Effects of TNFAIP3 and PDE4B on apoptosis and invasion of tumor cells in diffuse large B cell lymphoma

Objective: To study the effects of TNFAIP3 and PDE4B on apoptosis and invasion of tumor cells in diffuse large B cell lymphoma. Methods: A total of 68 patients who were diagnosed with diffuse large B cell lymphoma in Guangzhou 421 Hospital of PLA between August 2014 and July 2017 were selected as the DLBCL group of the study, and 34 patients who accepted lymph node biopsy due to lymphadenectasis and were diagnosed with reactive lymphoid hyperplasias in Guangzhou 421 Hospital of PLA during the same period were selected as the control group. The expression levels of TNFAIP3, PDE4B, apoptosis genes and invasion genes in lymph node tissue were determined. Results: TNFAIP3, PTEN, PTPL1 and Bax protein expression in lesion tissue of DLBCL group were significantly lower than those of control group whereas PDE4B, c-myc, AURKA, AURKB, PLK1, Ets-1, β-catenin, MMP7, MMP9 and CD44 protein expression were significantly higher than those of control group;PTEN, PTPL1 and Bax protein expression in DLBCL lesions were positively correlated with TNFAIP3 protein expression and negatively correlated with PDE4B protein expression;c-myc, AURKA, AURKB, PLK1, Ets-1, β-catenin, MMP7, MMP9 and CD44 protein expression were negatively correlated with TNFAIP3 protein expression and positively correlated with PDE4B protein expression. Conclusion: The low expression of TNFAIP3 and the high expression of PDE4B in diffuse large B cell lymphoma can antagonize tumor cell apoptosis and promote tumor cell invasion.