title: Comparative study of expressions of cytoplasmic CD79a and other B-lymphoid immunomarkers in acute leukemic cells.
abstract: To evaluate the expression of cytoplasmic CD79a (CyCD79a) and other commonly used B-lymphoid immunomarkers including cytoplasmic CD22 (CyCD22), CD19, CD20 and CD10 in various acute leukemia cells and to define the most sensitive and specific markers in the diagnosis of precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (pB-ALL), the immunophenotypic data from 221 de novo adult and pediatric acute leukemia patients as studied using multi-parameter flow cytometry in addition to routine morphologic and enzyme cytochemical assay, were retrospectively analyzed. Cytogenetic and/or molecular biological data in all 45 cases of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) and 13 cases of acute leukemia suspected as AML with the fusion genes such as AML1/ETO and CBFbeta/MYH11 were investigated. The results showed that CyCD79a and CyCD22 were the most sensitive and specific markers respectively for pB-ALL. Expression of CyCD79a was seen in 100% of 58 cases of pB-ALL. At the same time, none (0%) of all 147 cases of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and 15 cases of precursor T-cell acute leukemia (pT-ALL) was positive for CyCD22. The conclusion is made that united detection of CyCD79a and CyCD22 is the optimal immune combination for the diagnosis pB-ALL and the distinguishing pB-ALL with AML and pT-ALL.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, China. zhangjy69@163.com
authors.forename: Jing-Yu
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lü
authors.forename: Jing-Ci
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Jian-Min
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Zuo-Ren
authors.initials: ZR
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Shi-Rong
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000276:immunology; D051925:CD79 Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000276:immunology; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D007621:Karyotyping; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D015452:Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D051918:Sialic Acid Binding Ig-like Lectin 2 / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D051925:CD79 Antigens; D051918:Sialic Acid Binding Ig-like Lectin 2