WANG Gang,LIU Li,CHEN Jie,XIN Hai-ming,ZHANG Xiao-bing,CAI Yun,HOU Lu,GUO Qiao-nan,LIU Ze-jun.Promoter methylation profile of androgen receptor gene in leukemic cells[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2007,29(10):932-934.
WANG Gang,LIU Li,CHEN Jie,XIN Hai-ming,ZHANG Xiao-bing,CAI Yun,HOU Lu,GUO Qiao-nan,LIU Ze-jun.Promoter methylation profile of androgen receptor gene in leukemic cells[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2007,29(10):932-934.DOI:
Promoter methylation profile of androgen receptor gene in leukemic cells
Objective To investigate the methylation status of CpG islands of the androgen receptor (AR) gene promoter in leukemic cells
and try to find the possible relationship between AR methylation and pathogenic mechanism of leukemia. Methods The methylation status of CpG island of AR gene promoter in 3 leukemic cell lines and 15 leukemic bone marrow cells was detected by methylation specific PCR(MSP). Results The cell lines showed both methylation bands and unmethylation bands
whereas normal white blood cells only showed unmethylation bands. The methylation band of AR promoter was observed in 15 leukemic bone marrow cells. Conclusion The CpG islands of AR promoters are hypermethylated in 3 leukemia lines and leukemic bone marrow samples researched. This study may provide a new direction to study the pathogenic mechanism of leukemia
and indicates that AR promoter methylation could be a potential reference marker for leukemia diagnosis.