Table 1.

Summary of p21 promoter methylation in various cell lines and primary tumors




Methylation (%)

Method used

Reference
Present study   MSP + BGS   NA  
    Tumor cell lines     
        Burkitt lymphoma   2/7 (29)    
        Hodgkin disease   0/6    
        Leukemia   0/4    
        Nasopharyngeal Ca   0/10    
        Esophageal Ca   0/16    
        Breast Ca   0/3    
        Laryngeal Ca   0/1    
        Lung Ca   0/1    
        Colorectal Ca   0/5    
        Gastric Ca   0/1    
        Hepatocellular Ca   0/2    
        Cervical Ca   0/2    
    Primary tumors (geographic origin)     
        Burkitt lymphoma (Africa)   2/8 (25)    
        Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (United Kingdom)   0/13    
        Follicular lymphoma (United Kingdom)   0/6    
        Mantle cell lymphoma (United Kingdom)   0/4    
        Posttransplant lymphoma (United States)   0/13    
        Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (United Kingdom)   0/4    
        Nasal NK/T cell lymphoma (Hong Kong)   1/18 (6)    
        Hodgkin disease (United States, United Kingdom)   0/31    
        Other types of lymphoma (United Kingdom)   0/3    
        Nasopharyngeal Ca (Taiwan, Singapore)   0/25    
        Esophageal Ca (Hong Kong)   0/35    
        Breast Ca (Singapore)   0/21    
        Gastric Ca (United Kingdom)   0/5    
        Lung Ca (Singapore)   0/1    
        Normal PBMC (Singapore)   0/12    
        Normal tissues (lymph node, breast, placenta, pancreas)   0/10    
Literature review    
    Cell lines and primary tumors     
        Hematopoietic tumor cell lines   0/14   COBRA   
        Central nervous system lymphoma   0/18   MSP   
        Acute lymphocytic leukemia   51/124 (41)   RE/PCR   
        Acute lymphocytic leukemia   0/31   COBRA + MSP   
        Gastric lymphoma   4/13 (31)   MSP   
        Instestinal lymphoma   0/14   MSP   
        Lung Ca cell lines   2/16 (13)   COBRA   
        Colorectal Ca cell lines   0/10   COBRA   
        Gastric Ca cell lines   0/15   COBRA  4,8  
        Hepatocellular Ca cell lines   0/5   COBRA   
        Pancreatic Ca cell lines   0/2   COBRA   
        Prostate Ca   2/16 (13)   MSP   
        Rhabdomyosarcoma cell lines and tumors
 
15/31 (48)
 
RE/Southern blot
 

 



Methylation (%)

Method used

Reference
Present study   MSP + BGS   NA  
    Tumor cell lines     
        Burkitt lymphoma   2/7 (29)    
        Hodgkin disease   0/6    
        Leukemia   0/4    
        Nasopharyngeal Ca   0/10    
        Esophageal Ca   0/16    
        Breast Ca   0/3    
        Laryngeal Ca   0/1    
        Lung Ca   0/1    
        Colorectal Ca   0/5    
        Gastric Ca   0/1    
        Hepatocellular Ca   0/2    
        Cervical Ca   0/2    
    Primary tumors (geographic origin)     
        Burkitt lymphoma (Africa)   2/8 (25)    
        Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (United Kingdom)   0/13    
        Follicular lymphoma (United Kingdom)   0/6    
        Mantle cell lymphoma (United Kingdom)   0/4    
        Posttransplant lymphoma (United States)   0/13    
        Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (United Kingdom)   0/4    
        Nasal NK/T cell lymphoma (Hong Kong)   1/18 (6)    
        Hodgkin disease (United States, United Kingdom)   0/31    
        Other types of lymphoma (United Kingdom)   0/3    
        Nasopharyngeal Ca (Taiwan, Singapore)   0/25    
        Esophageal Ca (Hong Kong)   0/35    
        Breast Ca (Singapore)   0/21    
        Gastric Ca (United Kingdom)   0/5    
        Lung Ca (Singapore)   0/1    
        Normal PBMC (Singapore)   0/12    
        Normal tissues (lymph node, breast, placenta, pancreas)   0/10    
Literature review    
    Cell lines and primary tumors     
        Hematopoietic tumor cell lines   0/14   COBRA   
        Central nervous system lymphoma   0/18   MSP   
        Acute lymphocytic leukemia   51/124 (41)   RE/PCR   
        Acute lymphocytic leukemia   0/31   COBRA + MSP   
        Gastric lymphoma   4/13 (31)   MSP   
        Instestinal lymphoma   0/14   MSP   
        Lung Ca cell lines   2/16 (13)   COBRA   
        Colorectal Ca cell lines   0/10   COBRA   
        Gastric Ca cell lines   0/15   COBRA  4,8  
        Hepatocellular Ca cell lines   0/5   COBRA   
        Pancreatic Ca cell lines   0/2   COBRA   
        Prostate Ca   2/16 (13)   MSP   
        Rhabdomyosarcoma cell lines and tumors
 
15/31 (48)
 
RE/Southern blot
 

 

NA indicates not applicable; Ca, carcinoma; COBRA, combined bisulfite restriction analysis; and RE, restriction enzyme digestion.