Project description:Purpose Accumulating evidence indicates aberrant DNA methylation is closely related to oral carcinogenesis, and it has been shown that methylation changes might be used as prognostic biomarker in oral squamous cell carcinoma. Oral lichenoid disease (OLD) is the most common oral potentially malignant disorder in our region. In this study, we have performed a wide DNA methylation study of a series of oral lichenoid disease in order to assess the relevance of DNA methylation changes in this premalignant disorder. Experimental Design Discovery phase utilized HumanMethylation27 DNA Analysis BeadChip assay in 18 OLD and 5 control samples. The differently methylated loci and the global DNA methylation surrogate LINE-, were further validated in an independent sample set consisting in 158 OLD and 65 controls. Results DNA methylation profile of the OLD showed only minor significant differences when compared to controls. MGC40178, ADORA1 and LINE-1 were slightly hypomethylated in 23, 40 and 43 % of the OLD samples respectively, while only in 13, 18 and 15% of the controls. Conclusions In summary, our data indicates that the frequency of aberrant DNA alteration is very low in OLD, which support the low rate of malignization of this oral potentially malignant disorder. Bisulphite converted DNA from the 17 Oral lichenoid samples and 5 control samples were hybridised to the Illumina Infinium 27k Human Methylation Beadchip v1.217
Project description:Purpose: Accumulating evidence indicates aberrant DNA methylation is closely related to oral carcinogenesis, and it has been shown that methylation changes might be used as prognostic biomarker in oral squamous cell carcinoma. Oral lichenoid disease (OLD) is the most common oral potentially malignant disorder in our region. In this study, we have performed a wide DNA methylation study of a series of oral lichenoid disease in order to assess the relevance of DNA methylation changes in this premalignant disorder. Experimental Design: Discovery phase utilized the Illumina Golden Gate Cancer Panel I in 51 OLD and 6 control samples. The differently methylated loci and the global DNA methylation surrogate LINE-1, were further validated in an independent sample set consisting in 160 OLD and 65 controls. Results: DNA methylation profiles of the OLD showed only minor significant differences when compared to controls. Conclusions: In summary, our data indicates that the frequency of aberrant DNA alteration is very low in OLD, which support the low rate of malignization of this oral potentially malignant disorder. Bisulphite-converted DNA from the 51 oral lichenoid disease samples and 6 control samples were hybridised to the Illumina GoldenGate Methylation Cancer Panel I.
Project description:Analysis of serum starved prelamin A-accumulating hMSCs at gene expression level. The hypothesis tested in the present study was that prelamin A accumulation induces the dysregulation of genes that are essensial for cell survival under a stress condition such as serum starvation. The results provide important information about these genes and the functional categories that are dysregulated due to prelamin A accumulation in serum starved hMSCs. Two samples are analyzed in this microarray experiment: human mesenchymal stem cell cultured under serum starvation conditions (during 24 hours) which accumulate prelamin A (pre-hMSCs) and control mesenchymal stem cells (ctrl-hMSCs). 2 biological replicates (hMSCs derived from 2 different bone marrow donors) and 1 technical replicate are included in this analysis.
Project description:Human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated head and neck cancers (HNSCCs) have a distinct risk profile and appreciate a prognostic advantage compared to HPV-negative HNSCC. Promoter hypermethylation has been widely recognized as an important mechanism in the progression of HNSCC, but the extent to which this mechanism is consistent between HPV(+) and HPV(-) tumors is unknown. To assess the genome-wide methylation changes in HPV(+) and HPV(-) tumors, we analyzed DNA methylation and expression patterns in two HPV(+) and two HPV(-) cell lines. HPV(+) tumors have overall higher DNA methylation in genic and LINE1 regions than HPV(-) tumors, and polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) targets tend to be much more highly methylated in HPV(+) cells. Bisulphite-converted DNA from 4 squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) cell lines were hybridized to the Illumina Infinium 27k Human Methylation Beadchip.
Project description:To broaden our understanding of the gene expression common to volar skin, we biopsied the dorsum of the hand, palm, dorsum of the foot and sole and collected DNA for methylation chip anlayses Total of 12 skin biopsy samples with 3 repeats from distinct individuals of each site: dorsum of hand, palm, dorstum of foot and sole. The samples below represent methylation data only.
Project description:A Cartes d'Identite des Tumeurs (CIT) project from the french Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer (http://cit.ligue-cancer.net) | Transcriptome analysis led to the unsupervised classification of carcinomas in two groups, associated with different outcomes {de Reynies, 2009 ; Giordano, 2009}. Subsequently, we have shown that unsupervised clustering further classified the tumors of the poor prognosis group in three different subgroups, two of them harbouring a cardinal molecular alteration {Ragazzon, 2010}. One is associated with p53 inactivation, the second with ?-catenin activation. No molecular defect has been identified in the third group so far. The aim is to describe the genome-wide methylome of adrenocortical tumors, and to assess the link with previously established molecular classifications. Experimental design: Genome-wide methylation patterns of 84 adenomas and 51 carcinomas were obtained with the Infinium HumanMethylation27 beadchip (Illumina). | Submitter : Olivia Barreau <olivia.barreau@inserm.fr> | Project leader : Jerome Bertherat <jerome.bertherat@inserm.fr>
Project description:DNA methylation profiling of airway epithelial cells (AECs) and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from normal, atopic and asthmatic subjects. The Illumina GoldenGate Methylation Cancer Panel I was used to obtain DNA methylation profiles across approximately 1505 CpGs in AECs and PBMCs. Samples included 7 healthy, 9 atopic, 4 atopic asthmatic and 5 non-atopic asthmatic subjects. Please note that only some of the samples are matched (i.e. AECs and PBMCs from the same individual) due to DNA quality or sample collection (i.e. only one sample (AEC or PBMC) was collected from the patient). Bisulphite converted DNA from the 41 samples were hybridised to the Illumina GoldenGate Methylation Beadchip
Project description:Fetal human fetal testes (8-11 weeks post-fertilization [WPF]) were cut into small pieces (~1 mm3 ) and 4-6 pieces/testis (depending of the age or size of the gonad) were insert into the muscle of the left back of two twin female mice. One week after surgery, one mouse was exposed by drinking water to a mixture of BPA (1 µM, CAS no. 80-09-1, Merck) and DEHP (1 µM, CAS no. 117-81-7, Merck) and the other was exposed by drinking water to the vehicle (absolute ethanol [ETOH] diluted at 1/1000000 in water). Mice were exposed during 6-11 weeks (corresponding to the 18 WPF equivalent age) and at the end of exposure, testes were collected and each pieces were cleaned from extracellular matrix and murine muscular tissue. One part of the pieces were used for RRBS analyses.
Project description:Background: the human placenta facilitates the exchange of nutrients, gas and waste between the fetal and maternal circulations. It also protects the fetus from the maternal immune response. Due to its role at the feto-maternal interface, the placenta is subject to many environmental exposures that can potentially alter its epigenetic profile. Previous studies have reported gene expression differences in placenta over gestation, as well as inter-individual variation in expression of some genes. However, the factors contributing to this variation in gene expression remain poorly understood. Results: in this study, we performed a genome-wide DNA methylation analysis of gene promoters in placenta tissue from three pregnancy trimesters. We identified large-scale differences in global DNA methylation levels between first, second and third trimesters, with an overall progressive increase in average methylation from first to third trimester. The most differentially methylated genes included many immune regulators, reflecting the change in placental immuno-modulation as pregnancy progresses. We also detected increased inter-individual variation in the third trimester relative to first and second, supporting an accumulation of environmentally induced (or stochastic) changes in DNA methylation pattern. These highly variable genes were enriched for those involved in amino acid and other metabolic pathways, potentially reflecting the adaptation of the human placenta to different environments. Conclusions : the identification of cellular pathways subject to drift in response to environmental influences provide a basis for future studies examining the role of specific environmental factors on DNA methylation pattern and placenta-associated adverse pregnancy outcomes. A total of 42 samples, with 18 first trimester, 10 second trimester, 14 full term placenta