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Schultheiß C, Willscher E, Paschold L, Ackermann C, Escher M, Scholz R, Knapp M, Lützkendorf J, Müller LP, Schulze Zur Wiesch J, Binder M. B cells expressing mutated IGHV1-69-encoded antigen receptors related to virus neutralization show lymphoma-like transcriptomes in patients with chronic HCV infection. Hepatol Commun 2024; 8:e0503. [PMID: 39082968 DOI: 10.1097/hc9.0000000000000503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 05/11/2024] [Indexed: 08/16/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Chronic HCV infection leads to a complex interplay with adaptive immune cells that may result in B cell dyscrasias like cryoglobulinemia or lymphoma. While direct-acting antiviral therapy has decreased the incidence of severe liver damage, its effect on extrahepatic HCV manifestations such as B cell dyscrasias is still unclear. METHODS We sequenced B cell receptor (BCR) repertoires in patients with chronic HCV mono-infection and patients with HCV with a sustained virological response (SVR) after direct-acting antiviral therapy. This data set was mined for highly neutralizing HCV antibodies and compared to a diffuse large B cell lymphoma data set. The TKO model was used to test the signaling strength of selected B-BCRs in vitro. Single-cell RNA sequencing of chronic HCV and HCV SVR samples was performed to analyze the transcriptome of B cells with HCV-neutralizing antigen receptors. RESULTS We identified a B cell fingerprint with high richness and somatic hypermutation in patients with chronic HCV and SVR. Convergence to specific immunoglobulin genes produced high-connectivity complementarity-determining region 3 networks. In addition, we observed that IGHV1-69 CDR1 and FR3 mutations characterizing highly neutralizing HCV antibodies corresponded to recurrent point mutations found in clonotypic BCRs of high-grade lymphomas. These BCRs did not show autonomous signaling but a lower activation threshold in an in vitro cell model for the assessment of BCR signaling strength. Single-cell RNA sequencing revealed that B cells carrying these point mutations showed a persisting oncogenic transcriptome signature with dysregulation in signaling nodes such as CARD11, MALT1, RelB, MAPK, and NFAT. CONCLUSIONS We provide evidence that lymphoma-like cells derive from the anti-HCV immune response. In many patients, these cells persist for years after SVR and can be interpreted as a mechanistic basis for HCV-related B cell dyscrasias and increased lymphoma risk even beyond viral elimination.
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MESH Headings
- Humans
- Hepatitis C, Chronic/immunology
- Hepatitis C, Chronic/genetics
- Hepatitis C, Chronic/complications
- Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell/immunology
- Transcriptome
- B-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Hepacivirus/immunology
- Hepacivirus/genetics
- Sustained Virologic Response
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/immunology
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/genetics
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/virology
- Antibodies, Neutralizing/immunology
- Complementarity Determining Regions/genetics
- Complementarity Determining Regions/immunology
- Male
- Antiviral Agents/therapeutic use
- Mutation
- Female
- Middle Aged
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- Christoph Schultheiß
- Divison of Medical Oncology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Laboratory of Translational Immuno-Oncology, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Internal Medicine IV, Department of Hematology/Oncology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Internal Medicine IV, Department of Hematology/Oncology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Infectious Disease Unit, I, Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Internal Medicine IV, Department of Hematology/Oncology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Internal Medicine IV, Department of Hematology/Oncology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Infectious Disease Unit, I, Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Internal Medicine IV, Department of Hematology/Oncology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Internal Medicine IV, Department of Hematology/Oncology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Infectious Disease Unit, I, Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Divison of Medical Oncology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Laboratory of Translational Immuno-Oncology, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Hayakawa K, Zhou Y, Shinton SA. B-1 derived anti-Thy-1 B cells in old aged mice develop lymphoma/leukemia with high expression of CD11b and Hamp2 that different from TCL1 transgenic mice. Immun Ageing 2024; 21:22. [PMID: 38570827 PMCID: PMC10988983 DOI: 10.1186/s12979-024-00415-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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Human old aged unmutated chronic lymphocytic leukemia U-CLL are the TCL1+ZAP70+CD5+ B cells. Since CD5 makes the BCR signaling tolerance, ZAP70 increased in U-CLL not only TCL1+ alone. In mice, TCL1 (TCL1A) is the negative from neonate to old aged, as TC-. VH8-12/Vk21-5 is the anti-thymocyte/Thy-1 autoreactive ATA B cell. When ATA μκTg generation in mice, ATA B cells are the neonate generated CD5+ B cells in B-1, and in the middle age, CD5+ can be down or continuously CD5+, then, old aged CLL/lymphoma generation with increased CD11b in TC-ZAP70-CD5- or TC-ZAP70+CD5+. In this old aged TC-ATA B microarray analysis showed most similar to human CLL and U-CLL, and TC-ZAP70+CD5+ showed certain higher present as U-CLL. Original neonate ATA B cells showed with several genes down or further increase in old aged tumor, and old aged T-bet+CD11c+, CTNNB1hi, HMGBhi, CXCR4hi, DPP4hi and decreased miR181b. These old aged increased genes and down miR181b are similar to human CLL. Also, in old age ATA B cell tumor, high CD38++CD44++, increased Ki67+ AID+, and decreased CD180- miR15Olow are similar to U-CLL. In this old aged ATA B, increased TLR7,9 and Wnt10b. TC+Tg generated with ATAμκTg mice occurred middle age tumor as TC+ZAP70-CD5+ or TC+ZAP70+CD5+, with high NF-kB1, TLR4,6 and Wnt5b,6 without increased CD11b. Since neonatal state to age with TC+Tg continuously, middle age CLL/lymphoma generation is not similar to old aged generated, however, some increased in TC+ZAP70+ are similar to the old age TC- ATA B tumor. Then, TC- ATA B old age tumor showed some difference to human CLL. ATA B cells showed CD11b+CD22++, CD24 down, and hepcidin Hamp2++ with iron down. This mouse V8-12 similar to human V2-5, and V2-5 showed several cancers with macrophages/neutrophils generated hepcidin+ ironlow or some showed hepcidin- iron+ with tumor, and mouse V8-12 with different Vk19-17 generate MZ B cells strongly increased macrophage++ in old aged and generated intestine/colon tumor. Conclusion, neonate generated TC-ATA B1 cells in old aged tumor generation are CD11b+ in the leukemia CLL together with lymphoma cancer with hepcidin-related Hamp2++ in B-1 cell generation to control iron.
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- Kyoko Hayakawa
- Fox Chase Cancer Center, 333 Cottman Ave., Philadelphia, PA, 19111, USA.
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- Fox Chase Cancer Center, 333 Cottman Ave., Philadelphia, PA, 19111, USA
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- Fox Chase Cancer Center, 333 Cottman Ave., Philadelphia, PA, 19111, USA
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Bende RJ, Slot LM, Kwakkenbos MJ, Wormhoudt TA, Jongejan A, Verstappen GM, van Kampen AC, Guikema JE, Kroese FG, van Noesel CJ. Lymphoma-associated mutations in autoreactive memory B cells of patients with Sjögren's syndrome. J Pathol 2023; 259:264-275. [PMID: 36426826 PMCID: PMC10108009 DOI: 10.1002/path.6039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Revised: 11/01/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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We recently demonstrated that normal memory B lymphocytes carry a substantial number of de novo mutations in the genome. Here, we performed exome-wide somatic mutation analyses of bona fide autoreactive rheumatoid factor (RF)-expressing memory B cells retrieved from patients with Sjӧgren's syndrome (SS). The amount and repertoire of the de novo exome mutations of RF B cells were found to be essentially different from those detected in healthy donor memory B cells. In contrast to the mutation spectra of normal B cells, which appeared random and non-selected, the mutations of the RF B cells were greater in number and enriched for mutations in genes also found mutated in B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas. During the study, one of the SS patients developed a diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) out of an RF clone that was identified 2 years earlier in an inflamed salivary gland biopsy. The successive oncogenic events in the RF precursor clone and the DLBCL were assessed. In conclusion, our findings of enhanced and selected genomic damage in growth-regulating genes in RF memory B cells of SS patients together with the documented transformation of an RF-precursor clone into DLBCL provide unique novel insight into the earliest stages of B-cell derailment and lymphomagenesis. © 2022 The Authors. The Journal of Pathology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
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- Richard J Bende
- Department of Pathology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Lymphoma and Myeloma Center (LYMMCARE), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Cancer Center Amsterdam (CCA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Lymphoma and Myeloma Center (LYMMCARE), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Cancer Center Amsterdam (CCA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Lymphoma and Myeloma Center (LYMMCARE), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Cancer Center Amsterdam (CCA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Bioinformatics Laboratory, Epidemiology & Data Science, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, UMC Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Bioinformatics Laboratory, Epidemiology & Data Science, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Biosystems Data analysis, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Lymphoma and Myeloma Center (LYMMCARE), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Cancer Center Amsterdam (CCA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, UMC Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Lymphoma and Myeloma Center (LYMMCARE), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Cancer Center Amsterdam (CCA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Del Padre M, Marrapodi R, Minafò YA, Piano Mortari E, Radicchio G, Bocci C, Gragnani L, Camponeschi A, Colantuono S, Stefanini L, Basili S, Carsetti R, Fiorilli M, Casato M, Visentini M. Dual stimulation by autoantigen and CpG fosters the proliferation of exhausted rheumatoid factor-specific CD21 low B cells in hepatitis C virus-cured mixed cryoglobulinemia. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1094871. [PMID: 36845129 PMCID: PMC9945227 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1094871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2023] Open
Abstract
Introduction Hepatitis C virus (HCV) causes mixed cryoglobulinemia (MC) by driving clonal expansion of B cells expressing B cell receptors (BCRs), often encoded by the VH1-69 variable gene, endowed with both rheumatoid factor (RF) and anti-HCV specificity. These cells display an atypical CD21low phenotype and functional exhaustion evidenced by unresponsiveness to BCR and Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) stimuli. Although antiviral therapy is effective on MC vasculitis, pathogenic B cell clones persist long thereafter and can cause virus-independent disease relapses. Methods Clonal B cells from patients with HCV-associated type 2 MC or healthy donors were stimulated with CpG or heath-aggregated IgG (as surrogate immune complexes) alone or in combination; proliferation and differentiation were then evaluated by flow cytometry. Phosphorylation of AKT and of the p65 NF-kB subunit were measured by flow cytometry. TLR9 was quantified by qPCR and by intracellular flow cytometry, and MyD88 isoforms were analyzed using RT-PCR. Discussion We found that dual triggering with autoantigen and CpG restored the capacity of exhausted VH1-69pos B cells to proliferate. The signaling mechanism for this BCR/TLR9 crosstalk remains elusive, since TLR9 mRNA and protein as well as MyD88 mRNA were normally expressed and CpG-induced phosphorylation of p65 NF-kB was intact in MC clonal B cells, whereas BCR-induced p65 NF-kB phosphorylation was impaired and PI3K/Akt signaling was intact. Our findings indicate that autoantigen and CpG of microbial or cellular origin may unite to foster persistence of pathogenic RF B cells in HCV-cured MC patients. BCR/TLR9 crosstalk might represent a more general mechanism enhancing systemic autoimmunity by the rescue of exhausted autoreactive CD21low B cells.
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- Martina Del Padre
- Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
- B cell unit, Immunology Research Area, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- B cell unit, Immunology Research Area, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- B cell unit, Immunology Research Area, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Henning AN, Budeebazar M, Boldbaatar D, Yagaanbuyant D, Duger D, Batsukh K, Zhou H, Baumann R, Allison RD, Alter HJ, Dashdorj N, De Giorgi V. Peripheral B cells from patients with hepatitis C virus-associated lymphoma exhibit clonal expansion and an anergic-like transcriptional profile. iScience 2022; 26:105801. [PMID: 36619973 PMCID: PMC9813790 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105801] [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] [Received: 09/01/2022] [Revised: 10/27/2022] [Accepted: 12/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Chronic HCV infection remains a global health concern due to its involvement in hepatic and extrahepatic diseases, including B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (BNHL). Clinical and epidemiological evidence support a causal role for HCV in BNHL development, although mechanistic insight is lacking. We performed RNA-sequencing on peripheral B cells from patients with HCV alone, BNHL alone, and HCV-associated BNHL to identify unique and shared transcriptional profiles associated with transformation. In patients with HCV-associated BNHL, we observed the enrichment of an anergic-like gene signature and evidence of clonal expansion that was correlated with the expression of epigenetic regulatory genes. Our data support a role for viral-mediated clonal expansion of anergic-like B cells in HCV-associated BNHL development and suggest epigenetic dysregulation as a potential mechanism driving expansion. We propose epigenetic mechanisms may be involved in both HCV-associated lymphoma and regulation of B cell anergy, representing an attractive target for clinical interventions.
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- Amanda N. Henning
- Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA,Corresponding author
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences, Ulaanbaatar 14210, Mongolia,Liver Center, Ulaanbaatar 14230, Mongolia
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences, Ulaanbaatar 14210, Mongolia
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- Center of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, First Central Hospital of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar 14210, Mongolia
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- Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Liver Center, Ulaanbaatar 14230, Mongolia,Onom Foundation, Ulaanbaatar 17011, Mongolia
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- Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA,Corresponding author
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Ren W, Wang X, Yang M, Wan H, Li X, Ye X, Meng B, Li W, Yu J, Lei M, Xie F, Jiang W, Kimby E, Huang H, Liu D, Li ZM, Wu K, Zhang H, Pan-Hammarström Q. Distinct clinical and genetic features of hepatitis B virus-associated follicular lymphoma in Chinese patients. Blood Adv 2022; 6:2731-2744. [PMID: 35030632 PMCID: PMC9092402 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2021006410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 12/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has been associated with an increased risk for B-cell lymphomas. We previously showed that 20% of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients from China, an endemic area of HBV infection, have chronic HBV infection (surface antigen-positive, HBsAg+) and are characterized by distinct clinical and genetic features. Here, we showed that 24% of follicular lymphoma (FL) Chinese patients are HBsAg+. Compared with the HBsAg- FL patients, HBsAg+ patients are younger, have a higher histological grade at diagnosis, and have a higher incidence of disease progression within 24 months. Moreover, by sequencing the genomes of 109 FL tumors, we observed enhanced mutagenesis and distinct genetic profile in HBsAg+ FLs, with a unique set of preferentially mutated genes (TNFAIP3, FAS, HIST1H1C, KLF2, TP53, PIM1, TMSB4X, DUSP2, TAGAP, LYN, and SETD2) but lack of the hallmark of HBsAg- FLs (ie, IGH/BCL2 translocations and CREBBP mutations). Transcriptomic analyses further showed that HBsAg+ FLs displayed gene-expression signatures resembling the activated B-cell-like subtype of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, involving IRF4-targeted genes and NF-κB/MYD88 signaling pathways. Finally, we identified an increased infiltration of CD8+ memory T cells, CD4+ Th1 cells, and M1 macrophages and higher T-cell exhaustion gene signature in HBsAg+ FL samples. Taken together, we present new genetic/epigenetic evidence that links chronic HBV infection to B-cell lymphomagenesis, and HBV-associated FL is likely to have a distinct cell-of-origin and represent as a separate subtype of FL. Targetable genetic/epigenetic alterations identified in tumors and their associated tumor microenvironment may provide potential novel therapeutic approaches for this subgroup of patients.
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- Weicheng Ren
- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Lymphoma, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center of Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Lymphoma, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center of Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Human Disease Genomics, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Genomics, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Human Disease Genomics, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Genomics, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Lymphoma, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center of Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Lymphoma, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center of Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Lymphoma, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center of Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Human Disease Genomics, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Genomics, Shenzhen, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Human Disease Genomics, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Genomics, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Unit of Hematology, Department of Medicine at Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; and
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- Department of Medical Oncology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Human Disease Genomics, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Genomics, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Human Disease Genomics, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Genomics, Shenzhen, China
- Institute of Basic Medicine and Cancer (IBMC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Lymphoma, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center of Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Lymphoma, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center of Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin, China
- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
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Prevalence of Occult Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Egyptian Patients with Lymphoma: A New Vision. Diagnostics (Basel) 2022; 12:diagnostics12041015. [PMID: 35454063 PMCID: PMC9029505 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12041015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2022] [Revised: 04/11/2022] [Accepted: 04/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Occult hepatitis C virus infection (OCI) is the absence of HCV RNA in serum and the presence of actively replicating HCV RNA in hepatocytes and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), as evidenced by the presence of antigenomic negative sense single-stranded RNA. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of OCI in Egyptian lymphoma patients and assess changes in biochemical parameters in patients with confirmed OCI. The current study was conducted on 100 apparently healthy subjects as control group and 100 patients with lymphoma as a case group. HCV RNA was extracted and detected in both plasma and PBMCs using qRT-PCR. Total protein, albumin, ALT, AST, and total and direct bilirubin were measured in serum. OCI was detected in 6% of the patient group. OCI patients had lower levels of total protein and serum albumin and higher ALT and AST compared with lymphoma patients without OCI. Our study revealed that six out of 100 patients with lymphoma disorders had occult HCV infection (6%). Therefore, the possibility of this infection should be considered in patients with lymphoma.
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A Major Subset of Mutated CLL Expresses Affinity-selected and Functionally Proficient Rheumatoid Factors. Hemasphere 2021; 5:e550. [PMID: 33778415 PMCID: PMC7990012 DOI: 10.1097/hs9.0000000000000550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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De Re V, Tornesello ML, De Zorzi M, Caggiari L, Pezzuto F, Leone P, Racanelli V, Lauletta G, Zanussi S, Repetto O, Gragnani L, Rossi FM, Dolcetti R, Zignego AL, Buonaguro FM, Steffan A. PDCD1 and IFNL4 genetic variants and risk of developing hepatitis C virus-related diseases. Liver Int 2021; 41:133-149. [PMID: 32937024 PMCID: PMC7839592 DOI: 10.1111/liv.14667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2020] [Revised: 08/11/2020] [Accepted: 09/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Genetic variants of IFNL4 and PDCD1 genes have been shown to influence the spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. We investigated the IFNL4 rs12979860 and the PDCD1 polymorphisms in 734 HCV-positive patients, including 461 cases with liver disease of varying severity and 273 patients with lymphoproliferative disorders to determine the association of these genes with patient's outcome. METHODS Expression levels of PDCD1 mRNA encoded by haplotypes were investigated by quantitative PCR in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tissue and peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Flow cytometry was used to detect PD-1 and its ligand PD-L1. RESULTS The frequency of IFNL4 rs12979860 C/T or T/T genotypes was significantly higher in patients with HCV-related diseases than blood donors (P < .0001). Patients expressing the IFNλ4 variant with one amino acid change that reduces IFNλ4 secretion was found increased in frequency in HCV-related diseases compared to HCC PDCD1 mRNA levels in HCC tissue were significantly higher in cases carrying the PD-1.3 A or the PD-1.7 G allele (P = .0025 and P = .0167). Linkage disequilibrium (LD) between PD-1.3 and IFNL4 was found in patients with mixed cryoglobulinaemia (MC) only (LD = 0 in HCC; LD = 72 in MC). PBMCs of MC patients expressed low levels of PD-L1 in CD19+IgM+B cells and of PD-1 in CD4+T cells suggesting the involvement of regulatory B cell-T cell interaction to the pathogenesis of MC. CONCLUSION Collectively, our data indicate an important contribution of IFNλ4 expression to the development of HCV-related HCC and an epistatic contribution of IFNL4 and PDCD1 in MC. LAY SUMMARY Studies of IFNL4 and PDCD1 genes are helpful to better understand the role of host genetic factors and immune antigens influencing the outcome of HCV-related diseases. Our data support an association between the expression of IFNλ4, which prevents the expression of IFNλ3, with all the different HCV-related diseases studied, and besides, evidence that a higher IFNλ4 expression is associated with hepatocellular at a younger age. The expression pattern of low PD-L1 on B cells and high PD-1 on CD4+T-cells in patients with HCV-positive cryoglobulinaemia suggests a critical role of the PD-1/PD-L1 signaling in modulating B cell-T cell interaction in this lymphoproliferative disease.
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- Valli De Re
- Immunopathology and Cancer Biomarkers/Bioproteomic facilityDepartment of Translational ResearchCentro di Riferimento Oncologico (CRO) IRCCSCancer InstituteAvianoItaly
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- Molecular biologyviral oncology Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS "Fondazione G. Pascale"NapoliItaly
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- Immunopathology and Cancer Biomarkers/Bioproteomic facilityDepartment of Translational ResearchCentro di Riferimento Oncologico (CRO) IRCCSCancer InstituteAvianoItaly
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- Immunopathology and Cancer Biomarkers/Bioproteomic facilityDepartment of Translational ResearchCentro di Riferimento Oncologico (CRO) IRCCSCancer InstituteAvianoItaly
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- Molecular biologyviral oncology Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS "Fondazione G. Pascale"NapoliItaly
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- Biomedical Sciences and Human OncologyUniversity of Bari Medical SchoolBariItaly
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- Biomedical Sciences and Human OncologyUniversity of Bari Medical SchoolBariItaly
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- Biomedical Sciences and Human OncologyUniversity of Bari Medical SchoolBariItaly
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- Immunopathology and Cancer Biomarkers/Bioproteomic facilityDepartment of Translational ResearchCentro di Riferimento Oncologico (CRO) IRCCSCancer InstituteAvianoItaly
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- Immunopathology and Cancer Biomarkers/Bioproteomic facilityDepartment of Translational ResearchCentro di Riferimento Oncologico (CRO) IRCCSCancer InstituteAvianoItaly
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- Center for Systemic Manifestations of Hepatitis Viruses (MaSVE)Internal Medicine and Liver UnitDepartment of Experimental and Clinical MedicineCareggi University Hospital, Florence, ItalyFlorenceItaly
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- Clinical and Experimental Onco‐Hematology UnitCentro di Riferimento Oncologico (CRO) IRCCSAviano (PN)Italy
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina InstituteTranslational Research InstituteBrisbaneAustralia
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- Center for Systemic Manifestations of Hepatitis Viruses (MaSVE)Internal Medicine and Liver UnitDepartment of Experimental and Clinical MedicineCareggi University Hospital, Florence, ItalyFlorenceItaly
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- Molecular biologyviral oncology Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS "Fondazione G. Pascale"NapoliItaly
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- Immunopathology and Cancer Biomarkers/Bioproteomic facilityDepartment of Translational ResearchCentro di Riferimento Oncologico (CRO) IRCCSCancer InstituteAvianoItaly
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Bende RJ, Janssen J, Beentjes A, Wormhoudt TAM, Wagner K, Haacke EA, Kroese FGM, Guikema JEJ, van Noesel CJM. Salivary Gland Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue-Type Lymphoma From Sjögren's Syndrome Patients in the Majority Express Rheumatoid Factors Affinity-Selected for IgG. Arthritis Rheumatol 2020; 72:1330-1340. [PMID: 32182401 PMCID: PMC7496822 DOI: 10.1002/art.41263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2019] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Objective Patients with Sjӧgren's syndrome (SS) have an increased risk of developing malignant B cell lymphomas, particularly mucosa‐associated lymphoid tissue (MALT)–type lymphomas. We have previously shown that a predominant proportion of patients with SS‐associated salivary gland MALT lymphoma express somatically hypermutated IgM with strong amino acid sequence homology with stereotypic rheumatoid factors (RFs). The present study was undertaken in a larger cohort of patients with SS‐associated MALT lymphoma to more firmly assess the frequency of RF reactivity and the significance of somatic IGV‐region mutations for RF reactivity. Methods B cell antigen receptors (BCRs) of 16 patients with SS‐associated salivary gland MALT lymphoma were analyzed. Soluble recombinant IgM was produced of 12 MALT lymphoma samples, including 1 MALT lymphoma sample that expressed an IgM antibody fitting in a novel IGHV3‐30–encoded stereotypic IGHV subset. For 4 of the 12 IgM antibodies from MALT lymphoma samples, the somatically mutated IGHV and IGKV gene sequences were reverted to germline configurations. Their RF activity and binding affinity were determined by enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay and surface plasmon resonance, respectively. Results Nine (75%) of the 12 IgM antibodies identified in patients with SS‐associated salivary gland MALT lymphoma displayed strong monoreactive RF activity. Reversion of the IGHV and IGKV mutations to germline configuration resulted in RF affinities for IgG that were significantly lower for 3 of the 4 somatically mutated IgM antibodies. In stereotypic IGHV3‐7/IGKV3‐15–encoded RFs, a recurrent replacement mutation in the IGKV3‐15–third complementarity‐determining region was found to play a pivotal role in the affinity for IgG‐Fc. Conclusion A majority of patients with SS‐associated salivary gland MALT lymphoma express somatically mutated BCRs that are selected for monoreactive, high‐affinity binding of IgG‐Fc. These data underscore the notion that soluble IgG, most likely in immune complexes in inflamed tissues, is the principal autoantigen in the pathogenesis of a variety of B cell lymphomas, particularly SS‐associated MALT lymphomas.
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- Richard J Bende
- Amsterdam University Medical Center and University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam University Medical Center and University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam University Medical Center and University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam University Medical Center and University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- AIMM Therapeutics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam University Medical Center and University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam University Medical Center and University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Mechanisms of B Cell Receptor Activation and Responses to B Cell Receptor Inhibitors in B Cell Malignancies. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:cancers12061396. [PMID: 32481736 PMCID: PMC7352865 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12061396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2020] [Revised: 05/22/2020] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The B cell receptor (BCR) pathway has been identified as a potential therapeutic target in a number of common B cell malignancies, including chronic lymphocytic leukemia, diffuse large B cell lymphoma, Burkitt lymphoma, follicular lymphoma, mantle cell lymphoma, marginal zone B cell lymphoma, and Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia. This finding has resulted in the development of numerous drugs that target this pathway, including various inhibitors of the kinases BTK, PI3K, and SYK. Several of these drugs have been approved in recent years for clinical use, resulting in a profound change in the way these diseases are currently being treated. However, the response rates and durability of responses vary largely across the different disease entities, suggesting a different proportion of patients with an activated BCR pathway and different mechanisms of BCR pathway activation. Indeed, several antigen-dependent and antigen-independent mechanisms have recently been described and shown to result in the activation of distinct downstream signaling pathways. The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the mechanisms responsible for the activation of the BCR pathway in different B cell malignancies and to correlate these mechanisms with clinical responses to treatment with BCR inhibitors.
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A stereotyped light chain may shape virus-specific B-cell receptors in HCV-dependent lymphoproliferative disorders. Genes Immun 2020; 21:131-135. [PMID: 32066891 DOI: 10.1038/s41435-020-0093-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2019] [Revised: 01/30/2020] [Accepted: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) causes B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders (LPDs) expressing stereotyped B-cell receptors (BCRs) endowed with rheumatoid factor (RF) activity and putatively recognizing the HCV E2 protein. To further untangle the shaping and function of these BCRs, we analyzed immunoglobulin gene rearrangements of monoclonal B cells from 13 patients with HCV-associated LPDs and correlated their features with the clinical outcomes of antiviral therapy. While only two patients shared a stereotyped heavy-chain complementarity determining region 3 (CDR3) sequence, two kappa chain CDR3 stereotyped sequences accounted for 77% of BCRs. Light chains were enriched in sequences homologous to anti-HCV E2 antibodies compared with heavy chains (7/13 vs. 0/13; p = 0.005). Anti-HCV E2 homology was uniquely associated (7/7 vs. 0/6; p = 0.0006) with a stereotyped CDR3 sequence encoded by IGKV3-20/3D-20 gene(s) accounting for 54% of BCRs. An IGKV3-15/IGKJ1-encoded stereotyped sequence homologous to WA RF accounted for 23% of BCRs. LPDs expressing KCDR3s homologous to anti-HCV E2 antibodies responded more frequently to the eradication of HCV by antiviral therapy (6/6 vs. 1/6; p = 0.015). These findings, although limited by the small sample size, suggest that a stereotyped KCDR3 may predominantly shape anti-HCV specificity of BCRs, possibly providing a signature that may help identifying bona fide HCV-dependent LPDs.
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Defrancesco I, Zerbi C, Rattotti S, Merli M, Bruno R, Paulli M, Arcaini L. HCV infection and non-Hodgkin lymphomas: an evolving story. Clin Exp Med 2020; 20:321-328. [PMID: 32052244 DOI: 10.1007/s10238-020-00615-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2019] [Accepted: 02/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Hepatitis C virus infection represents a global health problem with 3% of population infected worldwide. Several epidemiological studies have shown an increased risk of B cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas in HCV-infected subjects with a wide geographic variability. The observation that HCV eradication by antiviral treatment is associated with successful lymphoma response provided the most convincing evidence for the causal role of HCV in lymphoma's development. According to the most accepted model, HCV-driven chronic antigenic stimulation may represent the major stimulus for lymphoma growth. Several evidences have led to recommend antiviral therapy (in the past interferon-based, now the new direct-acting antiviral agents) in the setting of asymptomatic indolent B cell lymphomas not requiring an immediate systemic treatment. The favourable profile of direct-acting antiviral agents supports the HCV eradication also in the setting of HCV-positive diffuse large B cell lymphoma; however, further studies are needed to assess the appropriate timing of these drugs in the treatment of aggressive lymphomas. Multidisciplinary management involving expert hepatologists is highly warranted.
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Viale Golgi 19, 27100, Pavia, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, University Hospital Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi-Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale Sette Laghi, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Division of Infectious Diseases Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.,Department of Medical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Paediatric Science, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.,Anatomic Pathology Section, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy. .,Division of Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Viale Golgi 19, 27100, Pavia, Italy.
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De Vita S, Gandolfo S. Predicting lymphoma development in patients with Sjögren's syndrome. Expert Rev Clin Immunol 2019; 15:929-938. [PMID: 31347413 DOI: 10.1080/1744666x.2019.1649596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Introduction: The issue of predicting lymphoma in primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) starts from its clinical and biologic essence, i.e., an autoimmune exocrinopathy with sicca syndrome, inflammation and lymphoproliferation of MALT (mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue) in exocrine glands. Areas covered: The two major predictors to be firstly focused are persistent salivary gland (SG) swelling and cryoglobulinemic vasculitis with related features as purpura and low C4, or the sole serum cryoglobulinemia repeatedly detected. They are pathogenetically linked and reflect a heavier MALT involvement by histopathology, with the expansion of peculiar rheumatoid factor (RF)-positive clones/idiotypes. Other predictors include lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly, neutropenia, lymphopenia, serum beta2-microglobulin, monoclonal immunoglobulins, light chains, and RF. Composite indexes/scores may also predict lymphoma. Expert opinion: Prediction at baseline needs amelioration, and must be repeated in the follow-up. Careful clinical characterization, with harmonization and stratification of large cohorts, is a relevant preliminary step. Validated and new biomarkers are needed in biologic fluids and tissues. SG echography with automatic scoring could represent a future imaging biomarker, still lacking. Scoring MALT involvement in pSS, as an additional tool to evaluate disease activity and possibly to predict lymphoma, is welcomed. All these efforts are now ongoing within the HarmonicSS project and in other research initiatives in pSS.
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- Salvatore De Vita
- Rheumatology Clinic, Udine University Hospital, Department of Medical Area, University of Udine , Udine , Italy
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- Rheumatology Clinic, Udine University Hospital, Department of Medical Area, University of Udine , Udine , Italy
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Heterogeneity and coexistence of oncogenic mechanisms involved in HCV-associated B-cell lymphomas. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2019; 138:156-171. [PMID: 31092372 DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2019.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2018] [Revised: 04/02/2019] [Accepted: 04/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The association of HCV-infection with B-lymphomas is supported by the regression of most indolent/low-grade lymphomas following anti-viral therapy. Studies on direct and indirect oncogenic mechanisms have elucidated the pathogenesis of HCV-associated B-lymphoma subtypes. These include B-lymphocyte proliferation and sustained clonal expansion by HCV-envelope protein stimulation of B-cell receptors, and prolonged HCV-infected B-cell growth by overexpression of an anti-apoptotic BCL-2 oncogene caused by the increased frequency of t(14;18) chromosomal translocations in follicular lymphomas. HCV has been implicated in lymphomagenesis by a "hit-and-run" mechanism, inducing enhanced mutation rate in immunoglobulins and anti-oncogenes favoring immune escape, due to permanent genetic damage by double-strand DNA-breaks. More direct oncogenic mechanisms have been identified in cytokines and chemokines in relation to NS3 and Core expression, particularly in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. By reviewing genetic alterations and disrupted signaling pathways, we intend to highlight how mutually non-contrasting mechanisms cooperate with environmental factors toward progression of HCV-lymphoma.
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Marcelis L, Tousseyn T, Sagaert X. MALT Lymphoma as a Model of Chronic Inflammation-Induced Gastric Tumor Development. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2019; 421:77-106. [PMID: 31123886 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-15138-6_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma, or extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of MALT, is an indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma linked with preexisting chronic inflammation. The stomach is the most commonly affected organ and the MALT lymphoma pathogenesis is clearly associated with Helicobacter pylori gastroduodenitis. Inflammation induces the lymphoid infiltrates in extranodal sites, where the lymphoma then subsequently develops. Genetic aberrations arise through the release of reactive oxygen species (ROS), H. pylori-induced endonucleases, and other effects. The involvement of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) pathway activation, a critical regulator of pro-inflammatory responses, further highlights the role of inflammation in gastric MALT lymphoma. The NF-κB pathway regulates key elements of normal lymphocyte function, including the transcription of proliferation-promoting and anti-apoptotic genes. Aberrant constitutive activation of NF-κB signaling can lead to autoimmunity and malignancy. NF-κB pathway activation can happen through both the canonical and non-canonical pathways and can be caused by multiple genetic aberrations such as t(11;18)(q12;q21), t(1;14)(p22;q32), and t(14;18)(q32;q21) translocations, chronic inflammation and even directly by H. pylori-associated mechanisms. Gastric MALT lymphoma is considered one of the best models of how inflammation initiates genetic events that lead to oncogenesis, determines tumor biology, dictates clinical behavior and leads to viable therapeutic targets. The purpose of this review is to present gastric MALT lymphoma as an outstanding example of the close pathogenetic link between chronic inflammation and tumor development and to describe how this information can be integrated into daily clinical practice.
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- Lukas Marcelis
- Translational Cell and Tissue Research Lab, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, Louvain, Belgium
- , O&N IV Herestraat 49 - bus 7003 24, 3000, Louvain, Belgium
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- Translational Cell and Tissue Research Lab, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, Louvain, Belgium
- Department of Pathology, UZ Leuven, University Hospitals, Louvain, Belgium
- , O&N IV Herestraat 49 - bus 7003 24, 3000, Louvain, Belgium
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- Translational Cell and Tissue Research Lab, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, Louvain, Belgium.
- Department of Pathology, UZ Leuven, University Hospitals, Louvain, Belgium.
- , O&N IV Herestraat 49 - bus 7003 24, 3000, Louvain, Belgium.
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Cacoub P, Comarmond C. Considering hepatitis C virus infection as a systemic disease. Semin Dial 2018; 32:99-107. [PMID: 30549107 DOI: 10.1111/sdi.12758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been demonstrated to result in several adverse hepatic outcomes and has been associated with a number of important extrahepatic manifestations. The scope of extrahepatic clinical possibilities includes systemic diseases such as vasculitis and lymphoproliferative disorders, cardiovascular disease, myalgia, arthritis, and sicca syndrome. These end-organ effects of HCV may dominate the clinical course beyond the hepatic complications and significantly worsen the long-term prognosis of infected patients. Until several years ago, the standard of care for the treatment of HCV infection had been interferon-alpha-based regimens, which not only had limited effectiveness in achieving a cure but were often poorly tolerated, especially in patients with kidney disease. In those HCV-infected patients with significant systemic manifestations, the interferon-based regimens were problematic given their association with a wide variety of toxicities. The development of highly effective direct-acting antiviral agents to treat HCV infection presented an opportunity to improve the HCV care cascade with the eradication of HCV in most infected patients and by reducing the burden of both hepatic and extrahepatic complications.
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- Patrice Cacoub
- UMR 7211, and Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (DHU i2B), Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Paris, France.,INSERM, UMR_S 959, Paris, France.,CNRS, FRE3632, Paris, France.,Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- UMR 7211, and Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (DHU i2B), Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Paris, France.,INSERM, UMR_S 959, Paris, France.,CNRS, FRE3632, Paris, France.,Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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De Vita S, De Re V, Sansonno D, Gloghini A, Gasparotto D, Libra M, Sacco S, Carbone A, Ferraccioli G, Boiocchi M. Lack of Hcv Infection in Malignant, Cells Refutes the Hypothesis of a Direct Transforming Action of the Virus in the Pathogenesis of Hcv-Associated B-Cell Nhls. TUMORI JOURNAL 2018; 88:400-6. [PMID: 12487559 DOI: 10.1177/030089160208800510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Aims and background Preliminary evidence suggests that hepatitis C virus (HCV) might play a pathogenetic role in autoimmune-related, non-malignant B-cell lymphoproliferation, as well as in a subset of B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHLs). With regard to the mechanism(s) by which HCV might favor B-cell expansion and malignant transformation, most data support an indirect pathogenetic role of the virus as an exogenous trigger. A direct oncogenetic role of HCV by direct cell infection and deregulation has only been hypothesized on the basis of the lymphotropism of the virus. Methods In this study we investigated the possible HCV infection of NHL B cells by means of sensitive and quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on affinity-purified neoplastic cells, and by HCV-specific immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization. Results HCV infection of neoplastic B cells was documented in only three cases, namely the low-grade B-cell NHLs that arose in the course of mixed cryoglobulinemia syndrome (MC). HCV infection, below one viral genome per cell, was detectable only by PCR. All the remaining low-grade (one case) and high-grade B-cell NHLs (two cases) were HCV uninfected. Previous immunoglobulin gene analyses were consistent with an antigen-driven B-cell lymphoproliferation in the studied cases. Conclusions Overall, our data are consistent with an indirect oncogenetic role of HCV in B-cell lymphomagenesis as an exogenous trigger. Infection of B cells by HCV appears possible in some NHL subsets, but the implications remain unknown.
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Clark AG, Worni-Schudel IM, Korte FM, Foster MH. A murine Ig light chain transgene reveals IGKV3 gene contributions to anti-collagen types IV and II specificities. Mol Immunol 2017; 91:49-56. [PMID: 28886586 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2017.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2017] [Revised: 07/30/2017] [Accepted: 08/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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A subset of autoimmune diseases result from autoantibodies targeting epitopes on matrix collagen. The most extensively studied are anti-glomerular basement membrane glomerulonephritis (or its systemic counterpart Goodpasture's disease) that destroys kidneys and lungs, and rheumatoid arthritis that leads to disabling arthritis. Autoantibodies in these disorders bind evolutionarily conserved conformational epitopes on the noncollagenous domain 1 (NC1) of the alpha3 chain of type IV [alpha3(IV)NC1] collagen in glomerular and alveolar basement membranes, and on native or citrullinated type II collagen (CII) in joint cartilage, respectively. The genetic origins of pathogenic anti-collagen B cells in these diseases is unknown, but observations from murine models raise the possibility that they overlap despite distinct in vivo immunopathologies. Monoclonal autoantibodies isolated from mice immunized with alpha3(IV)NC1 collagen or CII show a biased use of Ig light chains (LC) encoded by genes of the IGKV3 subgroup (previously Vk21 family), paired with diverse Ig heavy chains. To further explore this relationship and determine if a single murine IGKV3 LC independently predisposes to both anti-collagen responses, we generated a novel transgenic (Tg) C57BL/6 mouse that expresses a productively rearranged IGKV3-encoded LC, termed mLCV3-Tg, in conjunction with endogenously rearranged Ig heavy chains. Tg mice are also genetically deficient in endogenous kappa chains to permit tracking of the mLCV3 transgene. We show that mLCV3-Tg mice are susceptible to humoral autoimmunity against both collagen chains. Anti-alpha3(IV)NC1 collagen, but not anti-CII, mLCV3-encoded Ig are detected in serum of unmanipulated Tg mice, while Toll-like receptor ligands induce secretion of mLCV3-Tg autoantibodies of both collagen specificities from splenocytes ex vivo. This indicates developmental survival of mLCV3-Tg B cells reactive with each antigen, and is consistent with production of the two anti-collagen autoIg from distinct B cell populations. Reduced B cell numbers, low serum Ig kappa levels, low cell surface Ig kappa density, and abundant endogenous lambda chain expression suggest that subsets of IGKV3-encoded B cells are regulated in vivo by mechanisms that include deletion, anergy, and LC editing. These results support the notion that murine IGKV3 LCs contribute structural fitness to antigen binding sites that support diverse anti-collagen autoimmune responses, that these responses are regulated in vivo, and that these cells can nonetheless readily escape immune regulation.
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- Amy G Clark
- Department of Medicine, Duke University Health System, Durham, NC, USA; Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Duke University Health System, Durham, NC, USA; Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Duke University Health System, Durham, NC, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Duke University Health System, Durham, NC, USA; Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
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De Re V, Magris R, Cannizzaro R. New Insights into the Pathogenesis of Celiac Disease. Front Med (Lausanne) 2017; 4:137. [PMID: 28913337 PMCID: PMC5583152 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2017.00137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2017] [Accepted: 07/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune and multisystem gluten-related disorder that causes symptoms involving the gastrointestinal tract and other organs. Pathogenesis of CD is only partially known. It had been established that ingestion of gluten proteins present in wheat and other cereals are necessary for the disease and develops in individuals genetically predisposed carrying the DQ2 or DQ8 human leukocyte antigen haplotypes. In this review, we had pay specific attention on the last discoveries regarding the three cellular components mainly involved in the development and maintenance of CD: T-cells, B-cells, and microbioma. All of them had been showed critical for the interaction between inflammatory immune response and gluten peptides. Although the mechanisms of interaction among overall these components are not yet fully understood, recent proteomics and molecular studies had shed some lights in the pathogenic role of tissue transglutaminase 2 in CD and in the alteration of the intestinal barrier function induced by host microbiota.
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- Valli De Re
- Immunopatologia e Biomarcatori Oncologici/Bio-Proteomics Facility, CRO Aviano National Cancer Institute, Aviano, Italy
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- Oncological Gastroenterology, CRO Aviano National Cancer Institute, Aviano, Italy
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- Oncological Gastroenterology, CRO Aviano National Cancer Institute, Aviano, Italy
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Visentini M, Fiorilli M, Casato M. From the pathogenesis to the cure of indolent B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders associated with hepatitis C virus infection: which role for direct-acting antivirals? Expert Rev Hematol 2017; 10:719-727. [PMID: 28675071 DOI: 10.1080/17474086.2017.1349607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Hepatitis C virus (HCV) causes monoclonal B cell lymphoproliferative disorders ranging from benign, such as in mixed cryoglobulinemia (MC), to indolent or aggressive lymphomas. MC and indolent lymphomas commonly regress when HCV is eradicated with interferon (IFN) therapy; however, sustained virologic response (SVR) to IFN is achieved only in ~50% of patients. The new all oral direct-acting antivirals (DAA), yielding nearly 100% SVR, promise a breakthrough in the treatment of HCV-associated lymphoproliferative disorders, but experience is still scanty. Areas covered: A literature search was performed to summarize current pathogenetic hypotheses in HCV-associated indolent lymphoproliferative disorders and to identify clinical trials focused on the use of antiviral therapy. Hematological outcomes of IFN-based and IFN-free DAA-based regimens were compared. Expert commentary: While MC appears to regress in most patients after DAA therapy, the still very limited experience with indolent lymphomas suggests that hematologic responses might be less than those observed with IFN. Furthermore, anecdotal observations of early progression to aggressive lymphoma after DAA are disquieting. Large studies are needed to determine the values and limits of DAA for treating HCV-associated indolent lymphomas and to identify subgroups at risk of non-response.
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- Marcella Visentini
- a Department of Clinical Medicine , Sapienza University of Rome , Rome , Italy
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- a Department of Clinical Medicine , Sapienza University of Rome , Rome , Italy
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- a Department of Clinical Medicine , Sapienza University of Rome , Rome , Italy
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Gragnani L, Fognani E, De Re V, Libra M, Garozzo A, Caini P, Cerretelli G, Giovannelli A, Lorini S, Monti M, Bagnoli S, Piaceri I, Zignego AL. Notch4 and mhc class II polymorphisms are associated with hcv-related benign and malignant lymphoproliferative diseases. Oncotarget 2017; 8:71528-71535. [PMID: 29069725 PMCID: PMC5641068 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.17655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2017] [Accepted: 03/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Mixed cryoglobulinemia (MC), is a HCV-related, clinically benign, lymphoproliferative disorder (LPD) that may evolve into a non Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Significant associations were found between two single nucleotide polymorphisms near NOTCH4 (rs2071286) and the HLA class II (rs9461776) genes and HCV-related MC syndrome (MCS). We analyzed NOTCH4 rs2071286 and HLA-II rs9461776 in 3 HCV-related LPD groups (asymptomatic MC, MCS, NHL) with HCV infection without lymphoproliferative disorders. We found a positive relationship between NOTCH4 rs207186 T minor allele frequency (MAF) and patients with HCV-related LPDs at risk of NHL (Chi-square test for trend = 14.84 p = 0.0001), in accordance with an over-dominant model in the NHL group (CT vs CC + TT, OR=1.88, 95% CI 1.24–2.83, p = 0.0026). Regarding HLA II rs9461776, G MAF increased in patients with HCV-related LPDs at risk of NHL (Chi-square test for trend = 8.40 p = 0.0038), in accordance with a recessive genotypic model in the NHL group (G/G vs A/A + A/G, OR = 11.07, 95% CI 2.37–51.64, p = 0.0022). Both NOTCH4 rs2071286 and HLA-II rs9461776 were present on chromosome 6 and showed D’ and r values of linkage disequilibrium (LD) of about 0.5 values, thereby suggesting there is no extensive LD in the HCV+ population. This data shows that the previously demonstrated association between NOTCH4 rs2071286 and HLA-II rs9461776 polymorphisms and HCV-related MCS could be extended to overall patients with HCV-related LPDs. The significant relationship between rs2071286 and rs9461776 MAF and the increased risk for NHL, suggests their use as non-invasive markers to categorize patients at risk of lymphoma.
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- Laura Gragnani
- Center for Systemic Manifestations of Hepatitis Viruses (MaSVE), Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Center for Systemic Manifestations of Hepatitis Viruses (MaSVE), Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Centro di Riferimento oncologico, National Cancer Institute, Aviano, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Microbiology, University of Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Microbiology, University of Catania, Italy
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- Center for Systemic Manifestations of Hepatitis Viruses (MaSVE), Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Center for Systemic Manifestations of Hepatitis Viruses (MaSVE), Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Center for Systemic Manifestations of Hepatitis Viruses (MaSVE), Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Center for Systemic Manifestations of Hepatitis Viruses (MaSVE), Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Center for Systemic Manifestations of Hepatitis Viruses (MaSVE), Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Children's Health, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Children's Health, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Center for Systemic Manifestations of Hepatitis Viruses (MaSVE), Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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Hepatitis C virus - Associated marginal zone lymphoma. Best Pract Res Clin Haematol 2017; 30:41-49. [PMID: 28288715 DOI: 10.1016/j.beha.2017.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2017] [Accepted: 02/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The link between hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and the development of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma is now well established and based on a number of epidemiological studies. It is further supported by the observation of lymphoma regression after HCV eradication by antiviral treatment. The far most frequent entities are marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). MZL usually emerge on a background of mixed cryoglobulinemia, a low-grade lymphoproliferation, and often transform into DLBCL, thereby following a multistep oncogenesis process. The role of HCV in lymphomagenesis is not yet fully understood but several mechanisms have been proposed including (i) chronic external stimulation through the B-cell receptor and other surface receptors, and (ii) direct transformation by intracellular viral proteins, the former being probably predominant in MZL. Regression of HCV-associated MZL can be achieved with antiviral therapy and the novel generation of direct-acting antiviral agents appears highly effective and safe for the treatment of these lymphoma.
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Malcolm TIM, Hodson DJ, Macintyre EA, Turner SD. Challenging perspectives on the cellular origins of lymphoma. Open Biol 2016; 6:rsob.160232. [PMID: 27683157 PMCID: PMC5043587 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.160232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2016] [Accepted: 09/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Both B and T lymphocytes have signature traits that set them apart from other cell types. They actively and repeatedly rearrange their DNA in order to produce a unique and functional antigen receptor, they have potential for massive clonal expansion upon encountering antigen via this receptor or its precursor, and they have the capacity to be extremely long lived as ‘memory’ cells. All three of these traits are fundamental to their ability to function as the adaptive immune response to infectious agents, but concurrently render these cells vulnerable to transformation. Thus, it is classically considered that lymphomas arise at a relatively late stage in a lymphocyte's development during the process of modifying diversity within antigen receptors, and when the cell is capable of responding to stimulus via its receptor. Attempts to understand the aetiology of lymphoma have reinforced this notion, as the most notable advances to date have shown chronic stimulation of the antigen receptor by infectious agents or self-antigens to be key drivers of these diseases. Despite this, there is still uncertainty about the cell of origin in some lymphomas, and increasing evidence that a subset arises in a more immature cell. Specifically, a recent study indicates that T-cell lymphoma, in particular nucleophosmin-anaplastic lymphoma kinase-driven anaplastic large cell lymphoma, may originate in T-cell progenitors in the thymus.
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- Tim I M Malcolm
- Division of Molecular Histopathology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Lab Block Level 3, Box 231, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Hematology and INSERM1151, Institut Necker-Enfants Malades, Université Sorbonne Paris Cité at Descartes and Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris 75743 Cedex 15, France
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- Division of Molecular Histopathology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Lab Block Level 3, Box 231, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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Cacoub P, Comarmond C. New insights into HCV-related rheumatologic disorders: A review. J Adv Res 2016; 8:89-97. [PMID: 28149645 PMCID: PMC5272935 DOI: 10.1016/j.jare.2016.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2016] [Revised: 07/17/2016] [Accepted: 07/18/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infected patients are known to be exposed to major liver complications i.e. cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. In addition, many extrahepatic manifestations including rheumatologic disorders have been reported in up to two-third of HCV infected patients. These manifestations include frank auto-immune and rheumatic diseases (such as arthralgia, myalgia, arthritis, sicca syndrome and vasculitis) which may dominate the course of infection. Until recently, the standard of care of HCV has been the use of interferon-alpha based regimens, which not only had limited effectiveness in HCV cure but were poorly tolerated. In patients with rheumatic diseases interferon-based regimens may be problematic given their association with a wide variety of autoimmune toxicities. Recent therapeutic advances with new direct anti-HCV therapies (interferon-free) which are more effective and better tolerated, make screening for this comorbidity in patients with rheumatic disorders more important than ever. This review aimed to outline main HCV extrahepatic with a special focus on rheumatologic manifestations.
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- Patrice Cacoub
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7211, and Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (DHU i2B), F-75005 Paris, France; INSERM, UMR_S 959, F-75013 Paris, France; CNRS, FRE3632, F-75005 Paris, France; AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, F-75013 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7211, and Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (DHU i2B), F-75005 Paris, France; INSERM, UMR_S 959, F-75013 Paris, France; CNRS, FRE3632, F-75005 Paris, France; AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, F-75013 Paris, France
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Hepatitis B virus-associated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: unique clinical features, poor outcome, and hepatitis B surface antigen-driven origin. Oncotarget 2016; 6:25061-73. [PMID: 26314957 PMCID: PMC4694815 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.4677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2015] [Accepted: 07/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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While the epidemiologic association between hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is established, little is known more than this epidemiologic evidence. We studied a cohort of 587 patients with DLBCL for HBV infection status, clinicopathologic features, and the immunoglobulin variable region in HBV surface antigen (HBsAg)-positive patients. Eighty-one (81/587, 13.8%) patients were HBsAg-positive. Compared with HBsAg-negative DLBCL, HBsAg-positive DLBCL displayed a younger median onset age (45 vs. 55 years), more frequent involvement of spleen or retroperitoneal lymph node (40.7% vs. 16.0% and 61.7% vs. 31.0% respectively, both p < 0.001), more advanced disease (stage III/IV: 76.5% vs 59.5%, p = 0.003), and significantly worse outcome (2-year overall survival: 47% versus 70%, p < 0.001). In HBsAg-positive DLBCL patients, almost all (45/47, 96%) amino acid sequences of heavy and light chain complementarity determining region 3 exhibited a high homology to antibodies specific for HBsAg, and the majority (45/50, 90%) of IgHV and IgLV genes were mutated. We conclude that 13.8% of DLBCL cases are HBV-associated in HBV-endemic China and show unique clinical features and poor outcomes. Furthermore, our study strongly suggests that HBV-associated DLBCL might arise from HBV antigen-selected B cells.
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Du MQ. MALT lymphoma: A paradigm of NF-κB dysregulation. Semin Cancer Biol 2016; 39:49-60. [PMID: 27452667 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2016.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2016] [Revised: 07/12/2016] [Accepted: 07/20/2016] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT lymphoma) invariably arises from a background of chronic microbial infection and/or autoimmune disorder at diverse mucosal sites. The prolonged chronic infection and/or autoimmunity generate active immune and inflammatory responses that provide a setting for evolution and development of autoreactive B-cells, their expansion and eventual malignant transformation following acquisition of genetic changes. The immune responses also play a critical role in sustaining the growth and survival of the transformed cells as shown by complete regression of a high proportion of MALT lymphoma of the stomach, ocular adnexa and skin following anti-microbial treatment. B-cell receptor engagement by auto-antigen as well as T-cell help including both cognate interaction and bystander help via soluble ligands such as CD40L and BAFF are thought to underpin the immunological drive in the lymphoma development through activation of the canonical and non-canonical NF-κB pathway respectively. Similarly, the three MALT lymphoma associated chromosome translocations, namely t(1;14)(p22;q32)/BCL10-IGH, t(14;18)(q32;q21)/IGH-MALT1,and t(11;18)(q21;q21)/BIRC3 (API2)-MALT1, are also capable of activating both canonical and non-canonical NF-κB pathways. Furthermore, TNFAIP3 (A20) inactivation by deletion and/or mutation abolishes the auto-negative feedback to several signalling including BCR and TLR, which connect to the canonical NF-κB activation pathway. Thus, there is a considerable overlap in the molecular pathways dysregulated by immunological drive and somatic genetic changes, strongly arguing for their oncogenic cooperation in the development of MALT lymphoma.
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- Ming-Qing Du
- Division of Molecular Histopathology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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Murira A, Lapierre P, Lamarre A. Evolution of the Humoral Response during HCV Infection: Theories on the Origin of Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies and Implications for Vaccine Design. Adv Immunol 2015; 129:55-107. [PMID: 26791858 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ai.2015.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Similar to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1, vaccine-induced elicitation of broadly neutralizing (bNt) antibodies (Abs) is gaining traction as a key goal toward the eradication of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) pandemic. Previously, the significance of the Ab response against HCV was underappreciated given the prevailing evidence advancing the role of the cellular immune response in clearance and overall control of the infection. However, recent findings have driven growing interest in the humoral arm of the immune response and in particular the role of bNt responses due to their ability to confer protective immunity upon passive transfer in animal models. Nevertheless, the origin and development of bNt Abs is poorly understood and their occurrence is rare as well as delayed with emergence only observed in the chronic phase of infection. In this review, we characterize the interplay between the host immune response and HCV as it progresses from the acute to chronic phase of infection. In addition, we place these events in the context of current hypotheses on the origin of bNt Abs against the HIV-1, whose humoral immune response is better characterized. Based on the increasing significance of the humoral immune response against HCV, characterization of these events may be critical in understanding the development of the bNt responses and, thus, provide strategies toward effective vaccine design.
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- Armstrong Murira
- Immunovirology Laboratory, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Laval, Quebec, Canada.
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- Immunovirology Laboratory, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Laval, Quebec, Canada
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- Immunovirology Laboratory, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Laval, Quebec, Canada.
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Zignego AL, Gragnani L, Piluso A, Sebastiani M, Giuggioli D, Fallahi P, Antonelli A, Ferri C. Virus-driven autoimmunity and lymphoproliferation: the example of HCV infection. Expert Rev Clin Immunol 2015; 11:15-31. [PMID: 25534977 DOI: 10.1586/1744666x.2015.997214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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HCV chronic infection is characterized by possible development of both hepatic and extrahepatic manifestations. The infection by this both hepatotropic and lymphotropic virus is responsible for polyoligoclonal B-lymphocyte expansion, leading to several immune-mediated disorders. Mixed cryoglobulinemia syndrome that in some cases may evolve to frank B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is the prototype of HCV-driven autoimmune and lymphoproliferative disorders. The HCV oncogenic potential has been suggested by several clinicoepidemiological and laboratory studies; it includes hepatocellular carcinoma, B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and papillary thyroid cancer. The definition HCV syndrome refers to the complex of HCV-driven diseases; these latter are characterized by heterogeneous geographical distribution, suggesting a role of other important genetic and/or environmental cofactors. The natural history of HCV syndrome is the result of a multifactorial and multistep pathogenetic process, which may evolve from mild manifestations to systemic autoimmune disorders, and less frequently to malignant neoplasias. The present updated review analyzes the clinical and pathogenetic aspects of the main HCV-associated diseases.
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- Anna Linda Zignego
- Center for Systemic Manifestations of Hepatitis Viruses (MASVE), Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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Damoiseaux J, Cohen Tervaert JW. Diagnostics and treatment of cryoglobulinaemia: it takes two to tango. Clin Rev Allergy Immunol 2015; 47:299-310. [PMID: 24068540 DOI: 10.1007/s12016-013-8390-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Cryoglobulins are immunoglobulins that reversibly precipitate in the cold. They come in different flavours and, as such, are differentially associated with lymphoproliferative diseases (type I), or systemic autoimmune diseases, and/or infectious diseases (type II/III). The clinical manifestations of cryoglobulinaemia result from either hyper-viscosity or small vessel vasculitis. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a well-known factor in the aetiology of cryoglobulinaemia, but substantial geographical differences exist in the association between cryoglobulins and HCV. In the absence of any underlying disease, cryoglobulinaemia is referred to as 'idiopathic' or 'essential'. Detection of cryoglobulins in the laboratory is hampered by several pitfalls, in particular in the pre-analytical stage as well as in the quantification. In addition, our personal experience reveals that the detection of rheumatoid factor, most often present in high concentrations in patients with mixed cryoglobulinaemia, relies on the choice of the test system. Hence, interpretation of the laboratory results in relation to the clinical manifestations requires a partnership between the clinician and the laboratory specialist in order to make a correct diagnosis. Treatment options are primarily directed by identification of underlying diseases, i.e. infections or systemic autoimmune diseases. Idiopathic cryoglobulinaemia is treated with corticosteroids and immunosuppression, or B cell depleting anti-CD20 biologicals. In this overview, the recent literature on current laboratory and clinical practice of cryoglobulinaemia is discussed from a personal perspective.
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- Jan Damoiseaux
- Central Diagnostic Laboratory, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX, Maastricht, The Netherlands,
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Bende RJ, Slot LM, Hoogeboom R, Wormhoudt TAM, Adeoye AO, Guikema JEJ, van Noesel CJM. Stereotypic Rheumatoid Factors That Are Frequently Expressed in Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue-Type Lymphomas Are Rare in the Labial Salivary Glands of Patients With Sjögren's Syndrome. Arthritis Rheumatol 2015; 67:1074-83. [DOI: 10.1002/art.39002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2014] [Accepted: 12/16/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Richard J. Bende
- Academic Medical Center and University of Amsterdam; Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Academic Medical Center and University of Amsterdam; Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Academic Medical Center and University of Amsterdam; Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Academic Medical Center and University of Amsterdam; Amsterdam The Netherlands
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Michot JM, Canioni D, Driss H, Alric L, Cacoub P, Suarez F, Sibon D, Thieblemont C, Dupuis J, Terrier B, Feray C, Tilly H, Pol S, Leblond V, Settegrana C, Rabiega P, Barthe Y, Hendel-Chavez H, Nguyen-Khac F, Merle-Béral H, Berger F, Molina T, Charlotte F, Carrat F, Davi F, Hermine O, Besson C. Antiviral therapy is associated with a better survival in patients with hepatitis C virus and B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas, ANRS HC-13 lympho-C study. Am J Hematol 2015; 90:197-203. [PMID: 25417909 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.23889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2014] [Revised: 10/28/2014] [Accepted: 10/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection increases the risk of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas (B-NHL). Antiviral treatment (AT) can induce hematological responses in patients with marginal zone lymphomas (MZL). The ANRS HC-13 Lympho-C study aimed at a better understanding of the impact of AT on HCV associated B-NHL. This multicentric study enrolled 116 HCV-positive patients with B-NHL between 2006 and 2012. Cytological and histological samples were collected for centralized review. At lymphoma diagnosis, median age was 61 years and gender ratio M/F was 1. Cytohistological distribution was marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) n = 45 (39%), diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) n = 45 (39%), and other types n = 26 (22%). MZL patients had more frequent detection of rheumatoid factor (68% vs. 35%; P = 0.001) and more frequently mixed cryoglobulinemia (74% vs. 44%; P = 0.021) than patients with DLBCL. Among patients receiving AT, a sustained virologic response was achieved in 23 of 38 (61%) patients with MZL and in 9 of 17 (53%) with DLBCL (P = 0.42). Three-year overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival were 78% 95%CI [63-88] and 64% [48-76], respectively, without difference between cytohistological groups. Outcome analysis showed a favorable association between OS and AT in all patients (P = 0.05) and in the subgroup of MZL patients only (P = 0.04). Our data support that AT improves the outcomes of HCV-associated NHLs. The impact of new AT regimen with protease inhibitor needs to be investigated in this setting. [clinicalTrials.gov Identification number NCT01545544]
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- Jean-Marie Michot
- Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology; Paris Sud University; AP-HP, Hôpital Bicêtre Le Kremlin-Bicêtre France
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- Department of Pathology; Paris 5 Descartes University; AP-HP, Hôpital Necker Paris France
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- Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases INSERM Unité 707; Paris 6 Pierre et Marie Curie University; Paris France
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Digestive Diseases; Toulouse 3 University; UMR 152 IRD, Hôpital Purpan Toulouse France
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- Department of Internal Medicine; APHP; Hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière; Paris 6 Pierre et Marie Curie University; UMR 7211, INSERM, UMR S 959, CNRS Paris France
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- Department of Adult Hematology; Paris 5 Descartes University; AP-HP, Hôpital Necker Paris France
- Imagine Institute; Université Sorbonne Paris Cité; INSERM U 1163, CNRS ERL 8254 Paris France
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- Department of Adult Hematology; Paris 5 Descartes University; AP-HP, Hôpital Necker Paris France
- Imagine Institute; Université Sorbonne Paris Cité; INSERM U 1163, CNRS ERL 8254 Paris France
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- Service d'hémato-oncologie; Université Paris Sorbonne P7; INSERM U728, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint-Louis Paris France
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- Department of Lymphoid Malignancies and Clinical Hematology; Paris 12 Est Créteil University; AP-HP, Hôpital Henri-Mondor Créteil France
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- Department of Internal Medicine; APHP; Hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière; Paris 6 Pierre et Marie Curie University; UMR 7211, INSERM, UMR S 959, CNRS Paris France
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- Department of Hepatology; Nantes University; Hôpital de Nantes Nantes France
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- Department of Hematology; Rouen University; Centre Henri Becquerel Rouen France
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- Department of Hepatology; Paris 5 Descartes University; INSERM U-1016, AP-HP, Hôpital Cochin Paris France
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- Department of Clinical Hematology; Paris 6 Pierre et Marie Curie University; AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière Paris France
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- Department of Biological Hematology and Cytogenetic; Paris 6 Pierre et Marie Curie University; AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière Paris France
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- Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases INSERM Unité 707; Paris 6 Pierre et Marie Curie University; Paris France
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- Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases INSERM Unité 707; Paris 6 Pierre et Marie Curie University; Paris France
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- Department of Biological Immunology and Hematology; Paris 11 Sud University; AP-HP, Hôpital Bicêtre Le Kremlin-Bicêtre France
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- Department of Biological Hematology and Cytogenetic; Paris 6 Pierre et Marie Curie University; AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière Paris France
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- Department of Biological Hematology and Cytogenetic; Paris 6 Pierre et Marie Curie University; AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière Paris France
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- Department of Pathology; Lyon Sud University, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud; Lyon France
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- Department of Pathology; Paris 5 Descartes University; AP-HP, Hôpital Necker Paris France
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- Department of Pathology; Paris 6 Pierre et Marie Curie University; AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière Paris France
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- Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases INSERM Unité 707; Paris 6 Pierre et Marie Curie University; Paris France
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- Department of Biological Hematology and Cytogenetic; Paris 6 Pierre et Marie Curie University; AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière Paris France
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- Department of Adult Hematology; Paris 5 Descartes University; AP-HP, Hôpital Necker Paris France
- Imagine Institute; Université Sorbonne Paris Cité; INSERM U 1163, CNRS ERL 8254 Paris France
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology; Paris Sud University; AP-HP, Hôpital Bicêtre Le Kremlin-Bicêtre France
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Cacoub P, Gragnani L, Comarmond C, Zignego AL. Extrahepatic manifestations of chronic hepatitis C virus infection. Dig Liver Dis 2014; 46 Suppl 5:S165-73. [PMID: 25458776 DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2014.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2014] [Accepted: 10/03/2014] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infected patients are known to be at risk of developing liver complications i.e. cirrhosis and liver cancer. However, the risks of morbidity and mortality are underestimated because they do not take into account non-liver consequences of chronic hepatitis C virus infection. Numerous extrahepatic manifestations have been reported in up to 74% of patients, from perceived to disabling conditions. The majority of data concern hepatitis C virus-related autoimmune and/or lymphoproliferative disorders, from mixed cryoglobulinaemia vasculitis to frank lymphomas. More recently, other hepatitis C virus-associated disorders have been reported including cardiovascular, renal, metabolic, and central nervous system diseases. This review aims to outline most of the extrahepatic manifestations that are currently being investigated, including some of autoimmune and/or lymphoproliferative nature, and others in which the role of immune mechanisms appears less clear. Beyond the liver, hepatitis C virus chronic infection should be analyzed as a multifaceted systemic disease leading to heavy direct and indirect costs. The accurate consideration of extrahepatic consequences of such a systemic infection significantly increases the weight of its pathological burden. The need for effective viral eradication measures is underlined.
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- Patrice Cacoub
- Sorbonne University, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7211, and Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (DHU i2B), Paris, France; INSERM, UMR_S 959, Paris, France; CNRS, FRE3632, Paris, France; AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Paris, France.
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- Interdepartmental Center for Systemic Manifestations of Hepatitis Viruses (MaSVE), Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Sorbonne University, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7211, and Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (DHU i2B), Paris, France; INSERM, UMR_S 959, Paris, France; CNRS, FRE3632, Paris, France; AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Paris, France
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- Interdepartmental Center for Systemic Manifestations of Hepatitis Viruses (MaSVE), Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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Aihara N, Kamiie J, Yamada M, Shirota K. The development of mixed cryoglobulinemia in Capillaria hepatica-infected mice is associated with the capillaria antigen-induced selective proliferation of splenic B-1a cells in response to interleukin-5 stimulation. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2014; 185:172-84. [PMID: 25452118 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2014.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2014] [Revised: 09/17/2014] [Accepted: 09/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Chronic infection by pathogens such as hepatitis C virus induces monoclonal or oligoclonal proliferation of B cells, which produce IgM rheumatoid factor, leading to the development of mixed cryoglobulinemia (MC). Antigen-driven lymphoproliferation is essential to the onset of MC; however, the underlying mechanism is largely unknown. Herein, we show that type II MC is induced by Capillaria hepatica infection through a mechanism in which splenic B-1a cells reacting to C. hepatica-specific antigen selectively proliferate, producing IgM rheumatoid factor under co-stimulation of the specific worm antigen and IL-5. In vitro assays using B-1a cells from infected mice showed that stimulation by C. hepatica soluble fraction promoted the proliferation of B-1a cells and the secretion of IgM, which reacted with the 75-kDa antigen in the soluble fraction. The severity of MC was correlated with the increase in serum IL-5 levels in the infected mice. Furthermore, i.p. injection of the soluble worm fraction caused MC without an inflammatory response in IL-5 transgenic mice, indicating that IL-5 is critical for the development of MC. These results indicate that the selective proliferation of IgM rheumatoid factor-secreting B-1a cells is induced by co-stimulation by the specific pathogen antigen and IL-5 in the development of MC in C. hepatica-infected mice.
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- Naoyuki Aihara
- Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Japan; Research Institute of Biosciences, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Felicia Tucci
- Institute of Cell Biology (Cancer Research), Faculty of Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, Virchowstr. 173, 45122, Essen, Germany
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Terrier B, Nagata S, Ise T, Rosenzwajg M, Pastan I, Klatzmann D, Saadoun D, Cacoub P. CD21(-/low) marginal zone B cells highly express Fc receptor-like 5 protein and are killed by anti-Fc receptor-like 5 immunotoxins in hepatitis C virus-associated mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis. Arthritis Rheumatol 2014; 66:433-43. [PMID: 24504816 DOI: 10.1002/art.38222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2013] [Accepted: 10/01/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is associated with B cell lymphoproliferative disorders, including mixed cryoglobulinemia (MC) vasculitis and B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The expansion of clonal and autoreactive rheumatoid factor-bearing CD21(-/low) marginal zone (MZ) B cells was demonstrated in patients with HCV-associated MC vasculitis. Fc receptor-like (FCRL) proteins comprise a family of immunoregulatory proteins preferentially expressed on B lineage cells. The goal of this study was to investigate the expression of FCRL proteins 1-5 on B cells from patients with HCV-associated MC vasculitis. METHODS Expression of FCRL proteins 1-5 was assessed by flow cytometry on B cells from 15 HCV-infected patients with type II MC (7 of whom had B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma), 20 HCV-infected patients without MC, and 20 healthy donors. To evaluate FCRL-5 as an immunotherapy target in HCV-associated MC vasculitis, 2 anti-FCRL-5 recombinant immunotoxins were produced using anti-FCRL-5 monoclonal antibodies and Pseudomonas exotoxin. RESULTS Expression of FCRLs 2, 3, and 5 was markedly increased while expression of FCRL-1 was decreased on clonal CD21(-/low) MZ B cells, as compared with other B cell subsets, from HCV-infected patients and healthy donors. However, there was no difference in the pattern of FCRL expression between HCV-MC patients with lymphoma and those without lymphoma. The anti-FCRL-5 immunotoxins showed specific cytotoxicity against FCRL-5-expressing clonal CD21(-/low) MZ B cells isolated from HCV-infected patients as well as FCRL-5-transfected cell lines. No cytotoxicity against T cells or conventional B cells was observed. CONCLUSION These findings suggest that FCRL-5-targeting therapies could be a specific treatment for HCV-associated MC vasculitis and other FCRL-5-positive autoimmune B cell disorders.
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- Benjamin Terrier
- UMR CNRS 7211, INSERM U959, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpetrière, and Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 6, Paris, France
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Tucci FA, Broering R, Lutterbeck M, Schlaak JF, Küppers R. Intrahepatic B-cell follicles of chronically hepatitis C virus-infected individuals lack signs of an ectopic germinal center reaction. Eur J Immunol 2014; 44:1842-50. [DOI: 10.1002/eji.201344378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2013] [Revised: 02/05/2014] [Accepted: 03/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Felicia A. Tucci
- Institute of Cell Biology (Cancer Research); University of Duisburg-Essen; Essen Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology; University of Duisburg-Essen; University Hospital; Essen Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology; University of Duisburg-Essen; University Hospital; Essen Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology; University of Duisburg-Essen; University Hospital; Essen Germany
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- Institute of Cell Biology (Cancer Research); University of Duisburg-Essen; Essen Germany
- Centre for Medical Biotechnology (ZMB); University of Duisburg-Essen; Essen Germany
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Renal involvement in HCV-related vasculitis. Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol 2013; 37:334-9. [PMID: 23562337 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinre.2013.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2013] [Accepted: 02/07/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Renal involvement has been frequently reported in the setting of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. The most common renal pathology associated with chronic HCV infection is type I membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis associated with type II mixed cryoglobulinemia, while membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis without cryoglobulinemia and membranous nephropathy were less frequently reported. Rarely, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, fibrillary and immunotactoid glomerulopathies, and thrombotic microangiopathies were described during the course of HCV infection. In the present review, we have focused on renal involvement in HCV-related vasculitis.
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Hepatitis C-associated B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Epidemiology, molecular signature and clinical management. J Hepatol 2013; 59:169-77. [PMID: 23542089 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2013.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2013] [Revised: 03/16/2013] [Accepted: 03/19/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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There is ample epidemiologic evidence for an association of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-NHL). B-NHL subtypes most frequently associated with HCV are marginal zone lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. The most convincing evidence for a causal relationship between HCV infection and lymphoma development is the observation of B-NHL regression after HCV eradication by antiviral therapy (AVT). In fact, for indolent HCV-associated B-NHL, first-line AVT instead of standard immune-chemotherapy might be considered. Molecular mechanisms of HCV-NHL development are still poorly understood. Three general theories have emerged to understand the HCV-induced lymphomagenesis: (1) continuous external stimulation of lymphocyte receptors by viral antigens and consecutive proliferation; (2) HCV replication in B cells with oncogenic effect mediated by intracellular viral proteins; (3) permanent B-cell damage, e.g., mutation of tumor suppressor genes, caused by a transiently intracellular virus ("hit and run" theory). This review systematically summarizes the data on epidemiology, interventional studies, and molecular mechanisms of HCV-associated B-NHL.
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Malignant lymphoma in primary Sjögren's syndrome: an update on the pathogenesis and treatment. Semin Arthritis Rheum 2013; 43:178-86. [PMID: 23816048 DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2013.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2012] [Revised: 03/27/2013] [Accepted: 04/11/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Sjögren's syndrome (SS), a chronic autoimmune disorder, particularly compromises the function of exocrine glands. Its association with lymphoma is well documented. Our aim was to systematically review the molecular, clinical, histopathologic, and therapeutic aspects of these SS-related malignant lymphoproliferations. METHODS The literature was searched for original articles published between 1968 and 2012 focusing on the risk factors for lymphoma development in Sjögren's syndrome using MEDLINE and PubMed. The search terms we used were "Sjögren's syndrome," "lymphoma," and "risk factors." All papers identified were English-language, full-text papers. RESULTS A low-grade marginal-zone lymphoma related to mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue is the commonest lymphoid neoplasia in SS. The majority of SS-associated lymphomas are characterized by localized stage, indolent clinical course, and recurrence in other extranodal sites. Although the transition from a chronic inflammatory condition to malignant lymphoma is a multistep process that is yet poorly understood, there is increasing evidence that chronic antigenic stimulation by an exoantigen or autoantigens plays an essential role in the development of SS-associated lymphoproliferation. CONCLUSIONS This review discusses the pathogenetic aspects of lymphomagenesis in SS. Recent advances in the treatment of lymphoma in SS are also stated.
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Hoogeboom R, van Kessel KPM, Hochstenbach F, Wormhoudt TA, Reinten RJA, Wagner K, Kater AP, Guikema JEJ, Bende RJ, van Noesel CJM. A mutated B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia subset that recognizes and responds to fungi. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 210:59-70. [PMID: 23296468 PMCID: PMC3549718 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20121801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), the most common leukemia in adults, is a clonal expansion of CD5(+)CD19(+) B lymphocytes. Two types of CLLs are being distinguished as carrying either unmutated or somatically mutated immunoglobulins (Igs), which are associated with unfavorable and favorable prognoses, respectively. More than 30% of CLLs can be grouped based on their expression of stereotypic B cell receptors (BCRs), strongly suggesting that distinctive antigens are involved in the development of CLL. Unmutated CLLs, carrying Ig heavy chain variable (IGHV) genes in germline configuration, express low-affinity, poly-, and self-reactive BCRs. However, the antigenic specificity of CLLs with mutated IGHV-genes (M-CLL) remained elusive. In this study, we describe a new subset of M-CLL, expressing stereotypic BCRs highly specific for β-(1,6)-glucan, a major antigenic determinant of yeasts and filamentous fungi. β-(1,6)-glucan binding depended on both the stereotypic Ig heavy and light chains, as well as on a distinct amino acid in the IGHV-CDR3. Reversion of IGHV mutations to germline configuration reduced the affinity for β-(1,6)-glucan, indicating that these BCRs are indeed affinity-selected for their cognate antigen. Moreover, CLL cells expressing these stereotypic receptors proliferate in response to β-(1,6)-glucan. This study establishes a class of common pathogens as functional ligands for a subset of somatically mutated human B cell lymphomas.
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- Robbert Hoogeboom
- Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1012 ZA Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Petrizzo A, Tornesello M, Buonaguro FM, Buonaguro L. Immunogenomics approaches for vaccine evaluation. J Immunotoxicol 2012; 9:236-40. [PMID: 22894136 DOI: 10.3109/1547691x.2012.707698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Vaccines represent a potent tool to prevent or contain diseases with high morbidity or mortality. However, despite their widespread use, there is still a limited understanding of the mechanisms underlying the effective elicitation of protective immune responses by vaccines. The integrated co-operation between cells and molecules of innate and adaptive immune systems is under intense study by several groups and constantly updated. The recent development of new technologies and computational tools permits the comprehensive and quantitative analysis of the interactions between all of the components of immunity over time. This study reviews recent progress in exploiting an immunogenomics approach, within the systems biology strategy, to study and evaluate vaccine strategies for infectious and neoplastic diseases. The final goal of this approach is 2-fold, looking for novel and unpredictable mechanisms as well as identifying common immune signatures, relevant for predicting immune responsiveness to improve the design of vaccine strategies. Such approach, indeed, would enable the switch from 'empirical' to 'knowledge-based' vaccinology, leading to a patient-tailored treatment.
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- Annacarmen Petrizzo
- Molecular Biology and Viral Oncology, Department of Experimental Oncology, Istituto Nazionale Tumori 'Fond Pascale', Naples, Italy
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B cells in chronically hepatitis C virus-infected individuals lack a virus-induced mutation signature in the TP53, CTNNB1, and BCL6 genes. J Virol 2012; 87:2956-62. [PMID: 23269799 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.03081-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is considered to have a causative role in B-cell lymphoproliferative diseases, including B-cell lymphomas, in chronic virus carriers. Previous data from in vitro HCV-infected B-cell lines and peripheral blood mononuclear cells from HCV-positive individuals suggested that HCV might have a direct mutagenic effect on B cells, inducing mutations in the tumor suppressor gene TP53 and the proto-oncogenes BCL6 and CTNNB1 (β-catenin). To clarify whether HCV indeed has a mutagenic effect on B cells in vivo, we analyzed naive and memory B cells from the peripheral blood of four chronic HCV carriers and intrahepatic B cells from the livers of two HCV-positive patients for mutations in the three reported target genes. However, no mutations were found in the TP53 and CTNNB1 genes. For BCL6, which is a physiological target of the somatic hypermutation process in germinal-center B cells, the mutation levels identified were not higher than those reported in the respective B-cell subsets in healthy individuals. Hence, we conclude that in chronic HCV carriers, the virus does not generally induce mutations in the cancer-related genes TP53, CTNNB1, and BCL6 in B cells. Based on these findings, new targets have to be investigated as potential mediators of HCV-associated B-cell lymphomagenesis.
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Datta S, Chatterjee S, Policegoudra RS, Gogoi HK, Singh L. Hepatitis viruses and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma: A review. World J Virol 2012; 1:162-73. [PMID: 24175222 PMCID: PMC3782277 DOI: 10.5501/wjv.v1.i6.162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2011] [Revised: 06/06/2012] [Accepted: 11/07/2012] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) is among the haematological malignancies with high prevalence worldwide, causing estimated 355 900 new cases and 191 400 deaths in 2008. High prevalence of NHL is documented in economically more developed areas while low prevalence is observed in less developed areas of the globe. A wide array of environmental factors have been reported to be either directly involved or in modifying the risk of NHL development. In addition to these factors, a number of infectious agents, chiefly viruses have also been implicated in the development of NHL. This article reviews the available literature to discuss the role of hepatitis viruses in NHL development, possible mechanisms of lymphomagenesis and also identify the areas in which further research is required to better understand this disease. A brief discussion on the clinical aspects such as classification, staging, treatment approaches have also been included in this article.
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- Sibnarayan Datta
- Sibnarayan Datta, Soumya Chatterjee, Rudragoud S Policegoudra, Hemant K Gogoi, Lokendra Singh, Biotechnology Division, Defence Research Laboratory, Tezpur, Assam, PIN-784001, India
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The role of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in the induction of type II mixed cryoglobulinemia (MCII) and the possible establishment of related lymphoproliferative disorders, such as B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-NHL), is well ascertained. However, the molecular pathways involved and the factors predisposing to the development of these HCV-related extrahepatic complications deserve further consideration and clarification. To date, several host- and virus-related factors have been implicated in the progression to MCII, such as the virus-induced expansion of selected subsets of B-cell clones expressing discrete immunoglobulin variable (IgV) gene subfamilies, the involvement of complement factors and the specific role of some HCV proteins. In this review, we will analyze the host and viral factors taking part in the development of MCII in order to give a general outlook of the molecular mechanisms implicated.
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A novel chronic lymphocytic leukemia subset expressing mutated IGHV3-7-encoded rheumatoid factor B-cell receptors that are functionally proficient. Leukemia 2012; 27:738-40. [DOI: 10.1038/leu.2012.238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Molecular signature in HCV-positive lymphomas. Clin Dev Immunol 2012; 2012:623465. [PMID: 22952554 PMCID: PMC3431075 DOI: 10.1155/2012/623465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2012] [Revised: 06/29/2012] [Accepted: 07/03/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a positive, single-stranded RNA virus, which has been associated to different subtypes of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-NHL). Cumulative evidence suggests an HCV-related antigen driven process in the B-NHL development. The underlying molecular signature associated to HCV-related B-NHL has to date remained obscure. In this review, we discuss the recent developments in this field with a special mention to different sets of genes whose expression is associated with BCR coupled to Blys signaling which in turn was found to be linked to B-cell maturation stages and NF-κb transcription factor. Even if recent progress on HCV-B-NHL signature has been made, the precise relationship between HCV and lymphoma development and phenotype signature remain to be clarified.
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Zignego AL, Giannini C, Gragnani L, Piluso A, Fognani E. Hepatitis C virus infection in the immunocompromised host: a complex scenario with variable clinical impact. J Transl Med 2012; 10:158. [PMID: 22863056 PMCID: PMC3441205 DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-10-158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2012] [Accepted: 07/11/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The relationship between Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection and immunosuppression is complex and multifaceted. Although HCV-related hepatocytolysis is classically interpreted as secondary to the attack by cytotoxic T lymphocytes against infected cells, the liver disease is usually exacerbated and more rapidly evolutive in immunosuppressed patients. This generally occurs during the immunosuppression state, and not at the reconstitution of the host response after immunosuppressive therapy discontinuation. The field of immunosuppression and HCV infection is complicated both by the different outcome observed in different situations and/or by contrasting data obtained in the same conditions, with several still unanswered questions, such as the opportunity to modify treatment schedules in the setting of post-transplant follow-up. The complexity of this field is further complicated by the intrinsic tendency of HCV infection in itself to lead to disorders of the immune system. This review will briefly outline the current knowledge about the pathogenesis of both hepatic and extrahepatic HCV-related disorders and the principal available data concerning HCV infection in a condition of impairment of the immune system. Attention will be especially focused on some conditions - liver or kidney transplantation, the use of biologic drugs and cancer chemotherapy - for which more abundant and interesting data exist.
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- Anna Linda Zignego
- Center for Systemic Manifestations of Hepatitis Viruses (MASVE), Department of Internal Medicine, University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy.
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a serious public health problem because of its worldwide diffusion and sequelae. It is not only a hepatotropic but also a lymphotropic agent and is responsible not only for liver injury--potentially evolving to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma--but also for a series of sometimes severely disabling extrahepatic diseases and, in particular, B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders. These latter range from benign, but prelymphomatous conditions, like mixed cryoglobulinemia, to frank lymphomas. Analogously with Helicobacter pylori related lymphomagenesis, the study of the effects of viral eradication confirmed the etiopathogenetic role of HCV and showed it is an ideal model for better understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved. Concerning these latter, several hypotheses have been proposed over the past two decades which are not mutually exclusive. These hypotheses have variously emphasized the important role played by sustained stimulation of the immune system by HCV, infection of the lymphatic cells, viral proteins, chromosomal aberrations, cytokines, or microRNA molecules. In this paper we describe the main hypotheses that have been proposed with the corresponding principal supporting data.
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Forghieri F, Luppi M, Barozzi P, Maffei R, Potenza L, Narni F, Marasca R. Pathogenetic mechanisms of hepatitis C virus-induced B-cell lymphomagenesis. Clin Dev Immunol 2012; 2012:807351. [PMID: 22844326 PMCID: PMC3403122 DOI: 10.1155/2012/807351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2012] [Accepted: 06/01/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is probably the most common chronic viral infection and affects an estimated 180 million people worldwide, accounting for 3% of the global population. Although the liver is considered to be the primary target, extrahepatic manifestations are well recognized among patients with chronic HCV infection. Epidemiological studies have clearly demonstrated a correlation between chronic HCV infection and occurrence of B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (B-NHL). The clinical evidence that antiviral therapy has a significant role in the treatment at least of some HCV-associated lymphoproliferative disorders, especially indolent B-NHL, further supports the existence of an etiopathogenetic link. However, the mechanisms exploited by HCV to induce B-cell lymphoproliferation have so far not completely clarified. It is conceivable that different biological mechanisms, namely, chronic antigen stimulation, high-affinity interaction between HCV-E2 protein and its cellular receptors, direct HCV infection of B-cells, and "hit and run" transforming events, may be combined themselves and cooperate in a multifactorial model of HCV-associated lymphomagenesis.
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Affiliation(s)
- Fabio Forghieri
- Department of Oncology, Hematology, and Respiratory Diseases, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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