Review Article

The Role of Methylation in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Its Prognostic and Therapeutic Impacts in the Disease: A Systematic Review

Table 22

Various other genes were investigated in CLL (cont.).

Gene namesRelated pathwayFindings in CLLRef.

REPS1Vesicle-mediated transport and clathrin-mediated endocytosisMethylation levels in specific CpG sites independently predicted time to treatment with some of them being located in the gene body[29]
ATP9BIon channel transport and cardiac conductionMethylation levels in specific CpG sites independently predicted time to treatment with some of them being located in the gene body[29]
GRB2Downstream signaling of activated FGFR2 and prolactin signalingGenome-wide methylation profiling identified GRB2 gene body to be differentially methylated[130]
DLEU7ā€‰Analysis did not detect any specific mutations in DLEU7, but DLEU7 expression was absent in CLL cells; methylation of a CpG island in the promoter region of DLEU7 was identified as a possible explanation for the absence of DLEU7 expression, with the promoter reported to be methylated in most of the CLL samples[179]
ADAMTS17Metabolism of proteins immune cell transmigration, VCAM-1/CD106 signaling, gene expression (transcription). MAGuK tumor suppressor pathwayADAMTS17 expression was reduced in patients with hypermethylated promoter regions and hypomethylated body regions[37, 180]
KCNG2Integration of energy metabolism potassium channelsKCNG2 expression was reported to be reduced in patients with hypermethylated promoter regions and hypomethylated body regions[37, 181]
ME3Respiratory electron transport ATP synthesis TCA cycleME3 expression was reported to be reduced in patients with hypermethylated promoter regions and hypomethylated body regions[37, 182]

CLL: chronic lymphocytic leukemia, Ref.: reference, REPS1: RalA-binding protein-associated Eps domain-containing 1, ATP9B: ATPase phospholipid transporting 9B, GRB2: growth factor receptor-bounding protein 2, DLEU7: deleted in lymphocytic leukemia 7, ADAMTS17: a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs 17, KCNG2: potassium voltage-gated channel modifier subfamily G member 2, ME3: malic enzyme 3, FGFR2: fibroblast growth factor receptor 2, VCAM-1: vascular cell adhesion protein 1, CD106: cluster of differentiation 106, MAGuK: membrane-associated guanylate kinase, ATP: adenosine triphosphate, TCA: tricarboxylic acid.