[Real-time quantitative PCR detecting minimal residual disease in multiple myeloma patients after autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation].
In order to explore the role of real-time PCR in detecting minimal residual disease in multiple myeloma and Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia after autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (APBSCT), real-time PCR was used to quantitate the IgH rearrangement in 8 patients with multiple myeloma (MM) and 1 case of Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia before and after APBSCT. The results showed that the copies of IgH rearrangement pre- or post-APBSCT were 3108 +/- 1043 and 549 +/- 660 (P < 0.05) respectively. The number of IgH copies was positively correlated with the amount of plasmocytes in patient 's bone marrow and the M-protein in peripheral blood (r = 0.86, P < 0.05). Similar result was obtained in a case of relapsed Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia. In conclusion, the quantitative analysis of IgH rearrangement by real-time PCR is a novel way to evaluate the therapeutic efficaciousness and predict the prognoses in MM patients.
Department of Hematology, Changzheng Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China. linfaying@medmail.com.cn
Fa-Ying
FY
Lin
Jian
J
Hou
Long-Yi
LY
Tan
Si-Qi
SQ
Ding
Hao
H
Wang
Dong-Xing
DX
Wang
D015321:Gene Rearrangement; D006801:Humans; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000235:genetics; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual; D036102:Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous
D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains