title: [The clinical significance of cyclin B1 expression in adult acute leukemia patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the clinical significance of cyclin B1 expression in adult acute leukemia (AL) patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  The expression of cyclin B1 and p21 and their cell cycle distribution were measured by flow cytometry in 85 adult patients with de novo AL, 10 continuous complete remission (CCR) AL and 17 normal controls (NC). The mRNAs of cyclin B1, p21 cip1 and proliferation cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in patients and NCs were measured with semi-quantity reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Cyclin B1 protein expression in de novo AL patients was significantly higher than that in NC (P < 0.001). It was higher in relapsed patients than in NC (P < 0.05) but was lower than in de novo AL (P < 0.01). There was no difference between the remission cases and NC (P = 0.21), and between CCR patients and NC (P > 0.05). The cyclin B1 overexpression ratio was higher than that of NC. A negative correlation between the expression levels of cyclin B1 and P21 was observed (r = -0.266, P < 0.05). The cyclin B1 protein expression level was positively correlated with its mRNA level. The expression of cyclin B1 was positively correlated with proliferation index (PI) levels, and with PCNA levels (rPI = 0.7314, rPCNA = 0.7152). Remission rate was higher in high cyclin B1 expression patients than in normal cyclin B1 expression patients (P < 0.01), so did the relapse rate (P < 0.01). Patients with higher cyclin B1 expression had higher survival rate.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cyclin B1 was overexpressed and abnormally distributed in cell cycle phases in de novo AL patients. Overexpression of cyclin B1 might be a favorable prognostic factor for patients with AL.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, The Second Hospital, Heibei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, China.
authors.forename: Wei-dong
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Shi-rong
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Xiao-nan
authors.initials: XN
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Jin-song
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Xue
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002455:Cell Division; D019926:Cyclin B / Q000032:analysis*; D056744:Cyclin B1; D050759:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21; D016213:Cyclins / Q000032:analysis; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: C534699:CCNB1 protein, human; C493956:CDKN1A protein, human; D019926:Cyclin B; D056744:Cyclin B1; D050759:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21; D016213:Cyclins