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http://dx.doi.org/10.15616/BSL.2015.21.4.227

Detection of EBV-encoded Small RNA from Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma Patients by RT-PCR Method

Yoo, Tae Hyun (Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Yonsei University)
Lee, Min Ho (Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Yonsei University)
Park, Min (Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Yonsei University)
Lee, Jaewang (Department of Hospital Pathology, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea)
Woo, Hyun Jun (Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Yonsei University)
Kim, Hyun Woo (Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Yonsei University)
Yang, Ji Yeong (Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Yonsei University)
Kwon, Hye Jin (Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Yonsei University)
Yeon, Min Ji (Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Yonsei University)
Kim, Jong-Bae (Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Yonsei University)

Abstract

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has a pathogenic role in several lymphomas including diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). In this study, we detected EBV from formalin-fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissues of DLBCL patients by RT-PCR and compared the sensitivity of the RT-PCR method to in situ hybridization (ISH) method. The RNA was extracted from 91 FFPE samples with DLBCL and amplified with primers targeting EBV-encoded small RNA (EBER) by RT-PCR. When using the RT-PCR method, 13 of 91 patients (14.3%) were positive and among these 13 cases, 7 cases (7.7%) were from > 50-year-old patients that is classified as EBV positive DLBCL of the elderly. In previous results using ISH method, 3 of 91 patients (3.3%) were positive and 2 case (2.4%) were older than 50-year-old. These results indicate that RT-PCR method used in this study shows a higher sensitivity than ISH method. The ratio of male versus female among the EBV positive samples was 1.2:1 with the ratio of male higher. If RT-PCR method having high sensitivity is used simultaneously as well as the ISH method providing the information of the EBV positive cellular location, it is expected that EBV will be more accurately detected.

Keywords

EBV; EBER; RT-PCR; DLBCL;

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