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Abnormal expression of A20 and its regulated genes in peripheral blood from patients with lymphomas.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Cell-mediated immunity is often suppressed in patients with hematological malignancies. Recently, we found that low T cell receptor (TCR)-CD3 signaling was related to abnormal expression of the negative regulator of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-?B) A20 in acute myeloid leukemia. To investigate the characteristics of T cell immunodeficiency in lymphomas, we analyzed the expression features of A20 and its upstream regulating factor mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma translocation gene 1 (MALT1) and genes downstream of NF-?B in patients with different lymphoma subtypes, including T cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (T-NHL), B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-NHL) and NK/T cell lymphoma (NK/T-CL). METHODS:Real-time PCR was used to determine the expression level of the MALT1, MALT-V1 (variant 1), A20 and NF-?B genes in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from 24 cases with T-NHL, 19 cases with B-NHL and 16 cases with NK/T-CL, and 31 healthy individuals (HI) served as control. RESULTS:Significantly lower A20 and NF-?B expression was found in patients with all three lymphoma subtypes compared with the healthy controls. Moreover, the MALT1 expression level was downregulated in all three lymphoma subtypes. A significant positive correlation between the expression level of MALT1 and A20, MALT1-V1 and A20, MALT1-V1 and NF-?B, and A20 and NF-?B was found. CONCLUSIONS:An abnormal MALT1-A20-NF-?B expression pattern was found in patients with lymphoma, which may result a lack of A20 and dysfunctional MALT1 and may be related to lower T cell activation, which is a common feature in Chinese patients with lymphoma. This finding may at least partially explain the molecular mechanism of T cell immunodeficiency in lymphomas.

SUBMITTER: Wang X

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4005402 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Abnormal expression of A20 and its regulated genes in peripheral blood from patients with lymphomas.

Wang Xu X Xu Yan Y Liang Lichan L Xu Yi Y Wang Chunyan C Wang Liang L Chen Shaohua S Yang Lijian L Wu Xiuli X Li Bo B Luo Gengxin G Tan Huo H Li Wenyu W Li Yangqiu Y

Cancer cell international 20140426

<h4>Background</h4>Cell-mediated immunity is often suppressed in patients with hematological malignancies. Recently, we found that low T cell receptor (TCR)-CD3 signaling was related to abnormal expression of the negative regulator of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) A20 in acute myeloid leukemia. To investigate the characteristics of T cell immunodeficiency in lymphomas, we analyzed the expression features of A20 and its upstream regulating factor mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma transl ...[more]

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