NGS-based methylation profiling differentiates TCF3-HLF and TCF3-PBX1 positive B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Priyadarshini Kachroo, Silke Szymczak, Femke Anouska Heinsen, Michael Forster, Jörn Bethune, Georg Hemmrich-Stanisak, Lewis Baker, Martin Schrappe, Martin Stanulla, Andre Franke

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Abstract

Aim: To determine whether methylation differences between mostly fatal TCF3-HLF and curable TCF3-PBX1 pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia subtypes can be associated with differential gene expression and remission. Materials & methods: Five (extremely rare) TCF3-HLF versus five (very similar) TCF3-PBX1 patients were sampled before and after remission and analyzed using reduced representation bisulfite sequencing and RNA-sequencing. Results: We identified 7000 differentially methylated CpG sites between subtypes, of which 78% had lower methylation levels in TCF3-HLF. Gene expression was negatively correlated with CpG sites in 23 genes. KBTBD11 clearly differed in methylation and expression between subtypes and before and after remission in TCF3-HLF samples. Conclusion: KBTBD11 hypomethylation may be a promising potential target for further experimental validation especially for the TCF3-HLF subtype.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)133-147
Number of pages15
JournalEpigenomics
Volume10
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2018
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Genetics
  • Cancer Research

Keywords

  • ALL
  • DNA methylation
  • epigenetics
  • epigenomics
  • leukemia
  • next-generation sequencing
  • NGS
  • RNA-Seq
  • RRBS
  • transcriptomics

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