title: Expression on leukemic cells and serum circulating levels of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia: implications for prognosis.
abstract: Expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) has been correlated clinical and laboratory characteristics of 62 patients with untreated CD5+ chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). ICAM-1 was detected on B-CLL cells from 19 out of 62 patients (30.6%) and its expression did not correlate with the majority of immunological markers. An important finding of this study was the association between ICAM-1 expression and mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) of Slg (r = 0.507; P < 0.001). As far as correlation with clinical parameters is concerned, a statistically significant association between Binet clinical stages and ICAM-1 expression was found (P < 0.05). Furthermore, an atypical CLL morphology was more frequently encountered among patients who expressed ICAM-1 (P < 0.005). To obtain more information on the role of ICAM-1 in CLL we measured serum levels with a sandwich enzyme immunoassay. In 47 B-cell CLL patients studied, the mean value of circulating ICAM-1 levels was significantly higher (561 +/- 201 ng/ml) than that observed in 25 normal controls (353 +/- 162 ng/ml; P < 0.005); a clear correlation being found with Binet clinical stages (P = 0.026) and bone marrow (BM) histology (P < 0.005). We conclude that circulating ICAM-1 is elevated in CLL and such an increase reflects tumor mass as defined by clinical stages and BM histology, rather than peripheral blood lymphocytosis (r = 0.240). Even if soluble ICAM-1 appears to be less specifically increased that soluble CD23 serum levels, these circulating molecules were not completely independent of each other (r = 0.512; P < 0.001).
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Ematologia, Ospedale Regionale A. Pugliese, Catanzaro, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Molica
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dattilo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mannella
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Levato
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Levato
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D017455:Receptors, IgE / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D017455:Receptors, IgE; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1