title: Expression of H-related antigen on human megakaryocytes and megakaryocytic leukemia cells.
abstract: A mouse monoclonal antibody (MoAb), MG-2, was produced by immunizing a characterized human megakaryoblastic cell line, MEG-01. Since MG-2 reacted with erythrocytes of all ABH blood groups except Oh (O Bombay), and since anti-H MoAb inhibited MG-2 binding to MEG-01 cells, MG-2 is considered to recognize a molecule closely related to blood group antigen H. MG-2 reacted more strongly with normal smaller sized megakaryocytes than with larger sized ones, and not with platelets. The expression of the intrinsic H-related antigen on MEG-01 cells decreased concomitant to megakaryocytic differentiation induced by phorbol esters. This H-related antigen was expressed on leukemia cells with the megakaryocytic features from blast crisis of chronic myelogenous leukemia and acute megakaryoblastic leukemia.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okumura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morishima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ogura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morishita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanimoto
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saito
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis* / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000276:immunology; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007947:Leukemia, Megakaryoblastic, Acute / Q000473:pathology*; D008533:Megakaryocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D014411:Neoplastic Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate