Table 2.

ABCG2 mRNA expression determined by QPCR in CD138 selected human plasma cells from bone marrow aspirates obtained from patients with multiple myeloma prior to and during high-dose chemotherapy, and at the time of relapse




ABCG2 mRNA expression/cell
Patient
Dose level MTV*
Before HDC
During HDC
Relapse from HDC
1   1   143.5   421.3   282.5  
2   1   7.4   12.3   29.6  
3   1   87.9   29.8   ND  
4   1   140.8   67.5   38.9  
5   1   20.6   49.0   ND  
6   1   2.4   24.5   0.1  
7   1   37.6   ND   40.4  
8   2   8.6   18.7   12.4  
9   2   8.7   111.8   62.3  
10   3   33.2   86.4   422.6  
11   3   30.0   35.6   38.9  
12   3   253.2   154.7   ND  
13   3   9.5   ND   44.1  
14   3   10.2   ND   67.7  
15   4   193.8   122.3   1234.8  
16   4   882.6   1133.4   ND  
17   4   443.9   1908.0   ND  
18   4   202.8   1791.1   ND  
19   4   813.6   1595.6   ND  
20   4   446.0   852.5   ND  
21   4   45.9   14.3   ND  
22   4   342.2   164.0   ND  
23   4   1604.1   1877.3   ND  
24   4   558.1   316.2   ND  
25   4   42.9   97.4   ND  
26   4   176.3   ND   354.1  
27   4   100.2   ND   140.6  
28   5   44.2   183.1   ND  
29   5   78.6   146.6   ND  
30   5   53.9   31.6   103.0  
31
 
5
 
24.7
 
2893.8
 
238.2
 



ABCG2 mRNA expression/cell
Patient
Dose level MTV*
Before HDC
During HDC
Relapse from HDC
1   1   143.5   421.3   282.5  
2   1   7.4   12.3   29.6  
3   1   87.9   29.8   ND  
4   1   140.8   67.5   38.9  
5   1   20.6   49.0   ND  
6   1   2.4   24.5   0.1  
7   1   37.6   ND   40.4  
8   2   8.6   18.7   12.4  
9   2   8.7   111.8   62.3  
10   3   33.2   86.4   422.6  
11   3   30.0   35.6   38.9  
12   3   253.2   154.7   ND  
13   3   9.5   ND   44.1  
14   3   10.2   ND   67.7  
15   4   193.8   122.3   1234.8  
16   4   882.6   1133.4   ND  
17   4   443.9   1908.0   ND  
18   4   202.8   1791.1   ND  
19   4   813.6   1595.6   ND  
20   4   446.0   852.5   ND  
21   4   45.9   14.3   ND  
22   4   342.2   164.0   ND  
23   4   1604.1   1877.3   ND  
24   4   558.1   316.2   ND  
25   4   42.9   97.4   ND  
26   4   176.3   ND   354.1  
27   4   100.2   ND   140.6  
28   5   44.2   183.1   ND  
29   5   78.6   146.6   ND  
30   5   53.9   31.6   103.0  
31
 
5
 
24.7
 
2893.8
 
238.2
 

The QPCR was repeated twice for each patient, and the value is the geometric mean of those 2 observations (see “Real-time QPCR”).

MTV indicates melphalan + topotecan + VP-16 phosphate; HDC, high-dose chemotherapy; ND, not done either because of insufficient CD138 cells isolated or because the patient has not relapsed from HDC.

*

Patients on dose level 1 received 3 days of melphalan followed by 2 days of VP-16 phosphate. Those on dose levels 2 to 5 received 3 days of melphalan followed immediately by dose-escalated topotecan each day for 3 days, followed by 2 days of VP-16 phosphate.

The expression of ABCG2 is normalized to that of GAPDH.

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