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Prasad S, Mushfiq Farooqui I, AlZoubi L, Arami S. T-cell Large Granular Lymphocytic Leukemia and Felty Syndrome in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Case Report. Cureus 2023; 15:e41780. [PMID: 37575786 PMCID: PMC10419330 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.41780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023] Open
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T-cell large granular lymphocytic (LGL) leukemia is characterized by a clonal proliferation of CD3+ T-cells and has been associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Splenomegaly is a common finding and a majority of cases present with cytopenia. Felty syndrome (FS) is characterized by neutropenia and splenomegaly and is also classically described in the literature for its association with RA. Similarities in clinical features, pathogenesis, management, genetics, and immunologic basis of FS and T-cell LGL leukemia have led to the suggestion that they exist on the same spectrum of disease. We present a case of T-cell LGL leukemia in an RA patient with clinical features not distinguishable from features of FS.
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- Supritha Prasad
- Internal Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA
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- Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, PAK
- Rheumatology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA
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- Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman, JOR
- Rheumatology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA
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- Rheumatology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA
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Persistent Large Granular Lymphocyte Clonal Expansions: “The Root of Many Evils”—And of Some Goodness. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:cancers14051340. [PMID: 35267648 PMCID: PMC8909662 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14051340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2022] [Revised: 02/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Large granular lymphocyte leukemia (LGLL) is a chronic disorder of either mature T or NK lymphocytes. As clonal expansions of the immune system cells, difficulties in the distinction between a true neoplasia and a physiological reactive process have been common since its description. We review here the different conditions associated with persistent clonal LGL expansions and discuss their potential origin and whether they can modulate the clinical features. Abstract Large granular lymphocyte leukemia (LGLL) is a chronic disease of either mature phenotype cytotoxic CD3+ T lymphocytes or CD3- NK cells. LGLL diagnosis is hampered by the fact that reactive persistent clonal LGL expansions may fulfill the current criteria for LGLL diagnoses. In addition to the presence of characteristic clinical and hematological signs such as anemia or neutropenia, LGLL/LGL clonal expansions have been associated with an array of conditions/disorders. We review here the presence of these persistent clonal expansions in autoimmune, hematological disorders and solid neoplasms and after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. These associations are a unique translational research framework to discern whether these persistently expanded LGL clones are causes or consequences of the concomitant clinical settings and, more importantly, when they should be targeted.
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Sun H, Wei S, Yang L. Dysfunction of immune system in the development of large granular lymphocyte leukemia. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 24:139-147. [PMID: 30334691 DOI: 10.1080/10245332.2018.1535294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Large granular lymphocyte (LGL) leukemia is a rare type of lymphoproliferative disease caused by clonal antigenic stimulation of T cells and natural killer (NK) cells. METHODS In this review, we focus on the current knowledge of the immunological dysfunctions associated with LGL leukemia and the associated disorders coexistent with this disease. Novel therapeutic options targeting known molecular mechanisms are also discussed. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION The pathogenesis of LGL leukemia involves the accumulation of gene mutations, dysregulated signaling pathways and immunological dysfunction. Mounting evidence indicated that dysregulated survival signaling pathways may be responsible for the immunological dysfunction in LGL leukemia including decreased numbers of neutrophils, dysregulated signal transduction of NK cells, abnormal B-cells, aberrant CD8+ T cells, as well as autoimmune and hematological abnormalities. CONCLUSION A better understanding of the immune dysregulation triggered by LGL leukemia will be beneficial to explore the pathogenesis and potential therapeutic targets for this disease.
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- Houfang Sun
- a Department of Immunology , Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital , Tianjin , People's Republic of China.,b National Clinical Research Center of Cancer , People's Republic of China.,c Key Laboratory of Cancer Immunology and Biotherapy , Tianjin , People's Republic of China.,d Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy , Tianjin , People's Republic of China.,e Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer , Tianjin , People's Republic of China
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- f Immunology Program , The H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center , Tampa , FL , USA
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- a Department of Immunology , Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital , Tianjin , People's Republic of China.,b National Clinical Research Center of Cancer , People's Republic of China.,c Key Laboratory of Cancer Immunology and Biotherapy , Tianjin , People's Republic of China.,d Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy , Tianjin , People's Republic of China.,e Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer , Tianjin , People's Republic of China
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Lissina A, McLaren JE, Ilander M, Andersson EI, Lewis CS, Clement M, Herman A, Ladell K, Llewellyn-Lacey S, Miners KL, Gostick E, Melenhorst JJ, Barrett AJ, Price DA, Mustjoki S, Wooldridge L. Divergent roles for antigenic drive in the aetiology of primary versus dasatinib-associated CD8 + TCR-Vβ + expansions. Sci Rep 2018; 8:2534. [PMID: 29416058 PMCID: PMC5803196 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-18062-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2017] [Accepted: 11/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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CD8+ T-cell expansions are the primary manifestation of T-cell large granular lymphocytic leukemia (T-LGLL), which is frequently accompanied by neutropenia and rheumatoid arthritis, and also occur as a secondary phenomenon in leukemia patients treated with dasatinib, notably in association with various drug-induced side-effects. However, the mechanisms that underlie the genesis and maintenance of expanded CD8+ T-cell receptor (TCR)-Vβ+ populations in these patient groups have yet to be fully defined. In this study, we performed a comprehensive phenotypic and clonotypic assessment of expanded (TCR-Vβ+) and residual (TCR-Vβ-) CD8+ T-cell populations in T-LGLL and dasatinib-treated chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) patients. The dominant CD8+ TCR-Vβ+ expansions in T-LGLL patients were largely monoclonal and highly differentiated, whereas the dominant CD8+ TCR-Vβ+ expansions in dasatinib-treated CML patients were oligoclonal or polyclonal, and displayed a broad range of memory phenotypes. These contrasting features suggest divergent roles for antigenic drive in the immunopathogenesis of primary versus dasatinib-associated CD8+ TCR-Vβ+ expansions.
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- Anna Lissina
- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Biomedical Sciences Building, Bristol, UK.
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- Institute of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK
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- Hematology Research Unit Helsinki, Department of Clinical Chemistry and Hematology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center, Helsinki, Finland
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- Hematology Research Unit Helsinki, Department of Clinical Chemistry and Hematology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center, Helsinki, Finland
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Biomedical Sciences Building, Bristol, UK
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- Institute of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Biomedical Sciences Building, Bristol, UK
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- Institute of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK
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- Institute of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK
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- Institute of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK
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- Institute of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK
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- Stem Cell Allogeneic Transplantation Section, Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Stem Cell Allogeneic Transplantation Section, Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Institute of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK
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- Hematology Research Unit Helsinki, Department of Clinical Chemistry and Hematology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center, Helsinki, Finland
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Biomedical Sciences Building, Bristol, UK
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Identification of human viral protein-derived ligands recognized by individual MHCI-restricted T-cell receptors. Immunol Cell Biol 2016; 94:573-82. [PMID: 26846725 PMCID: PMC4943067 DOI: 10.1038/icb.2016.12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2015] [Revised: 12/23/2015] [Accepted: 01/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Evidence indicates that autoimmunity can be triggered by virus-specific CD8+ T cells that crossreact with self-derived peptide epitopes presented on the cell surface by major histocompatibility complex class I (MHCI) molecules. Identification of the associated viral pathogens is challenging because individual T-cell receptors can potentially recognize up to a million different peptides. Here, we generate peptide length-matched combinatorial peptide library (CPL) scan data for a panel of virus-specific CD8+ T-cell clones spanning different restriction elements and a range of epitope lengths. CPL scan data drove a protein database search limited to viruses that infect humans. Peptide sequences were ranked in order of likelihood of recognition. For all anti-viral CD8+ T-cell clones examined in this study, the index peptide was either the top-ranked sequence or ranked as one of the most likely sequences to be recognized. Thus, we demonstrate that anti-viral CD8+ T-cell clones are highly focused on their index peptide sequence and that ‘CPL-driven database searching' can be used to identify the inciting virus-derived epitope for a given CD8+ T-cell clone. Moreover, to augment access to CPL-driven database searching, we have created a publicly accessible webtool. Application of these methodologies in the clinical setting may clarify the role of viral pathogens in the etiology of autoimmune diseases.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Patients with chronic large granular lymphocyte (LGL) leukemia often have rheumatoid arthritis (RA), neutropenia and splenomegaly, thereby resembling the manifestations observed in patients with Felty's syndrome, which is a rare complication of RA characterized by neutropenia and splenomegaly. Both entities have similar clinical and laboratory presentation, as well as a common genetic determinant, HLA-DR4, indicating they may be part of the same disease spectrum. This review paper seeks to discuss the underlying pathogenesis and therapeutic algorithm of RA, neutropenia and splenomegaly in the spectrum of LGL leukemia and Felty's syndrome. RECENT FINDINGS We hypothesize that there may be a common pathogenic mechanism between LGL leukemia and typical Felty's syndrome. Phenotypic and functional data have strongly suggested that CD3 LGL leukemia is antigen-activated. Aberrations in the T-cell repertoire with the emergence of oligoclonal/clonal lymphoid populations have been found to play a pivotal role in pathogenesis of RA. The biologic properties of the pivotal T cell involved in RA pathogenesis are remarkably similar to those in leukemic LGL. SUMMARY RA-associated T-cell LGL leukemia and articular manifestations of typical Felty's syndrome are not distinguishable. A common pathogenetic link between LGL leukemia and RA is proposed.
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- Xin Liu
- Department of Medicine, Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033-0850, USA.
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Melenhorst JJ, Scheinberg P, Williams A, Ambrozak DR, Keyvanfar K, Smith M, McCoy JP, Hensel NF, Douek DC, Barrett AJ. Alloreactivity across HLA barriers is mediated by both naïve and antigen-experienced T cells. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2011; 17:800-9. [PMID: 21215812 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2010.12.711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2010] [Accepted: 12/22/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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T cell responses to allogeneic targets arise predominantly from the naïve pool. However, in humans, the risk of graft-versus-host disease is increased if the donor has circulating T cells recognizing multiple persistent DNA viruses, suggesting that memory T cells also contribute to the alloresponse. To examine HLA alloreactivity, we used flow cytometry-based proliferation and cytokine production assays. We identified the clonal identity of virus-specific T cells cross-reacting with HLA-disparate targets by sequencing the T cell receptor β chains in virus-specific T cell lines restimulated with cognate and HLA-disparate targets and sorting these chains according to cytokine response. We confirmed that naïve T cells from cord blood and adult individuals responded to HLA-mismatched target cells. In addition, in adults, we identified memory T cells responding by cytokine release to HLA-mismatched targets both in direct assays and after 8 days of culture with allogeneic stimulator cells. Epstein-Barr virus-specific and cytomegalovirus-specific T cells, tested against a panel of 30 T cell antigen-presenting cells with a broad coverage of the most prominent HLA types, displayed specificity for certain mismatched HLA alleles. Sequencing of the T cell receptor β chain demonstrated a clonotypic identity of cells that responded to both viral and allogeneic stimulation. These findings show conclusively that alloresponses in humans are not confined to the naïve T cell subset, and that memory viral antigen-specific T cells can cross-react with specific mismatched HLA-peptide complexes not presenting with cytomegalovirus or Epstein-Barr virus peptides.
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- J Joseph Melenhorst
- Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1202, USA.
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Zhang R, Shah MV, Loughran TP. The root of many evils: indolent large granular lymphocyte leukaemia and associated disorders. Hematol Oncol 2010; 28:105-17. [PMID: 19645074 PMCID: PMC4377226 DOI: 10.1002/hon.917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Large granular lymphocytes (LGL) leukaemia can arise from either natural killer (NK) cells or cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL). The T-cell form of LGL leukaemia has significant overlap with other haematological disorders and autoimmune diseases. Here we provide an overview of LGL biology. We also focus discussion on the indolent LGL leukaemia related disorders and their causal relationships. We then discuss the potential relationships and distinctions between indolent LGL leukaemia and non-malignant clonal lymphocyte expansion that occur in otherwise healthy individuals, especially elder people.
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- Ranran Zhang
- Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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Melenhorst JJ, Scheinberg P, Lu J, Ambrozak DR, Sosa E, Zhao L, Hensel NF, Savani BN, Douek DC, Price DA, Barrett AJ. Regulatory T-cell depletion does not prevent emergence of new CD25+ FOXP3+ lymphocytes after antigen stimulation in culture. Cytotherapy 2008; 10:152-64. [PMID: 18368594 DOI: 10.1080/14653240701853536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND The removal of human regulatory T (T(reg)) cells from a cellular product prior to the induction of a T-cell response has the potential to boost the total yield of antigen (Ag)-specific CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells. METHODS We examined the effect of this manipulation on the generation of human anti-cytomegalovirus (CMV) T-cell responses. Furthermore, we examined the clonotypic composition of Ag-specific CD4(+)FOXP3(+) and CD4(+)FOXP3(-) T cells. RESULTS We found that the immunomagnetic depletion of CD25(+) cells had an unpredictable effect on outcome, with total yields of CMV-specific T cells either increasing or decreasing after the removal of these cells. The depletion of CD25(+) cells both removed a proportion of Ag-specific T cells and failed to eliminate a substantial population of T(reg) cells. Furthermore, using a novel T-cell receptor clonotyping technique, we found that Ag recognition induces the expression of FOXP3 in a proportion of specific T cells; these FOXP3-expressing Ag-specific CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells were no longer capable of producing inflammatory cytokines. DISCUSSION The depletion of CD25(+) cells from the starting population has a variable effect on the total yield of Ag-specific T cells, a proportion of which invariably acquire FOXP3 expression and lose effector function.
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- J J Melenhorst
- Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1202, USA.
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Wlodarski MW, Nearman Z, Jankowska A, Babel N, Powers J, Leahy P, Volk HD, Maciejewski JP. Phenotypic differences between healthy effector CTL and leukemic LGL cells support the notion of antigen-triggered clonal transformation in T-LGL leukemia. J Leukoc Biol 2007; 83:589-601. [PMID: 18086899 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0107073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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T cell large granular lymphocyte leukemia (T-LGL) is a chronic clonal lymphoproliferation of CTL. In many ways, T-LGL clones resemble terminal effector CTL, including down-modulation of CD28 and overexpression of perforin, granzymes, and CD57. We studied the transcriptome of T-LGL clones and compared it with healthy CD8+CD57+ effector cells as well as CD8+CD57- populations. T-LGL clones were sorted based on their TCR variable beta-chain restriction, and controls were obtained by pooling cell populations from 14 donors. Here, we focus our analysis on immunological networks, as immune mechanisms play a prominent role in the etiology of bone marrow failure in T-LGL. Informative genes identified by expression arrays were studied further in an independent cohort of patients using Taqman PCR, ELISA assays, and FACS analysis. Despite a strikingly similar gene expression profile between T-LGL clones and their healthy counterparts, important phenotypic differences were identified, including up-modulation of TNFRS9, myeloid cell leukemia sequence 1, IFN-gamma, and IFN-gamma-related genes, and several integrins/adhesion molecules. In addition, T-LGL clones were characterized by an overexpression of chemokines and chemokine receptors that are typically associated with viral infections (CXCL2, Hepatitis A virus cellular receptor 1, IL-18, CCR2). Our studies suggest that immunodominant LGL clones, although phenotypically similar to effector CTL, show significantly altered expression of a number of genes, including those associated with an ongoing viral infection or chronic, antigen-driven immune response.
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- Marcin W Wlodarski
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
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Melenhorst JJ, Solomon SR, Shenoy A, Hensel NF, McCoy JP, Keyvanfar K, Barrett AJ. Robust expansion of viral antigen-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cells for adoptive T cell therapy using gene-modified activated T cells as antigen presenting cells. J Immunother 2006; 29:436-43; discussion 365-6. [PMID: 16799339 DOI: 10.1097/01.cji.0000211302.52503.93] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) reactivation after stem cell transplantation can be treated with CMV-specific T cells, but current in vitro techniques using dendritic cells as antigen-presenting cells are time-consuming and expensive. To simplify the production of clinical grade CMV-specific T cells, we evaluated gene-modified activated T cells [antigen presenting T cells (T-APCs)] as a reliable and easily produced source of APCs to boost CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell responses against the immunodominant CMV antigen pp65. T-APCs expressing the full-length immunodominant CMV pp65 gene were used to stimulate the expansion of autologous T cells. After 10 to 14 days, the T cell lines were tested for antigen specificity by using the flow cytometric intracellular detection of interferon-gamma after stimulation for 6 hours with a pp65 peptide library of 15-mers, overlapping by 11 amino acids. Under optimal conditions, this technique induced a median 766-fold and a 652-fold expansion of pp65-specific CD4+ and CD8+ responder cells, respectively, in 15 T cell lines. In 13 of 15 T cell lines, over 10 antigen-specific CD4+ plus CD8+ T cells were generated starting with only 5x10 peripheral blood mononuclear cells, representing an over 3-log increase. These data indicate that T-APCs efficiently boost pp65-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cell numbers to clinically useful levels. The approach has the advantage of using a single leukocyte collection from the donor to generate large numbers of CMV-specific T cells within a total 3-week culture period using only one stimulation of antigen.
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- Jan Joseph Melenhorst
- Stem Cell Allogeneic Transplantation Section, Hematology Branch, NHLBI, NIH, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-1202, USA.
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Clonal disorders of large granular lymphocytes (LGLs) represent a spectrum of biologically distinct lymphoproliferative diseases originating either from mature T cells (CD3+) or natural killer (NK) cells (CD3-). Both subtypes, T-cell and NK-cell LGL leukemia, can manifest as indolent or aggressive disorders. The majority of patients with T-cell LGL leukemia have a clinically indolent course with a median survival time >10 years. Immunosuppressive therapy with low-dose methotrexate, cyclophosphamide, or cyclosporine A can control symptoms and cytopenias in more than 50% of patients, but this approach is not curative. Several cases of an aggressive variant (CD3+ CD56+) of T-cell LGL leukemia with a poor prognosis have also been reported. Aggressive NK-cell LGL leukemia is usually a rapidly progressive disorder associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), with a higher prevalence in Asia and South America. This disease is usually refractory to conventional chemotherapy, with a median survival time of 2 months. Chronic NK-cell leukemia/lymphocytosis is a rare EBV-negative disorder with an indolent clinical course. The malignant origin of this subtype is uncertain because clonality is difficult to determine in LGLs of NK-cell origin.
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- Lubomir Sokol
- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, University of South Florida and H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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Moosig F, Schoch R, Kneba M. [T-large granular lymphocyte leukaemia. An important differential diagnosis to Felty's syndrome]. Z Rheumatol 2006; 65:447-51. [PMID: 16450150 DOI: 10.1007/s00393-005-0013-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2005] [Accepted: 08/16/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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T-Large Granular Lymphocyte (T-LGL) leukaemia is a rare clonal disease characterized by neutropenia and/or anaemia. Because of its strong association with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), T-LGL leukaemia is an important differential diagnosis to Felty's syndrome. This differentiation might be especially difficult since, in severe RA with extraarticular manifestations, there is often an expanded memory effector T-cell population which can hardly be separated from T-LGL leukaemia cells by means of immunophenotyping. The main criterion for T-LGL leukaemia is the detection of a clonal T-cell-receptor rearrangement by PCR. First-line therapy consists of weekly low-dose methotrexate. Alternatively, other immunosuppressives or cytotoxic agents can be useful. There are very limited data from therapy studies. The German CLL study group has initiated a protocol using parenteral low-dose methotrexate as first-line therapy and fludarabine as second-line medication.
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- F Moosig
- Medizinische Klinik des Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel.
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Bank I, Cohen L, Kneller A, De Rosbo NK, Book M, Ben-Nun A. Aberrant T-cell receptor signalling of interferon-gamma- and tumour necrosis factor-alpha-producing cytotoxic CD8+ Vdelta1/Vbeta16 T cells in a patient with chronic neutropenia. Scand J Immunol 2003; 58:89-98. [PMID: 12828563 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.2003.01272.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We previously found that the peripheral blood (PB) mononuclear cells (MCs) (PBMCs) of a patient with chronic neutropenia contained an expanded population of cytotoxic CD8+ T cells using a variable (V) region delta1 gene product in the T-cell receptor-alpha (TCR-alpha) polypeptide [Vdelta1-constant(C)alpha+ T cells]. Sequencing of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification products have now revealed a productive Vdelta1/joining (J)alphaIGRJa03/Calpha rearrangement of the TCR-alpha gene, predominantly associated with a Vbeta16/Dbeta2.1/Jbeta2.1/Cbeta2 TCR-beta gene, in these cells. Furthermore, we detected a markedly deficient proliferative response of the patient PBMCs to triggering with monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) to the CD3 molecule, contrasting with a substantial response to the Vbeta3, 12, 14, 15, 17 and 20-specific staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) superantigen, suggesting defective TCR-mediated activation of the Vdelta1+/Vbeta16+ clone. Moreover, whereas triggering of Vdelta1- T cells cultured with interleukin-2 (IL-2) by MoAb to the CD3 molecule enhanced proliferation, Vdelta1-Calpha+ T cells were inhibited by MoAbs to either CD3 or Vdelta1. Vdelta1-Calpha+ T-cell clones spontaneously secrete interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and were further induced to release tumour necrosis factor (TNF-alpha) when triggered by anti-CD3 plus phorbol ester. Aberrant signalling by the clonotypic TCR together with the functional properties of the CD8+ Vdelta1+/Vbeta16+ clone may thus contribute to the immunohaematological abnormalities observed in this patient.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- CD3 Complex/immunology
- Chronic Disease
- Humans
- Interferon-gamma/biosynthesis
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Lymphokines/biosynthesis
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Neutropenia/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/physiology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/analysis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/analysis
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/biosynthesis
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- I Bank
- Department of Medicine F, Chaim Sheba Medical Center and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
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Bigouret V, Hoffmann T, Arlettaz L, Villard J, Colonna M, Ticheli A, Gratwohl A, Samii K, Chapuis B, Rufer N, Roosnek E. Monoclonal T-cell expansions in asymptomatic individuals and in patients with large granular leukemia consist of cytotoxic effector T cells expressing the activating CD94:NKG2C/E and NKD2D killer cell receptors. Blood 2003; 101:3198-204. [PMID: 12480700 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2002-08-2408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We have analyzed the phenotype, cytokine profile, and mitotic history (telomere length) of monoclonal T-cell expansions in 5 CD3(+) T-cell large granular lymphocyte (TLGL) leukemia patients by fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS) and single-cell polymerase chain reaction (PCR). We confirm that the common phenotype of TLGL leukemia is CD3(+)CD8(+)CD45RA(+)CD27(-)CD94(+)(CD57(+)). Interestingly, the C-type lectin-like type killer cell receptor CD94 was invariably associated with the activating form of its signal-transducing molecule NKG2. Furthermore, when judged by criteria such as interferon gamma (IFN-gamma)/tumor necrosis factor (TNF) production, expression of granzyme, FasL, and NKG2D, the TLGL cells had all the features of a cytotoxic effector T cell. Telomere shortening in TLGL cells was in the normal range for CD8(+) T cells, indicating that they had not divided significantly more than chronically stimulated CD8(+) T cells in healthy individuals. In 25 of 27 controls, cells with a TLGL phenotype occurred at low (1%-3%) frequencies. However, in the other 2 individuals (ages 28-36 years), large stable (> 3 years) monoclonal expansions of CD3(+)CD8(+)CD45RA(+)CD27(-)CD57(+)CD94(+) NKG2C(+) were found which rendered these controls phenotypically indistinguishable from TLGL leukemia patients. We believe that the TLGL clonopathy, rather than being of a neoplastic nature, is more likely an extreme manifestation of the large and stable clonal size characteristic of CD8(+) effector cells. Such a TLGL clone consisting of cells without any particular pathologic trait might exist in a considerable number of individuals. Clinical symptoms may occur in individuals in whom the TLGL clone encounters antigen and is triggered to produce large amounts of effector molecules that dysregulate the immune system, which could manifest itself as autoimmunity or as a FasL-mediated neutropenia.
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- Valerie Bigouret
- Division of Immunology and Allergology, University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
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Bleesing JJH, Janik JE, Fleisher TA. Common expression of an unusual CD45 isoform on T cells from patients with large granular lymphocyte leukaemia and autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome. Br J Haematol 2003; 120:93-6. [PMID: 12492582 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04034.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Patients with T-cell large granular lymphocyte (T-LGL) leukaemia and autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) share many features, including autoimmunity and an expansion of (cytotoxic) T cells, which in ALPS patients express an unusual (B220) isoform of CD45, corresponding to an altered O-glycosylation profile. Here we showed that T-LGL leukaemia cells also expressed this B220 isoform. We hypothesize that B220+ T cells constitute proliferating T cells that have become competent to undergo apoptosis, but that constitutive (ALPS) or functional (T-LGL) defects prevent this process. Altered O-glycosylation of the extracellular domains of CD45 may have consequences for this tyrosine phosphatase as a regulator of cell proliferation and survival.
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- Jack J H Bleesing
- The Immunology Service, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Center and Metabolism Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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This review covers the diagnosis and management of natural killer and peripheral T-cell lymphomas (PTCL). Problems with PTCL include their rarity, representing usually 10-15% of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas in the Western Hemisphere, morphologic heterogeneity, and lack of immunophenotypic markers for clonality. Additionally, their clinical behavior is variable and may not correlate with morphology.
Dr. Kinney gives a general overview of the diagnosis of PTCL and NK cell neoplasms. Emphasis will be placed on extranodal T cell and natural killer (NK) cell lymphomas such as hepatosplenic lymphoma, subcutaneous panniculitis-like lymphoma and nasal/nasal type T/NK-cell lymphoma. The use of ALK gene regulation in the classification of anaplastic large cell lymphoma is also reviewed.
Dr. Loughran describes current understanding of the pathogenesis of large granular lymphocyte (LGL) leukemia. The discussion focuses on LGL leukemia as an instructive model of dysregulated apoptosis causing both malignant and autoimmune disease. Current management options and mechanisms of therapeutic response are also described.
Dr. Greer addresses whether PTCL should be treated differently from the more common diffuse large B cell lymphomas. He discusses the therapeutic options for anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), from a conservative approach for primary cutaneous ALCL to combination chemotherapy for the highly chemosensitive ALCL expressing anaplastic lymphoma kinase. He reviews therapy options for the extranodal subtypes of PTCL by drawing from series in adults, pediatrics, dermatology, and the Far East.
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MESH Headings
- Antineoplastic Agents/therapeutic use
- Humans
- Killer Cells, Natural/pathology
- Leukemia, T-Cell/etiology
- Leukemia, T-Cell/pathology
- Leukemia, T-Cell/therapy
- Lymphoma, T-Cell, Peripheral/etiology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell, Peripheral/pathology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell, Peripheral/therapy
- Lymphoproliferative Disorders/etiology
- Lymphoproliferative Disorders/pathology
- Lymphoproliferative Disorders/therapy
- T-Lymphocytes/pathology
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- J P Greer
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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