title: Establishment and characterization of human B-cell lymphoma cell lines using B-cell growth factor.
abstract: B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHL-B) have been difficult to establish in long-term cell culture using standard techniques. We report the establishment of five representative cell lines from high grade NHL-B using B-cell growth factor (BCGF). The five NHL-B cell lines display the morphologic, immunophenotypic, genotypic, and biologic characteristics of the lymphoma cells present in the original diagnostic specimen. The cell lines showed at least a sevenfold dose-dependent increase in proliferation in vitro over background in the presence of BCGF. Other putative B-cell growth-stimulating cytokines showed no significant proliferative activity or were inhibitory in some cases. NHL-B cell lines secreted growth factor(s) into culture supernatants that mediated at least a fivefold dose-dependent increase in cell proliferation in autochthonous lymphoma cells and a 10-fold or greater stimulation in growth factor-dependent normal B cell lines in vitro. The cell lines show monoclonal rearrangements of IgH genes and nonrandom chromosomal abnormalities characteristic of NHL-B, while the expression of Epstein-Barr virus associated antigen (EBNA-I) is present in two of the five cell lines. The studies show that lineage-specific growth factors may be used to establish neoplastic B cell lines in vitro, which are important experimental systems for cellular and molecular studies in the NHL-B.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Pathology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston 77030.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goodacre
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ramirez
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cabanillas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002460:Cell Line; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D005260:Female; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000378:metabolism; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007621:Karyotyping; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010641:Phenotype
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D015847:Interleukin-4