Screening methylation of DNA repair genes in the oral mucosa of chronic smokers

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the epigenetic changes in the process of oral carcinogenesis by screening the methylation of repair genes in chronic smokers. Design: Two groups were formed: Group 1: 16 smokers with consumption of 20 cigarettes/day for at least 10 years; and Group 2:...

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Main Authors: Almeida, J.D (Author), Campos, M.S (Author), Carta, C.F.L (Author), de Barros, P.P (Author), Jorge, A.O.C (Author), Nunes, F.D (Author), Oliveira Alves, M.G (Author), Scholz, J. (Author)
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2018
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245 1 0 |a Screening methylation of DNA repair genes in the oral mucosa of chronic smokers 
260 0 |b Elsevier Ltd  |c 2018 
856 |z View Fulltext in Publisher  |u https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archoralbio.2018.04.017 
520 3 |a Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the epigenetic changes in the process of oral carcinogenesis by screening the methylation of repair genes in chronic smokers. Design: Two groups were formed: Group 1: 16 smokers with consumption of 20 cigarettes/day for at least 10 years; and Group 2: 10 non-smoking. Exfoliative cytology of the tongue was performed, and the extracted DNA was treated by enzymes. The PCR Array System performed methylation screening to evaluate 22 DNA repair genes, and the results were validated by RT-qPCR for each gene with methylation levels ≥10%. Results: Highest percentages of methylation were observed for MLH3 and XRCC1 genes (11–20% methylation) and in one case for MRE11A and PMS2 (>50% methylation). Statistical analysis showed significant differences in the expression of the genes MRE11A (p = 0.0002), PMS2(p = 0.0068), XRCC1 (p = 0.0080) and MLH3 (0.0057) between the two groups. Conclusion: The effects of chronic smoking on oral mucosa led to the methylation of genes MRE11A PMS2, XRCC1 and MLH3, but resulted in a reduction of gene expression of MRE11A and PMS2, which showed ≥50% methylation. These results provide evidence that smoking cause methylation and reduced expression of repair genes. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd 
650 0 4 |a adult 
650 0 4 |a Adult 
650 0 4 |a Carcinogenesis 
650 0 4 |a case control study 
650 0 4 |a Case-Control Studies 
650 0 4 |a DNA methylation 
650 0 4 |a DNA Methylation 
650 0 4 |a DNA repair 
650 0 4 |a DNA Repair 
650 0 4 |a DNA repair protein XRCC1 
650 0 4 |a double strand break repair protein MRE11 
650 0 4 |a epigenetics 
650 0 4 |a Epigenomics 
650 0 4 |a genetics 
650 0 4 |a human 
650 0 4 |a Humans 
650 0 4 |a male 
650 0 4 |a Male 
650 0 4 |a metabolism 
650 0 4 |a Methylation 
650 0 4 |a Mismatch Repair Endonuclease PMS2 
650 0 4 |a mismatch repair protein PMS2 
650 0 4 |a MLH3 protein, human 
650 0 4 |a mouth mucosa 
650 0 4 |a Mouth Mucosa 
650 0 4 |a Mouth Neoplasms 
650 0 4 |a mouth tumor 
650 0 4 |a MRE11 Homologue Protein 
650 0 4 |a MRE11A protein, human 
650 0 4 |a MutL Proteins 
650 0 4 |a Oral mucosa 
650 0 4 |a PMS2 protein, human 
650 0 4 |a protein MutL 
650 0 4 |a real time polymerase chain reaction 
650 0 4 |a Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction 
650 0 4 |a Repair gene 
650 0 4 |a Smokers 
650 0 4 |a smoking 
650 0 4 |a Smoking 
650 0 4 |a X-ray Repair Cross Complementing Protein 1 
700 1 |a Almeida, J.D.  |e author 
700 1 |a Campos, M.S.  |e author 
700 1 |a Carta, C.F.L.  |e author 
700 1 |a de Barros, P.P.  |e author 
700 1 |a Jorge, A.O.C.  |e author 
700 1 |a Nunes, F.D.  |e author 
700 1 |a Oliveira Alves, M.G.  |e author 
700 1 |a Scholz, J.  |e author 
773 |t Archives of Oral Biology