Laboratory validation of formal concept analysis of the methylation status of microarray-detected genes in primary breast cancer

Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality. DNA methylations play important roles in cancer development and progression. Formal concept analysis was previously utilized for data mining hypermethylated and hypomethylated genes in breast cancer molecular subtypes in illumina methyl...

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Main Authors: Samar K Kassim, Hanan H Shehata, Marwa M Abou-Alhussein, Maha M Sallam, Islam Ibrahim Amin
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Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-05-01
Series:Tumor Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1010428317698390
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Hanan H Shehata
Marwa M Abou-Alhussein
Maha M Sallam
Islam Ibrahim Amin
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description Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality. DNA methylations play important roles in cancer development and progression. Formal concept analysis was previously utilized for data mining hypermethylated and hypomethylated genes in breast cancer molecular subtypes in illumina methylation–based microarray database, to laboratory validate their outputs; HS3ST2 (heparan sulfate d -glucosaminyl 3-O-sulfonyl transferase-2) and MUC1 (mucin-1) were retrieved. Both play important roles in progression and invasion of breast cancer. The methylation status of both genes was laboratory validated using methylation-based polymerase chain reaction in breast cancer subtypes luminal A (early stages) and luminal B (late stages) in comparison with benign conditions and normal breast to conclude their roles in tumor invasion and to validate the newly developed algorithm (formal concept analysis). Significant cancer-specific hypermethylation of HS3ST2 was detected in luminal B (chi square = 30.6, p = 0.000), while significant cancer-specific hypomethylation of MUC1 was detected in luminal B (chi square = 30.5, p = 0.001) breast cancer. The median levels of the percentage of methylated allele of both genes were significantly discriminative between luminal A and luminal B subtypes and benign and healthy control groups. Detection of MUC1 and HS3ST2 promoter methylation status appears to be useful molecular markers for assessing the progressive state of the disease and could be helpful in discriminating breast cancer molecular subtypes. These results validate the methylation-based microarray analysis, thus trust their output in the future.
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spelling doaj-art-25dec06d9b284e0dbef3d3b4a3cc62482025-08-20T02:42:07ZengSAGE PublishingTumor Biology1423-03802017-05-013910.1177/1010428317698390Laboratory validation of formal concept analysis of the methylation status of microarray-detected genes in primary breast cancerSamar K Kassim0Hanan H Shehata1Marwa M Abou-Alhussein2Maha M Sallam3Islam Ibrahim Amin4Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, EgyptMedical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, EgyptMedical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, EgyptMedical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, EgyptInstitute of Statistical Studies and Researches, Cairo University, Giza, EgyptBreast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality. DNA methylations play important roles in cancer development and progression. Formal concept analysis was previously utilized for data mining hypermethylated and hypomethylated genes in breast cancer molecular subtypes in illumina methylation–based microarray database, to laboratory validate their outputs; HS3ST2 (heparan sulfate d -glucosaminyl 3-O-sulfonyl transferase-2) and MUC1 (mucin-1) were retrieved. Both play important roles in progression and invasion of breast cancer. The methylation status of both genes was laboratory validated using methylation-based polymerase chain reaction in breast cancer subtypes luminal A (early stages) and luminal B (late stages) in comparison with benign conditions and normal breast to conclude their roles in tumor invasion and to validate the newly developed algorithm (formal concept analysis). Significant cancer-specific hypermethylation of HS3ST2 was detected in luminal B (chi square = 30.6, p = 0.000), while significant cancer-specific hypomethylation of MUC1 was detected in luminal B (chi square = 30.5, p = 0.001) breast cancer. The median levels of the percentage of methylated allele of both genes were significantly discriminative between luminal A and luminal B subtypes and benign and healthy control groups. Detection of MUC1 and HS3ST2 promoter methylation status appears to be useful molecular markers for assessing the progressive state of the disease and could be helpful in discriminating breast cancer molecular subtypes. These results validate the methylation-based microarray analysis, thus trust their output in the future.https://doi.org/10.1177/1010428317698390
spellingShingle Samar K Kassim
Hanan H Shehata
Marwa M Abou-Alhussein
Maha M Sallam
Islam Ibrahim Amin
Laboratory validation of formal concept analysis of the methylation status of microarray-detected genes in primary breast cancer
Tumor Biology
title Laboratory validation of formal concept analysis of the methylation status of microarray-detected genes in primary breast cancer
title_full Laboratory validation of formal concept analysis of the methylation status of microarray-detected genes in primary breast cancer
title_fullStr Laboratory validation of formal concept analysis of the methylation status of microarray-detected genes in primary breast cancer
title_full_unstemmed Laboratory validation of formal concept analysis of the methylation status of microarray-detected genes in primary breast cancer
title_short Laboratory validation of formal concept analysis of the methylation status of microarray-detected genes in primary breast cancer
title_sort laboratory validation of formal concept analysis of the methylation status of microarray detected genes in primary breast cancer
url https://doi.org/10.1177/1010428317698390
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