title: Glutamate dehydrogenase activity in lymphocytes of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the pattern of glutamate dehydrogenase (GLDH) activity, GLUD1 and GLUD2 expressions in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of untreated B-chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) in healthy individuals (HI) and patients with infectious mononucleosis (IM).
  
  
  METHODS
  GLDH activity was determined in a supernatant obtained from pelleted PBMC. GLUD1 and GLUD2 mRNA expression was determined using a quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. CD19(+) B cells from PBMC were purified by using positive selection.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The highest GLDH activity was found in PBMC of the B-CLL group followed by the HI group and IM group. The PBMC GLDH activity was higher in 60% of the B-CLL patients according to the established reference interval for our HI (2.17-5.70 microkat/g protein). The greater GLDH activity was also found in the CD19(+) cell preparation of the B-CLL patients (two of the three) but not in HI (n=3). The median value of GLUD1 expression was highest in the IM group (n=11), followed by the HI (n=14) and B-CLL groups (n=59) (median 4.69/3.78, P<0.005 and 4.69/2.91, P<0.0005, respectively). GLUD2 expression was not significantly different between groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The increased GLDH activity is specific for the PBMC of B-CLL patients. The GLUD1 but not the GLUD2 gene expression pattern is different between the PBMC of IM and B-CLL patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology, Division of Internal Medicine, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloska 7, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Tadej
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pajic
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cernelc
authors.forename: Alenka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sesek Briski
authors.forename: Tatjana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lejko-Zupanc
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Malesic
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D005969:Glutamate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000097:blood / Q000201:enzymology*; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D005969:Glutamate Dehydrogenase