title: Analysis of HLA-G expression in malignant hematopoetic cells from leukemia patients.
abstract: It has been suggested that HLA-G antigens may provide tumor cells with an effective immune escape mechanism. So far mostly solid tumors have been analyzed; HLA-G antigen was only exceptionally detected. To further examine HLA-G expression, patients were chosen with different forms of leukemia: AML (25), CML (4), ALL (9), CLL (8), HCL (2) and NHL (3). Using flow cytometry with three HLA-G specific mAbs (87G, 01G and MEM-G/9), western blotting with two specific mAbs (4H84 and MEM-G/1) and RT-PCR, neither HLA-G antigen nor mRNA for any HLA-G isoform was detected. These results strongly suggest that HLA-G antigen is not expressed in freshly isolated human leukemia cells and therefore is not involved in their escape from immune attack.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Research Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Vlárska 7, 83391, Bratislava, Slovak Republic. exonpola@savba.sk
authors.forename: Katarína
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Poláková
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krcová
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kuba
authors.forename: Gustáv
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Russ
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D015973:Gene Expression Regulation, Leukemic; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D059951:HLA-G Antigens; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D006680:HLA Antigens; D059951:HLA-G Antigens; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm