title: Low IL-1 beta production in leukemic cells from progressive B cell chronic leukemia (B-CLL).
abstract: In vitro production of IL-1 beta by cells from 32 patients with benign monoclonal lymphocytosis of undetermined significance (MLUS) and B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) was investigated. Normal B lymphocytes (2 x 10(6)) secreted approximately 5 ng/ml of IL-1 beta during 24 h and approximately ten times more after stimulation with Staphylococcus aureus, strain Cowan 1 (SAC). When patients were studied, a loss of IL-1 beta production was found in leukemic cells from progressive disease. Cells from MLUS patients secreted near normal levels of IL-1 beta and responded to SAC stimulation, whereas cells from patients with progressive B-CLL produced no, or little IL-1 beta, and did not respond to SAC. Loss of IL-1 beta production in progressively growing B-CLL may be related to an increased malignant character of these cells. This is discussed in relation to the immunogenicity of the leukemic cells and their capacity to differentiate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aguilar-Santelises
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Amador
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mellstedt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jondal
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1