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- 2016년 09월호
[Leuk Res.] Aberrant DNA methylation-induced gene inactivation is associated with the diagnosis and/or therapy of T-cell leukemias.KIRMAS/김선영, 이민영*, 김은주*
- 출처
- Leuk Res.
- 등재일
- 2016 Aug
- 저널이슈번호
- 47:116-22. doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2016.05.020. Epub 2016 May 27.
- 내용
Abstract
Aberrant hypermethylation of tumor suppressor genes is known to play an important role in the development of many tumors, and aberrant DNA hypermethylation was recently identified in hematologic malignancies, where it is thought to hold relevance in leukemogenesis. Here, we report that there are differences in the DNA methylation patterns seen in normal peripheral blood and two T-cell leukemia cell lines. We identify nine genes (CLEC4E, CR1, DBC1, EPO, HAL-DOA, IGF2, IL12B, ITGA1, and LMX1B) that are significantly hypermethylated in T-cell leukemias cell lines, and suggest that aberrant hypermethylation of these normally unmethylated genes may induce their transcriptional and expressional silencing. Furthermore, we observed that the expression levels of DNMT1 and DNMT3a were significantly decreased by 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (5-Aza-dC), which is a demethylation agent known to deplete DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) in leukemia cancer cells and restore the expression levels of their target genes in Jurkat cells. This result suggests that the overexpression of DNMTs could contribute to the development of T-cell leukemias by inducing hypermethylation of the target genes. Together, our results show that aberrant hypermethylation is an important molecular mechanism in the progression of T-cell leukemias, and thus could prove useful as a prognostic and/or diagnostic marker. Moreover, 5-Aza-dC might be a promising candidate for the treatment of T-cell leukemia.
Kim SY1, Shin DY2, Kim SM3, Lee M4, Kim EJ5.
Author information
1Division of Radiation Effect, Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences, Seoul 01812, Korea.
2Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul 03080, Korea.
3Health Services Management, KH School of Management, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02453, Korea.
4Division of Radiation Effect, Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences, Seoul 01812, Korea. Electronic address: mylee@kirams.re.kr.
5Division of Radiation Effect, Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences, Seoul 01812, Korea; Health Services Management, KH School of Management, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02453, Korea. Electronic address: ejkim@kirams.re.kr.
- 키워드
- 5-aza-2′-deoxycytidine; Biomarkers; DNA methylation; DNA methyltransferases; Pyrosequencing; T-cell leukemia cell
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