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Immunocytochemical detection of the expression of the MRP gene and the MDR1 gene in clinical specimens might be affected by several factors. Thus, we studied the impact of monoclonal antibodies, sample source (peripheral blood vs bone marrow) and disease status on the expression of multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP) as well as P-glycoprotein (P-gp) in leukemic cells of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). MRP expression was determined by means of anti-MRP antibodies (QCRL-1, QCRL-3, QCRL-1/QCRL-3 or MRPr1). In the case of P-gp, monoclonal antibodies C219 and MRK16 were used. High MRP expression ranged from 5 to 35% and high P-gp expression from 5 to 14% of the specimens. A fair correlation between results obtained with QCRL-1/QCRL-3 and those obtained with MRPr1, as well as a moderate correlation between C219 and MRK16, were seen. MRP and P-gp expression of peripheral blood blasts were similar to those of bone marrow blasts in the majority of cases. The degrees of MRP expression at the time of diagnosis were also similar to the degrees of expression at relapse, albeit an analysis of sequential MRP expression in 13 patients indicated an increase of expression at relapse in six patients as compared to the time of diagnosis.
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Filipits, M., Suchomel, R., Lechner, K. et al. Immunocytochemical detection of the multidrug resistance-associated protein and P-glycoprotein in acute myeloid leukemia: impact of antibodies, sample source and disease status. Leukemia 11, 1073–1077 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2400655
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