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ANTICANCER RESEARCH
Volume 37, Issue 3, Pages 1105-1112Publisher
INT INST ANTICANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.21873/anticanres.11423
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CTCs; colorectal cancer; CTCs isolation; quantum dots; molecular characterization; methylation profile
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Background: We performed an epigenetic analysis of the first exon of the hVIM gene and the SFRP2 in circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and correlation with the corresponding primary colorectal cancer (CRC) tissue. Patients and Methods: CTCs detection in 52 colorectal cancer patients was managed by a multi-marker immunomagnetic method with the use of quantum dots (QDs). To determine methylation levels we used highresolution melting (HRM) technology. Results: In the case of VIM we found 76.9% methylated samples, compared to 53.8% in tissue samples. Regarding SFRP2 promoter methylation levels in tissue and CTCs samples, 67.3% and 73.1%, were found methylated respectively. Correlation analysis of methylation levels with KRAS and BRAF mutations (performed in our previous study) demonstrates that high-methylation epigenotype strongly correlates to BRAF mutation. Conclusion: CTCs is a promising diagnostic tool. The combination of genetic mutations and epigenetic aberrations specifically in CTCs, will ameliorate CRC diagnosis in the future.
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