PMID- 36378420 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230202 LR - 20230202 IS - 1573-4978 (Electronic) IS - 0301-4851 (Linking) VI - 50 IP - 2 DP - 2023 Feb TI - Analyses of P16(INK4a) gene promoter methylation relative to molecular, demographic and clinical parameters characteristics in non-small cell lung cancer patients: A pilot study. PG - 971-979 LID - 10.1007/s11033-022-07982-1 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to examine the methylation status of p16(INK4a) promoter region in non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients and their associations with single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene, as well as with demographic or clinical characteristics. METHODS: Formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded (FFPE) DNA samples extracted from 22 NSCLC patients were analyzed with methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method to obtain promoter methylation profile. The same cohort was genotyped for - 216G > T, -191 C > A, and 181,946 C > T EGFR SNPs. RESULTS: There was a significant association between methylated p16(INK4a) in patients prior therapy (p = 0.017) since a significantly higher frequency of methylated p16(INK4a) was detected in these patients (40.9%) in comparison to frequency in patients after therapy (31.8%). Also, a higher frequency of methylated p16(INK4a) was detected among patients with leucopenia (p = 0.056). No associations were observed between the methylation status of the p16(INK4a) promoter region and EGFR SNPs or other clinical and demographic data in this cohort. CONCLUSION: High frequency of methylation of the p16(INK4a) gene promoter was observed in NSCLC patients prior therapy and with leucopenia that can indicate their significance related to advanced clinical stage. CI - (c) 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. FAU - Jurisic, Vladimir AU - Jurisic V AD - Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Svetozara Markovica 69, 34000, Kragujevac, Serbia. jurisicvladimir@gmail.com. FAU - Obradovic, Jasmina AU - Obradovic J AD - Department of Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Institute for Information Technologies, 34000, Kragujevac, Serbia. FAU - Nikolic, Nadja AU - Nikolic N AD - Department of Human Genetics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Belgrade, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia. FAU - Javorac, Jovan AU - Javorac J AD - Institute for Pulmonary Diseases of Vojvodina, 21000, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia. FAU - Perin, Branislav AU - Perin B AD - Institute for Pulmonary Diseases of Vojvodina, 21000, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia. FAU - Milasin, Jelena AU - Milasin J AD - Department of Human Genetics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Belgrade, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia. LA - eng GR - 175056/Ministarstvo Prosvete, Nauke i Tehnoloskog Razvoja/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20221115 PL - Netherlands TA - Mol Biol Rep JT - Molecular biology reports JID - 0403234 RN - 0 (Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (ErbB Receptors) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/genetics MH - Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16/genetics/metabolism MH - Pilot Projects MH - *Lung Neoplasms/genetics MH - DNA Methylation/genetics MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics MH - ErbB Receptors/genetics/metabolism MH - Demography OTO - NOTNLM OT - EGFR OT - Lung cancer OT - Methylation OT - SNPs OT - p16INK4a EDAT- 2022/11/16 06:00 MHDA- 2023/02/03 06:00 CRDT- 2022/11/15 11:38 PHST- 2022/07/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/09/23 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/11/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/02/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/11/15 11:38 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s11033-022-07982-1 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s11033-022-07982-1 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Biol Rep. 2023 Feb;50(2):971-979. doi: 10.1007/s11033-022-07982-1. Epub 2022 Nov 15.