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Aberrant expression of SPRING1 is involved in the progression of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL)
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  • Moein Farshchian,
  • hossein barzegar,
  • Seyed Saeed Khatami,
  • Reihaneh Alsadat Mahmoudian,
  • Mohammed Allami,
  • Eman Jassim Mohammed,
  • Elahe Dehghani Firouzabadi,
  • Reza Alemohammad,
  • Sara Chitgaran,
  • Fatemeh Nasrabadi,
  • Vahid Moghimi,
  • Ali Ghasemi,
  • Maryam M. Matin
Moein Farshchian
Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research Group Academic Center for Education Culture and Research (ACECR

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hossein barzegar
Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research Group Academic Center for Education Culture and Research (ACECR
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Seyed Saeed Khatami
Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research Group Academic Center for Education Culture and Research (ACECR
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Reihaneh Alsadat Mahmoudian
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
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Mohammed Allami
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Faculty of Sciences
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Eman Jassim Mohammed
Mustansiriyah University College of Science
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Elahe Dehghani Firouzabadi
Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research Group Academic Center for Education Culture and Research (ACECR
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Reza Alemohammad
Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research Group Academic Center for Education Culture and Research (ACECR
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Sara Chitgaran
Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research Group Academic Center for Education Culture and Research (ACECR
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Fatemeh Nasrabadi
Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research Group Academic Center for Education Culture and Research (ACECR
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Vahid Moghimi
Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research Group Academic Center for Education Culture and Research (ACECR
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Ali Ghasemi
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
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Maryam M. Matin
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Faculty of Sciences
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Abstract

Background: Precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) is one of the most common types of leukemias in children. The majority of B-ALL patients are distinguished by chromosomal rearrangements; however, alternative splicing and epigenetic deregulations can also change the expression level of transcripts correlated with B-ALL. Therefore, the identification of prognostic and predictive biomarkers as well as the use of individualized treatments can help in B-ALL therapy. In this study, we performed an RNA-seq analysis to determine differentially expressed RNA transcripts in B-ALL. Methods: The RNA-seq data of 79 B-ALL and 14 non-malignant ITP (immune thrombocytopenic purpura) samples were obtained from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. Moreover, RNA-seq was performed for Iranian patients with B-ALL to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs). In order to experimentally validate the findings, the mRNA expression of SPRING1 (or C12orf49) was evaluated in bone marrow aspiration samples of B-ALL patients using quantitative reverse transcription-PCR. Results: Differential expression analysis revealed 920 downregulated and 1216 upregulated genes in B-ALL compared to ITP samples. Quantitative RT-PCR revealed the significant upregulation of SPRING1 (80%) in B-ALL patients. Functional enrichment analysis exhibited that SPRING1 was principally associated with lipopolysaccharide-mediated signaling pathways. Conclusion: Our results provided evidence for the involvement of SPRING1 in the B-ALL pathogenesis. However, further functional and clinical research is needed to understand its role in dysregulation of lipopolysaccharide-mediated signaling pathways in B-ALL.