title: Expression of AC133 and CD117 on candidate normal stem cell populations in childhood B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
abstract: To identify residual candidate normal progenitor/stem cell populations in childhood B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), expression of AC133 and CD117 was analysed on the leukaemic cell clone and on immature B-lineage-negative CD34+CD19- bone marrow cells. 10/25 patients (40%) had no detectable expression of AC133 within the leukaemic cell clone. 24/26 patients (92%) lacked expression of CD117 on the leukaemic blast cell population. In contrast, a distinct AC133-positive cell population was found in 8/8 children with AC133-negative ALL and a CD117-positive cell population could be identified in 12/12 children with CD117-negative ALL, within the CD34+CD19- progenitor/stem cell compartment. These observations provide further evidence that in B-cell precursor ALL, unlike in acute myelogenous leukaemia, it may be possible to distinguish residual normal progenitor/stem cells from the leukaemic cell clone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Haematology/Oncology, University of Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baersch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baumann
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ritter
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jürgens
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vormoor
mesh_terms: D000071916:AC133 Antigen; D015703:Antigens, CD; D018941:Antigens, CD19 / Q000378:metabolism; D018952:Antigens, CD34 / Q000378:metabolism; D002648:Child; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D017493:Leukocyte Common Antigens / Q000378:metabolism; D010455:Peptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D015452:Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000378:metabolism*; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000378:metabolism*; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit / Q000378:metabolism*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000071916:AC133 Antigen; D015703:Antigens, CD; D018941:Antigens, CD19; D018952:Antigens, CD34; D006023:Glycoproteins; C000606023:PROM1 protein, human; D010455:Peptides; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit; D017493:Leukocyte Common Antigens