目的分析多发性骨髓瘤(MM)患者外周血T细胞中T细胞受体(TCR)ξ链基因表达水平,了解患者T细胞活化过程的相关变化情况。方法采用SYBR Green Ⅰ相对定量PCR方法分别检测24例MM患者和24名健康人的外周血单个核细胞(PBMC)的TCRξ链基因表达情况,以β2微球蛋白基因(β2M)作为内参照,根据相对定量公式(2^-△Ω×100%)分别计算TCRξ链基因表达量。结果MM患者外周血TCRξ链基因表达水平为(1.83±1.72)%,低于健康人的(3.46±2.75)%(P=0.019)。TCRξ链基因表达水平的变化与患者年龄无相关性(r=0.151,P=0.525)。结论首先报道MM患者TCRξ链表达的变化特点,TCRξ链基因表达水平以降低为主,可能与T细胞免疫缺陷有关。
Objective To investigate T-cell receptor (TCR)ξ chain gene expression level in peripheral blood T cells from patients with muhiple myeloma (MM), thereby to estimate the feature of T cells activation status. Methods Real-time PCR with SYBR Green Ⅰ technique was used for detecting TCR chain expression level in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of 24 cases with MM and 24 normal individuals. β2 -microglobulin (β2M) gene expression was used as an endogenous reference. Relative changes in TCR ξ chain expression level were analyzed by the 2^-△Ω×100% method between patients with MM and normal individuals. Results Compared with normal individuals, TCR ξ chain gene expression was obviously down regulated in PBMC from patients with MM (P =0.019). The expression level of TCR ξ chain gene is not significantly age-associated in MM patients[(1.83±1.72)%,(3.46±2.75)%](P =0.525). Conclusion This is the first description in the expression feature of TCR ξ chain gene in MM patients. TCR ξ chain expression was decreased in most of MM patients, which might be related to celluar immunodeficiency.