In acute myeloid leukemia (AML), specific genomic aberrations induce aberrant methylation, thus directly influencing the transcriptional programing of leukemic cells. Therefore, therapies targeting epigenetic processes are advocated as a promising therapeutic tool for AML treatment. However, to develop new therapies, a comprehensive understanding of the mechanism(s) driving the epigenetic changes as a result of acquired genetic abnormalities is necessary. This understanding is still lacking. In this study, we performed genome-wide CpG-island methylation profiling on pediatric AML samples. Six differentially methylated genomic regions within two genes, discriminating inv(16)(p13;q22) from non-inv(16) pediatric AML samples, were identified. All six regions had a hypomethylated phenotype in inv(16) AML samples, and this was most prominent at the regions encompassing the meningioma (disrupted in balanced translocation) 1 (MN1) oncogene. MN1 expression primarily correlated with the methylation level of the 3' end of the MN1 exon-1 locus. Decitabine treatment of different cell lines showed that induced loss of methylation at the MN1 locus can result in an increase of MN1 expression, indicating that MN1 expression is coregulated by DNA methylation. To investigate this methylation-associated mechanism, we determined the expression of DNA methyltransferases in inv(16) AML. We found that DNMT3B expression was significantly lower in inv(16) samples. Furthermore, DNMT3B expression correlated negatively with MN1 expression in pediatric AML samples. Importantly, depletion of DNMT3B impaired remethylation efficiency of the MN1 exon-1 locus in AML cells after decitabine exposure. These findings identify DNMT3B as an important coregulator of MN1 methylation. Taken together, this study shows that the methylation level of the MN1 exon-1 locus regulates MN1 expression levels in inv(16) pediatric AML. This methylation level is dependent on DNMT3B, thus suggesting a role for DNMT3B in leukemogenesis in inv(16) AML, through MN1 methylation regulation.

• MeSH
• akutní myeloidní leukemie krev   genetika   patologie   MeSH
• azacytidin analogy a deriváty   farmakologie   MeSH
• CpG ostrůvky genetika   MeSH
• decitabin MeSH
• dítě MeSH
• DNA-(cytosin-5-)methyltransferasa metabolismus   MeSH
• epigeneze genetická genetika   MeSH
• exony genetika   MeSH
• fúzní onkogenní proteiny genetika   MeSH
• hybridizace nukleových kyselin metody   MeSH
• karcinogeneze genetika   MeSH
• kojenec MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• metylace DNA účinky léků   genetika   MeSH
• mladiství MeSH
• nádorové buněčné linie MeSH
• nádorové supresorové proteiny genetika   MeSH
• novorozenec MeSH
• předškolní dítě MeSH
• promotorové oblasti (genetika) genetika   MeSH
• regulace genové exprese u leukemie * MeSH
• sekvenční analýza hybridizací s uspořádaným souborem oligonukleotidů metody   MeSH
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• dítě MeSH
• kojenec MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mladiství MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• novorozenec MeSH
• předškolní dítě MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH