Abstract
MDM2 is a key negative regulator of the tumor suppressor p53, however, the prognostic significance of MDM2 overexpression in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) has not been defined convincingly. In a p53 genetically-defined large cohort of de novo DLBCL patients treated with rituximab, cyclophosphamide, hydroxydaunorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone (R-CHOP) chemotherapy, we assessed MDM2 and p53 expression by immunohistochemistry (n = 478), MDM2 gene amplification by fluorescence in situ hybridization (n = 364), and a single nucleotide polymorphism in the MDM2 promoter, SNP309, by SNP genotyping assay (n = 108). Our results show that MDM2 overexpression, unlike p53 overexpression, is not a significant prognostic factor in overall DLBCL. Both MDM2 and p53 overexpression do not predict for an adverse clinical outcome in patients with wild-type p53 but predicts for significantly poorer survival in patients with mutated p53. Variable p53 activities may ultimately determine the survival differences, as suggested by the gene expression profiling analysis. MDM2 amplification was observed in 3 of 364 (0.8%) patients with high MDM2 expression. The presence of SNP309 did not correlate with MDM2 expression and survival. This study indicates that evaluation of MDM2 and p53 expression correlating with TP53 genetic status is essential to assess their prognostic significance and is important for designing therapeutic strategies that target the MDM2-p53 interaction.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2630-2640 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Blood |
Volume | 122 |
Issue number | 15 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2013 |
Funding
This work was supported by Harold C. and Mary L. Daily Endowment Fellowships at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Z.Y.X.M.); the Stiftung zur Krebsbekaempfung Zurich Grant 269 award (A.T.); the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain (RETICC, SAF2008-03871) and the Spanish Association against Cancer (AECC) (M.A.P.); National Cancer Institute and National Institutes of Health grant 1R01CA160558 (W.H); a University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Institutional Research Grant Award, an Anderson Lymphoma Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) Research Development Program Award, an Anderson Myeloma SPORE Research Development Program Award, and Anderson Collaborative Research Funds with High-Throughput Molecular Diagnostics and Roche Molecular Systems (K.H.Y.). This work was also partially supported by the National Cancer Institute and National Institutes of Health grants (R01CA138688, 1RC1CA146299, P50CA136411, and P50CA142509) and by the MD Anderson Cancer Center Support Grant CA016672.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Hematology
- Biochemistry
- Cell Biology
- Immunology