Correlation between the methylation of SULF2 and WRN promoter and the irinotecan chemosensitivity in gastric cancer

BMC Gastroenterology

Research Article

Lin Wang¹  Jun Wang¹  Li Xie²  Baorui Liu²  Jie Shen² 

[1] Jiang Su Province Geriatric Institute, Jiang Su Province Geriatric hospital, Nanjing, China;The Comprehensive Cancer Centre of Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Clinical Cancer Institute of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China;

关键词: Gastric cancer;    SULF2;    WRN;    Methylation;    Irinotecan;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-230X-13-173

 received in 2012-10-28, accepted in 2013-12-12,  发布年份 2013

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundAt present, no study has compared the correlation between SULF2, WRN promoter methylation and clinicopathological parameters of patients with gastric cancer and the sensitivity to irinotecan (CPT-11).MethodsWe collected 102 fresh tumor tissues from pathologically diagnosed gastric carcinoma patients. Methylation specific PCR was used to detect the promoter methylation of SULF2 and WRN. The chemosensitivity of irinotecan to gastric tomor was tested by MTT. Then we compared the chemosensitivity difference of the methylated group with unmethylated group.ResultsThe rates of SULF2, WRN methylation were 28.3% (29/102) and 23.6% (24/102), separately. Patients with SULF2 methylation were more sensitive to CPT-11 than those without SULF2 methylation (P < 0.01). Patients with both SULF2 and WRN methylation were also more sensitive to CPT-11 than others ( P < 0.05).ConclusionSULF2 and WRN promoter methylation detection indicates potential predictive biomarkers to identify and target the most sensitive gastric cancer subpopulation for personalized CPT-11 therapy.

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