Overexpression of the EZH2, RING1 and BMI1 genes is common in myelodysplastic syndromes: relation to adverse epigenetic alteration and poor prognostic scoring
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Feng Xu & Xiao Li & Lingyun Wu & Qingxia Zhang & Rui Yang & Yujuan Yang & Zheng Zhang & Qi He & Chunkang Chang
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
Description
Epigenetics refers to the study of clonally inherited changes in gene expression without accompanying genetic changes. Previous research on the epigenetics of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) mainly focused on the inactivation of tumor suppressor genes as a result of DNA methylation. However, the basic molecular pathogenesis of epigenetics in MDS remains poorly understood. Recent studies have revealed that DNA methylation and histone modification may be controlled by Polycomb-group (PcG) proteins, which may give new clues toward understanding the epigenetic mechanism ofMDS. In this study, we explored for the first time the expression of PcG genes, including EZH2, EED, SUZ12, RING1, and BMI1, in various MDS subsets and acute myeloid leukemia (AML), as well as the relationship between the expression of PcG genes and epigenetic alteration and prognosis-risk scoring. Patients with MDS/ AML showed overexpression of EZH2, RING1, and BMI1 genes compared to their expression levels in patients with non-clonal cytopenia diseases. The MDS patients with DNA methylation had higher EZH2 expression than those without DNA methylation. The patients who received decitabine treatment presented significantly reduced expression of EZH2 and RING1 besides decreased p15INK4B methylation after decitabine treatment. Moreover, overexpression of EZH2, RING1, and BMI1 was always linked to poor prognostic scoring. In conclusion, overexpression of the EZH2, RING1, and BMI1 genes is common in MDS and indicate poor prognosis. The products of these genes might participate in epigenetic regulation of MDS. These studies may also contribute to our understanding of the effective mechanism of decitabine.
Ann Hematol (2011) 90:643–653 DOI 10.1007/s00277-010-1128-5 Received: 21 October 2010 / Accepted: 21 November 2010 / Published online: 2 December 2010
