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Vitamin D receptor hypermethylation as a biomarker for pediatric adrenocortical tumors

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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY
卷 186, 期 5, 页码 573-585

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BIOSCIENTIFICA LTD
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-21-0879

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  1. Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel
  2. Sao Paulo State Research Foundation (FAPESP) [14/03989-6, 15/19663-5, 19/00860-6, 20/03835-0]
  3. Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) [19/00860-6, 15/19663-5] Funding Source: FAPESP

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This study found that VDR hypermethylation and underexpression may be predictive and prognostic biomarkers for pediatric adrenocortical tumors.
Objective: Pediatric adrenocortical tumors (pACT) display complex genomic backgrounds, lacking robust prognostic markers and targeted therapeutic options. Vitamin D-3 receptor (VDR) promoter hypermethylation and underexpression were reported in adrenocortical carcinomas from adult patients. In this study, we aimed to investigate VDR expression levels and methylation status in pACT and their clinical and prognostic significance. Design: Retrospective cross-sectional study enrolling pediatric patients with ACT from two tertiary referral institutions. Methods: We evaluated clinicopathological features, VDR mRNA (qPCR) and protein (immunohistochemistry) expression, and VDR-wide methylation of ACT samples from 108 pediatric patients. Fourteen pediatric and 32 fetal and postnatal normal adrenals were used as controls. Results: Unlike in pre- and post-natal normal adrenals, most pACT lacked nuclear VDR expression and had reduced mRNA levels, especially the carcinomas. Unsupervised analysis of VDR methylation data revealed two groups of pACT with distinct disease features and outcomes. Tumors with high VDR methylation presented lower mRNA levels, and the respective patients presented advanced disease and reduced disease-free and overall survival. Conclusions: VDR has a role in normal adrenocortical development and homeostasis, which is impaired during tumorigenesis. VDR hypermethylation and underexpression may be both predictive and prognostic biomarkers for pACT.

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