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S Tagawa, M Hatakeyama, M Shibano, T Taniguchi and T Kitani
Department of Clinical Research, Osaka University, Japan.
The expression of interleukin 2 receptor (IL-2R) on leukemic cells of
natural killer (NK) and T cell lineages in two patients with large granular
lymphocytic (LGL) leukemia was examined. The p55 Tac IL-2R was not detected
by the indirect immunofluorescence method and it did not participate in the
IL-2 binding to the surface of these cells. However, these leukemic cells
proliferated in a IL-2 dose-dependent manner and expressed p55. A p75 IL-2
receptor (IL-2-R) subunit was detected on the LGL leukemic cells of both NK
and T lineages in a crosslink assay. Thus, it is suggested that the primary
signal of IL-2 is mediated by the p75 alone. A study of the inhibitions of
the proliferative response of LGL leukemia cells by anti-Tac revealed that
both p75 and secondarily induced p55 are required for the cell
proliferation.
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