A new human T-cell differentiation antigen: unexpected expression on chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells - PubMed (original) (raw)

A new human T-cell differentiation antigen: unexpected expression on chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells

P J Martin et al. Immunogenetics. 1980.

Abstract

Monoclonal antibody 10.2 reacts with a monomorphic antigen expressed on the surface of virtually all thymocytes, as well as thymus-dependent lymphocytes in the peripheral blood and bone marrow. In contrast, antibody 10.2 did not react with normal peripheral blood B cells, monocytes, or the non-T-cell fraction of bone marrow. This complement fixing IgG2a antibody also reacted with established leukemic T-cell lines, but not with cell lines of either normal or malignant B-cell origin. Similarly, when tested against acute leukemia blasts, the 10.2 antibody reacted with those from patients with T-cell acute leukemia, but not with those from patients with acute null cell or non-lymphocytic leukemia. An unexpected exception to this pattern was the reaction of 10.2 antibody with leukemic cells from patients with B-cell type chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Immune precipitates formed with 10.2 antibody and detergent lysates of radiolabeled T-cells contained three polypeptides with molecular weights of 65 000, 55 000, and 50 000 daltons. It has not been determined whether all three of these polypeptides contain the 10.2 antigenic determinant, or whether these proteins represent a multimeric antigen complex.

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