Receptor for platelet-activating factor (PAF) is not detectable by flow cytometry on the surface of myeloid leukemic cells |
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Authors: | Wolfgang E Berdel Emma Kulimova Astrid Kolkmeyer Michael Zühlsdorf Hubert Serve Thomas Büchner Elisabeth Oelmann |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Medicine, Haematology and Oncology, University Hospital Muenster, 33 Albert-Schweitzer Street, 48149 Muenster, Germany |
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Abstract: | Flow cytometry was applied to test for platelet-activating-factor receptor (PAF-R) presence on the membranes of acute myeloid
leukemia (AML) cells. We have used six human AML cell lines and freshly taken density gradient separated blasts from the bone
marrow of ten AML patients covering the majority of French–American–British (FAB) subtypes. Additionally, we have used one
histiocytic lymphoma cell line and mature human granulocytes/monocytes as controls. Our results indicate lack of membrane
PAF-R on AML of all FAB subtypes tested. This was particularly true for the more mature and differentiated subtypes M4 and M5, including monocytic cell elements, and the promyelocytic M3 AML. In contrast, membrane PAF-R could be easily detected in a histiocytic lymphoma cell line and mature granulocytes/monocytes
from peripheral blood used as positive controls. In conclusion, this observation precludes the use of membrane PAF-R as an
immunophenotypic marker for AML classification or detection of minimal residual disease. |
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Keywords: | Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) Platelet-activating factor (PAF) PAF receptor Flow cytometry |
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