title: P15INK4B gene methylation and expression in normal, myelodysplastic, and acute myelogenous leukemia cells and in the marrow cells of cured lymphoma patients.
abstract: P15INK4B methylation and expression was studied in bone marrow cells obtained from normal individuals, from patients who had been cured of lymphoma, and from patients with either MDS or AML. The level of p15 methylation was very low in normal BM cells and in CD34+ and CD34- subpopulations (0-6.5%; med, = 2.5%). P15INK4B transcripts were present in each of these cell populations. In contrast, methylation was the usual situation in MDS and AML marrows. The presence of methylation of the p15INK4B gene did not always indicate an absence of expression nor was expression always present if methylation was absent. P15INK4B methylation was studied in the marrows of nine patients (one studied twice) who had been cured of lymphoma and in whom hemopoiesis was believed to be normal. Increased methylaton was present in all 10 marrows. These data indicate that p15INK4B methylation is likely to be a very early event in the development of the secondary hematologic disorders.
authors.affiliation: Rush Cancer Institute, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Preisler
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nayini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raza
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Creech
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Venugopal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018952:Antigens, CD34; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D050762:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p15; D019941:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16 / Q000235:genetics*; D019175:DNA Methylation; D006402:Hematologic Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008232:Lymphoproliferative Disorders / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D012074:Remission Induction; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins
chemical_list: D018952:Antigens, CD34; C493966:CDKN2B protein, human; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D050762:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p15; D019941:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins