Enhanced myeloid specificity of CD117 compared with CD13 and CD33

The c-kit proto-oncogene encodes a 145 kd tyrosine kinase transmembrane receptor, which plays a key role in haemopoiesis. The c-kit has been classified as CD117 and is especially useful in the differential diagnosis of acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). We analysed 104 consecutive cases (55 AML, 23 B-cell lineage ALL, three T-cell ALL, 11 blast crisis of chronic myeloproliferative disorders and 12 cases of myelodysplastic syndromes with more than 10% of blasts) referred to our Hospital for immunophenotypic diagnosis and compared the expression pattern of CD13, CD33 and CD117 using the same fluorochrome (phycoerythrin-PE). The recommendations of the EGIL group were followed in order to establish lineage involvement of the blastic population. The threshold used to assign positivity for CD117 was 10%. Bcr/abl, TEL/AML-1 and MLL rearrangements were assessed by molecular methods. CD117 expression was detected in 91% of AML and MDS. All the negative cases corresponded to acute monocytic leukemias. The calculated specificity for myeloid involvement was 0.86 for CD117, 0.36 for CD13 and 0.44 for CD33 (P < 0.005). CD117 was also positive in four cases of ALL. None of these cases showed bcr/abl or MLL rearrangements. In the light of these findings, CD117 expression should yield a higher score, at least one point, in the system currently applied for the diagnosis of biphenotypic acute leukemias (BAL) as its myeloid specificity is greater than that of CD13 and CD33. Moreover, its absence in AML could identify two subgroups of M5b cases. The coexpression of CD117 with cytoplasmic CD79a is often associated with CD7 reactivity, suggesting a stem cell disorder. CD117 should be included on a routine basis for the immunophenotypic diagnosis of acute leukemias.     

CD5, CD10, and CD23 expression in Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia

CD5, CD10, and CD23 are cell surface antigens used to distinguish B-cell disorders. The expression of these antigens and their clinical significance in Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (WM), an uncommon B-cell disorder, remains to be clarified. We therefore determined expression of CD5, CD10, and CD23 by flow cytometric analysis on bone marrow lymphoplasmacytic cells (CD19+ k/l light chain restricted) for 171 serially biopsied patients with findings of the consensus panel definition of WM. Importantly, we also correlated laboratory and clinical data, as well as existence of a familial history of a B-cell disorder in view of reports suggesting familial predisposition in WM. These studies demonstrated tumor cell expression of CD5, CD10, and CD23 in 15 of 171 patients (9%), 11 of 161 patients (7%), and 37 of 105 patients (35%), respectively. Coexpression of CD23 with CD5 or CD10 was common. Tumor Lymphoplasmacytic from 10 of 15 (66%) and 3 of 11 (27%) patients with WM that expressed CD5 and CD10, respectively, also showed expression of CD23 (P = 0.01 and P = 0.08, respectively). Among patients with CD23 expression, increased serum immunoglobulin (Ig) M levels were observed compared with patients without CD23 expression (P = 0.05). No differences in age at diagnosis; presence of adenopathy and/or splenomegaly; bone marrow involvement; serum IgA, IgB, and b2 macroglobulin levels; hematocrit; platelet count; or familial history of WM or a related B-cell disorder were observed among patients with and without CD5, CD10, and CD23 expression. These studies demonstrate that CD5, CD10, and CD23 are commonly found in WM and that their expression should not exclude the diagnosis of WM. Moreover, expression of CD23 may define a clinically distinct subset of patients with WM.     

人CD46、CD55和CD59与肿瘤免疫逃逸及免疫治疗

膜结合补体调节蛋白CD46、CD55和CD59在肿瘤细胞膜上表达或过表达,保护肿瘤细胞免受免疫系统的攻击,成为肿瘤细胞免疫逃逸的途径之一.如何下调肿瘤细胞表面三者表达或抑制其功能以增强其对补体依赖的细胞毒作用的敏感性备受关注.     

CD46 CD55 CD59在结肠癌组织中的表达及意义

目的:检测CD46、CD55、CD59在结肠癌组织中的表达情况,分析其与结肠癌临床病理参数间的相关性及意义。方法:选取有详细性别、年龄、组织分化、病理分期、肿瘤部位、组织类型资料的组织芯片标本,包括121 例结肠癌和121 例癌旁结肠组织,均为2004年10月至2006年6 月第四军医大学西京消化病医院胃肠外科手术切除标本。应用免疫组织化学改良二步法分别检测CD46、CD55、CD59的表达情况。结果:CD46、CD55及CD59在结肠癌组织中的阳性表达率均显著高于对应的癌旁组织（P < 0.001）。 CD46表达水平与性别、年龄、组织分化、TNM 病理分期、肿瘤位置、病理组织类型均无关（P > 0.05）。 CD55、CD59的表达水平与性别、年龄、肿瘤位置、病理类型无关（P > 0.05）,而与组织分化、TNM 病理分期有关（P < 0.05）。 其表达强度阳性率中低分化组明显高于高分化组（P < 0.05）。 TNM 分期中Ⅲ、Ⅳ期患者肿瘤病理组织强阳性表达率高于Ⅰ、Ⅱ期阳性表达率,两者比较有统计学意义（P < 0.05）。 结论:CD46、CD55及CD59在结肠癌组织中高表达,特别是CD55、CD59的表达与肿瘤分化、病理分期相关,提示三者表达水平与结肠癌生物学行为密切相关。      

Poor prognosis of mediastinal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with an immature phenotype of CD2+, CD7 (or CD5)+, CD3-, CD4-, and CD8-

Nine children with mediastinal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) were treated according to our new regimen which is characterized by intensified therapy with high-dose cytosine arabinoside (HDCA). After induction therapy with a combination of five drugs, such as vincristine, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, 1-asparaginase, and prednisolone, intermediate dosages of methotrexate (MTX) (1 g/m2) and HDCA (1.5 g/m2 x 12 doses) were administered. All but one patient (88.9%) achieved complete remission and then received this intensified therapy. With a median follow-up period of 25.5 months, five patients are still in complete remission, but three patients have relapsed. From the phenotypic point of view, these relapsed patients showed only very immature T-cell differentiation antigens such as CD2 and CD7 (or CD5). These results suggest that HDCA as intensified therapy for children with mediastinal NHL seems to be effective. However, for patients with an immature phenotype of T-lineage cells, more sophisticated regimens should be prepared.     

Agranular CD4+/CD56+ cutaneous neoplasm

CD4+ CD56+ cutaneous neoplasm with hematological relapse is a rare malignant disease and has been described recently in the literature as blastic or agranular NK-cell leukemia/lymphoma. The origin of this neoplasm is uncertain. We describe a 75-year-old patient with a primary cutaneous neoplasm CD4+ CD56+ who evolved to leukemic phase despite standard lymphoma chemotherapy. Morphologically, the cells were undifferentiated without granules in the cytoplasm. The immunophenotype showed the expression of CD4, CD56, CD68, CD33, CD7, CD2, CD45RA, and CD38. Histological analysis revealed a cell infiltration mainly located in the dermis. T-cell receptor and immunoglobulin heavy chain genes were in germline configuration. Cytogenetic study showed complex structural abnormalities with a deletion of the chromosome 5 del(5q). The clinical course was aggressive with an early hematological relapse.     

The CD11/CD18 leukocyte glycoprotein deficiency

CD11/CD18 leukocyte glycoprotein deficiency is a rare, inherited disorder of leukocyte function, manifested by recurrent severe bacterial infections. A deficiency in the expression of a family of leukocyte membrane glycoproteins (the CD11/CD18 glycoproteins) represents the molecular basis for this disease.     

A child case of CD34, CD33, HLA-DR, CD7, CD56 stem cell leukemia with thymic involvement

It has been reported that the CD56⁺/CD7⁺/CD3⁻ phenotype of natural killer (NK) cells develop from the CD34⁺/HLA-DR⁻ bone marrow (BM) mononuclear cell population in long-term BM culture (LTBMC). An HLA-DR⁻/CD33⁺/CD56⁺/CD16⁻ myeloid/natural killer cell acute leukemia has been described. We report here a 7-year-old boy who developed stem cell acute leukemia with superior vena cava syndrome secondary to thymic involvement. Surface marker analyses revealed that the leukemia cells showed CD34⁺/HLA-DR⁻/CD33⁻/CD7⁺/CD56⁺ phenotype. When stimulated with phorbol ester in vitro the leukemic cells morphologically differentiated to myeloid cells developing CD13, CD15 and CD56 antigens. Our results suggest that CD34⁺/HLA-DR⁻/CD7⁺/CD56⁺ stem cell leukemia may arise from transformation of a pluripotent precursor cell, which could differentiate to both myeloid and NK cell lineages.     

CD164--a novel sialomucin on CD34+ cells

Hematopoiesis in adult bone marrow is a tightly regulated process involving interactions between cytokine and adhesion receptors on hematopoietic progenitor cells and their cognate ligands in the immediate microenvironment. These interactions control hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal, quiescence, commitment and migration. Recently, sialomucins have assumed some importance in hematopoiesis, with six of these receptors, CD34, PSGL-1, CD43, PCLP, CD45RA and CD164, having been identified on primitive hematopoietic precursor cells and/or their associated stromal/endothelial elements. This article reviews the cloning, expression and function of the recently identified sialomucin, CD164, which is highly expressed by primitive hematopoietic progenitor cells. The CD164 receptor is implicated in mediating or regulating hematopoietic precursor cell adhesion to stroma, and may serve as a potent negative regulator of hematopoietic progenitor cell proliferation.     

经典型霍奇金淋巴瘤CD15及CD30蛋白表达的研究

目的：探讨CD15和CD30在经典型霍奇金淋巴瘤（cHL)H/RS细胞的表达及区别。方法：采用SABC法对32例cHL中CD15和CD30蛋白的表达进行检测。结果：CD15阳性25例,阳性率为78．1％,CD30阳性30例,阳性率为93．8％,各型之间阳性表达没有显著性差异,2例蛋白表达之间也无显著性差异。结论：CD15和CD30均可作为cHL的诊断免疫标记。     

CD34/CD117 co-expression in childhood acute leukemia

CD117 protein is expressed by the primitive CD34 positive haemopoietic stem cells and also demonstrated on the blasts of 30-100% of AML cases, but rarely on lymphoblasts. Therefore several investigators have used CD117 expression to exclude lymphoblastic origin of blasts. However, conflicting results exist in the literature. We investigated CD34 and CD117 status at initial presentation of 232 children with acute leukemia. CD34 was commonly expressed in all types of acute leukemias, whereas CD117 molecule seemed to be a more specific marker for leukemia of myeloid origin being demonstrated on > 5% of blasts in 60 out of 73 cases of AML patients, but rarely detected in ALL (9/140 patients). Moreover, co-expression of CD34/CD117 was extremely rare on lymphoblasts with only 3/140 ALL patients demonstrating > 5% co-expression of CD34 and CD117, and therefore we suggest that it should be used in the exclusion of ALL.     

CD4+CD25+调节性T细胞与CD4+T、CD8+T细胞在结直肠癌组织中的分布

 目的 分析CD4+CD25+ FOXP3+调节性T细胞（Treg）与CD4+T、CD8+T在结直肠癌（colorectal carcinoma, CRC）组织中的分布及其与临床病理特征之间的关系。方法 收集42例CRC新鲜手术标本,应用冰冻切片、免疫组织化学SP法检测肿瘤组织和癌旁组织中FOXP3+、CD4+T和CD8+T阳性细胞数。结果 CRC患者肿瘤组织中FOXP3表达水平显著升高,与癌旁组织相比差异有统计学意义（P<0.01）;中低分化组Treg细胞数明显高于高分化组（P<0.01）;淋巴结转移组Treg细胞数明显高于无淋巴结转移组（P<0.05）;癌巢内CD4+、CD8+T细胞数及CD4+/CD8+值显著低于间质（P<0.01）;Ⅲ+Ⅳ期、淋巴结转移组癌巢内CD4+/CD8+比值显著低于Ⅰ+Ⅱ期及无淋巴结转移组（P<0.05）;CRC中Treg数量与癌巢内CD4+/CD8+比值显著负相关（r=-0.605, P<0.01）。结论 CRC的发生发展可能与其癌组织局部微环境中Treg数量变化相关,肿瘤局部Treg数量的增多与T淋巴细胞亚群比例失调可能成为肿瘤免疫逃逸的机制之一。