title: Cell surface c-kit receptors in human leukemia cell lines and pediatric leukemia: selective preservation of c-kit expression on megakaryoblastic cell lines during adaptation to in vitro culture.
abstract: We produced a monoclonal antibody MTK1 which recognized c-kit protein. Using MTK1, 31 leukemia cell lines and 76 leukemia blasts from pediatric patients were analyzed for expression of the c-kit receptor by flow cytometry. The c-kit receptor was detectable on four of four cell lines assigned to the megakaryo/erythromegakaryoblastic lineage and on one of seven cell lines of myeloid lineage. C-kit expression was not seen on any of 20 cell lines of erythroid and lymphoid lineages. Furthermore, c-kit was expressed on 16 of 24 nonlymphoid blasts without platelet surface antigens (67%) and on six of eight non-lymphoid blasts with platelet surface antigens (75%), but was not detectable on 44 lymphoid blasts from pediatric leukemia patients. In these cases CD34 was expressed on 26 of 32 myeloid blasts (81%) and on 27 of 44 lymphoid blasts (61%). The findings indicate a dominant expression of the c-kit receptor on established cell lines assigned to the megakaryo/erythromegakaryoblastic lineage, though a high percentage of leukemic myeloblasts also expressed the c-kit receptor on their surface.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Oncology, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujie
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Itano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Minegishi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Imaizumi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takano
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Konno
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000494:pharmacology; D018952:Antigens, CD34 / Q000378:metabolism; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D002648:Child; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D004915:Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D007947:Leukemia, Megakaryoblastic, Acute / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D018952:Antigens, CD34; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit