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BRIEF REPORT
From the Department of Immunology, The Medical School,
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England, and The Binding Site,
Birmingham, England.
Using sensitive, automated immunoassays, increased concentrations
of either Nonsecretory multiple myeloma (NSM) is
characterized by the absence of detectable monoclonal proteins in serum
and urine and accounts for 1% to 5% of all patients with multiple
myeloma.1 In approximately 85% of patients with NSM,
immunohistochemical studies demonstrate the presence of cytoplasmic
M-proteins within the plasma cells of the bone marrow indicating
immunoglobulin synthesis.2 Using sensitive techniques,
monoclonal free light chains (flc) can be detected in the urine of some
of these patients,2 but the usual serum and urine
electrophoretic assays are inadequate.3 Thus, the
diagnosis and monitoring of patients with NSM depends on clinical
assessment and bone marrow biopsies. This study evaluated the use of
sensitive, serum flc immunoassays in the diagnosis and management of
patients with NSM.
Collection and storage of serum from patients with NSM
Immunoassays for measuring free
Table 1 shows the serum flc concentrations from the 28 patients
together with the
Table 1 shows that some of the samples with high flc concentrations
were weakly positive when reassessed by sensitive IFE. The monoclonal
bands detected in the 4 Table 1 shows the concentrations and ranges of flc in normal sera.
These results were obtained from individuals who were younger (18-54 years) than the patients and indicates that an age-matched control
group is required for future studies. It is of note that the normal flc
concentrations (which were based on standardization against pure
proteins6) showed The assays described here do not measure the absolute amount of flc present in the sera and no accurate reference method is available. It is possible that the nephelometric immunoassays overestimate the true concentrations. Polymers of flc containing multiple epitopes could enhance the kinetics of immunoprecipitation resulting in relatively high results compared with the same concentrations of monomeric flc. A more complete analysis of these issues will be the subject of further studies. Nevertheless, the results from the current study indicate that the sensitive quantification of serum flc should prove useful for the diagnosis and monitoring of many patients with NSM.
We thank The Binding Site for the provision of the immunoassay kits. The myeloma sera were provided by the MRC Adult Leukaemia Working Party.
Submitted July 24, 2000; accepted December 20, 2000.
Supported in part by a grant from the Department of Trade and Industry (grant no. WMR/26799/SP).
The publication costs of this article were defrayed in part by page charge payment. Therefore, and solely to indicate this fact, this article is hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. section 1734.
Reprints: A. R. Bradwell, Division of Immunity and Infection, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, England.
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