title: Defective antibody-dependent and lectin-induced polymorphonuclear cytotoxicity in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.
abstract: A short-term 51Cr-release assay was employed to investigate polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) antibody-dependent (ADCC) and phytohemaglutinin-induced (PHA-ICC) cytotoxicity against chicken erythrocytes in 28 patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). MDS patients PMN-mediated ADCC and PHA-ICC were significantly reduced when compared to normal donors. When the patients were subdivided according to the revised FAB classification, a reduction in PHA-ICC from the RAEB group and a progressive impairment of ADCC from RA to RAEB-t patients was observed. These abnormalities may be ascribed to a reduced number of effector cells or to a metabolic impairment of their cytolytic capacity. These PMN functional deficiences may contribute to the increased susceptibility to infectious diseases, irrespective of the presence of granulocytopenia.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chirurgia, Università Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fontana
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Sanctis
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bottari
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Petti
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mandelli
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000920:Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D010835:Phytohemagglutinins