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  • Title: Mitogen activation of human chronic lymphatic leukemia cells. I. Synthesis and secretion of immunoglobulin.
    Author: Maino VC, Kurnick JT, Kubo RT, Grey HM.
    Journal: J Immunol; 1977 Mar; 118(3):742-8. PubMed ID: 403235.
    Abstract:
    The response of CLL (chronic lymphatic leukemia) lymphocytes to PHA, PWM, and Con A with respect to changes in surface markers and synthesis and secretion of immunoglobulin were examined. After PHA stimulation the percentage of cells bearing readily detectable surface immunoglobulin (SmIg) diminished rapidly whereas cells forming rosettes with sheep erythrocytes (E-rosettes) increased from less than 1% to 30 to 50%. The great majority of blast-transformed cells were E-rosette-positive cells with a small population of SmIg-positive blast cells also observed. Ig production in four of seven CLL lymphocyte populations was increased 2.5 to greater than 40-fold after 4 to 6 days of culture in the presence of PHA. In contrast, pokeweed mitogen did not affect Ig synthesis. Furthermore, the Ig secreted into the culture supernatant fluids from seven of eight CLL cases examined consisted almost entirely of free light chain molecules. In contrast, the cell lysates contained a significant proportion of intact Ig molecules. These results indicate that CLL cells can, under certain circumstances, be stimulated to synthesize and secrete increased amounts of Ig, but that there is a basic defect in the biosynthetic mechanism of these cells which result in the secretion of free light chains rather than intact immunoglobulin molecules.
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