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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-6
pubmed:abstractText
Aberrant hypermethylation of tumor suppressor genes plays an important role in the development of many tumors. Recently identified new DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) genes, DNMT3A and DNMT3B, code for de novo methyltransferases. To determine the roles of DNMT3A, DNMT3B, as well as DNMT1, in the development of leukemia, competitive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays were performed and the expression levels of DNMTs were measured in normal hematopoiesis, 33 cases of acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), and 17 cases of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). All genes were constitutively expressed, although at different levels, in T lymphocytes, monocytes, neutrophils, and normal bone marrow cells. Interestingly, DNMT3B was expressed at high levels in CD34(+) bone marrow cells but down-regulated in differentiated cells. In AML, 5.3-, 4.4-, and 11.7-fold mean increases were seen in the levels of DNMT1, 3A, and 3B, respectively, compared with the control bone marrow cells. Although CML cells in the chronic phase did not show significant changes, cells in the acute phase showed 3.2-, 4.5-, and 3.4-fold mean increases in the levels of DNMT1, 3A, and 3B, respectively. Using methylation-specific PCR, it was observed that the p15(INAK4B) gene, a cell cycle regulator, was methylated in 24 of 33 (72%) cases of AML. Furthermore, AML cells with methylated p15(INAK4B) tended to express higher levels of DNMT1 and 3B. In conclusion, DNMTs were substantially overexpressed in leukemia cells in a leukemia type- and stage-specific manner. Up-regulated DNMTs may contribute to the pathogenesis of leukemia by inducing aberrant regional hypermethylation. (Blood. 2001;97:1172-1179)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
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pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0006-4971
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
97
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1172-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-5-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11222358-Acute Disease, pubmed-meshheading:11222358-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11222358-Cell Cycle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11222358-Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p15, pubmed-meshheading:11222358-Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16, pubmed-meshheading:11222358-DNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:11222358-DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:11222358-DNA Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:11222358-Genes, Tumor Suppressor, pubmed-meshheading:11222358-Hematopoiesis, pubmed-meshheading:11222358-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11222358-Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive, pubmed-meshheading:11222358-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:11222358-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:11222358-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11222358-Tumor Suppressor Proteins
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Expression of DNA methyltransferases DNMT1, 3A, and 3B in normal hematopoiesis and in acute and chronic myelogenous leukemia.
pubmed:affiliation
First Department of Internal Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. smizuno@gen.kyushu-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't