EXPRESSION OF AN ADHESION MOLECULE AND HOMING IN B-CELL CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC-LEUKEMIA .2. L-SELECTIN EXPRESSION MEDIATED CELL-ADHESION REVEALED BY IMMOBILIZED ANALOG CARBOHYDRATES IN B-CELL CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC-LEUKEMIA AND MONOCLONAL LYMPHOCYTOSIS OF UNDETERMINED SIGNIFICANCE
G. Csanaky et al., EXPRESSION OF AN ADHESION MOLECULE AND HOMING IN B-CELL CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC-LEUKEMIA .2. L-SELECTIN EXPRESSION MEDIATED CELL-ADHESION REVEALED BY IMMOBILIZED ANALOG CARBOHYDRATES IN B-CELL CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC-LEUKEMIA AND MONOCLONAL LYMPHOCYTOSIS OF UNDETERMINED SIGNIFICANCE, Medical oncology and tumor pharmacotherapy, 10(4), 1993, pp. 173-180
The L-selectin mediated adhesion of freshly isolated peripheral blood
mononuclear cells (PBMCs) to phosphonomonoester core polysaccharide (P
PME) and fucoidin derivatized gels was investigated in seven cases of
monoclonal lymphocytosis of undetermined significance (B-MLUS) and 12
cases of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: B-CLL, patients with periphera
l lymphocytosis (LY-patients), lymph node enlargement (LN-patients) an
d splenomegaly (SM-patients). PBMCs isolated from the peripheral blood
of 10 healthy donors served as controls. The binding to PPME and fuco
idin correlated well (n = 19, P = 0.01). Adhesion of PBMCs from B-MLUS
and B-CLL showed a greater variability than controls. A higher number
of cells, on average, bound to PPME and fucoidin derivatized polyacry
lamide gels in B-MLUS than in B-CLL. However, the differences observed
were not statistically significant. In four cases with B-CLL, the sti
mulatory effect of interferon-alpha on the function of L-selectin and
some other accessory molecules was also studied. The increased binding
of PBMCs to immobilized analogue molecules (PPME, fucoidin) and to hi
gh endothelial venules (HEVs) in the in vitro HEV-binding assay suppor
ts the notion that interferon-alpha not only increases the expression
of the adhesion molecules, but also results in an enhanced adhesive fu
nction.