Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Profiling histone post-translational modifications to identify signatures of epigenetic drug response in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
doi: 10.1101/2025.09.01.673463
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) NSG mice were engrafted with malignant primary cells derived from the bone marrow of 10 T-ALL patients for tumor expansion. Upon disease establishment, mice were sacrificed, and leukemic cells were harvested from the spleen. To mimic biological replicates, six mice were injected per patient. The percentage of human CD45+ cells (hCD45%) was measured by flow cytometry, with only samples exceeding 85% used for downstream analysis. Global hPTM profiling and DNA methylation sequencing were performed for all 10 PDX models. In parallel, PDX cells were treated ex vivo with a panel of eight epidrugs to assess drug sensitivity. Spearman correlation analysis was then conducted to explore the relationship between hPTM levels and drug response. Figure created with Biorender.com . (B) Clustered and annotated heatmap displaying the normalized and summarized single hPTM levels across the 10 PDX models. (C) Volcano plot illustrating the differential analysis of hPTMs between CIMPlow and CIMPhigh PDX models.
Article Snippet: Lymphoblast engraftment and leukemic burden was monitored by flow cytometric analysis on peripheral blood, using human CD45+ (hCD45) staining (CD45-FITC antibody; Miltenyi Biotec, Bergish Gladbag, Germany).
Techniques: Derivative Assay, Injection, Flow Cytometry, DNA Methylation Assay, Sequencing, Ex Vivo