Epigenetic alteration of the <i>SOCS1</i> gene in chronic myeloid leukaemia

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<jats:p><jats:bold>Summary. </jats:bold> The expression of the suppressor of cytokine signalling‐1 (SOCS1) protein is induced in response to stimulation by several cytokines. The induced SOCS1 inhibits the signalling pathway through the association with a variety of tyrosine kinase proteins. In this study, the mutation analyses, CpG island methylation status, and the expression of the <jats:italic>SOCS1</jats:italic> gene in 112 chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) samples, five leukaemia cell lines, and 30 normal controls were analysed. No genetic mutations of <jats:italic>SOCS1</jats:italic> gene were noted in the CML samples. The <jats:italic>SOCS1</jats:italic> gene was hypermethylated in 67% and 46% of the blastic and chronic phase CML samples respectively (<jats:italic>P</jats:italic> < 0·0001). However, there was no methylation of the <jats:italic>SOCS1</jats:italic> gene in normal controls or CML in molecular remission. The methylation status of the <jats:italic>SOCS1</jats:italic> gene is consistent with the results of the real‐time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and immunocytochemistry staining. Our results demonstrate that the <jats:italic>SOCS1</jats:italic> gene silencing is caused by the methylation of CpG islands in CML and is reversed to an unmethylated status in molecular remission. As SOCS1 has universal activity to negatively regulate several cytokine signalling pathways, the loss of the negative regulation of cytokine signalling by the SOCS1 may play a role in the pathogenesis of CML progression.</jats:p>

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