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Dysregulation of autophagy in human follicular lymphoma is independent of overexpression of BCL-2

Aine McCarthy, Jacek Marzec, Andrew Clear, Robert D. Petty, Rita Coutinho, Janet Matthews, Andrew Wilson, Sameena Iqbal, Maria Calaminici, John G. Gribben and Li Jia _

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Oncotarget. 2014; 5:11653-11668. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.2605

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Abstract

Aine McCarthy1, Jacek Marzec2, Andrew Clear1, Robert D. Petty1, Rita Coutinho1, Janet Matthews1, Andrew Wilson1, Sameena Iqbal1, Maria Calaminici1, John G. Gribben1 and Li Jia1

1 Centre for Haemato-Oncology, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

2 Centre for Molecular Oncology2, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Correspondence:

Li Jia, email:

Keywords: Autophagy, BCL-2, follicular lymphoma, autophagy PCR array, and tissue microarray

Received: October 09, 2014 Accepted: October 18, 2014 Published: October 18, 2014

Abstract

Overexpression of the anti-apoptotic protein BCL-2 is characteristic of human follicular lymphoma (FL) and some cases of diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL). We aimed to determine autophagy status in primary FL and DLBCL samples and the BCL-2+/BCL-2- lymphoma cell lines using both autophagy PCR array and tissue microarray (TMA). A greater number of autophagy machinery genes were up-regulated in the BCL-2+ Su-DHL4 cell line compared with BCL-2- Su-DHL8 cells, at both the basal level and in response to autophagic stress. The autophagy-related gene expression profiles were determined in purified and unpurified malignant human lymph node biopsies. Seven autophagy machinery genes were up-regulated in purified FL B-cells compared with reactive B-cells. Only 2 autophagy machinery genes were up-regulated in DLBCL B-cells. In unpurified tissue biopsies, 20 of 46 genes in FL and 2 of 5 genes in DLBCL with increased expression were autophagy machinery genes. Expression of autophagy substrates p62 and LC3 were determined by TMAs. FL samples showed significantly decreased levels of both p62 and LC3 compared with reactive and DLBCL, indicative of an increased autophagy activity in FL. In summary, these results demonstrate that FL showed increased basal autophagy activity, regardless of overexpression of BCL-2 in this disease.


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