Thepurposeofthestudyistoestablishafluorescencequantitativereversetranscriptionpoly-merasechainresponse(FQ-RT-PCR)methodforthequantitativedeterminationofIL-2mRNAandIL-4mRNAinThcells,withwhichtheThcellsstatusofthepatientswithgynaecologicaltumorsandchronicrenalfailure(CRF)canbeanalyzed.IL-2cDNAandIL-4cDNAwereprepared,andtheplasmidpMD18carryingIL-2cDNAorIL-4cDNAfragmentwasconstructedandclonedasthetemplateforquantitativedetermination.Theprimersandprobeslabelledwith6-carboxy-fluorescein(FAM)and6-carboxy-tetrarnethylrhodamine(TAMRA)wereprepared,andtheexperimentalconditionswereoptimizedtosetuptheFQ-RT-PCRmethodforquantitativedeterminationofIL-2mRNAandEL-4mRNA.Thcellsenrichedfromperipheralbloodmononuclearcells(PBMCs)of20healthyvolunteers(HVs),16gynaecologicalbenign(GB)cases,18gynaecologicalmalignant(GM)tumorcasesand16chronicrenalfailure(CRF)patientsweretestedforIL-2mRNAandIL-4mRNAbyFQ-RT-PCR.Thehouse-keepinggeneβ-actinwasusedastheinternalcontrolgeneoftheexperiment.Thestandardcurveforlogconcentrationofseriesofquantitativetemplatesvsthresholdcycle(CT)wasestablishedbylinearregression,andthelinearrangewas102-107copies/μl.TheimprecisiontestshowedtheCVofinter-assayandintra-assayofahighcontentsamplebyFQ-RT-PCRwere7.8%and12.5%,respectively.TheCVofinter-assayandintra-assayofalowcontentsamplewere10.8%and19.5%,respectively.TheIL-2mRNAexpressionsinThofthepatientswithgynaecologicalmalignanttumor(comparedwiththeHVsandthepatientswithgynaecologicalbenigndisease)andinThoftheCRFpatients(comparedwiththeHVs)weredeclinedsignificantlyandatthesametimetheIL-4mRNAexpressionincreasedsignificantly(P<0.001).Asimple,sensitiveandaccurateFQ-RT-PCRmethodforthequantitativedetectionofIL-2mRNAandIL-4mRNAhasbeenestablished.TheIL-2mRNAandIL-4m
