title: Leukemia-specific serum from a child showing an immunofluorescent pattern distinct from J-5 monoclonal antibody directed for CD10 (common ALL antigen).
abstract: Leukemia-specific human antibody was detected in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treated with chemoimmunotherapy. Chemoimmunotherapy consists of standard chemotherapy and subcutaneous injections of irradiated ALL cells with a biological response modifier. This ALL-specific serum reacted in 60 out of 67 (89.5%) children with ALL and was not reactive with normal cells. Furthermore, this ALL-specific serum showed a different immunofluorescent pattern on dual staining as compared with J-5 monoclonal antibody directed for common ALL antigen (CALLA; CD10). J-5 did not block the reactivity of ALL-specific serum, and vice versa, when CD10-positive ALL cell lines were used as targets. These findings suggest the possibility that there exists an ALL-specific antigen(s) which is different from CALLA and that this antigen(s) elicits a tumor-specific antibody response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie-Ken, Japan.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Azuma
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Komada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakurai
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D015452:Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000276:immunology*; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000276:immunology* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation