DNA methylation and mRNA expression of ZNF577 as biomarkers for the detection and prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma

  • Authors:
    • Batkhishig Munkhjargal
    • Kazuya Kondo
    • Shiho Soejima
    • Bilguun Tegshee
    • Michiko Yamashita
    • Naoya Kawakita
    • Hiroaki Toba
    • Hiromitsu Takizawa
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  • Published online on: August 6, 2024     https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2024.8790
  • Article Number: 131
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Abstract

Despite advances in science and technology, lung cancer remains a major public health issue. The discovery of early diagnostic and prognostic markers is still needed to reduce the mortality rate of lung cancer, which is the highest among all cancer types. Aberrations in the DNA methylation system have an important role in human cancer and are promising for the development of early diagnostic and prognostic markers. The present study focused on zinc finger protein (ZNF)577, whose encoding gene was indicated to exhibit promoter hypermethylation together with 9 other genes in lung adenocarcinoma (LADC) in a previous study by our group. ZN577 is a member of the ZNG family and its functional role has so far remained elusive. LADC tissue samples surgically resected at Tokushima University Hospital (Tokushima, Japan) between April 1999 and November 2013 were collected. A total of 73 tumors and 27 paired tumor-adjacent normal tissues were examined for DNA methylation and mRNA expression of ZNF577. A total of 149 LADC tissue samples were collected and evaluated by immunohistochemistry (IHC) for the tissue expression of ZNF577. High methylation (n=27, P<0.0001) and low mRNA expression levels (n=27, P<0.031) of ZNF577 were identified in LADC tissues, and it was demonstrated that methylation levels were inversely correlated with mRNA expression levels (P=0.0116, ρ=-0.2515). Among the LADC tissues, lepidic-patterned samples had lower methylation levels of ZNF577 than other pathological types. In addition, mRNA expression levels of ZNF577 were significantly higher in females, non-smokers and stage I samples. Overall survival [P<0.0001; area under curve (AUC)=0.8658] and disease-free survival (DFS; P<0.0004; AUC=0.7232) rates were significantly higher in the ZNF577 high mRNA expression group than in the ZNF577 low mRNA expression group. Among the 149 LADC samples examined by IHC, 105 were negative and 44 were positive for the tissue expression of ZNF577. Cox regression analysis showed poorer DFS (hazard ratio: 3.917; P=0.023) in patients with lower expression of ZNF577. In conclusion, higher methylation levels of ZNF577 were observed in LADC tissues than in normal lung tissue and low mRNA expression of ZNF577 was associated with unfavorable prognosis.
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Munkhjargal B, Kondo K, Soejima S, Tegshee B, Yamashita M, Kawakita N, Toba H and Takizawa H: DNA methylation and mRNA expression of ZNF577 as biomarkers for the detection and prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma. Oncol Rep 52: 131, 2024.
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Munkhjargal, B., Kondo, K., Soejima, S., Tegshee, B., Yamashita, M., Kawakita, N. ... Takizawa, H. (2024). DNA methylation and mRNA expression of ZNF577 as biomarkers for the detection and prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma. Oncology Reports, 52, 131. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2024.8790
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Munkhjargal, B., Kondo, K., Soejima, S., Tegshee, B., Yamashita, M., Kawakita, N., Toba, H., Takizawa, H."DNA methylation and mRNA expression of ZNF577 as biomarkers for the detection and prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma". Oncology Reports 52.4 (2024): 131.
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Munkhjargal, B., Kondo, K., Soejima, S., Tegshee, B., Yamashita, M., Kawakita, N., Toba, H., Takizawa, H."DNA methylation and mRNA expression of ZNF577 as biomarkers for the detection and prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma". Oncology Reports 52, no. 4 (2024): 131. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2024.8790