Abstract
We have profiled promoter DNA methylation alterations in 272 glioblastoma tumors in the context of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). We found that a distinct subset of samples displays concerted hypermethylation at a large number of loci, indicating the existence of a glioma-CpG island methylator phenotype (G-CIMP). We validated G-CIMP in a set of non-TCGA glioblastomas and low-grade gliomas. G-CIMP tumors belong to the proneural subgroup, are more prevalent among lower-grade gliomas, display distinct copy-number alterations, and are tightly associated with IDH1 somatic mutations. Patients with G-CIMP tumors are younger at the time of diagnosis and experience significantly improved outcome. These findings identify G-CIMP as a distinct subset of human gliomas on molecular and clinical grounds.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 510-522 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Cancer Cell |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 18 May 2010 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by NIH/NCI grants U24 CA126561 and U24 CA143882-01 (P.W.L. and S.B.B.), grants from the M.D. Anderson Center for Cancer Epigenetics, the Brain Tumor Funders' Collaborative, the V Foundation, and the Rose Foundation, and SPORE grant P50CA127001 from NIH/NCI (K.A.). We thank Dennis Maglinte and members of the USC Epigenome Center for helpful discussions, Andreana Rivera for technical assistance, and Marisol Guerrero for editorial assistance. P.W.L. is a shareholder, consultant, and scientific advisory board member of Epigenomics, AG, which has a commercial interest in DNA methylation markers. This work was not supported by Epigenomics, AG. K.A. is a consultant and scientific advisory board member for Castle Biosciences, which has a commercial interest in molecular diagnostics. This work was not supported by Castle Biosciences.
Keywords
- CELLCYCLE
- DNA
- HUMDISEASE