Histone crotonylation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells is a potential biomarker for diagnosis of colorectal cancer.
Epigenetics Chromatin
; 16(1): 35, 2023 09 26.
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BACKGROUND: Blood-based tests have public appeal in screening cancers due to their minimally invasive nature, ability to integrate with other routine blood tests, and high compliance. This study aimed to investigate whether certain epigenetic modulation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) could be a biomarker of colorectal cancer (CRC). RESULTS: Western blotting of histones in the PBMCs from 40 colorectal cancer patients and 40 healthy controls was performed to identify the crotonylation sites of proteins. The correlation of crotonylation with tumor staging and diagnostic efficacy were analyzed. Crotonylation of H2BK12 (H2BK12cr) was identified significantly upregulated in the PBMCs of CRC patients compared to healthy controls, and were closely related to distant metastasis (P = 0.0478) and late TNM stage (P = 0.0201). Receiver operator characteristic curve (ROC) analysis demonstrated that the area under curve (AUC) of H2BK12cr was 0.8488, the sensitivity was 70%, and the specificity was 92.5%. The H2BK12cr parameter significantly increased the diagnostic effectiveness of CRC compared with the commercial carcinoembryonic antigen assays. CONCLUSIONS: The H2BK12cr level in PBMCs of CRC patients has a potential to be a biomarker for distinguishing CRC patients from healthy controls with the advantages of easy operation and high diagnostic efficacy.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Histonas
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Neoplasias Colorrectales
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
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En
Revista:
Epigenetics Chromatin
Año:
2023
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Article
País de afiliación:
China
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido