Journal of the Korean Cancer Association 1995;27(6): 1017-1030.
성인 급성 백혈병에서 MDR 1 mRNA 유전자의 발현
김형준, 정익주, 서재성, 최경상, 박무림, 백광우, 배열
Multidrug Resistance ( MDR 1 ) Gene Expression in Adult Acute Leukemia : Espression of P-glycoprotein and MDR 1 mRNA and its implication on clinical outcome in adult
Resistance to multiple chemotherapeutic agents is mainly related to the production of P- glycoproteins, a transmembrane drug efflux pump that is encoded by the multidrug resistance(MDR) gene, MDR I. To investigate whether MDR 1 could be involved in clinical resistance to chemotherapy in adult acute leukemias, We have analyzed prospectively 39 samples from 32 patients(27 at presentation, 5 after relapse) with acute leukemia for the evaluation of overexpression of MDR 1 mRNA and P-glycoprotein by using polymerase chain reactions(PCR) and flow cytometric assay, respectively. The induction rate of first complete remission differed between MDR 1 mRNA-positive and negative groups(37% v 84%, respectively; p=0.02). The survival rate(Kaplan-Meier method) in MDR 1 mRNA negative group was significantly higher than that in MDR 1 mRNA positive group(p=0.02). These results suggest that PCR assay of MDR 1 mRNA is a convenient method to detect expression of MDR 1 gene, and it may be a prognostic factor in the treatment of acute leukemia.
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