HLA-A9 antibodies and epitopes

Fifty pregnancy alloantisera directed towards HLA-A23 and/or A24 antigens were investigated serologically in titration studies against the three sequenced HLA-A9 specificities, A23 (A*2301), A24 (A*2402) and A2403 (A*2403). The reaction patterns of the antisera fell into five categories which allowed the three HLA-A9 specificities to be easily differentiated. Based on the various titre cytotoxicity scores of the antisera five possible antibody specificities were defined: anti-A23; -A24; -A23/24; -A24/2403 and anti-A23/24/2403. One antiserum crossreacted with HLA-A1 and A24. Inspection of the amino acid sequences of 136 HLA-A, B and C molecules allowed the prediction of five unique epitopes corresponding to these antibody specificities, a possible epitope unique to A2403 and confirmation of a likely epitope shared by A1 and A24. These, together with the previously suggested epitopes HLA-A9/ A2/A28 and A1/A23/A24 together with the presence of Bw4 on the three HLA-A9 antigens suggests that the HLA-A9 family of antigens is characterized by a minimum of nine serologically definable epitopes.     

双抗体夹心法检测胆管癌患者血清中胆管癌相关抗原的临床意义

胆管癌相关抗原（ＣＣＲＡ）是我们从人胆管癌组织中提取的一种新的肿瘤标志物。建立了检测ＣＣＲＡ的ＥＬＩＳＡ方法，检测了４０例正常人及２６８例良恶性疾病病人血清的ＣＣＲＡ浓度，后者包括胆管癌３６例、原发性肝癌４０例、胰腺癌２６例、胃癌３１例、结直肠癌３４例、肺癌１７例、肝硬变２０例、胆石症４０例及胃溃疡２４例。结果显示：４０例正常对照组的血清ＣＣＲＡ浓度为（１４．３８±７．３４）μｇ／ｍｌ（ｘ±ｓ），正常上限为２８．９５μｇ／ｍｌ（ｘ＋２ｓ）；血清ＣＣＲＡ诊断胆管癌的敏感性是７７．７８％，明显高于其它肿瘤组（０～２５）％（Ｐ＜０．００１），特异性是（７５～１００）％。认为对于胆管癌的诊断，ＣＣＲＡ可能是一种较特异的肿瘤相关抗原。     

鳞癌相关抗原的检测及临床意义

本文对７７例肺癌，４８例食管鳞癌和１４例良性疾病病人进行了鳞癌相关抗原（ＳｑｕａｍｏｕｓＣｅｌｌＣａｒｉｎｏｍａＡｎｔｉｇｅｎ，ＳＣＣ—Ａｇ）测定，肺鳞癌（４５例）阳性率为６８．８％（＞１．５ｎｇ／ｍｌ）；腺癌（１８例）阳性率１６．６％；小细胞癌（８例）阳性率１２．５％；大细胞癌（６例）阳性率１６．７％。食管鳞癌阳性率３１．３％。１４例良性疾病均阴性。治疗前ＳＣＣ—Ａｇ浓度与肿瘤分期呈对应关系，肺鳞癌Ⅰ期阳性率为２２．２％；Ⅱ期为６４．２％；Ⅲ期８２．３％；Ⅳ期则１００％。食管鳞癌Ⅰ～Ⅱ期阳性率为１３．４％；Ⅲ～Ⅳ期阳性率为４８％。在行肿瘤根治切除的病人，其ＳＣＣ—Ａｇ在术后７２小时内转阴，而行非根治手术的病人，其ＳＣＣ—Ａｇ仍为阳性。治疗后无转移和复发的鳞癌病人，其ＳＣＣ—Ａｇ持续阴性，该抗原在治疗后由阴性再次上升为阳性，临床均证实为复发。     

sCD14、Ang2、CRP与急诊创伤骨折伴多发伤患者病情转归关系探究

目的 探讨可溶性白细胞分化抗原14（soluble cluster of differentiation antigen 14,sCD14）、血管生成素2（angiopoietin 2,Ang2）、C反应蛋白（C-reactive protein,CRP）与急诊创伤骨折伴多发伤患者病情转归的关系及意义。 方法 选取创伤骨折伴多发伤患者324例,根据患者出院时病情转归情况分为良好组（275例）、不良组（49例）,比较2组一般资料、sCD14、Ang2、CRP水平,应用Pearson分析sCD14、Ang2、CRP与损伤严重程度评分（injury severity score,ISS）关系,采用Cox回归分析急诊创伤骨折伴多发伤患者病情转归的相关影响因素,采用受试者工作特征曲线（receiver operating characteristic,ROC）分析sCD14、Ang2、CRP对病情转归预测价值。 结果 不良组ISS评分高于良好组（P＜0.05）;不良组sCD14、Ang2、CRP高于良好组（P＜0.05）;sCD14（r=0.785）、Ang2（r=0.778）、CRP（r=0.842）与ISS评分呈正相关（P＜0.05）;sCD14、Ang2、CRP均是预后相关独立危险因素（P＜0.05）;sCD14、Ang2、CRP预测病情转归的ROC下面积（area under the curve,AUC）依次为0.813、0.757、0.749;挑选出预测敏感度最高（sCD14）、特异度最高（Ang2）的两个指标进行sCD14+Ang2的联合ROC分析显示,两者联合预测病情转归的AUC为0.935,大于任一单一指标（P＜0.05）。 结论 sCD14、Ang2、CRP与急诊创伤骨折伴多发伤患者病情严重程度及病情转归有关,均可作为预测病情转归的标志物,但联合检测sCD14、Ang2能提高预测可靠性,为临床诊疗及护理提供更准确的参考信息。     

Skin-infiltrating lymphocytes in normal and disordered skin: activation signals and functional roles in psoriasis and mycosis fungoides-type cutaneous T cell lymphoma.

T lymphocytes recruited into the skin can experience several different outcomes. On the one hand, they may be recruited by adhesion molecules and chemoattractants to enter the perivascular space, but never undergo activation. Other T cells undergo activation and further differentiation under the influence of the cutaneous milieu. These activated lymphocytes then coordinate specific and non-specific immune responses characteristic of inflamed tissue. We have explored two models for studying the activation and function of skin infiltrating T lymphocytes (SIL's). In the first model, we have identified a family of Langerhans cell-related professional dendritic antigen presenting cells that exist in the epidermis and dermis of normal skin, atopic skin, and mycosis fungoides skin. These have APC abilities to activate freshly recruited resting blood T cells that are distinct from another family of macrophage-related cells abnormally present in sunburned or psoriatic skin. In the second model, we examined the function of cells that have already been recruited into the skin of patients with psoriasis and mycosis fungoides. Lesional psoriasis and mycosis fungoides T cells exhibited a variety of T cell receptor gene rearrangements, conclusively demonstrating that heterogeneous populations of T lymphocytes exist in inflamed human skin. From psoriasis, clones were identified that were particularly effective at inducing normal keratinocytes to assume "psoriatic" phenotypic features and functions. Thus, lesional psoriatic SIL's could induce HLA-DR, ICAM, and CDw60 on normal keratinocytes. In addition, psoriatic SIL's induced increased keratinocyte proliferation and cytokine profile changes characteristic of psoriatic epidermis.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

"Necklace olfactory glomeruli" form unique components of the rat primary olfactory system

A distinct subset of rat primary olfactory neurons was identified immunohistochemically by means of a polyclonal antibody against human placental antigen X-P2 (hPAX-P2), an incompletely characterized substance found in all estrogen-biosynthetic organs. The subset of olfactory receptor cells was distributed widely over the olfactory epithelium with some degree of concentration on the dorsocaudal walls of nasal subcavities. The subset formed unique "necklace olfactory glomeruli," which were composed of seven to nine solitary glomeruli located in the caudal end of the olfactory bulb. One of them was located in the "modified glomerular complex" reported to be involved in rat suckling behavior. The projectional patterns of the necklace olfactory system, albeit diffuse, indicated some degree of spatial correspondence between zones of olfactory epithelium and specific glomeruli. Axons emanating from neighboring cells can project to several glomerular loci. From the necklace olfactory system, an average of 150-200 receptor cells were estimated to converge onto a single necklace glomerulus.     

Potentiation of allergic bronchoconstriction by repeated exposure to formaldehyde in guinea-pigs in vivo

BACKGROUND: Indoor formaldehyde (FA) might worsen allergies and be an underlying factor for the increasing incidence and severity of asthma; the exact mechanism, however, remains unclear. OBJECTIVE: The present study examined the effects of repeated exposure to FA on methacholine- and antigen-induced bronchoconstriction in guinea-pigs in vivo. METHODS: First, non-sensitized guinea-pigs were transnasally treated with 0.1 or 1.0% FA or saline three times a week for 6 weeks, and increasing concentrations of methacholine (50, 100, and 200 microg/mL) were inhaled at 5-min intervals. Second, guinea-pigs pre-treated with transnasal administration of FA or saline using the same protocol were passively sensitized with anti-ovalbumin (OA) serum 7 days before antigen challenge. Third, guinea-pigs were actively sensitized with OA and pre-treated with transnasal administration of FA or saline using the same protocol. The lateral pressure of the tracheal tube (Pao) was measured under anesthesia and artificial ventilation. RESULTS: The antigen-induced increase in Pao in actively sensitized guinea-pigs was significantly potentiated by FA exposure in a dose-dependent manner. The dose-response curve of the methacholine-induced increase in Pao in non-sensitized guinea-pigs or of the antigen-induced increase in Pao in passively sensitized guinea-pigs was not altered by FA exposure. Transnasal administration of FA significantly increased the serum anti-OA homocytotropic antibody titre (IgG) as measured by the passive cutaneous anaphylaxis reaction in actively sensitized guinea-pigs. CONCLUSION: The results suggest that repeated exposure to FA worsens allergic bronchoconstriction through enhancing antigen sensitization.     

CD28在多发性硬化患者CD8+淋巴细胞的表达

目的探讨CD28在多发性硬化(MS)患者CD8+淋巴细胞的表达水平.方法流式细胞仪测定16例复发期MS患者和20例对照组外周血淋巴细胞CD28+、CD8+CD28-和CD8+CD28+的百分率.结果复发期MS患者淋巴细胞CD8+CD28-百分率低于对照组,CD28+和CD8+CD28+的百分率与对照组无明显差异;甲基强的松龙治疗对CD28+、CD8+CD28-和CD8+CD28+的百分率无影响.结论参与MS的发病的CD8细胞是CD8+CD28-细胞.     

Perivascular epithelioid cell tumor of the uterus: immunohistochemical, ultrastructural and molecular study

A case of perivascular epithelioid cell tumor of the uterus is reported, occurring in a 32-year-old woman. The tumor (8.0 cm in dimension) showed exophytic growth from the outer half of the myometrium. Histopathologically, the tumor was composed of thick blood vessels and perivascular epithelioid cells. The neoplastic cells were strongly immunoreactive for HMB45 antigen, CD117 (c-kit), vimentin and the progesterone receptor, but completely negative for S-100 protein, smooth muscle actin, desmin, CD34, the estrogen receptor and p16. The Ki-67 labeling index was low (1.25%). Ultrastructurally, the neoplastic cells had numerous premelanosomes with some glycogen deposits. Single-stranded DNA conformational polymorphism of p53 and methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction of p16 revealed negative results. Definite melanosomes on electron microscopic analysis and coexpression of HMB45 antigen and stem cell factor receptor (CD117) may provide the clue to understanding perivascular epithelioid cell tumor because angiomyolipoma also coexpresses HMB45 antigen and CD117.     

Monoclonal antibodies against carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) used in a solid-phase enzyme immunoassay. First clinical results

A solid-phase enzyme immunoassay using both mouse monoclonal and goat polyclonal antibodies against carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) was developed. The assay detects 0.6 to 1.2 ng of CEA per ml of serum and has 3 incubation steps which can be performed in 1 day. Polystyrene balls coated with polyclonal goat anti-CEA antibodies are first incubated with heat-extracted serum samples. Bound CEA is then detected by addition of mouse monoclonal antibodies, followed by goat IgG anti-mouse IgG1 coupled to alkaline phosphatase. Results with this enzyme immunoassay using monoclonal antibodiies (M-EIA) have been compared with those obtained by the conventional inhibition radioimmunoassay (RIA) using goat antiserum. Three hundred and eighty serum samples from 167 patients with malignant or non-malignant diseases and from 134 normal individuals with or without heavy smoking habits were analyzed by the 2 assays. Excellent correlation between the results of the 2 assays was obtained, but the M-EIA, using monoclonal antibodies from a single hybridoma, did not discriminate better than the conventional RIA between CEA produced by different types of carcinoma and between CEA associated with malignant or non-malignant diseases. Follow-up studies of several patients by sequential CEA determinations with the 2 assays showed that the M-EIA was as accurate as the RIA for the detection of tumor recurrences.