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H Kamesaki

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PubMed1987

Lymphoma cell line (FL-18) and Epstein-Barr virus-carrying cell line (FL-18-EB) obtained from a patient with follicular lymphoma: monoclonal derivation and different properties.

A novel cell line, FL-18, was established from the pleural effusion of a patient with follicular small cleaved cell lymphoma. At the same time, an Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) nuclear antigen (EBNA)-positive cell line, FL-18-EB, was established from the EBV-infected culture of the same pleural effusion cells. Both cell lines had the same monoclonal surface immunoglobulin (IgG kappa), and they had the same karyotype as that of the fresh pleural effusion cells in which a reciprocal translocation between the long arm of chromosomes 14 and 18 [t(14;18)(q32;q21)] was detected. Gene rearrangement analysis of immunoglobulin heavy-chain gene (JH) and kappa light-chain gene (J kappa) showed the same rearranged configuration in the two cell lines; however, some morphological and phenotypic differences were found. The FL-18-EB cells, which were morphologically similar to common EBNA-positive lymphoblastoid cell lines of normal B cell origin at the initial phase of culture, were larger than the FL-18 cells and contained multinucleated giant cells. The FL-18 cells lacked cytoplasmic immunoglobulin and were positive for common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen (CALLA), whereas the FL-18-EB cells had cytoplasmic immunoglobulin and were negative for CALLA. Thus, the phenotype of FL-18-EB seems to be a result of a shift by EBV infection to a more mature stage in the B cell differentiation pathway than that of FL-18. The paired availability of EBV-free and EBV-infected cell lines of a neoplastic clone is unique and valuable in considering EBV infectibility of neoplastic B cells and resultant phenotypic changes.

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PubMed1986

Recurrent chromosome abnormalities in adult T-cell lymphomas of peripheral T-cell origin.

Cytogenetic studies were performed on 11 Japanese patients with adult T-cell lymphoma of peripheral T-cell origin. All patients had a histologic diagnosis of diffuse lymphoma, and were treated with intensive combination chemotherapy; their median survival was 6 months. Lymphomas were categorized on the basis of the classification proposed by the Lymphoma Study Group of Japan: 5 patients had the features of pleomorphic lymphoma; 3, mixed lymphoma; 2, large-cell lymphoma; and 1, medium-sized-cell lymphoma. The modal chromosome number of abnormal cells was near-diploid in 7, and hypotetraploid in 4 including 3 patients with pleomorphic lymphoma. Abnormalities of the clonal chromosomes were observed in all 11 patients. A translocation of the short arm of 19 at band 19p13 was found in 2 patients with pleomorphic lymphoma and in one patient each with mixed lymphoma and medium-sized-cell lymphoma. A translocation of the short arm of 14, with a break at band 14p12, occurred in 4 patients with pleomorphic lymphoma. In one patient each with mixed lymphoma and large-cell lymphoma, an extra chromosome 3 was found. The numerical change was unique because their lymphomas were further categorized as "angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia" and "large-cell immunoblastic lymphoma", respectively. Our findings suggest that characteristic chromosome abnormalities occur in adult T-cell lymphoma, and dividing cells in the tetraploid range tend to be predominant in pleomorphic lymphoma.

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PubMed1986

Cytochemical, immunologic, chromosomal, and molecular genetic analysis of a novel cell line derived from Hodgkin's disease.

A novel cell line, KM-H2, was established from the pleural effusion of a patient with Hodgkin's disease of mixed cellular type. Multiple phenotypic studies were carried out with this cell line. Acid phosphatase and nonspecific esterase activities were detected. Rosette formation with T lymphocytes and the receptors for C3b and Fc portion of IgG were positive. Among the antigens tested with a total of 22 monoclonal antibodies defining hematopoietic cell subsets or lineages, Ki-1, Leu-M1, MCS1, HLA-DR, and OKT9 antigens were found to be positive. The other antigens reportedly specific for T cells, B cells, natural killer (NK) cells, monocytes, interdigitating reticulum (IR) cells and dendritic reticulum cells were negative. These phenotypic features were identical to those of the Sternberg-Reed (SR) and Hodgkin (H) cells in the fresh materials reported by other researchers. Moreover, the KM-H2 cells and the parental pleural effusion cells shared several structural chromosome anomalies. These findings indicated that the KM-H2 cells are derived from the SR and H cells. Molecular genetic analysis of the KM-H2 cells disclosed that the human immunoglobulin JH gene was rearranged but not the JK gene, and that the human T cell receptor beta chain gene was of the germline type. Based on these properties of the KM-H2 cells, Hodgkin's disease may be derived from a cell lineage other than T cell or B cell.

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PubMed1985

Phenotypic analysis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) cells which are classified as non-T non-B and negative for common ALL antigen.

When phenotypic marker analysis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) cells (102 cases) was performed, a group of ALL cells (15 cases) classified as non-T non-B, and negative for common-ALL antigen (CALLA) was characterized in a focused manner. "Non-T non-B" was defined as negative for T cell properties such as E-rosetting or reactivity with anti-human T-cell monoclonal antibodies (T101, WT1), and absence of any B-cell characteristics (cell surface and/or cytoplasmic immunoglobulin and reactivity with B1 monoclonal antibody). Despite their marked heterogeneity, CALLA(-) non-T non-B ALL cells revealed three different phenotypic patterns in terms of presence of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT) and of reactivity with antimyeloid (MCS1) or myelomonocyte (MCS2 and OKM1) monoclonal antibodies. Four of 15 cases reacted with some myeloid-specific antibodies, but were negative for TdT. Six cases had both MCS2 antigen and TdT. The remaining five cases expressed no myeloid antigens, but were positive for TdT with some exceptions. These findings showed that acute leukemias with myeloid antigens might be involved in CALLA(-) non-T non-B ALL having no relationship to the presence of TdT, and, furthermore, that the blasts with simultaneous expression of TdT and myeloid-specific antigen (MCS2) might represent an immature stage in hematopoietic differentiation closely corresponding with the bifurcation of the lymphocyte/myeloid pathway. Alternatively, only five cases remained "unclassified leukemia." We therefore think that the detailed examination of CALLA(-) non-T non-B ALL cells using myeloid specific antibodies is helpful in clarifying the characteristics of myeloid precursors and the common bipotential stem cell of lymphoid and myeloid progenitors.

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PubMed1983

Incidence of antibody to adult T-cell leukemia-virus-associated antigen among T-cell malignancies in the Kyoto District, with a report of two unusual cases.

Titration of antibody to adult T-cell leukemia (ATL)-virus-associated antigen (ATLA) is of much help for diagnosing ATL, because almost all patients with ATL are seropositive even in an ATL-nonendemic area such as Kyoto. In T-cell lymphoma, anti-ATLA antibody was thought to be related to the birthplace of the patients and the epidermotropism of their skin lesions, but it was not confirmative because the number of cases was so small. We present here two curious cases of anti-ATLA-negative T-cell leukemia/lymphoma. A 53-yr-old man, born in a nonendemic area, had manifestations similar to those of ATL except for the lack of skin involvement, but the morphology of his leukemic cells was less like that of ATL cells than that of prolymphocytic leukemia cells. Therefore, his leukemia was not diagnosed as ATL. A 52-yr-old woman, whose parents' hometown was in an endemic area, showed typical manifestations of nonleukemic T-cell lymphoma, and her biopsied lymph node was compatible with diffuse, pleomorphic lymphoma histologically. In the latter patient, the negative anti-ATLA finding might be due to titration sensitivity. Therefore, the clinical and hematologic features are still informative for distinguishing ATL from other T-cell malignancies.

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