Epigenetic changes in myelofibrosis: Distinct methylation changes in the myeloid compartments and in cases with ASXL1 mutations

Helene Myrtue Nielsen; Christen Lykkegaard Andersen; Maj Westman; Lasse Sommer Kristensen; Fazila Asmar; Torben Arvid Kruse; Mads Thomassen; Thomas Stauffer Larsen; Vibe Skov; Lise Lotte Hansen; Ole Weis Bjerrum; Hans Carl Hasselbalch; Vasu Punj; Kirsten Grønbæk

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Epigenetic changes in myelofibrosis: Distinct methylation changes in the myeloid compartments and in cases with ASXL1 mutations

Helene Myrtue Nielsen, Christen Lykkegaard Andersen, Maj Westman, Lasse Sommer Kristensen, Fazila Asmar, Torben Arvid Kruse, Mads Thomassen, Thomas Stauffer Larsen, Vibe Skov, Lise Lotte Hansen, Ole Weis Bjerrum, Hans Carl Hasselbalch, Vasu Punj, Kirsten Grønbæk

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This is the first study to compare genome-wide DNA methylation profiles of sorted blood cells from myelofibrosis (MF) patients and healthy controls. We found that differentially methylated CpG sites located to genes involved in 'cancer' and 'embryonic development' in MF CD34+ cells, in 'inflammatory disease' in MF mononuclear cells, and in 'immunological diseases' in MF granulocytes. Only few differentially methylated CpG sites were common among the three cell populations. Mutations in the epigenetic regulators ASXL1 (47%) and TET2 (20%) were not associated with a specific DNA methylation pattern using an unsupervised approach. However, in a supervised analysis of ASXL1 mutated versus wild-type cases, differentially methylated CpG sites were enriched in regions marked by histone H3K4me1, histone H3K27me3, and the bivalent histone mark H3K27me3 + H3K4me3 in human CD34+ cells. Hypermethylation of selected CpG sites was confirmed in a separate validation cohort of 30 MF patients by pyrosequencing. Altogether, we show that individual MF cell populations have distinct differentially methylated genes relative to their normal counterparts, which likely contribute to the phenotypic characteristics of MF. Furthermore, differentially methylated CpG sites in ASXL1 mutated MF cases are found in regulatory regions that could be associated with aberrant gene expression of ASXL1 target genes.

Original language	English
Article number	6774
Journal	Scientific Reports
Volume	7
Number of pages	11
ISSN	2045-2322
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07057-3
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2017

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Myrtue Nielsen, H., Lykkegaard Andersen, C., Westman, M., Sommer Kristensen, L., Asmar, F., Arvid Kruse, T., Thomassen, M., Stauffer Larsen, T., Skov, V., Lotte Hansen, L., Weis Bjerrum, O., Hasselbalch, H. C., Punj, V., & Grønbæk, K. (2017). Epigenetic changes in myelofibrosis: Distinct methylation changes in the myeloid compartments and in cases with ASXL1 mutations. Scientific Reports, 7, [6774]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07057-3

Myrtue Nielsen, H, Lykkegaard Andersen, C, Westman, M, Sommer Kristensen, L, Asmar, F, Arvid Kruse, T, Thomassen, M, Stauffer Larsen, T, Skov, V, Lotte Hansen, L, Weis Bjerrum, O, Hasselbalch, HC, Punj, V & Grønbæk, K 2017, 'Epigenetic changes in myelofibrosis: Distinct methylation changes in the myeloid compartments and in cases with ASXL1 mutations', Scientific Reports, vol. 7, 6774. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07057-3

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