title: Aberrant p15 gene promoter methylation in therapy-related myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukaemia: clinicopathological and karyotypic associations.
abstract: Seventeen patients with therapy-related myelodysplastic syndrome/acute myeloid leukaemia (t-MDS/AML) were examined for aberrant p15 gene methylation by methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction. Ten patients (58%) showed p15 methylation, which was significantly related to monosomy/deletion of chromosome 7q, but not to antecedent chemotherapy, blast count, leukaemic evolution or survival. In three of six patients with marrow samples obtained prior to the diagnosis of t-MDS/AML, p15 methylation predated disease development by up to 2 years. Bone marrow transplantation led to the disappearance of p15 methylation in one patient. These results showed that p15 methylation was an early event in the evolution of some t-MDS/AML patients.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: W Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Au
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fung
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Man
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Kwong
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D050762:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p15; D019175:DNA Methylation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000628:therapy; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D013997:Time Factors; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins
chemical_list: C493966:CDKN2B protein, human; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D050762:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p15; D014157:Transcription Factors; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins