Chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells lack the 185,000-dalton macromolecular insoluble cold globulin present on normal B lymphocytes

The Journal of Clinical Investigation
M A SimmondsS P Hauptman

Abstract

We have recently characterized two lymphocyte-associated membrane proteins which have been termed 225,000-dalton and 185,000-dalton macromolecular insoluble cold globulin (225-MICG and 185-MICG, respectively) to distinguish their major physicochemical properties. These proteins differ antigenically, structurally, and in their cellular distribution. T cells can be distinguished by the synthesis and presence in the plasma membrane of 225-MICG, Null cells by the appearance of 185-MICG, and B cells by the appearance of both 225- and 185-MICG. The characterization of these two proteins in the monoclonal B lymphocytes of chronic lymphocytic leukemia forms the basis of this report. Using immunofluorescent microscopy, we found only 225-MICG on the surface of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cells in 15 patients, whereas control B cells from 20 individuals displayed both 225- and 185-MICG. When MICG proteins were isolated and compared by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, normal B cells showed two stained bands, corresponding to 225- and 185-MICG, whereas the CLL cells demonstrated only the 225-MICG band. Using labeled amino acid incorporation into cellular protein, normal B cells were shown to synthesize 225- ...Continue Reading

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