Expression and Clinical Significance of LcnRNA XLOC_109948 in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Abstract

To detect the expression level of LncRNA XLOC_109948 in bone marrow and serum of patients with acute myeloid Leukemia (AML), to verify the consistency between the expression in bone marrow and serum and to explore the role of LncRNA XLOC_109948 expression in the occurrence a development of AML. Bone marrow and peripheral blood samples were collected from 62 patients with AML, including 36 patients with AML (AML group), 26 AML patients with complete remission (AML-CR group), and peripheral blood from 20 healthy persons (control group) were also collected. The expression level of LncRNA XLOC_109948 was detected by real-time quantitative fluorescence PCR (qRT-PCR), and the relationship between its expression and clinical characteristics was analyzed. The expression of LncRNA XLOC_109948 in bone marrow and serum of AML patients was higher than that of AML patients with complete remission and healthy people (P<0.001). And there was no statistically significant difference between the AML-CR group and control group (P>0.05). The expression of LncRNA XLOC_109948 significantly decreased when AML patients reached to CR, and significantly increased when the disease relapsed (P<0.05). The expression of LncRNA XLOC_109948 significantly correlated with the clinicopathologic parameters of cytogenetics (P<0.05), but not significantly correlated with sex, age, WBC count, blast in bone marrow, FAB classification and other clinical characteristics (P>0.05). The expression of LncRNA XLOC_109948 in bone marrow and serum of AML patients is high, and its expression in time and sequence is consistent between bone marrow and serum, which can reflect the occurrence, development, chemotherapy efficacy and prognosis of AML patients.