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[Expression of IL-17 in Bone Marrow of Patients with Multiple Myeloma and Its Effect in Pathogenesis]
Ming-Ming Jiang1, Hai-Long Xia2
1Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, Anhui Province, China.
Objective:
To investigate the expression and pathogenesis of IL-17 in bone marrow blood of multiple myeloma (MM) patients.
Methods:
Expression levels of IL-6, TNF-α and IL-17 in bone marrow serum of 20 MM patients and 20 control subjects were detected by ELISA, and correlation analysis was performed to analyze the correlation IL-17 with IL-6 and TNF-α. The effect of IL-17 on the proliferation of MM cells treated with different concentration of IL-17 was detected by cell prollferation and toxicity tesis. The morphological changes of RAW264.7 cells treated with IL-17 were observed by tartrate resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) staining.
Results:
The levels of IL-17, IL-6 and TNF- in the bone marrow of MM patients were all higher than those of the normal control group (P<0.05). The IL-17 level positively correlated with IL-6 and TNF-α levels (r=0.6045, P<0.01 and r=0.627, P<0.01). Cell proliferation and toxicity tests confirmed that IL-17 can promote the proliferation of multiple myeloma cells. TRAP staining revealed that IL-17 could induce differentiate of RAW264.7 cells into multinuclear giant cells.
Conclusion:
IL-17 may be involved in the pathogenesis of MM and promotes the proliferation of tumor cells, and induces the activation of osteoclasts leading to increased bone destruction.
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