Objective To investigate the risk genes for predicting the development of chronic hepatitis B( CHB) cirrhosis using gene chip technology. Methods A total of 40 CHB patients who visited Shanghai First People's Hospital from April 2008 to December 2010 were enrolled as a clinical cohort and were divided into S0,S1,S2,S3,and S4 groups,with 8 patients in each group. Liver biopsy was performed to determine fibrosis stage with the Scheuer pathological score as the criteria,and clinical data and liver tissue samples were reserved. The Human Affymetrix Gene Chip was used to establish the gene expression profiles of liver tissues in CHB patients,and the significance analysis of microarrays( SAM) and prediction analysis of microarrays( PAM) were used to screen out the risk genomes for predicting the development of CHB cirrhosis. Quantitative real- time PCR was used to measure the mRNA expression of risk genes in liver tissue. The chi- square test was used for comparison of categorical data. The t- test and a one- way analysis of variance were used for comparison of normally distributed continuous data,and SNK- q test was used for further comparison between any two groups; the Mann- Whitney U rank sum test was used for comparison of non- normally distributed continuous data. Results A total of 1674 differentially expressed genes were screened out by Affymetrix Gene Chip. A cluster analysis of these genes showed that gene expression showed differences between groups with different fibrosis stages,which suggested that the gene expression profile was well consistent with fibrosis stage. Four different classification methods were used for analysis,and 87 significant genes were screened out by SAM and 14 “high- risk”genes were screened out by PAM. The quantitative real- time PCR showed the expression of 6 risk genes( CD24,CXCL6,EHF,ITGBL1,LUM,and SOX9) differed significantly between groups S0,S1- 3,and S4( P < 0. 05),and the S1- 3 and S4 groups showed significantly upregulated expression of these genes compared with the S0 group( all P < 0. 05). Conclusion The 6 high- risk factors screened out and verified by gene chip technology help to predict the probability of developing liver cirrhosis in CHB patients and can be used as the diagnostic genes for predicting hepatitis B cirrhosis.
慢性乙型肝炎(CHB)相关的慢加急性肝衰竭(acute-on-chronic hepatitis B liver failure,ACHBLF)是在慢性HBV感染引起的CHB基础上出现的急性严重肝功能障碍临床综合征,病死率极高。因我国慢性HBV的高感染率,ACHBLF已成为影响患者生存质量的重要因素[1]。在CHB向ACHBLF进展过程中,存在着患者肝功能急剧恶化,但尚未达到肝衰竭的“肝衰竭前期(pre-ACHBLF)”阶段[2],如能在此阶段进行预警及干预,则有可能预防进一步发展为肝衰竭。
目前普遍认为细胞免疫功能紊乱是ACHBLF发生的病理机制之一,许多免疫细胞如髓系抑制性细胞(myeloid-derived suppressor cells, MDSC)、调节性T淋巴细胞(Treg)、分泌IL-17的CD4 T淋巴细胞(IL-17-producing CD4 T cells,Th17)和细胞毒性T淋巴细胞等在肝衰竭的发病中发挥重要作用[3-5]。尽管既往许多研究已证实肝衰竭发病与免疫密切相关,但pre-ACHBLF阶段的免疫状态及其与疾病进展的关系尚不清楚,因此本研究探讨了MDSC、Th17、Treg和分泌IL-17的CD8 T淋巴细胞(IL-17-producing CD8 T cells, Tc17)在pre-ACHBLF和ACHBLF患者中的表达,以期为ACHBLF的早期治疗提供思路。
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