title: Analysis of histone modification around the CpG island region of the p15 gene in acute myeloblastic leukemia.
abstract: Seven of 11 patients with acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML) had allele(s) in which more than half of 27 CpG sites in the p15 gene were methylated. The p15 CpG island region was surrounded with both the acetylated histone H3 (AcH3) and dimethylated histone H3-lysine 9 (MeH3K9) in bone marrow cells of AML patients, whereas with AcH3 alone in normal marrow cells. The p15 CpG islands of DNA immunoprecipitated with anti-AcH3 antibody and anti-MeH3K9 antibody were not always unmethylated and methylated, respectively, in the patients. These results suggest perturbed modifications of histone H3 around the p15 CpG island region in AML.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Mina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakashita
authors.forename: Xiao Yan
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hayakawa
authors.forename: Takeo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koike
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001853:Bone Marrow; D047369:Chromatin Immunoprecipitation; D018899:CpG Islands; D050762:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p15 / Q000235:genetics*; D019175:DNA Methylation; D005260:Female; D006657:Histones / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007948:Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute / Q000235:genetics*; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000235:genetics*; D015479:Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D050762:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p15; D006657:Histones