DNA methylation and obesity in survivors of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.

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Because survivors of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are more likely to be obese than unaffected contemporaries, we compared DNA methylation profiles between normal-weight and obese survivors at adiposity-associated CpG sites previously-reported by epigenome-wide association studies (EWAS) of body mass index (BMI) in the general population. We selected 96 ALL survivors from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study: 48 obese and 48 normal weight. The Illumina HumanMethylation450 BeadChip was used to compare DNA methylation at 211 loci identified in EWAS of BMI in the general population. Thirty-nine loci were associated (false discovery rate <0.05) with obesity among survivors who only received chemotherapy (n = 49). No loci were significantly associated with obesity among CRT-exposed survivors (n = 47). Our results suggest that previously identified BMI-DNA methylation loci are associated with obesity in ALL survivors who were spared CRT, while no loci were significantly associated with obesity in survivors who received CRT.

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Cited Authors

  • Lupo, PJ; Brown, AL; Arroyo, VM; Kamdar, KY; Belmont, JW; Scheurer, ME; Leisenring, WM; Gramatges, MM; Okcu, MF; Yasui, Y; Oeffinger, KC; Robison, LL; Armstrong, GT; Bhatia, S

Published Date

  • January 2019

Published In

Volume / Issue

  • 58 / 1

Start / End Page

  • 52 - 59

PubMed ID

  • 30382603

Pubmed Central ID

  • PMC6295278

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1098-2264

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1002/gcc.22701

Language

  • eng

Conference Location

  • United States