Large-scale profiling of archival lymph nodes reveals pervasive remodeling of the follicular lymphoma methylome

Cancer Res. 2009 Feb 1;69(3):758-64. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-08-2984. Epub 2009 Jan 20.

Abstract

Emerging technologies allow broad profiling of the cancer genome for differential DNA methylation relative to benign cells. Herein, bisulfite-modified DNA from lymph nodes with either reactive hyperplasia or follicular lymphoma (FL) were analyzed using a commercial C/UpG genotyping assay. Two hundred fifty-nine differentially methylated targets (DMT) distributed among 183 unique genes were identified in FL. Comparison of matched formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded and frozen surgical pathology replicates showed the complete preservation of the cancer methylome among differently archived tissue specimens. Analysis of the DMT profile is consistent with a pervasive epigenomic remodeling process in FL that affects predominantly nonlymphoid genes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

MeSH terms

  • CpG Islands
  • DNA Methylation
  • DNA, Neoplasm / genetics
  • DNA, Neoplasm / isolation & purification
  • Formaldehyde
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
  • Humans
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology*
  • Lymphoma, Follicular / genetics*
  • Lymphoma, Follicular / pathology*
  • Paraffin Embedding
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Tissue Fixation

Substances

  • DNA, Neoplasm
  • Formaldehyde