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Analysis of human leukemic cells by use of high-resolution two-dimensional electrophoresis. 1. Results of a pilot study

Journal Article · · Clin. Chem. (Winston-Salem, N.C.); (United States)
OSTI ID:5655655
Mononuclear leukocytes from patients with various human leukemias were analyzed by high-resolution two-dimensional electrophoresis. Tumor cells of the granulocytic, monocytic, and lymphoid lineages (obtained from chronic granulocytic leukemia in blast transformation, acute monocytic leukemia, and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), respectively) can be easily recognized by using a series of cell-type marker proteins identified by comparison of fractionated normal cell populations. B and T cell types of CLL could be distinguished, the results correlating well with those obtained by use of monoclonal-antibody staining methods. In two cases representing almost pure B-cells (classical CLL; 0% T, 85% B) and T-cells (cutaneous T-cell leukemia; 77% T, 0% B), 27 of 29 marker proteins showed quantitative B/T differences comparable to those observed in comparisons of normal B- and T-lymphocytes prepared by cell sorting. These results indicate that cells from relatively well-differentiated leukemias show complex patterns of gene expression very similar to those of the corresponding normal cells and strongly support the use of large marker panels in cell-type determination. Less-well-differentiated acute leukemias (such as acute undifferentiated and acute granulocytic (FAB:M/sub 1/)) appear to yield protein patterns corresponding less closely to recognizable mature cell types, and may show expression of novel proteins related to the state of differentiation.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab., IL
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
5655655
Journal Information:
Clin. Chem. (Winston-Salem, N.C.); (United States), Journal Name: Clin. Chem. (Winston-Salem, N.C.); (United States) Vol. 29:5; ISSN CLCHA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English