title: Functional differentiation of acute myeloid leukaemia blast cells.
abstract: Little is known of the functional status of blast cells from patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). We have studied phagocytosis and membrane receptors by flow cytometry (FCM), and secretory activities in blast cells from 24 AML patients prior to treatment. Blast cells from 11/16 patients attached N. meningitidis, and internalization occurred in 7/14. The phagocytosis of zymosan particles and N. meningitidis correlated linearly (r = 0.9, p<0.01, n = 11). Surface membrane expression of CD32 and CD11b was sufficient to account for opsonin-dependent attachment in all except one patient. A significant fraction of the blast cells attached, but did not internalize meningococci. CD32 and CD11b were non-functional in all the blasts from five patients, and in a subpopulation from seven additional patients. Significantly more large than small blasts expressed CD32, CD35 and CD11b (p<0.001). Phagocytosis was unrelated to the secretion of IL-1alpha, IL-1beta, and TNFalpha. In conclusion, AML blast cell function is related to receptor expression, cell size and granularity, and to FAB-type.
authors.affiliation: Medical Department, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Bassøe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Halstensen
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bruserud
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D048429:Cell Size; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D016167:Integrin alphaXbeta2 / Q000378:metabolism; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology*; D016177:Macrophage-1 Antigen / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000276:immunology; D010587:Phagocytosis; D017463:Receptors, Complement 3b / Q000378:metabolism; D017452:Receptors, IgG / Q000378:metabolism; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D016167:Integrin alphaXbeta2; D007375:Interleukin-1; D016177:Macrophage-1 Antigen; D017463:Receptors, Complement 3b; D017452:Receptors, IgG; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha