title: Reactivity of anti-CD15 monoclonal antibody PM-81 with breast cancer and elimination of breast cancer cells from human bone marrow by PM-81 and immunomagnetic beads.
abstract: The CD15 carbohydrate antigen, lacto-N-fucopentaose III is expressed on a variety of human cancer cells including acute myeloid leukemia, small cell carcinoma of the lung, and colorectal carcinomas. We have found that cells from breast cancer cell lines and patient-derived tissue are strongly CD15 positive, as seen by binding to the PM-81 monoclonal antibody. In this report we show that monoclonal antibody PM-81 and immunomagnetic beads can remove breast cancer cells from bone marrow and thus be used as "purging" agents for autologous bone marrow transplantation. PM-81 and immunomagnetic beads removed up to 3 log of SK-BR-3 and MCF7 breast carcinoma cell line cells while minimally affecting normal hematopoietic progenitor cells. This technique may be useful for purging marrow for autologous bone marrow transplantation in breast cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03756.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Vredenburgh
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Memoli
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Ball
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation / Q000276:immunology*; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000276:immunology*; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002469:Cell Separation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D016256:Lewis X Antigen; D008280:Magnetics
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D016256:Lewis X Antigen