Hematolojik malignitelerde plazma thrombospondin düzeyleri

Amaç: Trombospondin (TSP) trombositler, megakaryositler, endotel hücreleri, düz kas hücreleri, fibroblastlar, pnömositler, makrofajlar, monositler ve tümör hücreleri tarafından salgılanan adhesiv özellik gösteren bir glikoproteindir. TSP'nin tümör metastazında çok önemli oynadığı bilinmektedir. Çalışmamızda hematolojik malignitesi olan olguların plazma TSP düzeyini sağlıklı bireylerle ve tanılarına göre birbirleri ile kıyaslamayı amaçladık. Yöntem: Bu çalışmada 53 hematolojik maligniteli hasta ile 31 sağlıklı erişkinin plazma TSP düzeyleri "sandwich ELlZA" yöntemi ile ölçülerek kıyaslanmıştır. Bulgular: Tüm hastalar ele alındığında hastaların serum TSP düzeyi sağlıklı bireylerinkinden farksız bulundu (P=0.97). Kontrol grubu da dahil olmak üzere tüm grupların analizi, gruplar arasında TSP düzeyi açısından anlamlı bir fark olmadığını gösterdi (P=0.21). MDS/KML grubunun median TSP düzeyi AML grubununkinden anlamlı olarak yüksek bulundu (P=0.045). Kontrol grubu da dahil olmak üzere tüm altgruplarm analizi, altgruplar arasında TSP düzeyi açısından anlamlı bir fark olduğunu gösterdi (P=0.0024). Sonuç: Hematolojik malignitelerde solid malignitelerden farklı olarak normal ya da düşük plazma TSP düzeyleri ile karşılaşmamız sürpriz oldu. Açıklayıcı yorumlarda bulunabilmek için hasta sayısının daha çok olduğu çalışmaların yapılması gereklidir. Plazma TSP düzeylerindeki düşüklük hematolojik malignitelerin biyolojilerinin solid malignitelerin biyolojilerinden farklılığının bir göstergesi olarak da ele alınabilir.

Plasma thrombospondin levels in hematologic malignancies

Objective: Thrombospondin (TSP) is an adhesive glycoprotein secreted by different types of cells, namely thrombocytes, endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells, fibroblasts, macrophages, monocytes and tumor cells. It is well-known that TSP plays an important role in tumor metastasis. We aimed to compare plasma TSP levels of patients with hematologic malignancies to normal healthy ones and with each other according to different diagnosis. Methods: In this study plasma TSP levels of 53 patients with hematological malignancy and 31 healthy controls were measured by sandwich ELISA method and then compared. Results: Overall plasma TSP levels of patients were not different from those of healthy controls (P=0.97). Overall analysis of all groups including controls revealed no difference of plasma TSP levels (P=0.21). Furthermore pairwise comparison of groups showed that median plasma TSP level of MDS/KML group was significantly high in comparison to that of acute leukemia group (P=0.045). Overall analysis plasma TSP levels of all subgroups including controls revealed a significant difference among them (P=0.0024). Conclusion: We are surprised by low plasma TSP levels in hematological malignancies unlike solid malignancies. Studies holding more patients are needed. Actually low plasma levels of TSP may be an indicator of the biological difference between hematologic and solid malignancies.

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