| Literature DB >> 2121691 |
T Kodaka1, T Uchiyama, T Ishikawa, M Kamio, R Onishi, K Itoh, T Hori, H Uchino, M Tsudo, K Araki.
Abstract
To determine whether the interleukin-2 receptor (IL-2R) beta-chain (p70-75) is expressed on leukemic cells from patients with adult T cell leukemia (ATL) as well as alpha-chain (p55, Tac), we performed radiolabeled interleukin-2 (IL-2) binding assay, chemical crosslinking of radiolabeled IL-2 and flow cytometric analysis using a newly-developed anti-IL-2R beta-chain antibody. The results showed that leukemic cells from all the 12 ATL patients we examined expressed the IL-2R beta-chain together with the alpha-chain whereas there was no detectable beta-chain expression on unstimulated peripheral blood CD4(+) T cells from healthy volunteers. Southern blot analysis revealed that this abnormal expression was not caused by the structural change of IL-2R beta-chain gene. Though leukemic cells from all ATL patients examined expressed high-affinity IL-2Rs, leukemic cells from only 25% of all ATL patients proliferated in response to IL-2. These results showing abnormal expression of IL-2R beta-chain on leukemic cells from ATL patients (ATL cells) suggest a close association between HTLV-I infection and abnormal beta-chain expression as well as alpha-chain expression.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2121691 PMCID: PMC5918106 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1990.tb02665.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Jpn J Cancer Res ISSN: 0910-5050