title: Autocrine expression of platelet-derived growth factor B in B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
abstract: Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) regulates clonal proliferation of malignant pre-B cell lines, but little is known about its role in normal B lymphocyte differentiation and malignant transformation. To understand the expression of PDGF-A, PDGF-B and the beta-receptor (PDGF-Rbeta) in B cell lymphoproliferative disorders, we used an immunohistochemical method to stain formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues in 5 patients with reactive lymphoid hyperplasia, 15 with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and 23 with B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL). Abundant PDGF-A, rather than PDGF-B, was expressed in normal B cell differentiation. There was no difference in the expression of PDGF-A and PDGF-B between patients with reactive lymphoid hyperplasia and patients with malignant lymphoproliferative disorders. Among the patients with B-CLL, the expression of PDGF-B was much stronger than the expression of PDGF-A, and 18 of the patients had coexpression of PDGF-B and PDGF-Rbeta. A larger proportion of patients with B-CLL than with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma had expression of PDGF-B and PDGF-Rbeta. In conclusion, PDGF-A expression in all stages of B lymphocyte differentiation suggests that it is important in B cell differentiation and proliferation. Expression of PDGF-B and PDGF-Rbeta suggests that autocrine signaling of PDGF may be important in malignant transformation of B-CLL. However, further studies are necessary to confirm these conclusions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ching-Liang
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Lai-Fa
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Robert L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Phyliky
authors.forename: Chin-Yang
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000378:metabolism; D008875:Middle Aged; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis / Q000378:metabolism*; D019310:Pseudolymphoma / Q000378:metabolism; D020797:Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis; C075278:platelet-derived growth factor A; D020797:Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor beta