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ArticleClinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico2024

Impact of anthracycline-based chemotherapy on RB1 gene methylation in peripheral blood leukocytes and biomarkers of oxidative stress and inflammation in sarcoma patients.

Anita Pokupec Bilić, Ivan Bilić, Sandra Radić Brkanac, Luka Simetić, Krešimir Blažičević, Davorin Herceg, Morana Mikloš, Ivana Tonković Đurišević, Ana-Marija Domijan

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Article in Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Anita Pokupec BilićDivision of Cytogenetics, Department of Laboratory Diagnostics, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Kišpatićeva 12, Zagreb, Croatia.
Ivan BilićDepartment of Pathophysiology, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Šalata 2, Zagreb, Croatia.
Sandra Radić BrkanacDepartment of Biology, University of Zagreb Faculty of Science, Ravnice 48, Zagreb, Croatia.
Luka SimetićDepartment of Oncology, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Kišpatićeva 12, Zagreb, Croatia.
Krešimir BlažičevićDepartment of Oncology, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Kišpatićeva 12, Zagreb, Croatia.
Davorin HercegDepartment of Oncology, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Kišpatićeva 12, Zagreb, Croatia.
Morana MiklošDivision of Cytogenetics, Department of Laboratory Diagnostics, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Kišpatićeva 12, Zagreb, Croatia.
Ivana Tonković ĐuriševićDivision of Cytogenetics, Department of Laboratory Diagnostics, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Kišpatićeva 12, Zagreb, Croatia.
Ana-Marija DomijanUniversity of Zagreb Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Kovačićeva 1, Zagreb, Croatia. adomijan@pharma.hr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5645-9732
University Hospital Centre Zagreb · HRUniversity of Zagreb · HR

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European Regional Development Fund KK.01.1.1.02.0021University of Zagreb Z165
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purposeWe investigated the impact of anthracycline-based chemotherapy on methylation status of RB1 gene in peripheral blood leukocytes together with parameters of oxidative stress and inflammation in sarcoma patients. PATIENTS/

methodsBlood samples were collected from 51 consecutive newly diagnosed sarcoma patients admitted to University Hospital Center Zagreb (Zagreb, Croatia) for first-line chemotherapy before the first cycle and post-chemotherapy. Methylation and copy number variation (CNV) of leukocyte RB1 gene were assessed using MS-MLPA probes. In addition, in blood samples, parameters of oxidative stress (ROS, MDA, SOD, and GSH) and inflammation (CRP, WBC, and NBC) were followed.

resultsIn pre-chemotherapy samples, no CNVs and aberrant methylation of CpG106 promoter region of RB1 gene were detected; however, one patient had hypermethylation (by approximately 10%) of imprinted locus CpG85 in intron 2 of RB1 gene. In addition, a very good correlation of the tumor burden and CRP and tumor burden and GSH was found. The anthracycline-based chemotherapy reverts methylation of RB1 gene-imprinted locus CpG85 to normal level. Moreover, inflammation and oxidative stress parameters such as CRP, WBC, ROS, and MDA were significantly decreased in post-chemotherapy samples.

conclusionThis single-centered study on a cohort of consecutive sarcoma patients indicates that sarcoma patients can have aberrant germline DNA methylation and confirms the relationship of tumor burden with inflammation and oxidative stress. The applied chemotherapy protocols reverted RB1 gene methylation to normal level and decreased the level of inflammation and oxidative damage, thus indicating chemotherapy benefit to the patient's health status.

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AnthracyclinesDNA MethylationInflammationLeukocytesOxidative StressRetinoblastoma Binding ProteinsSarcomaAdolescentAdultAgedDNA Copy Number VariationsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedUbiquitin-Protein LigasesAnthracyclinesRB1 protein, humanRetinoblastoma Binding ProteinsUbiquitin-Protein LigasesChemotherapyEpigeneticsInflammationOxidative stressPrimary bone sarcomasSoft tissue sarcomas

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