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PCDHB15 as a potential tumor suppressor and epigenetic biomarker for breast cancer

  • Authors:
    • Ching-Chung Chiang
    • Guan-Ling Lin
    • Shu-Yi Yang
    • Chi-Wen Tu
    • Wen-Long Huang
    • Chun-Feng Wei
    • Feng-Chi Wang
    • Pin-Ju Lin
    • Wan-Hong Huang
    • Yu-Ming Chuang
    • Yu-Ting Lee
    • Chia-Chou Yeh
    • Michael W.Y. Chan
    • Yu-Chen Hsu
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  • Published online on: February 9, 2022     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2022.13237
  • Article Number: 117
  • Copyright: © Chiang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Breast cancer is among the most frequently diagnosed cancer types and the leading cause of cancer‑related death in women. The mortality rate of patients with breast cancer is currently increasing, perhaps due to a lack of early screening tools. In the present study, using The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) breast cancer dataset (n=883), it was determined that methylation of the protocadherin β15 (PCDHB15) promoter was higher in breast cancer samples than that in normal tissues. A negative association between promoter methylation and expression of PCDHB15 was observed in the TCGA dataset and breast cancer cell lines. In TCGA cohort, lower PCDHB15 expression was associated with shorter relapse‑free survival times. Treatment with the DNA methyltransferase inhibitor restored PCDHB15 expression in a breast cancer cell line; however, overexpression of PCDHB15 was shown to suppress colony formation. PCDHB15 methylation detected in circulating cell‑free DNA (cfDNA) isolated from serum samples was higher in patients with breast cancer (40.8%) compared with that in patients with benign tumors (22.4%). PCDHB15 methylation was not correlated with any clinical parameters. Taken together, PCDHB15 is a potential tumor suppressor in cases of breast cancer, which can be epigenetically silenced via promoter methylation. PCDHB15 methylation using cfDNA is a novel minimally invasive epigenetic biomarker for the diagnosis and prognosis of breast cancer.
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Chiang C, Lin G, Yang S, Tu C, Huang W, Wei C, Wang F, Lin P, Huang W, Chuang Y, Chuang Y, et al: PCDHB15 as a potential tumor suppressor and epigenetic biomarker for breast cancer. Oncol Lett 23: 117, 2022
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Chiang, C., Lin, G., Yang, S., Tu, C., Huang, W., Wei, C. ... Hsu, Y. (2022). PCDHB15 as a potential tumor suppressor and epigenetic biomarker for breast cancer. Oncology Letters, 23, 117. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2022.13237
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Chiang, C., Lin, G., Yang, S., Tu, C., Huang, W., Wei, C., Wang, F., Lin, P., Huang, W., Chuang, Y., Lee, Y., Yeh, C., Chan, M. W., Hsu, Y."PCDHB15 as a potential tumor suppressor and epigenetic biomarker for breast cancer". Oncology Letters 23.4 (2022): 117.
Chicago
Chiang, C., Lin, G., Yang, S., Tu, C., Huang, W., Wei, C., Wang, F., Lin, P., Huang, W., Chuang, Y., Lee, Y., Yeh, C., Chan, M. W., Hsu, Y."PCDHB15 as a potential tumor suppressor and epigenetic biomarker for breast cancer". Oncology Letters 23, no. 4 (2022): 117. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2022.13237