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Lenilton Silva da Silveira Júnior1, Victor de Lima Soares1, Alessandra Suelen Jardim da Silva1,2
1Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (DACT/UFRN), Natal, Brazil.
Background:
Despite the advances in the cure rate for acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a considerable number of patients die from the disease due to the occurrence of multidrug resistance (MDR). Overexpression of the transporter proteins, such as P-glycoprotein (Pgp) and multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP), confers resistance to the treatment of these leukemias.
Methods:
To analyze the expression of the Pgp and MRP1 in patients with AML and determine their correlation between expression and demographic, clinical, and laboratorial variables, bone marrow and peripheral blood samples from 346 patients with a diagnosis of AML were assessed for the expression of Pgp and MRP1 by flow cytometry.
Results:
The expression of Pgp and MRP1 was found in 111 (32.1%) and 133 (38.4%) patients, respectively, with greater prevalence in older patients and lower in children, while also observing a high incidence in patients with refractory, recurrence, and secondary disease in comparison with the cases of de novo AML. Regarding the laboratory findings, we observed an association between the expression of Pgp and MRP1 and CD34, CD7, and also M7, M5a, and M2-AML of French-American-British classification.
Conclusions:
The results showed that the detection of MDR phenotype by flow cytometry can be a molecular marker for prognosis of patients with AML.
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