Longitudinal study of mdr1 level in peripheral blood lymphocyte by fluorescent quantitative real time RT-PCR before and after chemotherapy / 第三军医大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective To detect multidrug resistance gene(mdr1) transcription in peripheral blood lymphocyte(PBL) before and after chemotherapy and to determine its correlation with chemotherapeutic effect.Methods The peripheral blood sample was taken from each lung cancer patients(n=32) before chemotherapy and at 3rd week after chemotherapy and subjected to fluorescent quantitative real-time RT-PCR.Simultaneously the tumor size was determined by chest X-ray or CT.Results The mdr1 mRNA level in PBL after chemotherapy increased significantly as compared with that before chemotherapy [(4.316 6?0.923 1) vs(3.881 8?0.828 0),t=-4.207,P=0.000].There was an negative correlation between mdr1 mRNA level and the tumor size(r=-0.389,P=0.028).The level of mdr1 transcription in SCLC patients was significantly less than that of NSCLC patients before chemotherapy [(2.831 4?0.398 4) vs(4.231 9?0.603 4),t=6.101,P=0.000].Conclusion In terms of an anticancer drug resistant mechanism,there could be a difference between NSCLC and SCLC.Longitudinal study of mdr1 level in PBL is valuable for evaluating the treatment(response.)