Expression levels of hsc70 and hsp60 are developmentally regulated during B‐cell maturation and not associated to childhood c‐ALL at presentation or relapse
Abstract:Heat shock proteins are potent regulators of apoptosis, and so they may also be involved in normal cellular differentiation and cancerogenesis. We used quantitative two-dimensional gel electrophoresis for determining whether either the constitutive chaperonic heat shock cognate protein 70 (hsc70) or heat shock protein 60 (hsp60) contribute to B-cell differentiation and leukemogenesis. We compared the expression of these hsps in normal peripheral blood (PB) CD19+ B-cells, in pediatric bone marrow (BM) CD19+ CD1… Show more
“…Our study revealed significantly higher Hsp60 gene expression in the peripheral blood of patients, at the time of leukemia diagnosis, compared with healthy controls. Our gene expression data agrees with the observations of Wehner et al [37] who demonstrated that Hsp60 protein expression did not differ between bone marrow samples of pediatric patients during onset or relapse of c-ALL and healthy controls. Contrary to the findings of Wehner et al [37], Emura et al [38] found a positive association between the level of intrinsic expression of Hsp60 and an unfavorable prognosis for newly diagnosed patients with AML.…”