Exploring the Interplay Between Vitamin B12-related Biomarkers, DNA Methylation, and Gene-Nutrition Interaction in Esophageal Precancerous Lesions
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Exploring the Interplay Between Vitamin B12-related Biomarkers, DNA Methylation, and Gene-Nutrition Interaction in Esophageal Precancerous Lesions
Abstract
Background: Vitamin B12 depletion has been suggested to be associated with esophageal precancerous lesions (EPL). However, the potential mechanisms remain unclear.
Aims: This study aims to evaluate the role of vitamin B12 and its regulated epigenetic modification in EPL and provide preliminary information on the identification of potential molecular biomarkers for the early prediction of EPL.
Methods: We collected information and samples from the Early Diagnosis and Early Treatment Project of Esophageal Cancer database from 200 EPL cases and 200 matched controls. Vitamin B12, one-carbon metabolism biomarkers, genetic polymorphism of TCN2 C776G, and DNA methylation were compared. Preliminarily identified candidate promoters of differentially methylated CpG positions were further verified by targeted bisulfite sequencing.
Results: EPL cases had significantly lower serum levels of vitamin B12 and transcobalamin II, and higher serum levels of homocysteine and 5-methyltetrahydrofolate than controls. The TCN2 C776G polymorphism was found to be associated with susceptibility to EPL and may interact with vitamin B12 nutritional status to influence the risk of EPL in male subjects. In addition, global hypomethylation related to vitamin B12 depletion was observed in EPL cases, along with region-specific hypermethylation of UGT2B15 and FGFR2 promoters.
Conclusions: This study suggests that vitamin B12 depletion may be associated with aberrant DNA methylation and increased risk of EPL through the one-carbon metabolism pathway, presents that the TCN2 C776G polymorphism may interact with vitamin B12 nutritional status to affect EPL risk in males, and also identifies specific locations in the UGT2B15 and FGFR2 promoters with potential as promising molecular biomarkers.
Keywords: DNA methylation; Esophageal precancerous lesions; One-carbon metabolism; Vitamin B(12,) TCN2 C776G polymorphism.
Copyright © 2023. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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Conflicts of Interest Authors declared that there is no conflict of interest.
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