title: DNA methylation profiling of myelodysplastic syndrome hematopoietic progenitor cells during in vitro lineage-specific differentiation.
abstract: Deregulated epigenetic mechanisms are likely involved in the pathogenesis of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDSs). Which genes are silenced by aberrant promotor methylation during MDS hematopoiesis has not been equivalently investigated. Using an in vitro differentiation model of human hematopoiesis, we generated defined differentiation stages (day 0, day 4, day 7, day 11) of erythro-, thrombo- and granulopoiesis from 13 MDS patients and seven healthy donors. Promotor methylation analysis of key regulatory genes involved in cell cycle control (p14, p15, p16, CHK2), DNA repair (hMLH1), apoptosis (p73, survivin, DAPK), and differentiation (RARb, WT1) was performed by methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction. Corresponding gene expression was analyzed by microarray (Affymetrix, HG-U133A). We provide evidence that p16, survivin, CHK2, and WT1 are affected by promotor hypermethylation in MDSs displaying a selective International Prognostic Scoring System risk association. A methylation-associated mRNA downregulation for specific hematopoietic lineages and differentiation stages is demonstrated for survivin, CHK2, and WT1. We identified a suppressed survivin mRNA expression in methylated samples during erythropoiesis, whereas WT1 and CHK2 methylation-related reduction of mRNA expression was found during granulopoiesis in all MDS risk types. Our data suggest that lineage-specific methylation-associated gene silencing of survivin, CHK2, and WT1 in MDS hematopoietic precursor cells may contribute to the MDS-specific phenotype
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Oncology and Transfusion Medicine, Charité, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany. olaf.hopfer@charite.de
authors.forename: Olaf
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hopfer
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Komor
authors.forename: Ina Sabine
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Koehler
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schulze
authors.forename: Dieter
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hoelzer
authors.forename: Eckhard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Thiel
authors.forename: Wolf-Karsten
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Hofmann
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / Q000235:genetics; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018952:Antigens, CD34 / Q000378:metabolism; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D019070:Cell Lineage; D064447:Checkpoint Kinase 2; D050756:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D019175:DNA Methylation; D005260:Female; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D051034:Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins; D008297:Male; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D008875:Middle Aged; D000070957:MutL Protein Homolog 1; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / Q000379:methods; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D000077022:Survivin; D025721:WT1 Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D018952:Antigens, CD34; C107489:BIRC5 protein, human; D050756:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor Proteins; D051034:Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins; C501486:MLH1 protein, human; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D000077022:Survivin; D025721:WT1 Proteins; D064447:Checkpoint Kinase 2; C578634:CHEK2 protein, human; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D000070957:MutL Protein Homolog 1