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SDHC methylation in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST): a case report

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Title
SDHC methylation in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST): a case report
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BMC Medical Genomics, September 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12881-015-0233-7
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Milena Urbini, Annalisa Astolfi, Valentina Indio, Michael C. Heinrich, Christopher L. Corless, Margherita Nannini, Gloria Ravegnini, Guido Biasco, Maria A. Pantaleo

Abstract

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) recently have been recognized as a genetically and biologically heterogeneous disease. In addition to KIT or PDGFRA mutated GIST, mutational inactivation of succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) subunits has been detected in the KIT/PDGFRA wild-type subgroup, referred to as SDH deficient (dSDH). Even though most dSDH GIST harbor mutations in SDHx subunit genes, some are SDHx wild type. Epigenetic regulation by DNA methylation of CpG islands recently has been found to be an alternative mechanism underlying the lack of SDH complex in GIST. We report a particular case of dSDH GIST, previously analyzed with microarrays and next-generation sequencing, for which no molecular pathogenetic events have been identified. Gene expression analysis showed remarkable down-modulation of SDHC mRNA with respect to all other GIST samples, both SDHA-mutant and KIT/PDGFRA-mutant GIST. By a bisulfite methylation assay targeted to 2 SDHC CpG islands, we detected hypermethylation of the SDHC promoter. Herein we report an additional case of dSDH GIST without SDHx mutation but harboring hypermethylation in the SDHC promoter, thus confirming the complexity of the molecular background of this subtype of GIST.

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Student > Bachelor 4 16%
Researcher 4 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 16%
Student > Master 2 8%
Other 1 4%
Other 2 8%
Unknown 8 32%
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Medicine and Dentistry 6 24%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 16%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 3 12%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 4%
Materials Science 1 4%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 10 40%
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