Cancer Research and Treatment

Original Article

CNS cancer

Hypo-trimethylation of Histone H3 Lysine 4 and Hyper-tri/dimethylation of Histone H3 Lysine 27 as Epigenetic Markers of Poor Prognosis in Patients with Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma: Hoon Gi Kim, Minseok S. Kim, Young Sam Lee, Eun Hee Lee, Dae Cheol Kim, Sung-Hun Lee, Young Zoon Kim; Cancer Res Treat. 2022;54(3):690-708. Published online November 17, 2021; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2021.1121

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Purpose
This study aimed to investigate the methylation status of major histone modification sites in primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) samples and examine their prognostic roles in patients with PCNSL.
Materials and Method
Between 2007 and 2020, 87 patients were histopathologically diagnosed with PCNSL. We performed immunohistochemical staining of the formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded samples of PCNSL for major histone modification sites, such as H3K4, H3K9, H3K27, H3K14, and H3K36. After detection of meaningful methylation sites, we examined histone modification enzymes that induce methylation or demethylation at each site using immunohistochemical staining. The meaningful immunoreactivity was validated by western blotting using fresh tissue of PCNSL.
Results
More frequent recurrences were found in hypomethylation of H3K4me3 (p=0.004) and hypermethylation of H3K27me2 (p<0.001) and H3K27me3 (p=0.002). These factors were also statistically related to short PFS and overall survival in the univariate and multivariate analyses. Next, histone modification enzymes inducing the demethylation of H3K4 (lysine-specific demethylase-1/2 and Jumonji AT-rich interactive domain [JARID] 1A-D]) and methylation of H3K27 (enhancer of zeste homolog [EZH]-1/2) were immu- nohistochemically stained. Among them, the immunoreactivity of JARID1A inversely associated with the methylation status of H3K4me3 (R²=-1.431), and immunoreactivity of EZH2 was directly associated with the methylation status of H3K27me2 (R²=0.667) and H3K27me3 (R²=0.604). These results were validated by western blotting in fresh PCNSL samples.
Conclusion
Our study suggests that hypomethylation of H3K4me3 and hypermethylation of H3K27me2 and H3K27me3 could be associated with poor outcomes in patients with PCNSL and that these relationships are modified by JARID1A and EZH2.

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