ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Application of an immune-magnetic cell sorting method for CD138-positive plasma cells in FISH analysis of multiple myeloma

  1. S. Y. SHIN1,
  2. S. JANG1,
  3. C.-J. PARK1,
  4. H.-S. CHI1,
  5. J.-H. LEE2,
  6. J. H. LEE2,
  7. K. H. LEE2,
  8. C. SUH2,
  9. S. E. LIM3,
  10. E.-J. SEO1

Article first published online: 1 JUN 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-553X.2012.01433.x

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International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volume 34, Issue 5, pages 541–546, October 2012

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SHIN, S. Y., JANG, S., PARK, C.-J., CHI, H.-S., LEE, J.-H., LEE, J. H., LEE, K. H., SUH, C., LIM, S. E. and SEO, E.-J. (2012), Application of an immune-magnetic cell sorting method for CD138-positive plasma cells in FISH analysis of multiple myeloma. International Journal of Laboratory Hematology, 34: 541–546. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-553X.2012.01433.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

  2. 2

    Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

  3. 3

    Medical Genetics Center, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

*Eul-Ju Seo, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Asan Medical Center, 88, Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Korea. Tel.: +82 2 3010 4507; Fax: +82 2 478 0884; E-mail: ejseo@amc.seoul.kr

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 27 AUG 2012
  2. Article first published online: 1 JUN 2012
  3. Received 16 December 2011; accepted for publication 30 March 2012

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Keywords:

  • Multiple myeloma;
  • FISH;
  • immune-magnetic sorting;
  • plasma cell purification

Summary

Introduction:  Interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis of multiple myeloma (MM) may indiscriminately count signals of nonplasma cells, thus decreasing specificity and sensitivity. We aimed to evaluate the usefulness of an immune-magnetic sorting method for plasma cells in FISH analysis of MM and define optimal sample preparation conditions.

Methods:  Plasma cells were purified using EasySep® CD138 Positive Selection Cocktail and Magnetic Nanoparticles (Invitrogen). We compared FISH results with and without plasma cell purification for three sample preparation methods: direct harvest, 24-h culture, and 96-h culture with interleukin-4 in five newly diagnosed MM patients. Archived fixed bone marrow cells of 17 MM patients were also studied.

Results:  The percentage of abnormal cells identified was significantly higher with plasma cell purification than without purification (median, 88.0%; range, 84.0-100.0%vs. 15.0%, 12.5-29.5%, respectively). The three sample preparation methods showed comparable results. Immune-magnetic sorting also significantly increased the percentage of abnormal cells identified in FISH analysis of archived fixed bone marrow cells (P < 0.001).

Conclusions:  Immune-magnetic CD138-positive cell sorting significantly increased the percentage of abnormal cells identified in FISH analysis of MM samples for all sample preparation methods. This method could also be applied for retrospective FISH analysis of archived fixed bone marrow cells.

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