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Changes in methylation patterns identified by two-dimensional DNA fingerprinting.

K Uhlmann·K Marczinek·J Hampe·G Thiel·P Nürnberg
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Two-dimensional DNA fingerprinting (2-D fingerprinting) is a sensitive tool for genomic difference analysis between tumor DNA and constitutive DNA of glioma patients. Numerous differences were found even in low-grade gliomas. They can be interpreted as deletions, amplifications, rearrangements, HaeIII restriction site mutations, tandem repeat instabilities, or methylation differences. The influence of methyl groups on the melting behavior of double-stranded DNA fragments in a denaturing gradient gel was demonstrated by analyzing the migration of lambda-phage DNA fragments in 2-D fingerprint gels. A characteristic intensity shift between two neighboring spots in several glioma samples was identified and verified by rehybridization of 2-D filters with a cloned DNA fragment corresponding to the lower spot in 10 out of 11 pilocytic astrocytomas. We hypothesized that this shift may be related to an alteration in the methylation pattern of the tumor DNA. This was specifically tested by analyzing the underlying 750 bp genomic fragment (including 21 CpG dinucleotides) with bisulfite treatment of agarose-embedded DNA. A methylation grade of 88% in tumor DNA as compared to 96% in blood DNA was found. Although only one CpG is located in the melting domain of the cloned fragment, this particular CpG is methylated in all blood samples, but mostly demethylated in the tumor samples. In conclusion, we demonstrate that 2-D fingerprinting may be a powerful tool for the detection of DNA methylation changes in genomic difference analysis.

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AstrocytomaCloning, MolecularDNA FingerprintingDNA MethylationDNA, NeoplasmDNA, ViralElectrophoresis, Gel, Two-DimensionalHumansJournal ArticleResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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K Uhlmann, K Marczinek, J Hampe, G Thiel, P Nürnberg. 1999. Changes in methylation patterns identified by two-dimensional DNA fingerprinting.. https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1522-2683(19990101)20%3A8%3C1748%3A%3Aaid-elps1748%3E3.0.co%3B2-1

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