Microarray-based analysis and clinical validation identify ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2E1 (UBE2E1) as a prognostic factor in acute myeloid leukemia

Hongmei Luo, Yu Qin, Frederic Reu, Sujuan Ye, Yang Dai, Jingcao Huang, Fangfang Wang, Dan Zhang, Ling Pan, Huanling Zhu, Yu Wu, Ting Niu, Zhijian Xiao, Yuhuan Zheng, Ting Liu

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Abstract

Background: Previous research suggested that single gene expression might be correlated with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) survival. Therefore, we conducted a systematical analysis for AML prognostic gene expressions. Methods: We performed a microarray-based analysis for correlations between gene expression and adult AML overall survival (OS) using datasets GSE12417 and GSE8970. Positive findings were validated in an independent cohort of 50 newly diagnosed, non-acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) AML patients by quantitative RT-PCR and survival analysis. Results: Microarray-based analysis suggested that expression of eight genes was each associated with 1-year and 3-year AML OS in both GSE12417 and GSE8970 datasets (p < 0.05). Next, we validated our findings in an independent cohort of AML samples collected in our hospital. We found that ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2E1 (UBE2E1) expression was adversely correlated with AML survival (p = 0.04). Multivariable analysis showed that UBE2E1 high patients had a significant shorter OS and shorter progression-free survival after adjusting other known prognostic factors (p = 0.03). At last, we found that UBE2E1 expression was negatively correlated with patients' response to induction chemotherapy (p < 0.05). Conclusions: In summary, we demonstrated that UBE2E1 expression was a novel prognostic factor in adult, non-APL AML patients.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1-8
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Hematology and Oncology
Volume9
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 17 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Acute myeloid leukemia
  • Prognosis
  • UBE2E1

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Biology
  • Hematology
  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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