Impact of Iron Overload by Transfusion on Survival and Leukemia Transformation of Myelodysplastic Syndromes in a Single Center of China
Hematology(2021)
Abstract
INTRODUCTION:Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are a heterogeneous group of diseases which are prone to progress into acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Iron overload (IOL) caused by transfusion occurred in most MDS patients. But how IOL influences MDS progression has not been clarified yet.METHODS:Herein, we collected clinical data from 143 MDS patients to investigate the impacts of IOL on patients survival and AML transformation.RESULTS:We found that median survival time, 3-year survival rate, leukemia-free survival (LFS) time were significantly shorter in patients with IOL than those with non-iron overload (NIOL) (P = 0.040; P = 0.044; P = 0.037). Besides, IOL was more likely to be found in higher-risk subgroups (assessed by IPSS and WPSS) of MDS patients which also promoted 2-year AML transformation. Furthermore, the serum ferritin (SF) was significantly correlated with the overall survival (OS) of MDS patients (r = -0.311, P < 0.05). The concentrations of both intracellular iron and reactive oxygen species (ROS) in CD34+ cells of bone marrow were higher in the IOL group than the NIOL group, respectively (P = 0.0426; P = 0.0185). Moreover, ROS level was closely correlated with the percentage of bone marrow blasts (r = 0.7200, P = 0.0370). Collectively, IOL threatened the survival of MDS patients and promoted AML transformation.CONCLUSION:Elevated intracellular iron and ROS in CD34+ cells of bone marrow could accelerate the abnormal proliferation of blasts.
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Key words
Iron overload,red blood cell transfusion,survival,acute myeloid leukemia,myelodysplastic syndromes
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