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Leukemia diagnosis and testing of complement-fixing antibodies for bone marrow purging in acute lymphoid leukemia.

Abstract
In this paper a microplate method is described for diagnosing acute leukemia and for investigating the reactivity of monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) against membrane antigens in combination with rabbit or murine antibodies to nuclear terminal transferase (TdT). The speed of this method facilitates the investigation of fresh leukemic cells from individual patients and assesses the cytolytic efficacy of the relevant MoAbs in the presence of complement (C'). Lymphoblasts (TdT+) are mixed in equal proportions with known numbers of "inert" cells, eg, RBC or nonleukemic bone marrow (BM). Following incubation with MoAbs and C' the ratio of residual TdT+ cells and inert cells is determined on cytospin preparations. Initially, percentages of TdT+ cells are counted in a unit volume of 5,000 inert cells, followed by the scanning of greater than 2 X 10(4) inert cells on entire slides. With this method more than 4 log cytoreduction of TdT + cells is detected. The method is also applicable for studying the cytolysis of malignant B cells by using mostly monoclonal lg expression rather than TdT for the identification of residual B cells. Ten representative patients selected from a group of greater than 100 are reported. In some cases cytoreduction of greater than 4 log with no identifiable residual TdT + cells is achieved by a single C'-fixing MoAb: anti-CD10 (RFAL3) in common acute lymphoid leukemia (ALL) and anti-CD7 (RFT2) in T cell ALL (T-ALL). Other cases require cocktails of anti-CD10, anti-CD19, and anti-CD24 in common ALL or anti-CD7 and anti-CD8 in T-ALL. In T-ALL a few TdT + cells remain that exhibit the features of normal TdT + BM cells (CD7-, HLA-DR+). This is particularly noticeable when patients are studied in partial remission or if nonleukemic BM is used as a source of inert cells. The methods described here contribute to establishing a range of MoAbs (ie, of IgM class) and techniques for efficient purging and to comparing the efficacy of "clean-up," in remission, of common ALL, T-ALL, and B cell malignancies.
AuthorsD Campana, G Janossy
JournalBlood (Blood) Vol. 68 Issue 6 Pg. 1264-71 (Dec 1986) ISSN: 0006-4971 [Print] United States
PMID3535926 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antibodies, Neoplasm
  • Antigens, Neoplasm
  • Antigens, Surface
  • DNA Nucleotidylexotransferase
Topics
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antibodies, Neoplasm (immunology)
  • Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity
  • Antigens, Neoplasm (analysis)
  • Antigens, Surface (analysis)
  • Bone Marrow (pathology)
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation
  • Complement Fixation Tests
  • DNA Nucleotidylexotransferase (immunology, metabolism)
  • Humans
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Leukemia, Lymphoid (diagnosis, immunology, pathology)

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