Affiliation:
1. Molecular Oncology Research Center Barretos Cancer Hospital Barretos Brazil
2. Department of Pathology Barretos Cancer Hospital Barretos Brazil
3. Nucleous of Epidemiology and Statistics Barretos Cancer Hospital Barretos Brazil
4. Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), Medical School University of Minho Braga Portugal
5. ICVS/3B's‐PT Government Associate Laboratory Braga Portugal
6. Department of Endoscopy Barretos Cancer Hospital Barretos Brazil
Abstract
AbstractBackgroundColorectal cancer (CRC) screening can help to reduce its incidence and mortality. Noninvasive strategies, such as plasma analysis of epigenetic alterations, can constitute important biomarkers of CRC detection.ObjectiveThis study aimed to evaluate the plasma methylation status of SEPT9 and BMP3 promoters as biomarkers for detection of CRC and its precursor lesions in a Brazilian population.MethodsPlasma samples from 262 participants of the CRC screening program of Barretos Cancer Hospital who had a positive fecal occult blood test and underwent colonoscopy and cancer patients were analyzed. Participants were grouped according to the worst lesion detected in the colonoscopy. Cell‐free circulating DNA (cfDNA) was bisulfite treated followed by the analysis of SEPT9 and BMP3 methylation status using a droplet digital PCR system (ddPCR). The best methylation cutoff value for group discrimination was calculated by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis.ResultsAmong the 262 participants, 38 were diagnosed with CRC, 46 with advanced adenomas 119 with nonadvanced adenomas, three with sessile serrated lesions, and 13 with hyperplastic polyps. In 43 participants, no lesion was detected in the colonoscopy and were used as controls. The CRC group showed the highest cfDNA concentration (10.4 ng/mL). For the SEPT9 gene, a cutoff of 2.5% (AUC = 0.681) that discriminates between CRC and the control group resulted in CRC sensitivity and specificity of 50% and 90%, respectively. Concerning the BMP3 gene, a cutoff of 2.3% (AUC = 0.576) showed 40% and 90% of sensitivity and specificity for CRC detection, respectively. Combining SEPT9, BMP3 status, and age over 60 years resulted in a better performance for detecting CRC (AUC = 0.845) than the individual gene models, yielding 80% and 81% of sensitivity and specificity, respectively.ConclusionThe present study suggests that a combination of SEPT9 and BMP3 plasma methylation, along with age over 60 years, showed the highest performance in detecting CRC in a Brazilian population. These noninvasive biomarkers can potentially serve as useful tools for CRC screening programs.
Subject
Cancer Research,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging,Oncology
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