1.Correlation of Genomic Characteristic with Disease Progression in Polycythemia Vera
Yingxu ZHAO ; Jie BAI ; Lei ZHANG ; Mengyao SHENG ; Hui SHI ; Wen XING ; Fengchun YANG ; Limei AI ; Yuan ZHOU
Tianjin Medical Journal 2014;(6):517-521
Objective To screen mutations in genes including ASXL1, TET2, IDH1, IDH2, SETBP1, MPL515, JAK2 exon 12 and JAK2V617 in 135 polycythemia vera (PV) patients. To assess progreasson and genomics characteristics post polycythemic myelofibrosis. Methods DNA sequencing of ASXL1(Exon12),TET2 (Exons 3-11),IDH1(Exon4),IDH2(Ex-on4),SEPBP1(Exon4),JAK2 exon 12 and MPL515 (Exon 10) genes were carried out using Sanger method. JAK2V617 muta-tion was detected by allele-specific PCR in patients with PV. In the mean time, the mutation load of JAK2V617F allele (V617F%) was evaluated by real-time PCR using Tagman MGB probe. Then, the significant of gene mutations and clinical outcomes of post-PV Myelofibrosis(PPMF)was analyzed. To study risk factors of PPMF, logistic regression were employed. Results ASXL1, TET2, IDH1, IDH2 were mutated in 7.69%(8/104), 5.26%(1/19) , 0.08%(1/120) and 0.08%(1/121) of all PV patient respectively. JAK2 was mutated in 82.22%(111/135) of PV patients with mutation rate of exon12 of 2.96%(4/135) and there were no mutation of MPL515 and SETBP1 in PV patients. ASXL1 mutation was found in 31.82%(7/22) PPMF patients. Spearman analysis showed that ASXL1 is correlated with JAK2V617F (V617F%) (rs=0.298,P=0.002). The hemo-globin was lower in patients with ASXL1 mutation than patient without mutation (wild type). Leukocyte count, V617F%>50%rate, thrombosis and PPMF were higher in patients with ASXL1 mutation than that of ASXL1 wild type(P<0.05). ASXL1 mu-tation, V617F%>50% rate and splenomegaly were all risk factors of PPMF. Conclusion ASXL1 mutation is the risk-fac-tor of PPMF and may promote V617F%by some mechanism.
2.The function of interleukin-22 in the development of malignant tumors of digestive system
Mengyao SUN ; Qiuxue WU ; Si CAI ; Sheng YANG ; Qingfeng TANG
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2018;41(10):720-723
Malignant tumors of the digestive system , with high morbidity and mortality rate , are insidious at the onset and lack of effective treatments so far .Interleukin-22 (IL-22) is one of the members of the IL-10 cytokine family discovered in recent years and was originally called IL-10-associated T cell differentiation inducing factor (IL-TIF).IL-22 expression is elevated in various digestive system malignant tumors, and increased IL-22 expression is associated with tumor progression and poor prognosis .Studies on the molecular mechanism revealed that IL-22 initiates a series of downstream signaling pathways such as JAK/STAT and MAPK, by acting on the IL-22 receptor, inducing tumorigenesis.IL-22 is expected to be a novel diagnostic biomarker and therapeutic target of digestive system malignant tumor .