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Expression of functional CD40 antigen on Reed-Sternberg cells and Hodgkin's disease cell lines.

Abstract
CD40 is a member of the nerve growth factor receptor family, showing a significant homology to the Hodgkin's disease (HD)-associated antigen CD30 and is capable of transduce growth signals in a number of cell types. A series of 312 lymphoma samples, including 139 cases of HD, 32 cases of CD30+ anaplastic large cell (ALC) lymphomas, 141 cases of other non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHLs), and a panel of HD- or NHL-derived cell lines, were evaluated for CD40 expression by immunostaining of paraffin embedded sections, cell smears and flow cytometry. CD40 was strongly expressed with a highly distinct pattern of staining on Reed-Sternberg (RS) cells and variants in 100% (139/139) of HD cases, irrespective of their antigenic phenotype (T, B, non T-non B) and histologic subtype of HD. Conversely, CD40 was immunodetected on only one third (12/32; 37%) of ALC lymphoma cases and on 105 of 127 B-cell NHLs. The relative cell density of CD40 on HD cell lines (L-428, KM-H2, HDLM-2) as assessed by flow cytometry was significantly higher than on all other lymphoma cells analyzed. Engagement of CD40 by its soluble ligand (CD40L) enhanced both clonogenic capacity and colony cell survival of HD cell lines. Such effect was potentiated by interleukin-9 costimulation in KM-H2 cells. Finally, we have shown that in vitro rosetting of activated CD4+ T cells to HD cells (L-428) is mediated in part by the CD40/CD40L adhesion pathway. Our data indicate that CD40 is a useful antigen for immunodetection and identification of tumor cells in all subtypes of HD, and suggest that it may play a role in the regulation of RS cell expansion and the contact-dependent interactions of these cells with cytokine-producing T lymphocytes.
AuthorsA Carbone, A Gloghini, V Gattei, D Aldinucci, M Degan, P De Paoli, V Zagonel, A Pinto
JournalBlood (Blood) Vol. 85 Issue 3 Pg. 780-9 (Feb 01 1995) ISSN: 0006-4971 [Print] United States
PMID7530508 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antigens, CD
  • Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte
  • CD40 Antigens
  • Interleukin-9
Topics
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal (pharmacology)
  • Antigens, CD (analysis, biosynthesis)
  • Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte (analysis, biosynthesis)
  • B-Lymphocytes (immunology)
  • Blotting, Northern
  • CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes (immunology)
  • CD40 Antigens
  • Cell Adhesion
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Survival (drug effects)
  • Chlorocebus aethiops
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Hodgkin Disease (immunology)
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Interleukin-9 (pharmacology)
  • Kidney
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin (immunology)
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Reed-Sternberg Cells (immunology)
  • Transfection
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

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