title: Elevated β-arrestin1 expression correlated with risk stratification in acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
abstract: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the main subtype of childhood leukemia. Risk stratification is pivotal for ALL prognosis and individualized therapy. The current factors for risk stratification include clinical and laboratory features, cytogenetic characteristics of the blast, early response to chemotherapy, and genetic factors. Analyses of gene expression are becoming increasingly important in ALL risk stratification. β-Arrestin1, a multifunctional scaffold protein mediating many intracellular signaling networks, has been shown to be involved in many tumors. However, little is known of β-arrestin1 in leukemia. In this study, we found that β-arrestin1 was significantly elevated in 155 newly diagnosed ALL patients, compared with 51 controls. Further analysis showed that β-arrestin1 expression was positively related with risk classification and white blood cell count in ALL. Moreover, expression of Notch1, an essential gene for developing hematological cells and T-ALL, was found to be negatively correlated with β-arrestin1 in ALL. In conclusion, β-arrestin1 may be a useful predictor of risk stratification and prognosis of ALL, and thus of potential use in the design of individualized therapy strategies.
authors.affiliation: Center for Clinical Molecular Medicine, Children's Hospital, Key Laboratory of Developmental Disease in the Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Pediatrics in Chongqing, Chongqing International Science and Technology Cooperation Center for Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400014, China.|Department of Blood Transfusion, The First Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Center for Clinical Molecular Medicine, Children's Hospital, Key Laboratory of Developmental Disease in the Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Pediatrics in Chongqing, Chongqing International Science and Technology Cooperation Center for Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400014, China.|Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medical Diagnostics in the Ministry of Education, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Long
authors.affiliation: Center for Clinical Molecular Medicine, Children's Hospital, Key Laboratory of Developmental Disease in the Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Pediatrics in Chongqing, Chongqing International Science and Technology Cooperation Center for Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400014, China.
authors.forename: Peng-Hui
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Center for Clinical Molecular Medicine, Children's Hospital, Key Laboratory of Developmental Disease in the Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Pediatrics in Chongqing, Chongqing International Science and Technology Cooperation Center for Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400014, China.
authors.forename: Kang
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Center for Clinical Molecular Medicine, Children's Hospital, Key Laboratory of Developmental Disease in the Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Pediatrics in Chongqing, Chongqing International Science and Technology Cooperation Center for Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400014, China.
authors.forename: Jun-Jie
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Children's Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medical Diagnostics in the Ministry of Education, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Zhi-Guang
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Tu
authors.affiliation: Center for Clinical Molecular Medicine, Children's Hospital, Key Laboratory of Developmental Disease in the Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Pediatrics in Chongqing, Chongqing International Science and Technology Cooperation Center for Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400014, China. zoulin_74@yahoo.com.cn.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zou
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D019390:Arrestins / Q000235:genetics*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D015973:Gene Expression Regulation, Leukemic; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000235:genetics*; D051881:Receptor, Notch1 / Q000235:genetics; D000071557:beta-Arrestins
chemical_list: D019390:Arrestins; D051881:Receptor, Notch1; D000071557:beta-Arrestins