MCL tumor cell-enriched buffy coats were isolated from apheresis or leukemic phase blood of MCL patients by Histopaque-1077 (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO) gradient centrifugation. Obtained cells were then stained with antibodies against CD34-APC (Cat No. 555824), CD3-APC-Cy7 (Cat No. 557832), CD45-FITC (Cat No. 555482), CD19-PE (Cat No. 555413), and Sytox blue for selection of live cells (all from BD Bioscience, San Jose, CA). Subpopulations of MCL-ICs (CD34-CD3-CD45+CD19-) and MCL-non-ICs (CD34-CD3-CD45+CD19+) were isolated using a fluorescence-activated cell sorter (Influx, BD Bioscience, San Jose, CA) according to a previously described protocol [25 (link)]. Subpopulations of sorted cells were analyzed for purity by immunostaining with markers for plasma cells (CD27, CD38) and natural killer cells (CD56, CD16) using the antibodies CD27-PerCP-Cy5.5 (Cat No. 560612), CD38-PE-Cy7 (Cat No. 560677), CD56-PE-Cy7 (Cat No. 557747), and CD16-Pacific blue (Cat No. 558122) (all from BD Bioscience, San Jose, CA), respectively.
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