Cell‐cycle, protein content, and nuclear size in acute myeloid leukemia
- 1 January 1985
- Vol. 6 (1), 47-53
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cyto.990060109
Abstract
Simultaneous analysis of DNA and cellular proteins provides information on cell proliferation and metabolism. Cellular protein content coupled with nuclear geometric parameters can be used to evaluate cellular maturation and differentiation. In this study, leucoblasts from 50 cases of adult acute myeloid leukemia were analyzed by flow cytometry, and semiautomatic morphometry was performed on bone marrow smears. Ethanol‐fixed bone marrow blast cells were stained for DNA with propidium iodide (PI) and for proteins with fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC). On the resulting FITC versus PI histograms we defined the cells with low protein content which are associated with a nonproliferating subpopulation (LPC fraction). Low protein content fraction and S‐phase are correlated (p < 0.01). The LPC fraction values are more dispersed than S‐phase values and thus should indicate more clearly eventual differences between cellular populations. This hypothesis has been tested with the prognostic significance of cell‐cycle variables: The LPC fraction was significantly higher in the complete remission group than in the other (p < 0.01), while S‐phase did not show any difference. The peak value of the protein content histograms is significantly lower in the granulocytic leukemias (M1, M2, M3) than in the leukemias with a monoblastic component (M4, M5). Furthermore, we showed that the differentiation and the maturation of the myeloid blast cells modify the nuclear size. The combination of these two parameters provides useful information for cytological classification.Keywords
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