Methylation Assessment of Two and Genes in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients.

Iran J Public Health

Department of Medical Genetics, Applied Biophotonics Research Center, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Published: October 2020

Background: Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is one of the most important types of oral malignancies. gene family members as well as have critical roles in regulation of Wnt signaling as one of the main determining pathway in oral carcinogenesis. This study aimed to identify promoter methylation status of genes to provide possible biomarkers for early detection and treatment of OSCC patients.

Methods: A case control study was performed on 31 fresh tissues obtained from oral cavity of patients affected by OSCC and 31 fresh corresponding tissues from normal healthy controls in Tehran and, between the years of 2016-2018. Purified DNA from tissue samples was subjected to bisulfite treatment and then methylation specific polymerase chain reaction (MSP-PCR) was carried out on treated DNA samples.

Results: promoter was methylated in none of OSCC samples while it was methylated in 16.1% of healthy controls. 16.1% of OSCC samples were detected to be semimethylated and 22.6% of healthy normal samples were methylated for promoter gene. Meaningful difference was found in promoter methylation among OSCC patients and healthy controls. Significant correlation was found between promoter methylation and tumor grade. The age of all enrolled samples was demonstrated to have strong effect on promoter methylation of studied genes.

Conclusion: Hypomethylation of and genes in higher grades of OSCC samples may indicate the pivotal role of their expression in tumor cells invasion and progression through modulation of Wnt signaling pathway. Further study required to determine simultaneous expression of those genes and Wnt signaling elements at mRNA and protein levels.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/ijph.v49i10.4698DOI Listing

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