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Y Marikovsky

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Distribution of surface anionic sites on mouse hybrid myelomas.

The surface anionic site distribution on membranes of a monoclonal antibody-producing hybridoma cell line, and its two parental cells: normal spleen cells of immunized BALB/c mice and cells from a mouse myeloma line (NS-1), were investigated with the aid of the cationized ferritin (CF) labelling method, following glutaraldehyde/formaldehyde fixation of cells. The patch-like CF distribution on the hybridoma cells is similar to that of the NS-1 myeloma cells, but distinct from the even and continuous CF distribution of the immunized and nonimmunized normal spleen lymphocytes. The similarity in the formation of patch-like CF heaps, both on myeloma and hybrid cells is discussed in respect to the surface charge characteristic determined by cell fusion.

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Surface charge characteristics of cells from malignant cell lines and normal cell lines of the human hematopoietic system.

Cells from malignant and normal lines of human hematopoietic origin were studied for their surface charge characteristics with the use of the following criteria: 1) the electron microscopic appearance of cell membranes after labeling with cationized ferritin (CF) either before or after glutaraldehyde fixation, 2) electrophoretic mobility, 3) total sialic acid content, and 4) agglutinability with poly-L-lysine (PLL). CF induced a time-dependent redistribution of surface receptors in unfixed malignant cells but not in unfixed normal cells. After 10 seconds of labeling with CF, both normal and malignant unfixed cells showed a uniform and even labeling pattern. After 5 minutes of labeling, malignant cells exhibited a highly pronounced pattern of clusters and patches, as distinct from a random and even pattern exhibited by normal cells. Both normal and malignant cells after fixation exhibited an equivalent random and even labeling pattern with CF, independent of the duration of labeling. The malignant cells studied possessed less sialic acid, had a lower electric mobility, and were agglutinated more readily with PLL than were the normal cells.

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Surface charge characteristics of peripheral blood lymphocytes in chronic lymphatic leukemia and malignant lymphoma.

Peripheral blood lymphocytes from patients with chronic lymphatic leukemia (CLL) and malignant lymphoma (ML) were tested for their surface negative charge characteristics and compared with lymphocytes from normal subjects by use of measurements of lymphocyte agglutination with a positively charged poly-L-lysine (PLL) molecule and by use of electron microscopic observation of lymphocytes labeled with cationized ferritin (CF). Unfixed lymphocytes from CLL and ML patients exhibited clustering and patching of CF particles, whereas normal lymphocytes had a uniform, continuous CF-labeling pattern. Lymphocytes from CLL patients had significantly higher agglutination with PLL than did normal lymphocytes.

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Electron microscope analysis of young and old red blood cells stained with colloidal iron for surface charge evaluation.

Human and rabbit red blood cells, separated into "young" and "old" age groups by differential flotation on phthalate esters, were fixed with glutaraldehyde and labeled with colloidal ferric oxide. Electron micrographs of thin sections of young cells showed a uniform and dense depostion of positive iron particles. Old cells showed particles deposited irregularly, leaving unlabeled gaps on the membrane surface. Red cells incubated with 10 units/ml receptor-destroying enzyme (RDE) demonstrate a reduced labeling, similar to that of old cells. After neuraminic acid had been removed from red cells by 20 units/ml RDE, no iron particles were found on membrane surfaces. The different labeling of young, old, and RDE-treated human and rabbit red cells was correlated with their electric mobility and agglutinability by poly-L-lysine. The contradiction between the apparent similarity in charge density of human and rabbit red cells as estimated by density of iron particles and the markedly lower electric mobility of rabbit red cells is discussed.

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