CD20

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B-lymphocyte antigen CD20 or CD20 is an activated-glycosylated phosphoprotein expressed on the surface of all B-cells beginning at the pro-B phase (CD45R+, CD117+) and progressively increasing in concentration until maturity.[1]

In humans CD20 is encoded by the MS4A1 gene.[2][3]

This gene encodes a member of the membrane-spanning 4A gene family. Members of this nascent protein family are characterized by common structural features and similar intron/exon splice boundaries and display unique expression patterns among hematopoietic cells and nonlymphoid tissues. This gene encodes a B-lymphocyte surface molecule that plays a role in the development and differentiation of B-cells into plasma cells. This family member is localized to 11q12, among a cluster of family members. Alternative splicing of this gene results in two transcript variants that encode the same protein.[3]

Function

The protein has no known natural ligand[4] and its function is to enable optimal B-cell immune response, specifically against T-independent antigens.[5] It is suspected that it acts as a calcium channel in the cell membrane.

Expression

CD20 is expressed on all stages of B cell development except the first and last; it is present from late pro-B cells through memory cells, but not on either early pro-B cells or plasma blasts and plasma cells.[6][7] It is found on B-cell lymphomas, hairy cell leukemia, B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and melanoma cancer stem cells.[8]

Immunohistochemistry can be used to determine the presence of CD20 on cells in histological tissue sections. Because CD20 remains present on the cells of most B-cell neoplasms, and is absent on otherwise similar appearing T-cell neoplasms, it can be very useful in diagnosing conditions such as B-cell lymphomas and leukaemias. However, the presence or absence of CD20 in such tumours is not relevant to prognosis, with the progression of the disease being much the same in either case. CD20 positive cells are also sometimes found in cases of Hodgkins disease, myeloma, and thymoma.[9]

Antibody FMC7 (Flinder Medical Centre) appears to recognise a conformational variant of CD20[10][11] also known as the FMC7 antigen.[12]

Clinical significance

CD20 is the target of the monoclonal antibodies rituximab, ocrelizumab, obinutuzumab, ofatumumab, ibritumomab tiuxetan, tositumomab, and ublituximab, which are all active agents in the treatment of all B cell lymphomas, leukemias, and B cell-mediated autoimmune diseases.

The anti-CD20 mAB ofatumumab (Genmab) was approved by FDA in October 2009 for chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

The anti-CD20 mAB obinutuzumab (Gazyva) was approved by FDA in November 2013 for chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Additional anti-CD20 antibody therapeutics under development (phase II or III clinical trials in 2008) include :

B cells, CD20, and diabetes mellitus

A link between the immune system's B cells and diabetes mellitus has been determined.[15] In cases of obesity, the presence of fatty tissues surrounding the body's major organ systems results in cell necrosis and insulin desensitivity along the boundary between them. Eventually, the contents of fat cells that would otherwise have been digested by insulin are shed into the bloodstream. An inflammation response that mobilizes both T and B cells results in the creation of antibodies against these cells, causing them to become less responsive to insulin by an as-yet unknown mechanism and promoting hypertension, hypertriglyceridemia, and arteriosclerosis, hallmarks of the metabolic syndrome. Obese mice administered anti-B cell CD-20 antibodies, however, did not become less responsive to insulin and as a result did not develop diabetes mellitus or the metabolic syndrome, the posited mechanism being that anti-CD20 antibodies rendered the T cell antibodies dysfunctional and therefore powerless to cause insulin desensitivity by a B cell antibody-modulated autoimmune response. The protection afforded by anti-CD-20 lasted approximately forty days—the time it takes the body to replenish its supply of B cells—after which repetition was necessary to restore it. Hence, it has been argued that diabetes mellitus be reclassified as an autoimmune disease rather than a purely metabolic one and focus treatment for it on immune system modulation.[15]

References

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  13. "Trubion announces Pfizer's decision to discontinue development of TRU-015 for RA". Trubion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. press release. 15 June 2010.
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Further reading

  • Macardle PJ, Nicholson IC (2003). "CD20". Journal of Biological Regulators and Homeostatic Agents. 16 (2): 136–8. PMID 12144126.
  • Tamayose K, Sato N, Ando J, Sugimoto K, Oshimi K (December 2002). "CD3-negative, CD20-positive T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia: case report and review of the literature". American Journal of Hematology. 71 (4): 331–5. doi:10.1002/ajh.10224. PMID 12447967.
  • Küster H, Zhang L, Brini AT, MacGlashan DW, Kinet JP (June 1992). "The gene and cDNA for the human high affinity immunoglobulin E receptor beta chain and expression of the complete human receptor". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 267 (18): 12782–7. PMID 1535625.
  • Einfeld DA, Brown JP, Valentine MA, Clark EA, Ledbetter JA (March 1988). "Molecular cloning of the human B cell CD20 receptor predicts a hydrophobic protein with multiple transmembrane domains". The EMBO Journal. 7 (3): 711–7. PMC 454379. PMID 2456210.
  • Tedder TF, Disteche CM, Louie E, Adler DA, Croce CM, Schlossman SF, Saito H (April 1989). "The gene that encodes the human CD20 (B1) differentiation antigen is located on chromosome 11 near the t(11;14)(q13;q32) translocation site". Journal of Immunology. 142 (7): 2555–9. PMID 2466898.
  • Tedder TF, Klejman G, Schlossman SF, Saito H (April 1989). "Structure of the gene encoding the human B lymphocyte differentiation antigen CD20 (B1)". Journal of Immunology. 142 (7): 2560–8. PMID 2466899.
  • Loken MR, Shah VO, Dattilio KL, Civin CI (November 1987). "Flow cytometric analysis of human bone marrow. II. Normal B lymphocyte development". Blood. 70 (5): 1316–24. PMID 3117132.
  • Stamenkovic I, Seed B (June 1988). "Analysis of two cDNA clones encoding the B lymphocyte antigen CD20 (B1, Bp35), a type III integral membrane protein". The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 167 (6): 1975–80. doi:10.1084/jem.167.6.1975. PMC 2189672. PMID 3260267.
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  • Bubien JK, Zhou LJ, Bell PD, Frizzell RA, Tedder TF (June 1993). "Transfection of the CD20 cell surface molecule into ectopic cell types generates a Ca2+ conductance found constitutively in B lymphocytes". The Journal of Cell Biology. 121 (5): 1121–32. doi:10.1083/jcb.121.5.1121. PMC 2119683. PMID 7684739.
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  • Szöllósi J, Horejsí V, Bene L, Angelisová P, Damjanovich S (October 1996). "Supramolecular complexes of MHC class I, MHC class II, CD20, and tetraspan molecules (CD53, CD81, and CD82) at the surface of a B cell line JY". Journal of Immunology. 157 (7): 2939–46. PMID 8816400.
  • Kanzaki M, Lindorfer MA, Garrison JC, Kojima I (June 1997). "Activation of the calcium-permeable cation channel CD20 by alpha subunits of the Gi protein". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272 (23): 14733–9. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.23.14733. PMID 9169438.
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