EXPRESSION OF THE MULTIPLE-DRUG RESISTANCE GENE (MDR-1) AND EPITOPE MASKING IN CHRONIC LYMPHATIC-LEUKEMIA

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CUMBER, PM [1 ]
JACOBS, A [1 ]
HOY, T [1 ]
FISHER, J [1 ]
WHITTAKER, JA [1 ]
TSURUO, T [1 ]
PADUA, RA [1 ]
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[1] UNIV TOKYO,DEPT APPL MICROBIOL,BUNKYO KU,TOKYO 113,JAPAN
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10.1111/j.1365-2141.1990.tb07876.x
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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Summary Resistance to cytotoxic agents is a common clinical problem in the treatment of chronic lymphatic leukaemia (CLL). The multidrug resistant (MDR) phenotype characterized by increased levels of a specific cell membrane p‐glycoprotein. confers cross resistance to a wide range of structurally dissimilar antineoplastic drugs. We have studied the expression of this p‐glycoprotein in chronic lymphatic leukaemia measured by immunofluorescence using a monoclonal antibody MRK 16 by flow cytometry. Initial results showed that only 12% of lymphocyte samples from CLL patients showed increased p‐glycoprotein, conflicting with a previous observation that 53% of CLL patients had an increased level of mdr‐1 mRNA. Treatment of the cells with neuraminidase to remove sialic acid residues increased the proportion of patients showing increased p‐glycoprotein to 52%. This suggests that in a subset of CLL patients post translational modification of the protein occurs masking the epitope recognized by MRK 16. Abnormal sialylation patterns associated with malignancy are a well‐recognized phenomenon. Copyright © 1990, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
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