Soluble Hemojuvelin and Ferritin: Potential Prognostic Markers in Pediatric Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

Objective: Iron overload (IO) is a common and life-threatening complication resulting from the therapy of AL and HCT patients. This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of 12 serum biomarkers of iron metabolism in pediatric patients treated for AL or undergoing HCT. Patients: Overall, 50 pat...

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Main Authors: Jan Styczyński, Artur Słomka, Monika Łęcka, Katarzyna Albrecht, Michał Romiszewski, Monika Pogorzała, Małgorzata Kubicka, Beata Kuryło-Rafińska, Barbara Tejza, Grażyna Gadomska, Ewelina Kolańska-Dams, Małgorzata Michalska, Ewa Żekanowska
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/4/1041
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author Jan Styczyński
Artur Słomka
Monika Łęcka
Katarzyna Albrecht
Michał Romiszewski
Monika Pogorzała
Małgorzata Kubicka
Beata Kuryło-Rafińska
Barbara Tejza
Grażyna Gadomska
Ewelina Kolańska-Dams
Małgorzata Michalska
Ewa Żekanowska
author_facet Jan Styczyński
Artur Słomka
Monika Łęcka
Katarzyna Albrecht
Michał Romiszewski
Monika Pogorzała
Małgorzata Kubicka
Beata Kuryło-Rafińska
Barbara Tejza
Grażyna Gadomska
Ewelina Kolańska-Dams
Małgorzata Michalska
Ewa Żekanowska
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description Objective: Iron overload (IO) is a common and life-threatening complication resulting from the therapy of AL and HCT patients. This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of 12 serum biomarkers of iron metabolism in pediatric patients treated for AL or undergoing HCT. Patients: Overall, 50 patients with AL after intensive treatment and 32 patients after HCT were prospectively included in the study. AL patients at diagnosis and healthy controls served as reference groups. Methods: The impact of the following 12 serum iron metabolism parameters on the outcome of AL/HCT patients was analyzed: iron, transferrin (Tf), total iron-binding capacity (TIBC), ferritin, ferritin heavy chains (FTH1), ferritin light chains (FTL), hepcidin, soluble hemojuvelin (sHJV), soluble ferroportin-1 (sFPN1), erythroferrone (ERFE), erythropoietin (EPO), and soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR). Results: With a median follow-up of 2.2 years, high levels of ferritin and low levels of sHJV had an adverse prognostic impact on OS and EFS in children after HCT. If these patients were combined with those with AL after intensive chemotherapy, the results were confirmed for OS and EFS both for ferritin and sHJV. Conclusions: Among the 12 analyzed serum parameters of iron metabolism, increased levels of ferritin and decreased levels of sHJV had an adverse prognostic impact on survival in children after HCT. More data are needed to clarify the relationship between ferritin, sHJV, and mortality of AL children after intensive chemotherapy, and more extensive prospective studies are required to prove sHJV predictivity.
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spelling doaj.art-e81a75ffc45c4145a532d309fa7d7b912023-11-16T19:35:18ZengMDPI AGCancers2072-66942023-02-01154104110.3390/cancers15041041Soluble Hemojuvelin and Ferritin: Potential Prognostic Markers in Pediatric Hematopoietic Cell TransplantationJan Styczyński0Artur Słomka1Monika Łęcka2Katarzyna Albrecht3Michał Romiszewski4Monika Pogorzała5Małgorzata Kubicka6Beata Kuryło-Rafińska7Barbara Tejza8Grażyna Gadomska9Ewelina Kolańska-Dams10Małgorzata Michalska11Ewa Żekanowska12Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Jurasz University Hospital, Collegium Medicum Nicolaus Copernicus University Torun, 85-094 Bydgoszcz, PolandDepartment of Pathophysiology, Collegium Medicum Nicolaus Copernicus University Torun, 85-094 Bydgoszcz, PolandDepartment of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Jurasz University Hospital, Collegium Medicum Nicolaus Copernicus University Torun, 85-094 Bydgoszcz, PolandDepartment of Oncology, Hematology, Bone Marrow Transplantation and Pediatrics, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-091 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Oncology, Hematology, Bone Marrow Transplantation and Pediatrics, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-091 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Jurasz University Hospital, Collegium Medicum Nicolaus Copernicus University Torun, 85-094 Bydgoszcz, PolandDepartment of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Jurasz University Hospital, Collegium Medicum Nicolaus Copernicus University Torun, 85-094 Bydgoszcz, PolandDepartment of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Jurasz University Hospital, Collegium Medicum Nicolaus Copernicus University Torun, 85-094 Bydgoszcz, PolandDepartment of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Jurasz University Hospital, Collegium Medicum Nicolaus Copernicus University Torun, 85-094 Bydgoszcz, PolandDepartment of Pathophysiology, Collegium Medicum Nicolaus Copernicus University Torun, 85-094 Bydgoszcz, PolandDepartment of Pathophysiology, Collegium Medicum Nicolaus Copernicus University Torun, 85-094 Bydgoszcz, PolandDepartment of Pathophysiology, Collegium Medicum Nicolaus Copernicus University Torun, 85-094 Bydgoszcz, PolandDepartment of Pathophysiology, Collegium Medicum Nicolaus Copernicus University Torun, 85-094 Bydgoszcz, PolandObjective: Iron overload (IO) is a common and life-threatening complication resulting from the therapy of AL and HCT patients. This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of 12 serum biomarkers of iron metabolism in pediatric patients treated for AL or undergoing HCT. Patients: Overall, 50 patients with AL after intensive treatment and 32 patients after HCT were prospectively included in the study. AL patients at diagnosis and healthy controls served as reference groups. Methods: The impact of the following 12 serum iron metabolism parameters on the outcome of AL/HCT patients was analyzed: iron, transferrin (Tf), total iron-binding capacity (TIBC), ferritin, ferritin heavy chains (FTH1), ferritin light chains (FTL), hepcidin, soluble hemojuvelin (sHJV), soluble ferroportin-1 (sFPN1), erythroferrone (ERFE), erythropoietin (EPO), and soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR). Results: With a median follow-up of 2.2 years, high levels of ferritin and low levels of sHJV had an adverse prognostic impact on OS and EFS in children after HCT. If these patients were combined with those with AL after intensive chemotherapy, the results were confirmed for OS and EFS both for ferritin and sHJV. Conclusions: Among the 12 analyzed serum parameters of iron metabolism, increased levels of ferritin and decreased levels of sHJV had an adverse prognostic impact on survival in children after HCT. More data are needed to clarify the relationship between ferritin, sHJV, and mortality of AL children after intensive chemotherapy, and more extensive prospective studies are required to prove sHJV predictivity.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/4/1041childrenacute leukemiahematopoietic cell transplantationiron metabolismferritinhemojuvelin
spellingShingle Jan Styczyński
Artur Słomka
Monika Łęcka
Katarzyna Albrecht
Michał Romiszewski
Monika Pogorzała
Małgorzata Kubicka
Beata Kuryło-Rafińska
Barbara Tejza
Grażyna Gadomska
Ewelina Kolańska-Dams
Małgorzata Michalska
Ewa Żekanowska
Soluble Hemojuvelin and Ferritin: Potential Prognostic Markers in Pediatric Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Cancers
children
acute leukemia
hematopoietic cell transplantation
iron metabolism
ferritin
hemojuvelin
title Soluble Hemojuvelin and Ferritin: Potential Prognostic Markers in Pediatric Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
title_full Soluble Hemojuvelin and Ferritin: Potential Prognostic Markers in Pediatric Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
title_fullStr Soluble Hemojuvelin and Ferritin: Potential Prognostic Markers in Pediatric Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
title_full_unstemmed Soluble Hemojuvelin and Ferritin: Potential Prognostic Markers in Pediatric Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
title_short Soluble Hemojuvelin and Ferritin: Potential Prognostic Markers in Pediatric Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
title_sort soluble hemojuvelin and ferritin potential prognostic markers in pediatric hematopoietic cell transplantation
topic children
acute leukemia
hematopoietic cell transplantation
iron metabolism
ferritin
hemojuvelin
url https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/4/1041
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