The high methylation level of a novel 151-bp CpG island in the ESR1 gene promoter is associated with a poor breast cancer prognosis

Abstract Background The ESR1 gene suffers methylation changes in many types of cancers, including breast cancer (BC), the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women that is also present in men. Methylation at promoter A of ESR1 is the worse prognosis in terms of overall survival; thus, the early dete...

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Autores principales: Laura Itzel Quintas-Granados, Hernán Cortés, Manuel González-Del Carmen, Gerardo Leyva-Gómez, Lilia Patricia Bustamante-Montes, Miguel Rodríguez-Morales, Edgar Yebran Villegas-Vazquez, Israel López-Reyes, Sofía Lizeth Alcaraz-Estrada, Jorge Sandoval-Basilio, Ernesto Soto-Reyes, Javad Sharifi-Rad, Gabriela Figueroa-González, Octavio Daniel Reyes-Hernández
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Publicado: BMC 2021
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Sumario:Abstract Background The ESR1 gene suffers methylation changes in many types of cancers, including breast cancer (BC), the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women that is also present in men. Methylation at promoter A of ESR1 is the worse prognosis in terms of overall survival; thus, the early detection, prognostic, and prediction of therapy involve some methylation biomarkers. Methods Therefore, our study aimed to examine the methylation levels at the ESR1 gene in samples from Mexican BC patients and its possible association with menopausal status. Results We identified a novel 151-bp CpG island in the promoter A of the ESR1 gene. Interestingly, methylation levels at this CpG island in positive ERα tumors were approximately 50% less than negative ERα or control samples. Furthermore, methylation levels at ESR1 were associated with menopausal status. In postmenopausal patients, the methylation levels were 1.5-fold higher than in premenopausal patients. Finally, according to tumor malignancy, triple-negative cancer subtypes had higher ESR1 methylation levels than luminal/HER2+ or luminal A subtypes. Conclusions Our findings suggest that methylation at this novel CpG island might be a promising prognosis marker