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L Van Hove

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PubMed2006

A proposed method for assessing plasma hypertonicity in vivo.

Indices of plasma hypertonicity, elevated plasma concentrations of solutes that draw fluid out of cells by osmosis, are needed to pursue hypertonicity as a possible risk factor for obesity and chronic disease. This paper proposes a new index that may be more sensitive to mild hypertonicity in vivo at a point in time than traditional measures. The index compares mean corpuscular volume (MCV) estimates from diluted (in solution by automated cell counter) and nondiluted blood (calculated from manual hematocrit, MCV=Hct/RBC*10(6)). A larger Auto vs Manual MCV (>2 fl) in vitro indicates hypertonicity in vivo if the cell counter diluent is isotonic with the threshold for plasma vasopressin (PVP) release and PVP is detectable in plasma (>0.5 pg/ml). To evaluate this principle of concept, hypertonicity was induced by 24-h fluid restriction after a 20 ml/kg water load in four healthy men (20-46 years). Unlike serum and urine indices, the MCV difference-&-PVP index detected hypertonicity in all participants.

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PubMed1995

Improved automated leucocyte counting and differential in newborns achieved by the haematology analyser CELL-DYN 3500.

Automated leucocyte counts in newborns generated by the impedance principle are artificially affected by the high osmotic resistance of some newborn RBC and possibly by the high normoblast numbers present during the neonatal period. Erroneously high WBC counts may result. The haematology analyser CELL-DYN 3500 (Abbott Diagnostika GmbH, Wiesbaden-Delkenheim, Germany) has two different channels for the WBC count, an electrical resistivity (impedance) channel and a laseroptical channel. In combination with facultative extended lysis of resistant RBC before WBC count, this instrument is claimed to be very suitable for newborn blood analysis. We measured the WBC count and differential of 165 blood samples from newborns and cord blood on the CELL-DYN 3500. Reticulocyte count and manual differential including normoblasts were determined. Furthermore, some technical aspects of neonatal blood analysis were evaluated: precision, cell stability, effect of incorrect blood-anticoagulant ratio of small blood collecting tubes. The internal decision making process of the CELL-DYN 3500 selects the result either from the optical channel (identifies and excludes normoblasts) or from the resistivity channel (eliminates resistant RBC). This instrument gives a reliable and accurate WBC count and differential of neonatal samples even in blood samples with normoblasts and lytic resistant RBC. The result given by the CELL-DYN 3500 can be confirmed by a subsequent run in extended lyse mode.

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PubMed1995

Recommended procedures for the classification of acute leukaemias.

The classification of acute leukaemias is now widely based on a combined morphological, cytochemical and immunophenotyping approach. Difficulties are frequently encountered however in reaching an acceptable degree of diagnostic concordance between different laboratories because of variations in the techniques used (in terms of methodologies, reagents and equipment) and diagnostic interpretation. The International Council for Standardization in Haematology (ICSH) convened an expert panel to consider currently available diagnostic techniques with the aim of defining a minimum cytochemical and immunological diagnostic panel that could be used as core components for the classification of acute leukaemia. The proposed ICSH scheme, which attempts to balance the basic requirement for providing precise and informative diagnostic information without limiting its use to only those laboratories with sophisticated facilities, is based on three sequential levels of investigation; primary cytochemistry, intracellular phenotyping and membrane immunophenotyping. The minimum ICSH recommended cytochemistries comprise myeloperoxidase (MPO), chloroacetate esterase (ChlorE) and alpha-naphthyl acetate esterase (ANAE), and standardised methods for these cytochemistries are detailed in this communication. For cases of acute leukaemia that remain unclassified by primary cytochemistry, subsequent immunological analyses for cytoplasmic CD3, CD22, MPO and nuclear TdT are recommended. The ICSH panel considers that the use of these minimum primary cytochemical and intracellular phenotyping procedures will lead to the consistent classification of most acute leukaemias, and that the third level of investigation (membrane immunophenotyping) should be used for the purposes of confirmation, diagnostic clarification of atypical leukaemias, and the subtyping of acute lymphoblastic leukaemias (ALL). The ICSH panel also recognised that there are a number of additional technologies which can provide definitive diagnostic information, such as cytogenetics and DNA genotyping, but these were excluded from the minimum panel because of their restricted availability. While many specialised laboratories, particularly in the areas of diagnostic research, will continue to use individual investigatory protocols, it is considered that the inclusion of the ICSH scheme as core components would lead to greater consistency when comparing independent studies of acute leukaemia.

Acute Disease↗
PubMed1993

Serum erythropoietin levels in elderly inpatients with anemia of chronic disorders and iron deficiency anemia.

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the relationship between serum erythropoietin levels and hemoglobin levels in elderly patients with anemia of chronic disorders related to cancer or acute infection when compared with anemic patients with iron deficiency. DESIGN: Prospective survey with comparison groups. SETTING: Tertiary care center. PATIENTS: An elderly group aged 70 and above (mean 84, range 70-96) was divided into subgroups of 45 with anemia of chronic disorders (23 with cancer and 22 with acute infection), 24 with iron-deficiency anemia, and 27 with no anemia. Thirty non-anemic younger adults were also studied. MEASUREMENTS: Serum erythropoietin (radioimmunoassay), complete blood count, serum iron, B12, folate and ferritin, liver and kidney function tests, blood gas analyses, and bacteriological and radiological tests. RESULTS: The serum erythropoietin levels were significantly lower in the elderly non-anemic hospitalized group than in the healthy younger group. A significant negative relationship between the log serum erythropoietin and hemoglobin levels was found in patients with iron deficiency, but not in the other groups. For any given hemoglobin level, the response of erythropoietin was significantly higher in anemic patients with iron deficiency when compared with the neoplastic and infectious group. CONCLUSION: Erythropoietin response to anemia is blunted in elderly patients with anemia of chronic disorders related to cancer or acute infection. Erythropoietin level is lower in non-anemic elderly inpatients than in healthy younger persons.

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PubMed1992

Correlation of cytogenetic patterns and clinicobiological features in adult acute myeloid leukemia expressing lymphoid markers.

Cytogenetic, biomolecular, and clinicopathologic features were retrospectively studied in 34 adult patients with acute myelogenous leukemia expressing one or more of the following lymphoid-associated markers (LMs): CD7, CD2, CD10, CD19, CD22, TdT. Six patients showed 11q23 rearrangements (group I); three patients had the classic Ph chromosome (group II); 15 patients had aberrations of the myeloid type (group III), including four patients with structural aberrations of 13q or trisomy 13, three patients with 7q and 1q anomalies, and two patients with trisomy 11q. Ten patients had a normal karyotype (group IV). Anomalies exclusively associated with lymphoid malignancies were not seen. Ig H and/or T-cell receptor genes were found to be rearranged in 50% and 66% of patients in cytogenetic groups I and II, respectively, versus 8% in group III and 12% in group IV. Likewise, more than one LM was more frequently detected in groups I and II. In group III, two of four patients with aberrations of chromosome 13 expressed two or more lymphoid features. Clinically, patients belonging to cytogenetic groups I and II were generally young, presented with a high white blood cell (WBC) count, and had a low complete remission rate. Survival in Ph chromosome-positive cases was uniformly short. We conclude that although there is no cytogenetic anomaly specifically associated with acute myelogenous leukemia expressing LM, a Morphologic, Immunologic, and Cytogenetic classification may constitute a working basis for further studies aimed at a better definition of clinicopathologic features and optimal treatment strategies for these leukemias.

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PubMed1992

Recombinant human erythropoietin for the treatment of anemia in the myelodysplastic syndromes: a clinical and erythrokinetic assessment.

The clinical and ferrokinetic effects of escalating doses of subcutaneously administered recombinant human erythropoietin (rh-EPO) were studied in ten patients with myelodysplastic syndromes and severe transfusion-dependent anemia. Red blood cell transfusion requirements diminished in four patients, and one of the patients eventually became transfusion independent with an EPO-induced rise of Hb from 7.7 g/dl to 12.3 g/dl. Endogenous serum levels of EPO were significantly increased in all patients (100-5700 mU/ml), but three of four responders had a relatively low baseline level. The effective red cell iron turnover (RCIT) improved in two responding patients and even normalized in one patient. This increase in RCIT was accompanied with a decline in the ineffective red cell iron turnover (IIT). The other responding patients had a relatively preserved RCIT before EPO treatment. EPO therapy further increased the fraction of IIT in the latter patients. Red cell survival time did not increase during EPO therapy, even in the responding patients. One transient and one maintained increase in platelet count were observed. Disease progression with a sustained increase in blast cells in one patient and a transient elevation of blasts in another patient was seen. No other side effects of EPO therapy were observed. These results suggest that anemic MDS patients with low serum EPO levels and relatively spared effective erythropoiesis as measured by ferrokinetic studies may be the best candidates for treatment with recombinant human EPO.

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PubMed1991

Lymphocyte subset reference ranges in adult Caucasians.

We report here the distributions of lymphocyte populations bearing the following antigens: CD3 (T cells), CD19 (B cells), CD4 (T helper/inducer cells), CD8 (T suppressor/cytotoxic and some NK cells), and CD3-, CD16+, and/or CD56+ (NK cells). At four sites, analyses were performed on healthy, normal subjects between the ages of 18 and 70, using identical flow cytometry systems and techniques. Reference ranges (unadjusted for sex differences and age variation) are CD3 (61 to 85%), CD19 (7 to 23%), NK (6 to 29%), CD4 (28 to 58%), and CD8 (19 to 48%). The lymphocyte subpopulation distributions for all antigens were found to be similar at all sites. By combining data from all sites, it has been possible to estimate age variation and sex differences for each of these subpopulations. Age and sex associated differences are substantial for some lymphocyte subsets (CD3, CD4, NK cells), and proper accounting of these effects is essential in evaluating the individual patient, if further disease-related variation is to be accurately and consistently assessed. It appears possible to recommend reference ranges for lymphocyte population parameters applicable across national and laboratory boundaries. These ranges provide a basis for comparing results from different institutions and for combining such results on subjects and patients from several institutions, provided the methodology and equipment are identical at all sites.

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PubMed1991

Monocyte counting: discrepancies in results obtained with different automated instruments.

To determine the accuracy of several methods for measuring the monocyte count, the results obtained by a number of different automated cell counters were analysed. Considerable discrepancies occurred for monocyte counts obtained in normal blood among the counters. The results of a visual monocyte count on a total of 800 leucocytes were used as the reference method. The technique of measuring the monocyte count by using dual staining with monoclonal antibodies CD45 and CD14 provided the closest agreement with the reference method. Six other automated counting systems were assessed. Two of these systems (Coulter VCS and Technicon H1) gave results, which, although under-estimating monocytosis, correlated well with the results obtained by the reference technique. A third system (Toa Sysmex NE-8000) gave unreliable results. Three of the automated systems evaluated measured a "third population"--that is, monocytes together with other leucocytes. One of these systems (Ortho ELT 1500), overestimated the count, as expected, but correlated well with the reference method. The second of these "third population counters" (Coulter S Plus IV) correlated moderately well with the reference monocytosis, while the Toa Sysmex E-5000 correlated poorly. It is clear that problems exist in the evaluation of different instruments for counting monocytes. An accurate and reliable reference method is a pre-requisite to evaluate this aspect of cell counters. As the visual method is too cumbersome a different reference method would be useful. Based on the results of this study, it is suggested that the technique using fluorescence labelled monoclonal antibodies should be regarded as an acceptable alternative.

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PubMed1990

Reticulocyte count using thiazole orange. A flow cytometry method.

Recently flow cytometry techniques have been developed to replace the microscope reticulocyte count. We used thiazole orange, a RNA binding fluorochrome, to discriminate reticulocytes from mature erythrocytes. Thiazole orange and the Retic-COUNT software package were evaluated for performance of routine analysis on different flow instruments. The applied methodology analysed 10(4) cells semi-automatically in an easily performed manner. Consistent results were obtained with dipotassium EDTA anticoagulated blood (stable for 30 h after venesection), with incubation times in thiazole orange solution ranging from 2 to 7 h at 25 degrees C. This allowed flexibility in specimen collection and storage and assay performance with no change in results. Changes of incubation temperature up to 30 degrees C had no measurable effect. The values obtained showed good linearity, precision and accuracy for normal, low and high reticulocyte counts. However interferences were observed: RBC autofluorescence, nucleated RBC, Howell-Jolly bodies, high leucocyte count, high platelet count and giant platelets, all falsely increased the number of reticulocytes. These artifacts were eliminated by software gate corrections, thus leaving less than 5% of the specimen to be reanalysed by the microscopic method. The thiazole orange flow cytometric method was determined to be a fast, reliable method for the routine clinical quantitation of reticulocytes.

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PubMed1988

In vivo localization and biological effect of anti-yolk sac monoclonal antibodies.

Two monoclonal antibodies directed against rat yolk sac antigen 1 (mab 6D1) and yolk sac antigen 2 (mab 3C3) were injected i.v. into pregnant or tumor-bearing rats. Immunofluorescent examination of the different organs from animals killed, 2, 24, or 48 hours after inoculation showed the specific binding of mab 6D1 to the free surface of visceral endoderm cells in pregnant animals and on visceral cells of yolk sac carcinoma. The mab 3C3 reacted only with the endoderm of parietal yolk sac and with a distinctive parietal pattern of the tumor. The reaction was strong after 2 and 24 hours following injection and much weaker after 48 hours. The 3C3 mab had an embryotoxic effect, whereas the 6D1 mab did not influence the development of the fetus.

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PubMed1988

Immunohistochemical localization of yolk sac antigen 1 on rat spermatogenic cells.

The reactivity of monoclonal antibody (6D1, mAb) directed against yolk sac antigen 1 was verified on testes of young and adult rats. The antigen defined by 6D1 mAb was detected on the earliest appearing pachytene spermatocytes in the testis of 18-day-old rats. In the testis of the adult rat, the mAb reacted with pachytene spermatocytes, spermatids and spermatozoa. Less differentiated cells of spermatogenesis, for example spermatogonia and early spermatocytes, showed no reaction with the 6D1. Only after breaking down the blood-testis barrier, could the mAb injected intravenously reach the spermatogenic cells of the adluminar compartment in the seminiferous tubules.

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PubMed1987

Structure and expression of mos sequences in spontaneous and Moloney murine sarcoma virus-induced yolk sac carcinomas in rats.

Facilitation of yolk-sac carcinoma (YSCa) development in fetectomized rats by the Moloney murine sarcoma virus/murine leukemia virus (Mo-MSV/MLV) complex was found to be closely associated with the presence of Mo-MSV sequences in the genomes of the YSCa cells. The virus-induced YSCas consisted of cells of mono- or oligoclonal origin which always contained in their genomes at least I randomly integrated Mo-MSV provirus. In YSCas which developed in the absence of virus, no rearrangement or amplification of c-mos could be detected. In addition, blot hybridization analysis of cellular RNA failed to detect mos-related RNA in cell lines derived from Mo-MSV-induced as well as from non-virally induced YSCas. The methylation level of c-mos DNA was low in all YSCa cell lines. In contrast, v-mos DNA in cell lines derived from Mo-MSV-induced YSCas was heavily methylated.

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PubMed1987

Purification, subunit structure and properties of a high-molecular-mass protein phosphatase capable of dephosphorylating mRNP of the brine shrimp Artemia sp.

A phosphoprotein phosphatase active towards casein, phosphorylase a and mRNP proteins has been detected in the cytosol of cryptobiotic gastrulae of Artemia sp. This phosphatase has a relative molecular mass (Mr) of 225,000 as measured by gel filtration on Sephadex G-200 and has been purified to near homogeneity by ion-exchange chromatography on different DEAE-substituted matrices, affinity chromatography on polylysine-agarose, histone-Sepharose 4B and protamine-agarose, hydrophobic chromatography on phenyl-Sepharose 4B and gel filtration on Sephadex G-200. Sodium dodecyl sulphate gel electrophoresis of the final purification step revealed that the enzyme contains two types of subunits, alpha and beta, with Mr of 40,000 and 75,000, respectively. These values, in conjunction with the native Mr and the molar ratios of the subunits estimated by densitometric analysis of the gel, suggested that the subunit composition of the enzyme is alpha 2 beta 2. When treated with 1.7% (v/v) 2-mercaptoethanol at -20 degrees C or with ethanol, the enzyme released the catalytic alpha subunit of Mr 40,000. The protein phosphatase was activated by basic proteins e.g. protamine (A 0.5 = 1 microM), histone H1 (A 0.5 = 1.6 microM) and polylysine (A 0.5 = 0.2 microM) and inhibited by ATP (I 0.5 = 12 microM), NaF (I 0.5 = 3.1 mM) and pyrophosphate (I 0.5 = 0.6 mM). The enzyme is a polycation-stimulated protein phosphatase. Purified mRNP proteins, phosphorylated by the mRNP-associated casein kinase type II, are among the substrates used by the enzyme. The function of reversible phosphorylation-dephosphorylation of mRNP as a regulatory mechanism in mRNP metabolism is discussed.

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PubMed1986

Identification of the substrates of the casein kinase II associated with non-polysomal messenger ribonucleoproteins of A. salina cryptobiotic embryos.

The association of a protein kinase with cytoplasmic non-polysomal messenger ribonucleoproteins is demonstrated by chromatography on oligo(dT)-cellulose and sucrose gradient centrifugation. The cAMP-independent enzyme is inhibited by caffeine and poly(L)-glutamic acid and is classified as a casein kinase II. Among the exogenous proteins initiation factor eIF2 is the best substrate and is 7.8 times more efficiently phosphorylated than casein. Endogenous mRNP protein substrates have a Mr of 125 000, 65 000, 38 000, 26 000 and 23 500. The main phosphate acceptor is the Mr 38 000 poly(A)-binding protein. Dephosphorylation of the poly(A)-binding protein by protein phosphatases decreases its RNA binding property. The effect of phosphorylation-dephosphorylation of mRNP proteins on the initiation of protein synthesis is discussed.

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PubMed1985

Dephosphorylation of cytoplasmic non-polysomal messenger ribonucleoproteins from cryptobiotic gastrulae of Artemia salina.

Cytoplasmic non-polysomal mRNP from cryptobiotic gastrulae of the brine shrimp Artemia salina do not contain endogeneous protein phosphatase activity. However, both non-polysomal mRNP and purified mRNP proteins, phosphorylated by mRNP associated protein kinase, can be dephosphorylated by protein phosphatases purified from A. salina cytosol and rabbit skeletal muscle. The 38 kDa and 23.5 kDa poly(A) binding proteins (P38 and P23.5) and a 65 kDa protein are the major substrates of each protein phosphatase used. The reversible phosphorylation-dephosphorylation of mRNP may be involved in the regulation of mRNP metabolism, by altering the poly(A) binding capacities of the mRNP proteins.

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PubMed1985

Identification of protein phosphatases dephosphorylating mRNP proteins from cryptobiotic gastrulae of the brine shrimp A. salina.

In the cytosol of A. salina cryptobiotic gastrulae at least five protein phosphatases active on phosphorylase a have been detected by ion exchange chromatography on DEAE-cellulose. Only two of these enzymes (PP-X and PP-Y) are active in mRNP dephosphorylation. Both enzymes are insensitive to inhibitor-1 and -2 and stimulation of enzymatic activity (2.5-fold with PP-X and 6.5-fold with PP-Y) can be accomplished by ethanol treatment of the native enzymes, or freeze-thawing in the presence of 1.7% (v/v) 2-mercaptoethanol. These properties allow PP-X and PP-Y to be classified as type-2A enzymes according to the nomenclature of Cohen. This paper is the first report of protein phosphatases capable of dephosphorylating mRNP proteins.

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PubMed1985

Multipotentiality of yolk-sac carcinoma cell clones.

Yolk-sac carcinoma (YSCa) clones were isolated by manual cloning under visual control. By morphology, immunohistology and histochemistry the clones were shown to differentiate in vitro into visceral and parietal yolk-sac cells and in vivo into visceral and parietal yolk-sac cells, trophoblast and mesenchyme. Trophoblast and mesenchyme were only recorded in rat YSCa derived from displaced yolk sac but not in embryo-derived YSCA. Hence YSCa cells displaying a visceral and parietal yolk-sac pattern as well as the trophoblastic and the mesenchymal structures should have a common cell ancestor.

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