NCBI Logo
GEO Logo
   NCBI > GEO > Accession DisplayHelp Not logged in | LoginHelp
GEO help: Mouse over screen elements for information.
          Go
Series GSE219293 Query DataSets for GSE219293
Status Public on Feb 07, 2023
Title Differential DNA Methylation Associated with Multiple Sclerosis in an Underrepresented Population and Disease Modifying Treatments in an Underrepresented Minority Population
Organism Homo sapiens
Experiment type Methylation profiling by genome tiling array
Summary Black and Hispanic American patients frequently develop earlier onset of multiple sclerosis (MS) and a more severe disease course that can be resistant to disease modifying treatments. The objectives were to identify differential methylation of genomic DNA (gDNA) associated with disease susceptibility and treatment responses in a cohort of MS patients from underrepresented minority populations. Patients with MS and controls with non-inflammatory neurologic conditions were consented and enrolled under an IRB-approved protocol. Approximately 64% of donors identified as Black or African American and 30% as White, Hispanic-Latino. Infinium MethylationEPIC bead arrays were utilized to measure epigenome-wide gDNA methylation of whole blood. Data were analyzed in the presence and absence of adjustments for unknown covariates in the dataset, some of which corresponded to disease modifying treatments. Global patterns of differential methylation associated with MS were strongest for those probes that showed relative demethylation of loci with lower M values. Pathway analysis revealed unexpected associations with shigellosis and amoebiasis. Enrichment analysis revealed an over-representation of probes in enhancer regions and an under-representation in promoters. In the presence of adjustments for covariates that included disease modifying treatments, analysis revealed 10 differentially methylated regions (DMR’s) with an FDR <1E-77. Five of these genes (ARID5B, BAZ2B, RABGAP1, SFRP2, WBP1L) are associated with cancer risk and cellular differentiation and have not been previously identified in MS studies. Hierarchical cluster and multi-dimensional scaling analysis of differential DNA methylation at 147 loci within those DMR’s was sufficient to differentiate MS donors from controls. In the absence of corrections for disease modifying treatments, differential methylation in patients treated with dimethyl fumarate was associated with immune regulatory pathways that regulate cytokine and chemokine signaling, axon guidance, and adherens junctions. These results demonstrate possible associations of gastrointestinal pathogens and regulation of cellular differentiation with MS susceptibility in our patient cohort. This work further suggests that analyses can be performed in the presence and absence of corrections for immune therapies. Because of their high representation in our patient cohort, these results may be of specific relevance in the regulation of disease susceptibility and treatment responses in Black and Hispanic Americans.
 
Overall design Whole blood methylomics, 29 multiple sclerosis samples, 18 controls
Web link https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2022.1058817/abstract
 
Contributor(s) Bingen JM, Clark LV, Band MR, Muniz I, Carrithers MD
Citation(s) 36685876
Submission date Dec 02, 2022
Last update date Feb 07, 2023
Contact name Michael Carrithers
E-mail(s) mcar1@uic.edu
Phone 312-996-6496
Organization name University of Illinois
Department Neurology
Street address 912 S Wood
City Chicago
State/province IL
ZIP/Postal code 60612
Country USA
 
Platforms (1)
GPL21145 Infinium MethylationEPIC
Samples (47)
GSM6782223 C02, 2
GSM6782224 C02, 3
GSM6782225 B01, 4
Relations
BioProject PRJNA907873

Download family Format
SOFT formatted family file(s) SOFTHelp
MINiML formatted family file(s) MINiMLHelp
Series Matrix File(s) TXTHelp

Supplementary file Size Download File type/resource
GSE219293_RAW.tar 832.5 Mb (http)(custom) TAR (of IDAT)
Processed data included within Sample table

| NLM | NIH | GEO Help | Disclaimer | Accessibility |
NCBI Home NCBI Search NCBI SiteMap