title: Establishment and characterization of a clonal human T-cell line, MKB-1 derived from a patient with acute myeloblastic leukemia.
abstract: A human T-cell line, designated as MKB-1, was established by cloning procedures in a suspension culture from a peripheral blood of a 17-year-old female patient with acute myeloblastic leukemia. The immunological marker profile of MKB-1 indicated that unlike a myeloid phenotype of the original leukemic cells, the cells were positive for CD3 (both cell surface and cytoplasm), T cell receptor (TcR) alpha/beta heterodimer, CD4, CD5, CD7, CD10, CD57 (Leu7), SN-1 and the cytoplasmic TcR beta chain. These findings indicate the T cell nature of the established cells. Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT) was also detected in 60%. We did not detect markers of human myeloid and B cell associated antigens, HLA-class II or immunoglobulin chains. Cytogenetic study revealed that the MKB-1 cells had a female hypo-tetraploid karyotype with chromosomal abnormalities including a translocation between chromosomes 10 and 14. The breakpoint of chromosome 14 of this translocation, 14q11.2, is known to be the location of TcR alpha and delta genes; t(10; 14) (q26; q11.2) is a variant type of a T cell neoplasm-associated translocation, t (10; 14) (q24; q11.2). The MKB-1 cell line is unusual in that its T cell characteristics are phenotypically and cytogenetically distinct from the original myeloid leukemia cells.
authors.affiliation: Fujisaki Cell Center, Hayashibara biochemical laboratories.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsuo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tomiyasu
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shirakawa
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sagawa
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Minowada
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000032:analysis; D002879:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10; D002883:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes; D014178:Translocation, Genetic; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD