title: Protease receptors in Hodgkin's disease: expression of the factor Xa receptor, effector cell protease receptor-1, in Reed-Sternberg cells.
abstract: The expression of a cellular receptor for the blood-clotting protease factor Xa, designated effector cell protease receptor-1 (EPR-1), was investigated in lymphoma. Immunohistochemical analysis demonstrated prominent reactivity of monoclonal antibodies to EPR-1 with Reed-Sternberg cells in 30 of 35 cases of nodular-sclerosis, lymphocyte-depletion, and mixed-cellularity Hodgkin's disease (HD). In contrast, several non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, or the nonneoplastic cellular components of HD, did not react with anti-EPR-1 monoclonal antibodies. A single molecular species of approximately 62 kD, consistent with the size and structural organization of EPR-1, was immunoblotted by an anti-EPR-1 monoclonal antibody from tissue samples of HD, but not from normal lymph nodes. Expression of EPR-1 transcripts in Reed-Sternberg cells was demonstrated by in situ hybridization with an antisense EPR-1 riboprobe, and by amplification of reverse-transcribed HD RNA with EPR-1-specific primers. These findings identify the factor Xa receptor, EPR-1, as a novel marker of Reed-Sternberg cells, and suggest its potential role in the histopathogenesis of HD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06536, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Adida
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ambrosini
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Plescia
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Crotty
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Altieri
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D051034:Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010980:Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*; D016539:Reed-Sternberg Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D000077022:Survivin
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; C107489:BIRC5 protein, human; D017931:DNA Primers; D051034:Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins; D010980:Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D000077022:Survivin; C045069:factor X receptors