Abstract
Recent immunophenotypic analysis has shown that the heterogeneous expression of the adhesion molecule VLA-5 classifies myeloma cells into VLA-5+ mature and VLA-5- immature subpopulations. To further clarify the two myeloma subpopulations, we generated a monoclonal antibody, MPC-1, by immunizing mice with an adherent human myeloma cell line, KMS-5. The MPC-1 antibody recognized a 48-Kd surface antigen on KMS-5 but not on U-266, a nonadherent human myeloma cell line. Specificity characterization showed that MPC-1 antigen was expressed on mature myeloma cells, normal plasma cells, and mature B cells, whereas pre-B cells and germinal center B cells lacked its expression. Monocytes and a human bone marrow stromal cell line, KM102, also expressed this antigen. Two subclones of MPC-1+ VLA-5+ (KMS-5Ad) and MPC-1-VLA-5+ (KMS-5NAd) were separated from the KMS-5 cell line. The KMS-5NAd adhered to KM102 more tightly than did the KMS-5NAd, and the U-266 (MPC-1-VLA-5-) displayed almost no adherence to the KM102. The adhesion of the KMS-5Ad was partially inhibited by the MPC-1 antibody. These results, taken together, suggest that the MPC-1 antigen serves as a differentiation marker for B-lineage cells, including plasma cells, and may function as an adhesion molecule involved in the interaction of mature myeloma cells with bone marrow stromal cells.
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