Significance of elevated levels of soluble factors in the cerebrospinal fluid in patients with adult T-cell leukemia

Leukemia & Lymphoma
K UozumiT Arima

Abstract

Although it has been recognized previously that several markers are present in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), their clinical usefulness of these markers in the diagnosis of malignant lymphoma infiltrating to the CNS has not yet been established. In order to determine their diagnostic usefulness as markers of meningeal infiltration by lymphoma cells in patients with adult T-cell leukemia (ATL), we measured some soluble factors in the CSF of patients with ATL and non-ATL patients. Soluble CD4 (sCD4) was highly elevated in all patients with ATL and meningeal infiltration. The CSF level of the soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2R; sCD25) was markedly elevated in 13 (72.2%) of 18 patients with ATL and meningeal infiltration. Levels of sCD4 and sCD25 in the CSF of patients with ATL and meningeal infiltration were significantly higher than in non-ATL patients (p < .01 and p < .001, respectively). These findings indicate that levels of sCD4 and sCD25 in the CSF are probably associated with meningeal infiltration by leukemia cells expressing CD4 and CD25 on surface membranes. CSF levels of sCD4 in 14 (60.9%) of 23 ATL patients and sCD25 in 13 (72.2%) of 18 ATL patients without meningeal infiltration were moderately elevated. These fin...Continue Reading

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