目的:探讨抗凋亡基因XIAP在慢性淋巴细胞白血病中的表达,分析其与IgVH突变、CD38等临床重要预后指标的相关性。方法:采用SyberGreen法实时定量PCR(qPCR)技术检测37例CLL患者肿瘤细胞中抗凋亡基因XIAP的mRNA表达水平,同时利用28例年龄匹配的正常人作为阴性对照,分析其临床意义。结果:经过qPCR检测正常对照组XIAP表达中位数为0.04040(95%CI:0.01610~0.06471),CLL组XIAP表达为0.07502(0.04383~0.1062),两者具有显著统计学差异(P=0.0025);亚组分析发现耐药组XIAP表达为0.08295(0.02575~0.1402),药物敏感组为0.07020(0.03042~0.1100),耐药组XIAP表达高于药物敏感组,但是未达到统计学差异(P=0.3978)。进一步分析显示XIAP mRNA表达水平和IgVH突变状态和CD38表达相关:IgVH无突变和CD38高表达的CLL患者XIAP表达显著升高(P值分别为0.0265和0.0388)。结论:利用qPCR技术发现抗凋亡基因XIAP在CLL患者中存在异常高表达,耐药组有高于药物敏感组的趋势,并且与CLL临床预后因素IgVH突变状态和CD38表达密切相关。
Objective: Several mechanisms were found in the chronic lymphocytic leukemia(CLL) cell apoptosis-resistant process.The objective of this study was to investigate expression of anti-apoptotic gene XIAP in CLL patients and its clinical association with established prognostic factors(IgVH mutation status and CD38 expression).Methods: A total number of 37 CLL patients and 28 age-matched normal control were enrolled in this study.XIAP mRNA expression was detected by SyberGreen-based real-time PCR,clinical relationship was analyzed by GraphPad Prism software.Results:XIAP median expression was 0.04040(95% CI∶0.01610-0.06471) in CLL group compared to 0.07502(95% CI:0.04383-0.1062) in normal control group(P=0.0025);further sub-groups analysis implicated that XIAP expression was higher in drug-resistant group than that in drug-sensitive without statistical difference(P=0.3978),IgVH non-mutated status and positive CD38 expression were associated with higher XIAP expression.Conclusion:Abnormal XIAP mRNA expression as found in CLL patients with significant correlation with established prognostic factors and potential role in drug resistance,and XIAP may become a new supplement of CLL prognostic markers.