C-Myc facilitates prediction of "7+3" induction failure in de novo acute myeloid leukaemia with high-risk cytogenetics
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ABSTRACT: This study aimed to identify whether c-Myc could facilitate prediction of "7+3" induction failure in de novo acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) with high-risk cytogenetics. Seventy-five untreated de novo AML patients who completed the "7+3" induction therapy were enrolled (24 patients from a prospective cohort; 51 patients from a retrospective cohort) and stratified into complete remission (CR) and non-CR groups. Myc-associated molecular signature between the CR and non-CR groups in the prospective cohort was compared after gene set enrichment analysis. c-Myc protein expression was assessed via immunohistochemical staining. A high c-Myc-immunopositivity was defined when ≥ 40% of bone marrow myeloblasts were c-Myc (+). Our results revealed that AML patients who did not achieve CR by the "7+3" induction therapy had a higher Myc gene expression than those that achieved CR (p=0.047). Myc gene expression was positively correlated with c-Myc protein expression (p=0.014). Although the non-CR group did not have more c-Myc protein expression compared to that in the CR group (p=0.151), combination of high c-Myc-immunopositivity and high-risk cytogenetics increased the probability of "7+3" induction failure compared to that in high-risk cytogenetics alone. Induction strategies other than “7+3” might be a solution for de novo patients with high c-Myc-immunopositivity and high-risk cytogenetics.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE164894 | GEO | 2021/04/01
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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