Abstract:Objective To detect the serum levels of high mobility group protein B1 (HMGB1), Vitamin D3, and to explore their correlations with the progress of patients with multiple myeloma (MM). Methods The serum samples from 145 cases of MM patients and 150 cases of healthy volunteers were collected, the enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to determine the levels of serum HMGB1, vitamin D3, 2-microglobulin (β2-M) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH). The levels of serum HMGB1, Vitamin D3, β2-M, LDH in MM patients in different stages and with different prognosis (totally recover and relapse after partially recover) after follow-up were compared. The correlation between the levels of serum HMGB1/Vitamin D3 with levels of serum β2-M / LDH were analyzed. Predictive values of serum HMGB1 and vitamin D3 on prognosis of MM patients were evaluated by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. Results Compared to the healthy volunteers, the levels of serum HMGB1, β2-M, LDH in MM patients increased, while the level of serum vitamin D3 decreased (P < 0.05). The levels of serum HMGB1, β2-M and LDH in MM patients with stage I, II and III increased gradually. The level of serum vitamin D3 decreased gradually (P < 0.05). In the patients who totally recover, the levels of serum HMGB1, β2-M, LDH were lower than those in the patients who suffer a relapse after partially recover, and the level of serum Vitamin D3 was higher (P < 0.05). In MM patients, the level of serum HMGB1 was positively related with levels of serum β2-M and LDH,the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). There were positive correlations between serum HMGB1 and β2-M, LDH in MM patients (r = 0.524 and 0.412, P < 0.05); the level of serum vitamin D3 was negatively related with level of serum β2-M and LDH, the difference was statistically significant (r = -0.401 or -0.382, P < 0.05). The results of ROC curve showed that the sensitivity and specificity of combined detection of serum HMGB1 and vitamin D3 for predicting the prognosis of MM patients were 0.776 and 0.745, respectively, which were higher than those of single detection of them. Conclusions The level of serum HMGB1 increased and the level of serum vitamin D3 decreased, which has influence on the occurrence and progress of MM. They may be used as an auxiliary index for evaluating MM condition and predicting prognosis.