Autoantibodies in chronic lymphocytic leukemia and related systemic autoimmune diseases.
Autoantibodies in chronic lymphocytic leukemia and related systemic autoimmune diseases.
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DOI:
10.1182/blood.v81.10.2475.bloodjournal81102475
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发表时间:
1993-05
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影响因子:
20.3
通讯作者:
T. Kipps;D. Carson
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作者:
T. Kipps;D. Carson
EUKEMIA B CELLS from patients with chronic lymL phocytic leukemia (CLL) often make autoantibodies. Early studies by Preud'homme and Seligmann' showed that the leukemic cells from CLL patients often bear surface IgM (sIgM) that has rheumatoid factor (RF) activity, or binding activity for the Fc portion of human IgG. In another limited survey, the CLL cells from 4 of 13 patients (3 1 %) expressed sIgM with such RF activity.2 Using 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), Broker et a13 stimulated leukemia cells from 14 CLL patients to secrete IgM. Twelve (86%) of these cultures produced monoclonal IgM that reacted with one or more of a variety of different self antigens, including IgG, singlestranded DNA (ssDNA), double-stranded DNA (dsDNA), histones, cardiolipin and/or cytoskeletal determinants. Sthoeger et a14 instead used pokeweed mitogen (PWM) and/ or Staphylococcus aureus Cowan strain I (SAC) to induce neoplastic CLL lymphocytes to differentiate into antibodysecreting cells. Of the leukemia cell cultures from 17 CLL patients that had sufficient amounts of monoclonal Ig for testing, 9 (53%) had IgM RF and/or DNA-binding activity. Finally, Borche et a15 generated heterohybridomas with the leukemia cells from each of 23 CLL patients. Of the 12 CLL heterhybridomas that produced enough monoclonal antibody (MoAb) for testing, 7 (58%) produced IgM RF autoantibodies. Collectively, these studies indicate that the leukemia cells from most CLL patients express IgM autoantibodies, most notably RFs. What is the significance of the frequent expression of autoantibodies in CLL? What implications, if any, does the type of antibodies expressed in CLL have for our understanding the cytogenesis and/or etiopathogenesis of this leukemia? What relationship do the autoantibodies produced by leukemia B cells have to the autoimmune diseases, such as autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) or immune thrombocytopenia (ITP)?' that frequently afflict patients with this disease? This report will address several of these questions and review some of the recently acquired information regarding antibody expression in CLL and associated systemic autoimmune diseases. First, it is helpful to review the mechanisms that contribute to antibody diversity.