR (QMSP) on cervical scrapings could be used as a future screening method augmenting the current approach. Cervical scrapings and paired fresh frozen cervical tissue samples were obtained from 53 cervical cancer patients and 45 controls. All scrapings were morphologically scored and analyzed with QMSP for the genes APC , DAPK , MGMT , and GSTP1 . To adjust for DNA input, hypermethylation ratios were calculated against DNA levels of a reference gene. Hypermethylation ratios of paired fresh frozen tissue samples and scrapings of cervical cancer patients and controls were strongly related (Spearman correlation coefficient, 0.80 for APC , 0.98 for DAPK , and 0.83 for MGMT ; P < 0.001). More cervical cancer patients than controls were DAPK positive ( P < 0.001). When cutoff levels for ratios were defined to be above the highest ratio observed in controls, QMSP in cervical scrapings identified 32 (67%) of 48 cervical cancer patients. This feasibility study demonstrates that QMSP on cervical scrapings holds promise as a new diagnostic tool for cervical cancer. The addition of more genes specifically methylated in cervical cancer will further improve the assay.
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ISSN:	1541-7786 1557-3125
DOI:	10.1158/1541-7786.289.2.5