DNA methylation profiling identifies novel markers of progression in hepatitis B-related chronic liver disease
| Autor: | M?jdat Zeybel, Sezgin Vatansever, Timothy Hardy, Ay?eg?l Akder Sar?, Fulya Cakala?ao?lu, Arzu Avc?, Gemma Louise Zeybel, Ser?in Karah?seyino?lu, Matthew Bashton, John C. Mathers, Belk?s ?nsal, Jelena Mann |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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| Zdroj: | Clinical Epigenetics |
| ISSN: | 1868-7083 1868-7075 |
| Popis: | Background Chronic hepatitis B infection is characterized by hepatic immune and inflammatory response with considerable variation in the rates of progression to cirrhosis. Genetic variants and environmental cues influence predisposition to the development of chronic liver disease; however, it remains unknown if aberrant DNA methylation is associated with fibrosis progression in chronic hepatitis B. Results To identify epigenetic marks associated with inflammatory and fibrotic processes of the hepatitis B-induced chronic liver disease, we carried out hepatic genome-wide methylation profiling using Illumina Infinium BeadArrays comparing mild and severe fibrotic disease in a discovery cohort of 29 patients. We obtained 310 differentially methylated regions and selected four loci comprising three genes from the top differentially methylated regions: hypermethylation of HOXA2 and HDAC4 along with hypomethylation of PPP1R18 were significantly linked to severe fibrosis. We replicated the prominent methylation marks in an independent cohort of 102 patients by bisulfite modification and pyrosequencing. The timing and causal relationship of epigenetic modifications with disease severity was further investigated using a cohort of patients with serial biopsies. Conclusions Our findings suggest a linkage of widespread epigenetic dysregulation with disease progression in chronic hepatitis B infection. CpG methylation at novel genes sheds light on new molecular pathways, which can be potentially exploited as a biomarker or targeted to attenuate inflammation and fibrosis. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13148-016-0218-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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