Expression  pattern of hybrid phenotype in adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
We examined the expression of hybrid phenotype in 236 adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL; 188 B-lineage ALL and 48 T-lineage ALL). In B-lineage ALL, myeloid antigen (mAg) CD15 was concentrated in CD10-CD20- cases (49%); CD13 (42%); and CD33 (43%) in CD10+CD20- cases. This trend had no correlation with the presence of Ph1 or t(4;11) chromosomal abnormality. T-cell antigen CD2, CD4, and CD7 was seen in four, four, and two cases, respectively, and CD4+ and CD7+ cases commonly expressed CD13 and/or CD33 (CD13/CD33). In T-lineage ALL, expression of mAg, CD11b (47%), CD13 (38%), CD15 (28%), and CD33 (51%) was restricted to CD3- cases. B-cell antigen CD19 was found in two cases with CD7 solely as T-cell antigen, and these cases possessed CD13/CD33. CD21 was detected in three cases with CD3. In whole ALL, CD13/CD33 was associated closely with the presence of stem-cell antigen CD34, and in T-lineage ALL, CD13/CD33 had a significant correlation with additional stem-cell features, such as HLA-DR, multidrug resistance 1 (MDR1) and c-kit gene expression. Our results suggest that immature ALL cells frequently express B+M+, T+M+, and occasionally B+T+M+ phenotype; that B+T+M- phenotype is extremely rare; and that mAg expression in B-lineage ALL is complicated as compared to T-lineage ALL.
Nakase
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Department of Internal Medicine, Saiseikai Matsusaka Hospital, Matsusaka, Japan.
Kita
K
K
Miwa
H
H
Nishii
K
K
Shiku
H
H
Nasu
K
K
Dohy
H
H
Kyo
T
T
Kamada
N
N
Tsutani
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H
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000032:analysis*; D015214:Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic / Q000032:analysis*; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis*; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D018826:CD13 Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple; D006801:Humans; D015459:Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D016177:Macrophage-1 Antigen / Q000032:analysis; D010641:Phenotype; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D063268:Sialic Acid Binding Ig-like Lectin 3
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015703:Antigens, CD; D015214:Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; C571163:CD33 protein, human; D016177:Macrophage-1 Antigen; D063268:Sialic Acid Binding Ig-like Lectin 3; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit; D018826:CD13 Antigens