title: Changes in the granulocyte membrane following chemotherapy for chronic myelogenous leukaemia.
abstract: Granulocytes from patients with chronic myelogenous leukaemia (CML) have been previously shown to have aberrant sialylation of membrane glycoproteins. We have examined the granulocytes from CML patients receiving intermittent chemotherapy to determine the relationship of the oligosaccharide changes to treatment. Compared to cells from non-leukaemic patients, granulocytes from untreated CML patients showed less adherence to nylon wool, decreased reactivity with peanut lectin, and decreased binding of the synthetic chemotactic peptide formyl-methionine-leucine-phenylalanine (FMLP). Granulocytes from CML patients treated with chemotherapy showed nylon wool adherence, peanut lectin reactivity and FMLP binding comparable to non-leukaemic cells. Chemotherapeutic agents may interfere with oligosaccharide synthesis with a resulting change in the composition of cell surface glycoconjugates.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kanani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hindenburg
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Taub
mesh_terms: D000372:Agglutination Tests; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002449:Cell Aggregation / Q000187:drug effects; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D037102:Lectins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D019887:Peanut Agglutinin
chemical_list: D037102:Lectins; D019887:Peanut Agglutinin; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine