title: [LRP15 gene promoter region methylation and its expression in acute leukemia].
abstract: To investigate the relationship between LRP15 gene promoter region methylation and its gene expression in acute leukemia patients, the status of LRP15 gene promoter region methylation was detected by MS-PCR and the gene expression was detected by RT-PCR in bone marrow samples from leukemia patients. The results indicated that the LRP15 gene expression was 47.6% in complete remission (CR) patients and 16.7% in non-CR patients respectively, while LRP15 gene promoter region methylation was 38.1% in CR group and 72.2% in non-CR group respectively. No relationship was found between LRP15 gene promoter region methylation and its expression (P = 0.0087). It is concluded that the methylation in LRP15 gene promoter region may not be the only reason for LRP15 gene silence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, The General Hospital of PLA, Beijing 100853, China.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Li-Ping
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Dou
authors.forename: Quan-Shun
authors.initials: QS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xue-Chun
authors.initials: XC
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Fang-Ding
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Lou
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D019175:DNA Methylation; D005260:Female; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: C477813:LRRC3B protein, human; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins