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DNMT1 is a target of approved anti-cancer drugs including decitabine. However, the prognostic value of DNMT1 protein expression in R-CHOP-treated diffuse large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCLs) remains unexplored. Here we showed that DNMT1 was expressed in the majority of DLBCL cases (n = 209/230, 90.9%) with higher expression in germinal centre B-cell-like (GCB)-DLBCL subtype. Low and negative DNMT1 expression (20% cut-off, n = 33/230, 14.3%) was predictive of worse overall survival (OS; p < 0.001) and progression-free survival (PFS; p < 0.001). Nonetheless, of the 209 DNMT1 positive patients, 33% and 42% did not achieve 5-year OS and PFS, respectively, indicating that DNMT1 positive patients showed considerably heterogeneous outcomes. Moreover, DNMT1 was frequently expressed in mitotic cells and significantly correlated with Ki-67 or BCL6 expression (r = 0.60 or 0.44, respectively; p < 0.001). We demonstrate that DNMT1 is predictive of DLBCL patients' survival, and suggest that DNMT1 could be a DLBCL therapeutic target due to its significant association with Ki-67.

Original publication

DOI

10.1016/j.pathol.2017.08.009

Type

Journal article

Journal

Pathology

Publication Date

12/2017

Volume

49

Pages

731 - 739

Keywords

BCL6, DNMT1, Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, Ki-67, survival, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, B-Lymphocytes, Biomarkers, Tumor, Cyclophosphamide, DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1, Disease-Free Survival, Doxorubicin, Female, Germinal Center, Humans, Ki-67 Antigen, Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse, Male, Middle Aged, Prednisone, Prognosis, Vincristine, Young Adult