Prognostic significance of microRNA-99a in acute myeloid leukemia patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplant. 2018 Sep;53(9):1089-1095. doi: 10.1038/s41409-018-0146-0. Epub 2018 Mar 7.

Abstract

Overexpression of microRNA-99a (miR-99a) have been associated with adverse prognosis in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Nevertheless, whether it also predicts poor outcome in post-allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) AML patients remains unclear. To further elucidate the prognostic value of miR-99a, 74 AML patients with miR-99a expression report who underwent allo-HSCT from The Cancer Genome Atlas database were identified and grouped into either miR-99ahigh or miR-99alow based on their miR-99a expression levels relative to the median. Two groups had similar clinical and molecular characteristics except that miR-99ahigh group had fewer patients of the French-American-British M4 subtype (P = 0.018) and more frequent CEBPA mutations (P = 0.005). Univariate analysis indicated that high miR-99a expression was unfavorable for both event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival (OS; P = 0.029; P = 0.012, respectively). Multivariate analysis suggested that high miR-99a expression was an independent risk factor for both EFS and OS in AML patients who underwent allo-HSCT [hazard ratio (HR) 1.909, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.043-3.494, P = 0.036 and HR 2.179, 95% CI 1.192-3.982, P = 0.011, respectively]. Our results further proved that high miR-99a expression could predict worse outcome in AML patients, even in those who underwent intensive post-remission therapy such as allo-HCST.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Female
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / methods*
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / diagnosis*
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / mortality
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / therapy
  • Male
  • MicroRNAs / metabolism*
  • Middle Aged
  • Prognosis
  • Risk Factors
  • Survival Rate
  • Transplantation, Homologous

Substances

  • MIRN99 microRNA, human
  • MicroRNAs