Prognostic Impact of WT-1 and Survivin Gene Expression in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients

BACKGROUND: Wilms Tumor 1 (WT1) and Survivin genes are important leukemia-associated antigens (LAAs) in AML with potential prognostic impact.

METHODS: We investigated WT1 and Survivin expression levels by RT-PCR in 61 AML patients in correlation with clinical characteristics and outcomes.

RESULTS: WT1 was overexpressed in 45 patients (73.8%), associated with higher BM blasts (p = 0.017), lower incidence of favorable-prognosis cytogenetics (p = 0.035), and higher incidence of Flt3-ITD mutations (p = 0.026). Survivin was overexpressed in 17 patients (27.9%) with higher mean WBC count (p = 0.049). Patients with overexpression of either gene showed inferior complete remission (CR) rates and survival rates, patients with overexpression of both genes showed higher mean WBCs (p = 0.035) and higher BM blasts (p = 0.029) while the double negative group showed higher incidence of favorable cytogenetic events (p = 0.021), better CR rates and survival rates.

CONCLUSIONS: Our findings support the introduced prognostic impact of WT1 and Survivin genes in AML patients and its potential use in MRD monitoring and immunotherapy.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:65

Enthalten in:

Clinical laboratory - 65(2019), 4 vom: 01. Apr.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Adnan-Awad, Shady [VerfasserIn]
Meligui, Yomna M El [VerfasserIn]
Salem, Salem Eid [VerfasserIn]
Salaheldin, Omina [VerfasserIn]
Ayoub, Mahmoud A [VerfasserIn]
Kamel, Mahmoud M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

BIRC5 protein, human
Biomarkers, Tumor
EC 2.7.10.1
FLT3 protein, human
Fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3
Journal Article
Survivin
WT1 Proteins
WT1 protein, human

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Date Completed 03.09.2019

Date Revised 03.09.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.7754/Clin.Lab.2018.180329

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM295904607