中国图书资料分类法分类号R733.71
CD7 positive adult acute myelocytic leukemia
ZHENG Rui, WANG De-Bing, FU Jian-Feng, CHEN Shan-Shan, QIU Jing-Ying, LU Dao-Pei
(Institute of Hematology, People's Hospital, Beijing Medical University, Beijing100044)
MeSHLeukemia, myelocytic, acute/immunolAntigens, CD7/metabLeukemia, myelocytic, acute/genet
ABSTRACTObjective: To discuss clinical, immunophenotypic and karyotypic characteristics of acute myelocytic leukemia (AML) with expression of CD7 antigen.Methods: 99 patients of AML enrolled in our hospital from August 1992 to September 1996 were selected. Indirect immunofluorescence method and G band method were used to analyze the immunophenotypic and karyotypic characteristics of patients. Routine chemotherapeutic regimen was used for treatment.Results: 12 cases (12.12%) expressed CD7. Among them, 11 of 12 cases expressed HLA-DR and 8 of 8 cases expressed CD38. Abnormal karyotypes were found in 3 cases with -7, 17p+, 9q+, 5q-,+8, t(8;21). In addition, 6 cases (6/12) were found to have hepatomegaly and 5 cases (5/12) achieved complete remission (CR). There was significant difference compared with CD7- AML.Conclusion: CD7+ AML always expressed HLA-DR and CD38. No particular karyotypic abnormality was identified in CD7+ AML. The incidence of hepatomegaly was higher and CR rate lower in CD7+ AML than in CD7- AML. Our results suggest that CD7 expression on AML cells can be regarded as a prognostic risk factor in AML.
(J Beijing Med Univ, 1999,31:45-47)
CD7抗原为一相对分子质量为4.0×104的单链糖蛋白,主要表达于所有胸腺细胞、大部分外周血T淋巴细胞和起源于T淋巴系的白血病细胞表面,并且先于T系其它抗原CD1、CD2、CD3、CD4、CD5、CD8的出现,也早于TCR-β链基因重排[1,2]。因此,该抗原在白血病免疫分型初期被当作T系早期的一个良好标志并用于T淋巴细胞白血病的诊断及其亚型的区分。但随着研究的逐步深入,已证实CD7抗原并非T系特异性标志,具有多项分化潜能的造血干细胞阶段也可表达此抗原。本文通过分析CD7抗原在急性髓性白血病(acute myelocytic leukemia, AML)患者中的表达以了解其临床意义。
1材料与方法
1.1病例
99例AML患者均为1992年8月至1996年9月来我院住院治疗的成人初治患者,按FAB标准分型,其中M1 2例,M2 40例,M3 27例,M4 11例,M5 16例,M6 2例,M7 1例。男65例,女34例,年龄14~77岁,平均年龄(39.7±2.8)岁。
1.2免疫表型分析
取骨髓单个核细胞按常规间接免疫荧光法,常规采用12种单克隆抗体(monoclonal antibody, McAb)(鼠抗人)CD2、CD7、CD10、CD19、CD13、CD14、CD15、CD33、HLA-DR、CD9、CD34、CD38分别标记细胞,以荧光结合的羊抗鼠Ig为第二抗体,用流式细胞仪测定。
1.3染色体核型分析
采用短期培养法,收获后进行制片和G显带,对异常克隆按照人类染色体国际命名体制(ISCN)的标准确定。
1.4化疗
采用我院AML常规治疗方案。除M3外,应用AN(阿糖胞苷+米托蒽醌)、AD(阿糖胞苷+柔红霉素)、HA(三尖杉酯碱+阿糖胞苷)、AA(阿糖胞苷+阿克拉霉素)、NE(米托蒽醌+Vp16)、HE(三尖杉酯碱+Vp16)标准联合化疗方案,完全缓解后定期用原方案行强化治疗,所有病例化疗均大于2个疗程;M3采用全反式维甲酸分次口服至缓解,然后采用HAD(三尖杉酯碱+阿糖胞苷+柔红霉素)或AN方案强化治疗。
1.5统计学方法
两样本均数的比较用小样本的t检验,两样本率的比较用χ2检验(四格表确切概率法)。
2结果
99例AML患者中有12例(12.12%)表达CD7抗原,其中M2 2例(2/40),M4 5例(5/11),M5 4例(4/16),M6 1例(1/2),在M4中的发生率高于M2(P<0.05),而M4同M5、M5同M2相比差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。CD7+AML临床特征见表1。CD7+AML肝肿大的发生率高于CD7-AML(P<0.05),而在年龄、性别、外周血白细胞计数、原始细胞在骨髓有核细胞中所占比例、淋巴结肿大、脾肿大、中枢神经系统白血病及DIC的发生率方面,两者差异无显著性(P>0.05)。
在12例CD7+AML患者中,6例为正常核型,3例核型异常,分别为46,XX/45,XX,-7;46,XY,17p+,9q+,5q-;46,XY,t(8;21)/47,XY,t(8;21),+8/46,XY。另3例患者因染色体标本无可供分析的中期分裂像而无核型结果。
免疫表型分析发现,12例CD7+AML患者中,11例患者HLA-DR抗原阳性,10例受检患者中3例CD34抗原阳性,8例受检患者(8/8)表达CD38抗原(表2)。
表1CD7+和CD7-AML患者临床特征比较
Table 1Comparison of clinical characteristics between CD7+ and CD7-AML patients
Antigen n Age/years Sex
M∶F WBC
/109 L-1 Blast
/% Hepatomegaly
/% Splenomegaly
/% Lymphadenectasis
/% CNSL
/% DIC
/% CR rate
/% CD7+ 12 42±7△ 9∶3△ 46±34△ 67±16△ 50.00* 16.67△ 33.33△ 8.33△ 16.67△ 41.67* CD7- 87 39±3 56∶31 35±9 72±4 19.54 18.39 41.38 6.90 35.63- 79.31
AML, acute myelocytic leukemia; cNSL, central nervous system leukemia;
*P<0.05, △P>0.05, CD7+vs CD7-.
表212例CD7+AML患者免疫表型特征
Table 2Immunophenotypic characteristics of CD7+AML patients
/%
Patient 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 FAB M5 M6 M5 M4 M4 M4 M2 M4 M5 M2 M4 M5 CD7 44.8 45.0 25.1 32.1 30.6 24.1 56.5 32.8 88.6 40.0 30.2 <