title: Isoferritins in acute leukaemia.
abstract: Leucocytes containing a high proportion of blast cells were obtained from 11 patients with acute myeloid leukaemia, and leucocytes were also obtained from 2 normal subjects. Ferritin was partially purified from leucocyte extracts and subjected to anion-exchange chromatography and isoelectric focusing. The Fe content of leucocyte ferritin was low, and in all but one case the preparations contained isoferritins corresponding to those found in normal tissues or serum. Only some of the preparations contained the relatively acidic isoferritins which have been described as "carcinofoetal", but which are also present in normal heart and kidney. Ferritin from one patient contained isoferritins of lower isoelectric point than heart ferritin. These results show that there does not appear to be any specific isoelectric focusing pattern for leukaemic cells, and that assays for acidic isoferritins are unlikely to be of use in the diagnosis of leukaemia and in monitoring treatment. However, the very acidic protein found in one preparation suggests that the search for abnormal subunits of ferritin may be fruitful in acute leukaemia.
mesh_terms: D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D005260:Female; D005293:Ferritins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000032:analysis; D007525:Isoelectric Focusing; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000097:blood*; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000032:analysis*; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D005293:Ferritins; D007501:Iron
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