Selective expression of the common acute lymphoblastic leukemia (gp 100) antigen on immature lymphoid cells and their malignant counterparts.
The selectivity of monoclonal antibody J-5 (anti-gp 100, common ALL antigen) for normal and leukemic hemopoietic cells has been investigated. J-5 gave concordant reactions with rabbit anti-cALL, coredistributed on the cell surface, and precipitated a similar if not identical glycoprotein from leukemic and normal tissue. Normal, immature lymphoid cells reactive with J-5 were detected in bone marrow and in fetal thymus. In marrow they were largely coincident with the TdT+ population. J-5 defines a major subgroup of ALL (common ALL) with a favorable prognosis. Of 853 non-ALL acute leukemias investigated, 80 were J-5 positive. These included 14 cases diagnosed as AML, 51 TdT+ blast crises of CGL, and 15 cases diagnosed as "AUL." Of the 14 J-5+ AML, 13 were subsequently rediagnosed either as cALL (10 cases) or mixed lymphoid-myeloid leukemias (3 cases). One-hundred forty-three cases of mature lymphoid cell leukemia (91 B, 52 T) were investigated with J-5; 3 cases only, of disseminated B lymphoma, were positive, albeit weakly. A higher proportion of follicular lymphomas are, however, J-5 positive when studied in sections of biopsy material. A similar pattern of selective reactivity was observed in a series of leukemia/lymphoma cell lines. These studies emphasize the diagnostic value of monoclonal anti-cALL reagents.
D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm / Q000276:immunology; D000937:Antigen-Antibody Reactions; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000276:immunology*; D002460:Cell Line; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007942:Leukemia, Experimental; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000276:immunology; D011817:Rabbits / Q000276:immunology; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm