急性早幼粒细胞白血病
数字聚合酶链反应
生物
微小残留病
一致性
维甲酸
融合基因
白血病
实时聚合酶链反应
癌症研究
分子生物学
肿瘤科
聚合酶链反应
免疫学
基因
生物信息学
医学
遗传学
作者
Xiaoqian Jiang,Si-Ze Chen,Xia Zhu,Xiaohong Xu,Yue Liu
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.mcp.2020.101617
摘要
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is an aggressive disease that requires prompt treatment. Promyelocytic leukemia protein-retinoic acid receptor α (PML-RARα) fusion genes resulting from reciprocal translocation are considered a molecular basis for diagnosing APL. Moreover, PML-RARα fusion gene testing is an essential tool for monitoring the response to therapy via minimal residual disease and providing a diagnosis before rapid disease progression in APL. The present study developed a novel droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) assay to rapidly detect two PML-RARα variants (bcr1 and bcr3) and compared its limit of detection (LOD) with quantitative PCR (qPCR). It was demonstrated that the LOD of ddPCR for PML-RARα reached 0.001%, and the evaluation of high copy number samples of PML-RARα by ddPCR correlated well with qPCR. Furthermore, clinical sample testing with ddPCR found that 34 and 24% samples were bcr-1-positive and bcr3-positive, respectively. However, according to qPCR, 30% of the samples were bcr1-positive and 20% were bcr3-positive. In addition, the concordance rate between ddPCR and qPCR reaction was 86%. While monitoring minimal residual disease, the PML-RARα mutation rate of three patients who recovered well decreased to 0.34%. However, one patient who was bcr3-positive and relapsed had a mutation rate of 13% while in remission, indicating that the bcr3 isoform may be an adverse prognostic factor affecting recovery. Therefore, the present results suggested that this novel ddPCR assay may be useful for monitoring and evaluating the treatment effects and prognosis of APL.
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