目的:研究转录因子基因BCL6、KLF5及核仁蛋白基因NCL在急性淋巴细胞白血病(acute lymphoblastic leukemia,ALL)患儿骨髓细胞中的表达情况及其在不同疾病状态下的表达特点。方法:选取北京儿童医院2004年1月至2005年12月住院ALL患儿100例,另取由于骨骼畸形而在北京儿童医院进行外科手术的5例非ALL患儿作对照;以基因芯片检测ALL患儿骨髓细胞中异常表达基因,GeXP多重基因表达分析系统检测BCL6、KLF5、NCL基因在另外选取的10例配对ALL患儿初诊及缓解期的表达变化。结果:基因芯片筛查发现,在100例各亚型ALL标本中,BCL6和KLF5mRNA表达均下调,NCLmRNA表达均上调。BCL6和KLF5mRNA在10例ALL初诊患儿骨髓细胞中表达较低,完全缓解后表达升高(0.380±0.16vs0.850±0.10,0.074±0.021vs0.228±0.049;均P〈0.01);NCLmRNA在ALL初诊患儿骨髓细胞中表达较高,完全缓解后表达降低(0.234±0.054vs0.151±0.055,P〈0.01)。在10例配对患者儿中,TEL-AML1阳性及E2A-PBX1阳性组患儿的初诊及缓解期骨髓细胞中,该3个基因在两组中的表达变化趋势一致。结论:ALL患儿骨髓细胞中BCL6、KLF5基因在初诊时表达下调、在临床缓解后表达上调,NCL基因初诊时上调、临床缓解后下调;该3个基因似可作为白血病的分子标志物及效疗的监测指标。
Objective:To investigate the expression of transcription factor genes BCL6,KLF5 and nuclear protein gene NCL in the bone marrow cells of pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia(ALL) in different ALL stages.Methods: A total of 100 pediatric ALL samples were selected from patients treated in Beijing Children’s Hospital from January,2004 to December,2005.Five non-ALL patients were used as control.The aberrantly expressed genes in the bone marrow cells were examined by microarray assay;the mRNA levels of BCL6,KLF5,and NCL genes were detected in paired bone marrow samples during preliminary diagnosis and after complete remission by GeXP multiple gene expression analysis system.Results: The microarray results suggested that BCL6 and KLF5 mRNA levels were down-regulated and NCL mRNA level was up-regulated in all the 100 ALL samples,which including various subtypes.The mRNA levels of BCL6 and KLF5 in 10 pediatric ALL were low during preliminary diagnosis and elevated after complete remission(0.380±0.16 vs 0.850±0.10,0.074±0.021 vs 0.228±0.049,both P〈0.01);the mRNA level of NCL was high during preliminary diagnosis and decreased after complete remission(0.234±0.054 vs 0.151±0.055,P〈0.01).The expression patterns of the three genes were similar between TEL-AML1 and E2A-PBX1 positive ALL patients during preliminary diagnosis and after complete remission.Conclusion:BCL6 and KLF5 are down-regulated in the bone marrow cells of pediatric ALL during preliminary diagnosis and are elevated after complete remission;the expression pattern of NCL shows an opposite trend to those of BCL6 and KLF5.The three genes have a potential to serve as predictive biomarkers for evaluating the therapeutic effect of leukemia.