巢式MSP法检测急性白血病患者P16基因甲基化状态

为了研究p16基因甲基化和缺失与急性白血病发病的关系,探讨其在成人急性白血病发生发展中的生物学意义,应用巢式甲基化特异性聚合酶链反应（nested methylation specific polymerase chain reaction,n-MSP）分析了82例各种亚型的急性白血病患者在初诊或复发不同阶段p16基因的甲基化和缺失状态,并且在基因组硫化修饰PCR后克隆测序验证结果的准确性。结果表明：82例急性白血病（AL）患者p16基因甲基化的出现率为39.0%,其中急性髓系白血病（AML）患者为41.4%,24例急性淋巴细胞白血病（ALL）患者为33.3%;初治AL患者为36.6%,而复发患者则为54.5%。82例AL患者中有6例p16基因缺失,缺失率为7.3%,在AML、ALL患者中分别为1.7%和20.8%。16例健康自愿者或非恶性血液病患者p16基因则未发生甲基化或缺失。结论：在成人急性白血病的发生发展中,p16基因甲基化比p16基因纯合缺失更具有意义;p16基因表达异常与成人急性白血病的发生发展密切相关。

Detection of p16 Gene Methylation Status in Adult Patients with Acute Leukemia by Using n-MSP

The study was aimed to explore the relationship between patterns of methylation or deletion and the development of acute leukemia, and further to clarify the possible mechanism in the development of adult acute leukemia. Nested methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction (n-MSP) was adopted to analyze p16 gene methylation or deletion patterns in 82 adult acute leukemia patients with different subtypes and stages. The results indicated that rate of p16 gene methylation was 39.0% in 82 adult acute leukemia patients, among them, 41.4% in acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) and 33.3% in acute lymphoblastic leukemia(ALL).It were found that 36.6%of de novo AL patients and 54.5% of relapsed AL patients developed the hypermethylation of p16 gene. Out of the 82 patients, 6 seemed to have deletion of p16 gene, including 1 AML(1.7%) and 5 ALL(20.8%). There were no hypermethylation or deletion of p16 gene in the 16 controls. It is concluded that methylation of p16 gene may play a more important role than homozygous deletion of p16 gene in the leukemogenesis and progression of adult acute leukemia.