Journal
HEMATOLOGICAL ONCOLOGY
Volume 40, Issue 1, Pages 40-47Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/hon.2938
Keywords
chronic lymphocytic leukemia; LINC00152; long non-coding RNAs; memory B cells; naive B cells
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- Italian Ministry of Health [2014, 2015, 2016, 2017]
- Associazione Italiana Leucemie Cosenza [2021]
- Gilead Fellowship Program [2016, 2017]
- Ricerca Corrente [2016]
- Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro [15426, 16695, 24365, 9980]
- Projekt DEAL
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Long non-coding RNA LINC00152 expression is regulated by immunomodulatory signals in normal B cells, but its role in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) cells is less effective. Despite variable expression in CLL patients, LINC00152 does not appear to contribute significantly to CLL cell expansion or survival.
Long non-coding RNAs are emerging as essential regulators of gene expression, but their role in normal and neoplastic B cells is still largely uncharacterized. Here, we report on the expression pattern of the LINC00152 in normal B cells and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia B cell clones. Higher LINC00152 levels were consistently observed in memory B cell populations when compared to naive B cells in the normal tissues analyzed [peripheral blood (PB), tonsils, and spleen]. In addition, independent stimulation via Immunoglobulins (IG), CD40, or Toll-like Receptor 9 (TLR9) upregulated LINC00152 in PB B cells. The expression of LINC00152 in a cohort of 107 early stage Binet A CLL patients was highly variable and did not correlate with known prognostic markers or clinical evolution. TLR9 stimulation, but not CD40 or IG challenge, was able to upregulate LINC00152 expression in CLL cells. In addition, LINC00152 silencing in CLL cell lines expressing LINC00152 failed to induce significant cell survival or apoptosis changes. These data suggest that, in normal B cells, the expression of LINC00152 is regulated by immunomodulatory signals, which are only partially effective in CLL cells. However, LINC00152 does not appear to contribute to CLL cell expansion and/or survival in a cohort of newly diagnosed CLL patients.
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