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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HISTOCHEMISTRY
卷 55, 期 3, 页码 113-116出版社
PAGEPRESS PUBL
DOI: 10.4081/ejh.2011.e21
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Multiple myeloma; Interleukin-6; Interleukin-8; Interleukin-1 beta; MIP-1 alpha; proliferating cell nuclear antigen
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Multiple myeloma (MM) is a malignant plasma cell disease. Several proinflammatory cytokines produced by malignant plasma cells and bone marrow (BM) stromal cells are involved in the pathogenesis of the disease. We evaluated serum levels of the proinflammatory cytokines Interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta), Interleukin-6 (IL-6), Interleukin-8 (IL-8), macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha (MIP-1 alpha), in MM patients before treatment, and determined its significance in tumor progression. We also analyzed the correlation between measured parameters with proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). Forty-four MM patients and 20 healthy controls were studied. Serum levels of the proinflammatory cytokines were measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), whereas PCNA value in the BM was determined by immunohistochemistry staining. The mean concentrations of the measured cytokines were significantly different among the three stages of disease, with higher values in advanced disease stage. Furthermore, patients with MM had significantly higher serum levels of the measured cytokines than in controls. A positive correlation was found between IL-6 with IL-1 beta, IL-8 and MIP-1a. Similarly, IL-8 and MIP-1 alpha were positively correlated with markers of disease activity such as beta 2 microglobulin and LDH. The proliferation index, determined by PCNA immunostaining, was higher in advanced disease stage. Furthermore PCNA value correlated significantly with beta 2 microglobulin, LDH and the levels of the measured cytokines. Our results showed that the proliferative activity, as measured with PCNA, increases in parallel with disease stage. The positive correlation between PCNA and other measured mediators supports the involvement of these factors in the biology of myeloma cell growth and can be used as markers of disease activity and as possible therapeutic targets.
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