Abstract
Aberrant DNA methylation is an important event in carcinogenesis. Of the various regions of a gene that can be methylated in cancers, the promoter is the most important for the regulation of gene expression. Here, we describe a microarray analysis of DNA methylation in the promoter regions of genes using a newly developed promoter-associated methylated DNA amplification DNA chip (PMAD). For each sample, methylated Hpa II-resistant DNA fragments and Msp I-cleaved (unmethylated + methylated) DNA fragments were amplified and labeled with Cy3 and Cy5 respectively, then hybridized to a microarray containing the promoters of 288 cancer-related genes. Signals from Hpa II-resistant (methylated) DNA (Cy3) were normalized to signals from Msp I-cleaved (unmethylated + methylated) DNA fragments (Cy5). Normalized signals from lung cancer cell lines were compared to signals from normal lung cells. About 10.9% of the cancer-related genes were hypermethylated in lung cancer cell lines. Notably, HIC1, IRF7, ASC, RIPK3, RASSF1A, FABP3, PRKCDBP, and PAX3 genes were hypermethylated in most lung cancer cell lines examined. The expression profiles of these genes correlated to the methylation profiles of the genes, indicating that the microarray analysis of DNA methylation in the promoter region of the genes is convenient for epigenetic study. Further analysis of primary tumors indicated that the frequency of hypermethylation was high for ASC (82%) and PAX3 (86%) in all tumor types, and high for RIPK3 in small cell carcinoma (57%). This demonstrates that our PMAD method is effective at finding epigenetic changes during cancer.
Introduction
In the human genome, most of the cytosine residues at CpG dinucleotides are methylated, but some remain unmethylated in specific GC-rich areas, called CpG islands (Antequera et al. 1990). Although CpG islands were traditionally considered to be located in 5′ regions of genes and to be kept consistently unmethylated, they are actually located at various positions throughout genes, such as in exons and introns, or further downstream (Takai and Jones 2002). The methylation of promoter regions is associated with a loss of gene expression and it plays an important role in regulating gene expression. This epigenetic event is associated with the transcriptional silencing of genes involved in differentiation, genomic imprinting, and X inactivation. In cancers, aberrant methylation of 5′ CpG islands of some tumor suppressor genes has been reported (Baylin et al. 1997).
Techniques such as restriction landmark genomic scanning (RLGS) and a representational difference analysis (RDA)-based method have been developed to scan for differences in methylation in the genome in order to identify imprinted genes and aberrantly methylated genes in cancer (Hatada et al. 1993; Ushijima et al. 1997). Recently, we and others have developed microarray-based techniques to scan for differences in methylation in the genome (Hatada et al. 2002; Yan et al. 2001). Using these methods, methylated fragments in the genome are amplified and hybridized to microarrays that contain clones from libraries of CpG islands. However, methylation in cancer cells frequently occurs in CpG islands outside of promoter regions. In some cases, methylation outside the promoter induces a condensed chromatin gene structure and prevents binding of transcription factors to the promoter (Pieper 1996). However, in most cases methylation outside of promoter regions do not repress gene transcription (Ushijima 2005). To solve this problem, we cloned the promoters of genes and used them to make a microarray in this study.
Here, we describe a new method of scanning for methylation using a microarray that contains promoters of 288 cancer-related genes. We used this method to perform methylation-based analysis of lung cancers.
Materials and methods
Promoter-associated methylated DNA amplification DNA chip (PMAD) method
Each sample was used to amplify both Hpa II-resistant DNA and Msp I-cleaved DNA. The procedure is illustrated in Fig. 1a. To amplify methylated Hpa II-resistant DNA fragments, 0.5 μg of genomic DNA was digested overnight with 50 units of Hpa II. The digests were treated with alkaline phosphatase, which was followed by a fill-in reaction using Klenow enzyme to block the ends of unmethylated DNA fragments. Blocked DNA was digested overnight with 50 units of Map I to cleave the methylated Hpa II sites, followed by ligation to 11 pmol of the adaptor. The adaptor was prepared by annealing two oligonucleotides, AGCACTCTCCAGCCTCTCACCGAC and CGGTCGGTGA. PCR was performed using 0.1 μg of each ligation mix as a template in a 100-μl volume containing 100 pmol of the primer AGCACTCTCCAGCCTCTCACCGAC and 1.25 units of GeneTaq DNA polymerase. The reaction mixture was incubated for 5 min at 72 °C and 3 min at 94 °C and subjected to cycles of amplification consisting of 10 s of denaturation at 94 °C, 30 s of annealing at 70 °C and 2.5 min extension at 72 °C. The final extension was lengthened over 9.5 min.
To amplify Msp I-cleaved (unmethylated + methylated) DNA fragments, 0.5 μg of genomic DNA was digested overnight with 50 units of Msp I followed by ligation to 11 pmol of the adaptor. PCR was performed by the same procedure as was applied to amplify methylated Hpa II-resistant DNA fragments.
To make the microarrays, PCR primers were selected from the promoter regions of 288 cancer-related genes (Supplementary Table 1). All of the promoter sequences are included in at least one short Msp I fragment. PCR products were cloned into the vector pCR2.1 (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA) and introduced into E. coli. Each colony was amplified by PCR using CCAGTGTGCTGGAATTCGGC and ATGGATATCTGCAGAATTCGGC as primers. The reaction mixture was incubated for 5 min at 94 °C and subjected to 40 cycles of amplification consisting of 10 s denaturation at 94 °C, 30 s annealing at 60 °C and 1 min extension at 72 °C. Four DNA sequences without any homology to the human genome were also amplified as control spots. Amplified DNA fragments were fixed on poly-L-lysine-coated microscope slides in triplicate as described (Schena et al. 1995) using a SPBIO-2000 (Hitachi Software Engineering, Tokyo, Japan) arrayer.
Amplified DNAs mixed with 10 pg of DNA complementary to control spots were labeled with Cy3 and Cy5 respectively, cohybridized to the microarray, scanned using a Scan Array Lite (Perkin Elmer, Boston, MA, USA) scanner, and analyzed with the software DNASIS Array (Hitachi Software Engineering). Labeling efficiency was normalized using the signal intensities of the control spots. Cy3 intensity (Hpa II-resistant DNA fragments) was normalized to Cy5 intensity (Msp I-cleaved DNA fragments) for comparison among samples (normalized intensity = Cy3 intensity/Cy5 intensity). The spots whose Cy5 intensities were higher than background were analyzed. We judged the spots as hypermethylated compared to normal lung when their (normalized intensity of cancer)/(normalized intensity of normal) ratios were more than 3.0 and the normalized intensity of cancer was high enough (more than 0.2).
Combined bisulfite restriction analysis (COBRA)
Genomic DNA was treated with sodium bisulfite using a CpGenome DNA Modification Kit (Intergen Co., Purchase, NY, USA) and subjected to combined bisulfite restriction analysis (COBRA). PCR products were digested with BsiEI (HIC1), Taq I (IRF7), Hha I (ASC), Hinf I (RIPK3), Hha I (RASSF1A), Hinc II (FABP3), Taq I (PRKCDBP), and Ban III (PAX3), respectively. PCRs were performed using the following primers: HIC1, GGTAATTGTTTTTAAAAGGGTTATTG and TACCCTCTAAAATAAAAACCCAAAC; IRF7, GTAGAGTTAAGAGTTGGGGGAGTTT and TATTAAACCAATATCCAAACCTAAC; ASC, TTTTAGTATGTGGAATTGAGGGAGT and AAACCTCTAAATTAAAACCCCAAAC; RIPK3, TTTTTGGTATTTTTTAGTTTGATGT and AACTCCTAATTCTCCAATTCCTC; RASSFF1A, AGTTTTTGTATTTAGGTTTTTATTG and AACTCAATAAACTCAAACTCCCC; FABP3, GTTTAGAGGTTAGGAAAGGGAGAAG and CAAACTAAAACTCACCCAAAAAAAA; PRKCDBP, AAATAGGTATATTAGGGAATTGGAG and AACTCCAACTATAACTCAAACAAAC; and PAX3, GGTTTTTGGATTAGGAAT and TAATCATCCTAAAAACAACTTC.
RT-PCR
RT-PCR was performed using the following primers: HIC1, GCTGCTGCAGCTCAACAACCA and GGCCGGTGTAGATGAAGTCCA; IRF7, TACCATCTACCTGGGCTTCG and GCTCCATAAGGAAGCACTCG; ASC, TGACGGATGAGCAGTACCAG and TCCTCCACCAGGTAGGACTG; RIPK3, CTTCCAGGAATGCCTACCAA and TCCATTTCTGTCCCTCCTTG; RASSFF1A, CTTCATCTGGGGCGTCGTG and CTGTGTAAGAACCGTCCTTGTTC; FABP3, CATCACTATGGTGGACGCTTTCC and CTCATCGAACTCCACCCCCAAC; PRKCDBP, AGCTCCACGTTCTGCTCTTC and CGGAGGCTCTGTACCTTCTG; and PAX3, CTGGAACATTTGCCCAGACT and TATCCAGGTGAAGGCGAAAC.
Results and discussion
We have developed a PMAD for analyzing DNA methylation in the promoter regions of genes (Fig. 1). This method can be used to amplify and compare methylated DNA fragments. A methylation-sensitive restriction enzyme Hpa II and its methylation-insensitive isoschizomer, Msp I were utilized because most CpG islands contain their recognition sequence, “CCGG”. For each sample, methylated Hpa II-resistant DNA fragments and Msp I-cleaved (unmethylated plus methylated) DNA fragments were amplified and labeled with Cy3 and Cy5 respectively, then hybridized to the microarray which contains the promoter regions of 288 cancer-related genes. Signals from Hpa II-resistant (methylated) DNA (Cy3) were normalized using signals from Msp I-cleaved (unmethylated plus methylated) DNA fragments (Cy5).
To amplify methylated Hpa II-resistant DNA fragments, genomic DNA was cleaved with the methylation-sensitive restriction enzyme, Hpa II. This was followed by the blocking of cleaved ends by alkaline phosphatase and then a fill-in reaction. At this stage, unmethylated Hpa II sites were blocked. Blocked DNA was treated with the methylation-resistant isoschizomer, Msp I, to cleave the methylated Hpa II sites. At this stage, only methylated Hpa II sites had 5′ protruding ends that could be ligated to an adaptor. These ends were ligated to the adaptor, which was followed by PCR-amplification. To amplify Msp I-cleaved (unmethylated plus methylated) DNA fragments, genomic DNA was cleaved with the methylation-resistant isoschizomer Msp I, followed by ligation to an adaptor and PCR. As a result, both unmethylated and methylated DNA fragments were amplified. Amplified DNAs mixed with 10 pg of DNA complementary to control spots were labeled with Cy3 (Hpa II-resistant DNA fragments) and Cy5 (Msp I-cleaved DNA fragments) respectively, and cohybridized to the microarray, which contained the promoter regions of 288 cancer-related genes including 64 reported to be hypermethylated in cancers. Labeling efficiency was normalized using the signal intensities of the four control spots whose DNA sequences did not have any homology to the human genome. Cy3 intensity (Hpa II-resistant DNA fragments) was normalized to Cy5 intensity (Msp I-cleaved DNA fragments) for comparison among samples (normalized intensity = Cy3 intensity/Cy5 intensity). The spots whose Cy5 intensities were higher than the background were analyzed. We judged the spots as hypermethylated compared to normal lung when their (normalized intensity of cancer)/(normalized intensity of normal) ratio was more than 3.0 and the normalized intensity of cancer was high enough (more than 0.2).
We applied PMAD to six lung cancer cell lines (1–87, A549, RERF-LCMS, LK79, S2, and SBC-3) and a normal lung. Genes hypermethylated in at least two of six lung cancer cell lines were presented (Table 1) . On average, 10.9% of the cancer-related genes were hypermethylated in these cancer cell lines (Table 2). This value is much higher than that described in a previous report by Yan et al. (2001) in breast cancer; where only 1% of regions examined were hypermethylated. There are two possible explanations. The first possibility is that these two studies reflect differences between cancers arising in the breast and the lung. Consistent with this, the rate of methylation differed among the cancer types. The average hypermethylated rate was 7.8% for adenocarcinoma (1–87, A549, RERF-LCMS) and 14.0% for small cell carcinoma (LK79, S-2, SBC-3), respectively (Table 2). The second possibility is that genes are more liable to be hypermethylated in cancers.
We further analyzed the eight genes that were hypermethylated in at least five of the six (83%) cancer cell lines that we analyzed (Fig. 2a). These were HIC1, IRF7, ASC, RIPK3, RASSF1A, FABP3, PRKCDBP, and PAX3. We confirmed these results using the COBRA method and found that 98% of the PMAD results corresponded to the COBRA results (Fig. 2). Thus, the reliability of this method was demonstrated. Next, we performed an expression analysis of these genes by RT-PCR (Fig. 3; Table 1). The expression profile of the genes correlated to the methylation profile of the genes (Figs. 2, 3). This result indicates that the microarray analysis of DNA methylation in the promoter region of the genes is convenient for detecting methylation, which is responsible for their expression. Considering that CpG islands are actually located at various positions throughout genes, such as in exons and introns, or further downstream (Takai and Jones 2002), analysis of CpG islands located in the promoter region of the genes is extremely convenient for epigenetic study. Shi et al. (2002, 2003) reported a microarray using CpG island clones that screened a cDNA library via hybridization of the 5′-end. Although 79% of the sequences are located in the promoter and first exon, others are outside of these regions. Comparing with this array, all of the genes in our array contain the promoter region of the genes.
HIC1, RASSF1A, and PRKCDBP were previously reported as hypermethylated genes in lung cancer (Issa et al. 1997; Dammann et al. 2000; Xu et al. 2001), but this is the first report indicating that IRF7, ASC, FABP3, and PAX3 are also hypermethylated in lung cancer, although these were previously known as hypermethylated genes in cancers other than that of the lung (Yu et al. 2003; Levine et al. 2003; Huynh et al. 1996; Kurmasheva et al. 2005). Receptor-interacting serine-threonine kinase (RIPK) 3, which is part of the same family as RIPK1, which contains a death domain, has never been reported to be hypermethylated in any cancers before our report. Interestingly, the locations of HIC1, RIPK3, FABP3, and PRKCDBP were reported to lose heterozygosity in lung cancer (Konishi et al. 1998; Abujiang et al. 1998; Chizhikov et al. 2001; Petersen et al. 1997).
Further methylation analyses of primary tumors were performed for IRF7, ASC, RIPK3, FABP3, and PAX3 (Fig. 4), the hypermethylation of which has not been previously reported for lung cancers. The frequency of hypermethylation was high for ASC (82%) and PAX3 (86%). The frequency of hypermethylation was not high for IRF7, RIPK3, and FABP3 compared to analysis in cell lines. However, the frequency of hypermethylation of RIPK3 in small cell carcinoma was high (57%). Apoptosis-associated speck-like protein (ASC) is up-regulated by inflammation and apoptosis via the activation of caspase (Shinohara et al. 2002). In normal cells, this protein is localized to the cytoplasm; however, in cells undergoing apoptosis, it forms ball-like aggregates near the nuclear periphery. This gene is hypermethylated in breast cancer (Levine et al. 2003). Paired box gene 3 (PAX3) was recently reported to be hypermethylated in rhabdomyosarcoma (Kurmasheva et al. 2005). This gene is a member of the paired box (PAX) family of transcription factors. Members of the PAX family typically contain a paired box domain and a paired-type homeodomain. These genes play critical roles during fetal development. Mutations in paired box gene 3 are associated with Waardenburg syndrome, craniofacial-deafness-hand syndrome, and alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma. The translocation t (2; 13)(q35; q14), which represents a fusion of PAX3 and the forkhead gene, is a frequent finding in alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (Shapiro et al. 1993). Interestingly, loss of 2q36, where this gene is located, was reported in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) (Petersen et al. 1997).
Thus, we identified several interesting findings on PMAD analysis. One of the merits of our method is that it uses only cancer-related genes for a microarray. This enables us to detect methylation changes that occur only in cancer-related genes. If we find common epigenetic changes in cancers, we can then consider the biological meanings of those changes. However, it is true that this approach could overlook unexpected changes in other genes, so it is also important to use genome-wide microarrays. However, too many changes in genes of unknown function make it difficult to narrow down the targets in a genome-wide approach, making it time-consuming and expensive. On the other hand, our cancer-related microarray is not expensive and analysis is easy.
In summary, we have developed a PMAD and found it very useful for analyzing DNA methylation in cancers, because the microarray contains critical promoter regions of each cancer-related gene, the methylation of which is highly related to the repression of the gene. We found an unexpectedly high rate of hypermethylation in lung cancer cell lines, especially in HIC1, IRF7, ASC, RIKPK3, RASSF1A, FABP3, PRKCDBP, and PAX3. This demonstrates that our PMAD method is effective at finding epigenetic changes during cancer. Further analysis of primary tumors indicated that the frequency of hypermethylation was high for ASC (82%) and PAX3 (86%) in all tumor types and high for RIPK3 in small cell carcinoma (57%).
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This work was supported in part by grants from the Japanese Science and Technology Agency (I.H.), the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (I.H.), and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan (I.H.). We thank the Cancer Cell Repository (Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University) for providing cancer cell lines, and Miss Asano for technical assistance.
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Fukasawa, M., Kimura, M., Morita, S. et al. Microarray analysis of promoter methylation in lung cancers. J Hum Genet 51, 368–374 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10038-005-0355-4
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