Journal of Practical Hepatology ›› 2021, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (5): 721-724.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-5069.2021.05.029

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Clinical significance of serum autophagy-related proteins in patients with hepatitis B virus-induced acute on chronic liver failure

Huang Shuangxiang, Yao Chaoguang, Lan Jing, et al   

  1. Department of Gastroenterology, Hechi People's Hospital Affiliated to Youjiang Medical College of Nationalities, Hechi 547000, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
  • Received:2020-01-06 Published:2021-10-21

Abstract: Objective The aim of this study was to explore the clinical significance of serum p62, microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3-II (LC3-II) and Beclin1 in patients with hepatitis B virus infection-induced acute-on-chronic liver failure (HBV-ACLF). Methods Sixty patients with HBV-ACLF and 65 subjects who underwent physical examination in our hospital during the same period were recruited in this study between September 2018 and September 2020. The scores of model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) were calculated. Serum 62, Beclin1 and LC3-II levels were detected by ELISA. The predictive efficacy of serum p62, Beclin1 and LC3-II as well as MELD for prognosis of patients with HBV-ACLF was evaluated by area under the receiver operating characteristic curves (AUROC). Results At admission, serum LC3-Ⅱ and Beclin1 levels in patients with HBV-ACLF were (66.8±13.5)ng/mL and (11.7±3.6)ng/mL, both significantly higher than [(35.8±6.2)ng/mL and (8.2±2.9)ng/mL, respectively, P<0.05], while serum p62 level was (2.5±0.9)ng/mL, significantly lower than [(4.5±1.6)ng/mL, P<0.05] in the control; at day 90, 18 patients(30.0%)died; serum LC3-Ⅱ, Beclin1 levels and MELD score in dead patients at presentation were (76.25±12.1)ng/mL, (10.9±3.2)ng/mL and (20.1±3.3), all significantly higher than [(62.8±10.2)ng/mL,(13.4±3.5)ng/mL and (16.7±4.6), respectively, P<0.05], while serum p62 level was (1.7±0.6)ng/mL, much lower than in the survivals; the ROC analysis showed that serum p62<2.2 ng/mL, LC3-Ⅱ>70.3 ng/mL and Beclin1>12.6 ng/mL were set as the cut-off-value, the AUC were 0.856, 0.820 and 0.765 in predicting the poor prognosis of patients with HBV-ACLF, and the AUC of the three combination was 0.910, similar to 0.917 by MELD score when greater than 18.3 of it was set as the cut-off-value. Conclusion Serum p62, LC3-II and Beclin1 levels might be monitored and applied to predict the prognosis of patients with HBV-ACLF.

Key words: Acute-on-chronic liver failure, Microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3-II, p62, Beclin1, Prognosis, Diagnostic trial