| Literature DB >> 23158571 |
Rainer Claus1, Dietmar Pfeifer, Maika Almstedt, Manuela Zucknick, Björn Hackanson, Christoph Plass, Michael Lübbert.
Abstract
In vivo effects of the DNA hypomethylating agent 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (DAC) upon the epigenome of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients are scarcely studied in primary blasts. Here, we sequentially assessed DNA methylation and transcriptome changes in myeloblasts of DAC-treated AML patients. DNA methylation changes were detected in all patients already after the first series of infusion (median: 6 days). LINE1 analysis indicated global DNA methylation decrease in 7/8 patients. Gene-specific hypomethylating effects were not directly linked to mRNA expression changes. In conclusion, complex DAC-induced DNA methylation changes occur very early and imply mechanisms distinct from non-hypomethylating cytosine analogs.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 23158571 DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2012.10.015
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Leuk Res ISSN: 0145-2126 Impact factor: 3.156