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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-6-10
pubmed:abstractText
BCR-ABL fusion proteins show increased signaling through their ABL tyrosine kinase domain, which can be blocked by specific inhibitors, thereby providing effective treatment. This makes detection of BCR-ABL aberrations of utmost importance for diagnosis, classification and treatment of leukemia patients. BCR-ABL aberrations are currently detected by karyotyping, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) or PCR techniques, which are time consuming and require specialized facilities. We developed a simple flow cytometric immunobead assay for detection of BCR-ABL fusion proteins in cell lysates, using a bead-bound anti-BCR catching antibody and a fluorochrome-conjugated anti-ABL detection antibody. We noticed protein stability problems in lysates caused by proteases from mature myeloid cells. This problem could largely be solved by adding protease inhibitors in several steps of the immunobead assay. Testing of 145 patient samples showed fully concordant results between the BCR-ABL immunobead assay and reverse transcriptase PCR of fusion gene transcripts. Dilution experiments with BCR-ABL positive cell lines revealed sensitivities of at least 1%. We conclude that the BCR-ABL immunobead assay detects all types of BCR-ABL proteins in leukemic cells with high specificity and sensitivity. The assay does not need specialized laboratory facilities other than a flow cytometer, provides results within approximately 4 h, and can be run in parallel to routine immunophenotyping.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1476-5551
pubmed:author
pubmed-author:BöttcherSS, pubmed-author:BoeckxNN, pubmed-author:BrüggemannMM, pubmed-author:Brouwer-De CockK A JKA, pubmed-author:ChenRR, pubmed-author:Comans-BitterW MWM, pubmed-author:DekkingEE, pubmed-author:EuroFlow Consortium, pubmed-author:Flores-MonteroJJ, pubmed-author:HoogeveenP GPG, pubmed-author:KalinaTT, pubmed-author:KoningAA, pubmed-author:KovalDD, pubmed-author:LhermitteLL, pubmed-author:LucioPP, pubmed-author:MacintyreEE, pubmed-author:MendonçaAA, pubmed-author:NgY YYY, pubmed-author:NoordijkA LAL, pubmed-author:OrfaoAA, pubmed-author:SederKK, pubmed-author:StaalF J TFJ, pubmed-author:Szczepa?skiTT, pubmed-author:Van PoeckeNN, pubmed-author:WaiHH, pubmed-author:WeerkampFF, pubmed-author:van DongenJ J MJJ, pubmed-author:van der LindenAA, pubmed-author:van der SluijsA JAJ, pubmed-author:van der VeldenV H JVH
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1106-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Flow cytometric immunobead assay for the detection of BCR-ABL fusion proteins in leukemia patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Immunology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Validation Studies