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Rizvi H, Paterson JC, Tedoldi S, Ramsay A, Calaminici M, Natkunam Y, Lonardi S, Tan SY, Campbell L, Hansmann ML, Jones D, Dikic I, Shaw AS, Pileri SA, Stein H, Mason DY, Facchetti F, Marafioti T. Expression of the CD2AP adaptor molecule in normal, reactive and neoplastic human tissue. Pathologica 2012; 104:56-64. [PMID: 22953501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023] Open
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AIMS To study the expression of CD2-associated protein (CD2AP), an adaptor protein involved in T-cell signalling and renal function, in normal, reactive and neoplastic human lymphoid tissues. METHODS AND RESULTS We used immunohistochemical techniques to evaluate monoclonal antibodies against CD2AP on over 400 formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue blocks retrieved from the host institutions of three authors. The samples tested included normal, reactive and neoplastic lymphoid tissue. In lymphoid tissues, strong CD2AP staining was observed in plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs), weak and variable in mantle zone B cells and moderate in rare germinal center cells. CD2AP labeled cortical and rare medullary thymocytes and isolated mononuclear cells in bone marrow trephines. Furthermore, epithelial and endothelial cells expressed CD2AP. Among neoplasms, the greatest number of CD2AP-positive cases were found in diffuse large B cell (21/94), NK T-cell lymphomas (7/67), "blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasms" (9/10) and some types of solid tumor. CONCLUSIONS Our finding that mature peripheral T cells are CD2AP-negative but immature cortical thymocytes are positive may prove useful for diagnostic purposes. Moreover, our results demonstrate that CD2AP represents a useful marker of normal and neoplastic pDC and may be used in a diagnostic panel in reactive or neoplastic lymphoid proliferations.
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- H Rizvi
- Department of Cellular Pathology, Barts and The London NHS Trust, London, UK
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Hales SA, Gatter KC, Heryet A, Mason DY. The Value of Immunocytochemistry in Differentiating High-Grade: Lymphoma from Other Anaplastic Tumours: A study of anaplastic tumours from 1940 to 1960. Leuk Lymphoma 2009; 1:59-63. [DOI: 10.3109/10428198909042460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Tedoldi S, Mottok A, Ying J, Paterson JC, Cui Y, Facchetti F, van Krieken JHJM, Ponzoni M, Özkal S, Masir N, Natkunam Y, Pileri SA, Hansmann ML, Mason DY, Tao Q, Marafioti T. Selective loss of B-cell phenotype in lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma. J Pathol 2007; 213:429-40. [DOI: 10.1002/path.2242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Mason DY. Innovations in immunohistochemistry for the haematopathologist. Ann Pathol 2007; 27 Spec No 1:1S33-1S36. [PMID: 18376809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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- D Y Mason
- Leukaemia Research Fund Immunodiagnostics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
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Tedoldi S, Paterson JC, Cordell J, Tan SY, Jones M, Manek S, Dei Tos AP, Roberton H, Masir N, Natkunam Y, Pileri SA, Facchetti F, Hansmann ML, Mason DY, Marafioti T. Jaw1/LRMP, a germinal centre-associated marker for the immunohistological study of B-cell lymphomas. J Pathol 2006; 209:454-63. [PMID: 16739114 DOI: 10.1002/path.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Jaw1, also known as lymphoid-restricted membrane protein (LRMP), is an endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein. High levels of Jaw1/LRMP mRNA have been found in germinal centre B-cells and in diffuse large B-cell lymphomas of 'germinal centre' subtype. This paper documents Jaw1/LRMP expression at the protein level in human tissues by immunohistochemical and western blotting analysis using an antibody reactive with paraffin-embedded tissues. Jaw1/LRMP was highly expressed in germinal centre B-cells (in keeping with gene expression data), in 'monocytoid B-cells', and in splenic marginal zone B-cells. It was absent, or present at only low levels, in mature T-cells, although cortical thymocytes were weakly positive. Among lymphoid neoplasms, Jaw1/LRMP was found in germinal centre-derived lymphomas (follicle centre lymphoma, Burkitt's lymphoma, lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin's disease) but not in T-cell neoplasms (with the exception of a single T lymphoblastic lymphoma). Classical Hodgkin's disease and myeloma lacked Jaw1/LRMP but many cases of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (but not mantle zone lymphoma) were Jaw1/LRMP-positive. Approximately half of the marginal zone lymphomas were Jaw1/LRMP-positive. In diffuse large B-cell lymphomas, Jaw1/LRMP was found in three-quarters (24/32) of the cases classified phenotypically as being of 'germinal centre' type, but it was also expressed in almost half (13/28) of the 'non-germinal centre' cases. A similar proportion of 'non-germinal centre' cases were positive for the protein products of two other genes expressed highly in germinal centre cells (HGAL/GCET2 and PAG). The fact that all three of these proteins are expressed in a significant proportion of diffuse large B-cell lymphomas assigned to the 'non-germinal centre' category indicates that the immunophenotypic categorization of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma according to cellular origin may be more complicated than currently understood. Finally, the expression of Jaw1/LRMP in other types of lymphoma and in non-lymphoid tissues/tumours may be of interest in differential diagnosis and research.
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- S Tedoldi
- Leukaemia Research Fund Immunodiagnostics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, UK
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Pulford K, Banham AH, Lyne L, Jones M, Ippolito GC, Liu H, Tucker PW, Roncador G, Lucas E, Ashe S, Stockwin L, Walewska R, Karran L, Gascoyne RD, Mason DY, Dyer MJS. The BCL11AXL transcription factor: its distribution in normal and malignant tissues and use as a marker for plasmacytoid dendritic cells. Leukemia 2006; 20:1439-41. [PMID: 16710303 DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2404260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Korac P, Jones M, Dominis M, Kusec R, Mason DY, Banham AH, Ventura RA. Application of the FICTION technique for the simultaneous detection of immunophenotype and chromosomal abnormalities in routinely fixed, paraffin wax embedded bone marrow trephines. J Clin Pathol 2006; 58:1336-8. [PMID: 16311361 PMCID: PMC1770804 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2005.026468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The use of interphase fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) to study cytogenetic abnormalities in routinely fixed paraffin wax embedded tissue has become commonplace over the past decade. However, very few studies have applied FISH to routinely fixed bone marrow trephines (BMTs). This may be because of the acid based decalcification methods that are commonly used during the processing of BMTs, which may adversely affect the suitability of the sample for FISH analysis. For the first time, this report describes the simultaneous application of FISH and immunofluorescent staining (the FICTION technique) to formalin fixed, EDTA decalcified and paraffin wax embedded BMTs. This technique allows the direct correlation of genetic abnormalities to immunophenotype, and therefore will be particularly useful for the identification of genetic abnormalities in specific tumour cells present in BMTs. The application of this to routine clinical practice will assist diagnosis and the detection of minimal residual disease.
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- P Korac
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Oxford, LRF Immunodiagnostics Unit, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
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AIMS To investigate whether an antibody against an intracellular epitope can detect CD19 in routine biopsy specimens and thus to document in detail its expression in human lymphomas. METHOD AND RESULTS A polyclonal antibody to the C terminus of CD19 was used to immunostain paraffin-embedded samples of normal and neoplastic lymphoid tissues. CD19 was widely expressed in normal B cells and in extramedullary plasma cells. It was found in most B-cell neoplasms, but expression in follicular lymphoma was weak (33/69) or negative (four cases). Similarly, CD19 expression in diffuse large B-cell lymphomas was weak (28/56) or negative (eight cases). In T-cell-rich B-cell lymphomas, CD19 was also weak (4/10) or negative (three cases). CD19 was often absent in post-transplant B lymphoproliferative disease, classical Hodgkin's disease and plasma cell neoplasms. An unexpected finding was the frequent absence of CD19 in the neoplastic cells in lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin's disease. CONCLUSIONS CD19 can now be detected in routine biopsy specimens. In contrast to the classical pan-B marker CD20, CD19 is not always strongly expressed in B-cell neoplasms. Furthermore, the lymphocytic and histiocytic (L&H) cells of lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin's disease (which express most B-cell-associated markers) commonly lack CD19.
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MESH Headings
- Antigens, CD19/biosynthesis
- Antigens, CD19/genetics
- B-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- B-Lymphocytes/pathology
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Hodgkin Disease/genetics
- Hodgkin Disease/metabolism
- Hodgkin Disease/physiopathology
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/genetics
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/metabolism
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/physiopathology
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/genetics
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/metabolism
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/physiopathology
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/genetics
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/metabolism
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/physiopathology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/genetics
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/metabolism
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/physiopathology
- Plasma Cells/metabolism
- Plasma Cells/pathology
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- N Masir
- Leukaemia Research Fund Immunodiagnostics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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Marafioti T, Pozzobon M, Hansmann ML, Gaulard P, Barth TF, Copie-Bergman C, Roberton H, Ventura R, Martín-Subero JI, Gascoyne RD, Pileri SA, Siebert R, Hsi ED, Natkunam Y, Möller P, Mason DY. Expression pattern of intracellular leukocyte-associated proteins in primary mediastinal B cell lymphoma. Leukemia 2005; 19:856-61. [PMID: 15744341 DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2403702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Two microarray studies of mediastinal B cell lymphoma have shown that this disease has a distinct gene expression profile, and also that this is closest to the pattern seen in classical Hodgkin's disease. We reported previously an immunohistologic study in which the loss of intracellular B cell-associated signaling molecules in Reed-Sternberg cells was demonstrated, and in this study we have investigated the expression of the same components in more than 60 mediastinal B cell lymphomas. We report that these signaling molecules are frequently present, and in particular that Syk, BLNK and PLC-gamma2 (absent from Reed-Sternberg cells) are present in the majority of mediastinal B cell lymphomas. The overall pattern of B cell signaling molecules in this disease is therefore closer to that of diffuse large B cell lymphoma than to Hodgkin's disease, and is consistent with a common cell of origin as an explanation of the similar gene expression profiles.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
- Blotting, Western
- Carrier Proteins/analysis
- Carrier Proteins/biosynthesis
- DNA-Binding Proteins/analysis
- DNA-Binding Proteins/biosynthesis
- Enzyme Precursors/analysis
- Enzyme Precursors/biosynthesis
- Hodgkin Disease/metabolism
- Hodgkin Disease/pathology
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/chemistry
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/metabolism
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/ultrastructure
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/chemistry
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/metabolism
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/pathology
- Mediastinal Neoplasms/chemistry
- Mediastinal Neoplasms/metabolism
- Mediastinal Neoplasms/pathology
- NFATC Transcription Factors
- Nuclear Proteins/analysis
- Nuclear Proteins/biosynthesis
- Phospholipase C gamma
- Phosphoproteins/analysis
- Phosphoproteins/biosynthesis
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/analysis
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/biosynthesis
- Signal Transduction
- Syk Kinase
- Transcription Factors/analysis
- Transcription Factors/biosynthesis
- Type C Phospholipases/analysis
- Type C Phospholipases/biosynthesis
- src-Family Kinases/analysis
- src-Family Kinases/biosynthesis
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- T Marafioti
- Leukaemia Research Fund Immunodiagnostics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Oxford, UK.
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Ventura RA, Martin-Subero JI, Knippschild U, Gascoyne RD, Delsol G, Mason DY, Siebert R. Centrosome abnormalities in ALK-positive anaplastic large-cell lymphoma. Leukemia 2004; 18:1910-1. [PMID: 15385940 DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2403470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Haralambieva E, Jones M, Roncador GM, Cerroni L, Lamant L, Ott G, Rosenwald A, Sherman C, Thorner P, Kusec R, Wood KM, Campo E, Falini B, Ramsay A, Marafioti T, Stein H, Kluin PM, Pulford K, Mason DY. Tyrosine phosphorylation in human lymphomas. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003; 34:545-52. [PMID: 14626344 DOI: 10.1023/a:1026032902888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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In a previous study, we showed that the high level of protein tyrosine phosphorylation present in lymphomas containing an anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) can be demonstrated in routinely processed paraffin tissue sections using immunolabelling techniques. In the present study we investigated whether oncogenic tyrosine kinase activation also occurs in other categories of lymphoma by staining 145 cases of lymphoma covering those tumours with a range of different subtypes including those with morphological similarity to ALK-positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL). Twelve cases of the borderline malignant disorder lymphomatoid papulosis were also studied. Twenty seven of the 28 cases of ALK-positive ALCL showed the extensive cytoplasmic labelling for phosphotyrosine in the neoplastic cells. The remaining case containing moesin-ALK exhibited membrane-associated phosphotyrosine expression. There was no nuclear phosphotyrosine labelling in any of the ALK-positive ALCL, even though ALK was present within the cell nuclei in 23 of the tumours. Variable degrees of phosphotyrosine labelling, usually membrane-restricted, were observed in 7/40 cases of ALK-negative ALCL, 9/29 cases of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, 3/6 cases of mediastinal B-cell lymphoma, 2/7 cases of Hodgkin's lymphoma, 3/6 cases of peripheral T-cell lymphomas unspecified, 4/6 cases of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, 2/6 cases of follicular lymphomas and 2/12 cases of lymphomatoid papulosis studied. However none of these phosphotyrosine-positive cases showed the strong cytoplasmic labelling comparable to that seen in ALK-positive lymphoma. We conclude that activation of a tyrosine kinase is probably not a major oncogenic event in lymphomas other than ALK-positive ALCL.
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- E Haralambieva
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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Pileri SA, Marafioti T, Pozzobon M, Sabattini E, Ascani S, Mancini C, Piccioli M, Hansmann ML, Delsol G, Mason DY. The different expression of key-molecules allows the easy subclassification of Hodgkin's lymphoma cases as well as their distinction from non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Pathologica 2003; 95:227. [PMID: 14988978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- S A Pileri
- Department of Pathology, Unit of Haematopathology, Institute of Haematology L&A Seragnoli, University of Bologna
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Brown DC, Theaker JM, Banks PM, Gatter KC, Mason DY. Cytokeratin expression in smooth muscle and smooth muscle tumours. Histopathology 2002; 41:85-94. [PMID: 12405935 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2002.14898.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- D C Brown
- Nuffield Department of Pathology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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Pileri SA, Grogan TM, Harris NL, Banks P, Campo E, Chan JKC, Favera RD, Delsol G, De Wolf-Peeters C, Falini B, Gascoyne RD, Gaulard P, Gatter KC, Isaacson PG, Jaffe ES, Kluin P, Knowles DM, Mason DY, Mori S, Müller-Hermelink HK, Piris MA, Ralfkiaer E, Stein H, Su IJ, Warnke RA, Weiss LM. Tumours of histiocytes and accessory dendritic cells: an immunohistochemical approach to classification from the International Lymphoma Study Group based on 61 cases. Histopathology 2002; 41:1-29. [PMID: 12121233 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2002.01418.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 431] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Neoplasms of histiocytes and dendritic cells are rare, and their phenotypic and biological definition is incomplete. Seeking to identify antigens detectable in paraffin-embedded sections that might allow a more complete, rational immunophenotypic classification of histiocytic/dendritic cell neoplasms, the International Lymphoma Study Group (ILSG) stained 61 tumours of suspected histiocytic/dendritic cell type with a panel of 15 antibodies including those reactive with histiocytes (CD68, lysozyme (LYS)), Langerhans cells (CD1a), follicular dendritic cells (FDC: CD21, CD35) and S100 protein. This analysis revealed that 57 cases (93%) fit into four major immunophenotypic groups (one histiocytic and three dendritic cell types) utilizing six markers: CD68, LYS, CD1a, S100, CD21, and CD35. The four (7%) unclassified cases were further classifiable into the above four groups using additional morphological and ultrastructural features. The four groups then included: (i) histiocytic sarcoma (n=18) with the following phenotype: CD68 (100%), LYS (94%), CD1a (0%), S100 (33%), CD21/35 (0%). The median age was 46 years. Presentation was predominantly extranodal (72%) with high mortality (58% dead of disease (DOD)). Three had systemic involvement consistent with 'malignant histiocytosis'; (ii) Langerhans cell tumour (LCT) (n=26) which expressed: CD68 (96%), LYS (42%), CD1a (100%), S100 (100%), CD21/35 (0%). There were two morphological variants: cytologically typical (n=17) designated LCT; and cytologically malignant (n=9) designated Langerhans cell sarcoma (LCS). The LCS were often not easily recognized morphologically as LC-derived, but were diagnosed based on CD1a staining. LCT and LCS differed in median age (33 versus 41 years), male:female ratio (3.7:1 versus 1:2), and death rate (31% versus 50% DOD). Four LCT patients had systemic involvement typical of Letterer-Siwe disease; (iii) follicular dendritic cell tumour/sarcoma (FDCT) (n=13) which expressed: CD68 (54%), LYS (8%), CD1a (0%), S100 (16%), FDC markers CD21/35 (100%), EMA (40%). These patients were adults (median age 65 years) with predominantly localized nodal disease (75%) and low mortality (9% DOD); (iv) interdigitating dendritic cell tumour/sarcoma (IDCT) (n=4) which expressed: CD68 (50%), LYS (25%), CD1a (0%), S100 (100%), CD21/35 (0%). The patients were adults (median 71 years) with localized nodal disease (75%) without mortality (0% DOD). In conclusion, definitive immunophenotypic classification of histiocytic and accessory cell neoplasms into four categories was possible in 93% of the cases using six antigens detected in paraffin-embedded sections. Exceptional cases (7%) were resolvable when added morphological and ultrastructural features were considered. We propose a classification combining immunophenotype and morphology with five categories, including Langerhans cell sarcoma. This simplified scheme is practical for everyday diagnostic use and should provide a framework for additional investigation of these unusual neoplasms.
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- S A Pileri
- Service of Pathologic Anatomy and Hematopathology, Institute of Haematology and Clinical Oncology L.e A. Seràgnoli, Bologna University, Italy.
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Banham AH, Beasley N, Campo E, Fernandez PL, Fidler C, Gatter K, Jones M, Mason DY, Prime JE, Trougouboff P, Wood K, Cordell JL. The FOXP1 winged helix transcription factor is a novel candidate tumor suppressor gene on chromosome 3p. Cancer Res 2001; 61:8820-9. [PMID: 11751404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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The JC12 monoclonal antibody recognizes a previously unknown nuclear protein that showed a restricted distribution in normal tonsil and was also overexpressed in a subset of diffuse large B-cell lymphomas. Using this reagent, we expression cloned cDNAs encoding its antigenic target and identified this protein as a novel putative transcription factor, FOXP1. The FOXP1 protein sequence contains predicted domains characteristic of transcription factors, including a winged helix DNA-binding motif, a second potential DNA-binding motif, a C(2)H(2) zinc finger, nuclear localization signals, coiled-coil regions, PEST sequences, and potential transactivation domains. The FOXP1 gene has been mapped to chromosome 3p14.1, a region that commonly shows loss of heterozygosity in a wide range of tumors and which is reported to contain a tumor suppressor gene(s). Using tissue arrays and immunohistochemistry, we demonstrate that both the FOXP1 mRNA and protein are widely expressed in normal tissues. The levels of FOXP1 mRNA were compared in paired normal and tumor tissues (from the same patient) using a tissue array containing cDNAs extracted from 68 samples taken from kidney, breast, prostate, uterus, ovary, cervix, colon, lung, stomach, rectum, small intestine, and from nine cancer cell lines. Differences in FOXP1 mRNA expression between normal and tumor samples were observed in 51% of cases. Most striking was the comparative loss of expression in 73% of colon tumors and comparative overexpression of FOXP1 mRNA in 75% of stomach tumors. Analysis of the FOXP1 mRNA expression in normal tissues (not taken from cancer patients) indicated that loss of FOXP1 expression may occur in some histologically normal tissues adjacent to tumors. Immunohistochemical analysis of FOXP1 protein expression was performed on 128 solid tumors, including 16 renal, 9 breast, 12 lung, 20 colon, 21 stomach, 10 head and neck, 35 prostate, and 5 pancreatic cases. Complete loss of expression, increased expression, and cytoplasmic mislocalization of the predominantly nuclear FOXP1 protein were frequently observed in neoplastic cells. Our study identifies FOXP1 as a new candidate tumor suppressor gene localized to the chromosome 3p14.1 region.
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- A H Banham
- University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, United Kingdom
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Mason DY, André P, Bensussan A, Buckley C, Civin C, Clark E, de Haas M, Goyert S, Hadam M, Hart D, Horejsí V, Meuer S, Morissey J, Schwartz-Albiez R, Shaw S, Simmons D, Uguccioni M, van der Schoot E, Viver E, Zola H. CD antigens 2001. Tissue Antigens 2001; 58:425-30. [PMID: 11929596 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2001.580614.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The most recent Human Leucocyte Differentiation Antigen Workshop ("HLDA7") took place in 2000 in Harrogate, UK and the proceedings are about to be published (Leucocyte Typing VII). New Sections were introduced in this Workship (Dendritic cells, Stem/progenitor cells, Erythroid cells and Carbohydrate Structures) and monoclonal antibodies were selected for which at least some molecular data were already available (to avoid "blind" screening of reagents against known specificities). A total of more than 80 new CD specificities were established (previously the average was less than 30 new CD specificities per Workshop) and these are listed in this article. There is already evidence for the existence of many new leucocyte surface molecules for study at the next HLDA Workshop (in Adelaide in 2004), and we have listed in this article a number of such potential CD candidates (identified following the production of monoclonal antibodies or via gene cloning). There are also today an increasing number of lineage- and/or stage-restricted leucocyte-associated molecules localised within the cell cytoplasm (or nucleus): they will certainly prove of intense in the future for many laboratories studying human haematopoietic cells (regardless of whether a new "intracellular CD" categorisation scheme is devised for such molecules).
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- D Y Mason
- Haematology Department, Nuffield Dept. of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Oxford, Rm. 4734 John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.
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The anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene fuses to the nucleophosmin (NPM) gene as a result of a (2;5) translocation associated with a subtype of human lymphoma (initially designated anaplastic large cell lymphoma [ALCL] or Ki-1/CD30-positive lymphoma). The immunocytochemical detection of NPM-ALK (and proteins encoded by other ALK fusion genes) has allowed the definition of a tumor entity, "ALK-positive lymphoma" (which shows only partial overlap with pathologists' diagnosis of ALCL), to be defined and is invaluable in distinguishing this disease from ALK-negative large cell lymphomas. Eight variant ALK fusion proteins have been identified. Some are expressed only in ALCL, some are found only in the nonhematopoietic neoplasm inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT), and some are present in both types of malignancy. The ALK gene is silent in adult tissues except for restricted sites within the nervous system (consequently, patients with ALK-positive lymphoma produce antibodies to the ALK protein) but is expressed in some neuroblastomas and rhabdomyosarcomas. Biochemical studies suggest an anti-apoptotic function of NPM-ALK, and this may contribute to oncogenesis. Although ALK-positive lymphomas have a generally good prognosis, new therapeutic regimens are still needed for patients whose disease is refractory to conventional treatment.
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Affiliation(s)
- K Pulford
- Immunodiagnostics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK.
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Sherman CG, Zielenska M, Lorenzana AN, Pulford KA, Mason DY, Hutchison RE, Thorner PS. Morphological and phenotypic features in pediatric large cell lymphoma and their correlation with ALK expression and the t(2;5)(p23;q35) translocation. Pediatr Dev Pathol 2001; 4:129-37. [PMID: 11178628 DOI: 10.1007/s100240010139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
Abstract
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) was proposed as a clinicopathologic entity over 14 years ago, but has been somewhat controversial due to the variability of its defining features and variable occurrence in different age-groups. To evaluate this entity in a pediatric population, 36 cases of childhood large cell lymphoma were evaluated for abnormalities of the anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene that has been associated with ALCL morphology and immunophenotype. ALK abnormalities were evaluated by assay for the t(2;5)(p23;q35) translocation by RT-PCR and/or expression of NPM-ALK fusion protein by immunohistochemistry. Results showed 17 patients to have evidence of ALK gene expression. All of these children (mean age, 9.3 years) had tumors that were of T-cell phenotype (with the exception of a single case of null phenotype) and that expressed CD30. In contrast, 19 children with no evidence of ALK expression were older (mean, 12.7 years), and the majority (12/19) had tumors of B-cell phenotype. CD30 was also diffusely expressed in 8 of these 19 tumors. The difference in mean age between the two groups was statistically significant (P = 0.015). In three cases tested for both ALK and the t(2;5), ALK protein was detected in the absence of the t(2;5) translocation but no cases showed the reverse pattern, consistent with ALK fusion to genes other than NPM or activation of the ALK gene by another mechanism. These findings provide further support that ALK-positive ALCL is a distinct pathologic entity among pediatric large cell lymphomas primarily characterized by expression of T-cell markers, CD30, and EMA, and by a younger mean age.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase
- Antigens, Neoplasm/analysis
- Artificial Gene Fusion
- B-Lymphocytes/chemistry
- B-Lymphocytes/pathology
- Biomarkers, Tumor/analysis
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5
- DNA, Neoplasm/analysis
- Female
- Humans
- Immunoenzyme Techniques
- Ki-1 Antigen/analysis
- Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Anaplastic/enzymology
- Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Anaplastic/genetics
- Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Anaplastic/pathology
- Male
- Mucin-1/analysis
- Nuclear Proteins/analysis
- Nuclear Proteins/genetics
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/analysis
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/genetics
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- T-Lymphocytes/chemistry
- T-Lymphocytes/pathology
- Translocation, Genetic
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- C G Sherman
- Department of Pediatric Laboratory Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Lepin EJ, Bastin JM, Allan DS, Roncador G, Braud VM, Mason DY, van der Merwe PA, McMichael AJ, Bell JI, Powis SH, O'Callaghan CA. Functional characterization of HLA-F and binding of HLA-F tetramers to ILT2 and ILT4 receptors. Eur J Immunol 2000; 30:3552-61. [PMID: 11169396 DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200012)30:12<3552::aid-immu3552>3.0.co;2-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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HLA-F is a human non-classical MHC molecule. Recombinant HLA-F heavy chain was refolded with 2-microglobulin to form a stable complex. This complex was used as an immunogen to produce a highly specific, high-affinity monoclonal antibody (FG1) that was used to study directly the cellular biology and tissue distribution of HLA-F. HLA-F has a restricted pattern of tissue expression in tonsil, spleen, and thymus. HLA-F could be immunoprecipitated from B cell lines and from HUT-78, a T cell line. HLA-F binds TAP, but unlike the classical human class I molecules, was undetected at the cell surface. HLA-F tetramers stain peripheral blood monocytes and B cells. HLA-F tetramer binding could be conferred on non-binding cells by transfection with the inhibitory receptors ILT2 and ILT4. Surface plasmon resonance studies demonstrated a direct molecular interaction of HLA-F with ILT2 and ILT4. These results, together with structural predictions based on the sequence of HLA-F, suggest that HLA-F may be a peptide binding molecule and may reach the cell surface under favorable conditions, which may include the presence of specific peptide or peptides. At the cell surface it would be capable of interacting with LIR1 (ILT2) and LIR2 (ILT4) receptors and so altering the activation threshold of immune effector cells.
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- E J Lepin
- Centre for Nephrology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, University College London, London, GB
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Jaju RJ, Jones M, Boultwood J, Kelly S, Mason DY, Wainscoat JS, Kearney L. Combined immunophenotyping and FISH identifies the involvement of B-cells in 5q- syndrome. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2000; 29:276-80. [PMID: 10992302 DOI: 10.1002/1098-2264(2000)9999:9999<::aid-gcc1035>3.0.co;2-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The 5q- syndrome is a distinct subtype of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) characterized by refractory anemia, deletion of the long arm of chromosome 5, del(5q), as the sole cytogenetic abnormality, and a low frequency of transformation to acute leukemia. Using combined immunophenotyping and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), studies were carried out on bone marrow smears of three 5q- syndrome cases to identify the cell lineages carrying the 5q deletion. In all three cases, the granulocytic, monocytic, and erythroid lineages possessed the del(5q) clonal marker, whereas the T-lymphocytes did not. Interestingly, in one case, cells of B-lymphoid lineage also showed the presence of the del(5q). This is the first report to date showing involvement of an acquired 5q deletion associated with MDS in B-cells. This result suggests that in some cases, MDS arises in a multipotent cell with a capacity to differentiate into both myeloid and lymphoid cells.
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- R J Jaju
- Leukaemia Research Fund Molecular Haematology Unit, Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
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Pulford K, Falini B, Banham AH, Codrington D, Roberton H, Hatton C, Mason DY. Immune response to the ALK oncogenic tyrosine kinase in patients with anaplastic large-cell lymphoma. Blood 2000; 96:1605-7. [PMID: 10942417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023] Open
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Oncogenic anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) fusion proteins (nucleophosmin-ALK [NPM-ALK] and other variants) are expressed in many cases of anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (ALCL) but are absent from normal tissues. The possibility that ALK proteins are immunogenic was investigated with the use of an immunocytochemical technique to screen plasma from ALK-positive ALCL on transfectants expressing ALK proteins and by an in vitro kinase assay. Circulating antibodies against NPM-ALK protein were present in all ALK-positive ALCL patients (11 out of 11 cases) studied while 10 patients also had antibodies recognizing normal ALK protein. Weak antibodies reactive with NPM-ALK (which may represent anti-NPM autoantibodies) were detected by the in vitro kinase assay in 3 of the 10 control samples (but not by immunocytochemistry). The presence of anti-ALK antibodies may be relevant to the relatively good prognosis of ALK-positive ALCL. The immunocytochemical technique for detecting anti-ALK activity is simple and semiquantative and may provide a means of detecting B-cell responses to other tumor-associated molecules. (Blood. 2000;96:1605-1607)
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- K Pulford
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and the Department of Haematology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
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Double immunoenzymatic labelling of routinely processed human tissues has been used in many histopathology laboratories to compare the expression patterns of pairs of antigenic markers. However, these techniques are time-consuming, prone to background staining, and rarely suitable for detecting two antigens present at the same site, since one label tends to obscure the other. This paper reports the use of immmunofluorescence for double labelling of pairs of molecular markers in routinely processed tissue. The primary antibodies are either monoclonal reagents of differing isotype/subclass, or antibodies from different species, and labelling is visualized on a conventional fluorescence microscope equipped with a cooled CCD camera. Images can be captured and adjusted using personal computer hardware and software. This approach could be used for a wide range of tissue markers and only minimal tissue autofluorescence was observed. The procedure is more rapid than enzyme-based techniques and avoids the problems of interpreting two antigens present at the same site. Its establishment involves relatively minor expenditure and it may represent the optimal technical approach to the co-localization of pairs of antigens in routinely processed tissue samples.
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- D Y Mason
- Leukaemia Research Fund Immunodiagnostics Unit, The Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.
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Haralambieva E, Pulford KA, Lamant L, Pileri S, Roncador G, Gatter KC, Delsol G, Mason DY. Anaplastic large-cell lymphomas of B-cell phenotype are anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) negative and belong to the spectrum of diffuse large B-cell lymphomas. Br J Haematol 2000; 109:584-91. [PMID: 10886208 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2000.02045.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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There is controversy in the literature as to whether anaplastic large-cell lymphoma of B-cell phenotype is related to the t(2;5)-positive T- or 'null' cell lymphoma of the same morphology. We report a study of 24 lymphomas with morphological features of anaplastic large-cell lymphoma which expressed one or more B-cell markers and lacked T-lineage markers. Clinical features were more in keeping with large B-cell lymphoma than with classical t(2;5)-positive anaplastic large-cell lymphoma, and immunostaining for anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) protein provided no evidence for the (2;5) translocation (or one of its variants). The staining patterns for CD20 and CD79 were typical of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, CD30 expression was variable, and most cases (15/22) lacked epithelial membrane antigen (EMA). These findings support the view that 'B-cell anaplastic large-cell lymphoma' is unrelated to t(2;5)-positive (ALK-positive) lymphoma, and that it represents a morphological pattern occasionally encountered among diffuse large B-cell lymphomas. By the same reasoning, most tumours diagnosed as 'ALK-negative anaplastic large-cell lymphoma of T-cell or null phenotype' probably belong to the spectrum of peripheral T-cell lymphomas.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase
- Antigens, CD/analysis
- Antigens, CD20/analysis
- Biomarkers/analysis
- CD79 Antigens
- Female
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Immunophenotyping
- Ki-1 Antigen/analysis
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/classification
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/enzymology
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/immunology
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/enzymology
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/immunology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/immunology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/analysis
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
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- E Haralambieva
- Leukaemia Research Fund Immunodiagnostics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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Touriol C, Greenland C, Lamant L, Pulford K, Bernard F, Rousset T, Mason DY, Delsol G. Further demonstration of the diversity of chromosomal changes involving 2p23 in ALK-positive lymphoma: 2 cases expressing ALK kinase fused to CLTCL (clathrin chain polypeptide-like). Blood 2000; 95:3204-7. [PMID: 10807789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
Abstract
Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive lymphomas are characterized by expression of a hybrid protein, comprising the cytoplasmic portion of the ALK tyrosine kinase fused to a partner protein. This hybrid kinase is often encoded by the nucleophosmin (NPM) NPM-ALK fusion gene resulting from the (2;5)(p23;q35) chromosomal translocation. However, the ALK gene at 2p23 may also be involved in 2 variant translocations, namely t(1;2)(q25;p23) and t(2;3)(p23;q21), which create the TPM3-ALK and TFG-ALK fusion genes, respectively. We report here 2 lymphomas with an unusual finely granular cytoplasmic ALK staining pattern, clearly different from the pattern observed in ALK-positive lymphomas carrying NPM-ALK or its variants. A cloned complementary DNA sequence from 1 of these 2 lymphomas contained the ALK gene fused to the second clathrin heavy chain gene (also referred to as clathrin heavy polypeptide-like gene) (CLTCL). The distinctive granular cytoplasmic staining pattern for ALK was likely to be due to binding of the fusion protein to clathrin-coated vesicles. The CLTCL gene is constitutively expressed in lymphoid cells and therefore presumably contributes an active promoter for the CLTCL-ALK gene. The fusion protein had a molecular weight (250 kd) that differs from all known ALK products, and it was autophosphorylated in an in vitro kinase assay, confirming that it is constitutively active and hence capable of contributing to malignant transformation. These 2 cases, therefore, represent a hitherto undescribed mechanism of ALK activation in lymphoma and further illustrate the diversity of fusion partners for the ALK gene.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase
- Base Sequence
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3
- Clathrin/genetics
- Female
- Humans
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/genetics
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/metabolism
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/pathology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/genetics
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/biosynthesis
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/genetics
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
- Translocation, Genetic
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- C Touriol
- UPCM-ERS 1590 CNRS, CHU Purpan, Toulouse, France
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ALK (anaplastic lymphoma kinase) is a tyrosine kinase receptor, expressed as part of the chimeric NPM-ALK protein, in anaplastic large cell lymphomas (ALCLs) exhibiting the t(2;5)(p23;q35) translocation. As a result of this translocation, the NPM (nucleophosmin) gene is fused to the portion of the ALK gene encoding its intracytoplasmic segment. In normal mouse tissues, mRNA encoding the Alk receptor has been found only in neural cells, suggesting involvement of this receptor in the development of the nervous system. The purpose of the present study was to examine the presence of ALK transcripts and protein in normal human tissues and a variety of cell lines and human tumors. Emphasis was placed on neuroblastomas because other tyrosine kinase receptors are expressed in human neuroblastomas. Fifty-six cell lines, including 29 lines of neural origin, and lymphoid and nonlymphoid tissue specimens, including 24 neuroblastomas, were investigated for ALK expression, using reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction, Western blotting, and immunohistochemistry. The results confirmed that mRNA encoding ALK protein was not detectable in any normal or neoplastic hematopoietic tissue tested, except for t(2;5)-positive ALCL. The salient finding was that 13 of the 29 cell lines of neural origin and 22 of 24 neuroblastomas were found to express ALK transcripts and ALK protein. However, no correlation was evident between any known prognostic factors and the level of ALK expression.
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- L Lamant
- Department of Pathology, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Purpan, Toulouse, France
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Trinei M, Lanfrancone L, Campo E, Pulford K, Mason DY, Pelicci PG, Falini B. A new variant anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-fusion protein (ATIC-ALK) in a case of ALK-positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma. Cancer Res 2000; 60:793-8. [PMID: 10706082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
Abstract
Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive lymphomas ("ALKomas") constitute a distinct molecular and clinicopathological entity within the heterogeneous group of CD30-positive large cell lymphomas. In 80-85% of cases tumor cells express a Mr 80,000 hybrid protein comprising the nucleolar phosphoprotein nucleophosmin (NPM) and the ALK. We report here the cloning and expression of a novel ALK-fusion protein from an ALK-positive lymphoma. This case was selected for molecular investigation because of (a) the absence of NPM-ALK transcripts; (b) the atypical staining patterns for ALK (cytoplasm-restricted) and for NPM (nucleus-restricted); and (c) the presence of a Mr 96,000 ALK-protein differing in size from NPM-ALK. Nucleotide sequence analysis of ALK transcripts isolated by 5'-rapid amplification of cDNA ends revealed a chimeric mRNA corresponding to an ATIC-ALK in-frame fusion. ATIC is a bifunctional enzyme (5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleotide transformylase and IMP cyclohydrolase enzymatic activities) that catalyzes the penultimate and final enzymatic activities of the purine nucleotide synthesis pathway. Expression of full-length ATIC-ALK cDNA in mouse fibroblasts revealed that the fusion protein (a) possesses constitutive tyrosine kinase activity; (b) forms stable complexes with the signaling proteins Grb2 and Shc; (c) induces tyrosine-phosphorylation of Shc; and (d) provokes oncogenic transformation. These findings point to fusion with ATIC as an alternative mechanism of ALK activation.
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- M Trinei
- Department of Experimental Oncology, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Milan, Italy
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Falini B, Pulford K, Pucciarini A, Carbone A, De Wolf-Peeters C, Cordell J, Fizzotti M, Santucci A, Pelicci PG, Pileri S, Campo E, Ott G, Delsol G, Mason DY. Lymphomas expressing ALK fusion protein(s) other than NPM-ALK. Blood 1999; 94:3509-15. [PMID: 10552961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023] Open
Abstract
The tumor cells in ALK-positive lymphoma ("ALKoma") usually express the product of the NPM-ALK chimeric gene, generated by the t(2;5) chromosomal translocation. However, 10% to 20% of ALK-positive lymphomas express ALK fusion protein(s) other than NPM-ALK, and in this report, we describe the immunohistologic and clinicopathologic features of 15 such cases. The absence of the NPM-ALK fusion gene was confirmed by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in 8 cases and by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis in a further 2 cases. In each case, ALK staining was restricted to the cytoplasm and the N-terminus of NPM to the nucleus (contrasting with lymphomas expressing NPM-ALK in which cytoplasmic as well as nuclear labeling is seen). However, in the course of screening 53 ALK-positive lymphomas, 2 biopsies were found that had a "cytoplasm-only" ALK staining pattern but that nevertheless were shown to carry the (2;5) (by NPM staining and RT-PCR). The 15 cases resembled typical NPM-ALK-positive lymphomas in that all were of T or null phenotype, usually occurred in young male patients, and frequently presented with advanced disease associated with systemic symptoms and extranodal involvement. Moreover, their prognosis was excellent and indistinguishable from that of classical t(2;5)-positive tumors, but was clearly different from that of ALK-negative anaplastic large-cell lymphomas. These results suggest that lymphomas carrying variants of the NPM-ALK fusion protein can be detected by immunostaining for ALK and NPM and also that they can be grouped with classical t(2;5)-positive tumors as a single entity (ALK-positive lymphoma or "ALKoma") that shows a better prognosis than ALK-negative anaplastic large-cell lymphoma.
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- B Falini
- Institute of Hematology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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Hernández L, Pinyol M, Hernández S, Beà S, Pulford K, Rosenwald A, Lamant L, Falini B, Ott G, Mason DY, Delsol G, Campo E. TRK-fused gene (TFG) is a new partner of ALK in anaplastic large cell lymphoma producing two structurally different TFG-ALK translocations. Blood 1999; 94:3265-8. [PMID: 10556217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023] Open
Abstract
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) is associated with the t(2;5)(p23;q35), which generates the NPM-ALK fusion gene encoding an 80-kD protein. Several studies have suggested that genes other than NPM may be fused to the ALK gene. Here we have identified TRK-fused gene (TFG) as a new ALK partner in 2 ALCL, 1 of which exhibited a t(2;3)(p23;q21). In these cases, TFG was involved in 2 different fusion genes, TFG-ALK(S) and TFG-ALK(L), coding respectively 85-kD and 97-kD chimeric proteins. The ALK breakpoint in these translocations was the same as in the classic t(2;5) translocation. These 2 proteins were both active in an in vitro tyrosine kinase assay showing that the new cloned cDNA sequences are translated into chimeric proteins with functional activity. These findings indicate that TFG can provide an alternative to NPM as a fusion partner responsible for activation of the ALK and the pathogenesis of ALCL.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase
- Artificial Gene Fusion
- Base Sequence
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5
- DNA, Neoplasm/genetics
- Humans
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/genetics
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/pathology
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nuclear Proteins/genetics
- Nucleophosmin
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/genetics
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics
- Translocation, Genetic
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- L Hernández
- Laboratory of Pathology, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Rosenwald A, Ott G, Pulford K, Katzenberger T, Kühl J, Kalla J, Ott MM, Mason DY, Müller-Hermelink HK. t(1;2)(q21;p23) and t(2;3)(p23;q21): two novel variant translocations of the t(2;5)(p23;q35) in anaplastic large cell lymphoma. Blood 1999; 94:362-4. [PMID: 10381534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023] Open
Abstract
Cytogenetic investigations in two cases of anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) showed novel variants of the classical (2;5)(p23;q35) translocation, namely a t(1;2)(q21;p23) and a t(2;3)(p23;q21). The tumor cells in both cases gave positive immunohistochemical labeling for ALK protein (with both monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies), demonstrating that these translocations induce aberrant expression of this kinase and suggesting that genes other than NPM can activate the ALK gene in ALCL. These two cases were shown by an in vitro kinase assay to express ALK kinases (104 kD and 97 kD, respectively), which differed in size from the classical NPM-ALK fusion product (80 kD). Moreover, ALK expression was confined to the cytoplasm of the tumor cells in each case, supporting the hypothesis that the observed nuclear localization of NPM-ALK in classical ALCL is not the site of oncogenic activity of the ALK kinase.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Child
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5
- Female
- Humans
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/genetics
- Male
- Translocation, Genetic
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Affiliation(s)
- A Rosenwald
- Pathologisches Institut and Kinderklinik, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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Rodier A, Marchal-Victorion S, Rochard P, Casas F, Cassar-Malek I, Rouault JP, Magaud JP, Mason DY, Wrutniak C, Cabello G. BTG1: a triiodothyronine target involved in the myogenic influence of the hormone. Exp Cell Res 1999; 249:337-48. [PMID: 10366433 DOI: 10.1006/excr.1999.4486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The product of the B-cell translocation gene 1 (BTG1), a member of an antiproliferative protein family including Tis-21/PC3 and Tob, is thought to play an important role in the regulation of cell cycle progression. We have shown in a previous work that triiodothyronine (T3) stimulates quail myoblast differentiation, partly through a cAMP-dependent mechanism involved in the stimulation of cell cycle withdrawal. Furthermore, we found that T3 or 8-Br-cAMP increases BTG1 nuclear accumulation in confluent myoblast cultures. In this study, we report that BTG1 is essentially expressed at cell confluence and in differentiated myotubes. Whereas neither T3 nor cAMP exerted a direct transcriptional control upon BTG1 expression, we found that AP-1 activity, a crucial target involved in the triiodothyronine myogenic influence, repressed BTG1 expression, thus probably explaining the low BTG1 expression level in proliferating myoblasts. In transient transfection studies, we demonstrated that an AP-1-like sequence located in the BTG1 promoter was involved in this negative regulation. Our present data also bring evidence that the stimulation of BTG1 nuclear accumulation by T3 or 8-Br-cAMP probably results from an increased nuclear import or retention in the nucleus. Lastly, BTG1 overexpression in quail myoblasts mimicked the T3 or 8-Br-cAMP myogenic influence: (i) inhibition of myoblast proliferation due to an increased rate of myoblast withdrawal from the cell cycle; and (ii) stimulation of terminal differentiation. These data suggest that BTG1 is probably involved in T3 and cAMP myogenic influences. In conclusion, BTG1 is a T3 target involved in the regulation of myoblast differentiation.
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- A Rodier
- Laboratoire Différenciation Cellulaire et Croissance, INRA, 2 Place Viala, Montpellier Cedex 1, 34060, France
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Banham AH, Colonna M, Cella M, Micklem KJ, Pulford K, Willis AC, Mason DY. Identification of the CD85 antigen as ILT2, an inhibitory MHC class I receptor of the immunoglobulin superfamily. J Leukoc Biol 1999; 65:841-5. [PMID: 10380908 DOI: 10.1002/jlb.65.6.841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The CD85 molecule was originally defined at the Fifth Workshop on Leucocyte Antigens in 1993 by two monoclonal antibodies, VMP55 and GHI/75. This cell-surface glycoprotein is expressed on B cells, monocytes, and subpopulations of T and natural killer (NK) cells, and particularly high levels are expressed by normal and neoplastic plasma cells and by hairy cell leukemia B cells. We affinity purified the CD85 antigen and obtained tryptic peptide sequence which indicated that this molecule might be ILT2, a recently described inhibitory major histocompatibility complex class I receptor of the immunoglobulin superfamily. This was confirmed by showing that both of the original anti-CD85 mAbs stained ILT2 transfectants. The cell signaling role demonstrated for ILT2 is consistent with the previously reported involvement of CD85 in T cell activation.
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- A H Banham
- University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Cellular Science, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, United Kingdom.
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Pulford K, Falini B, Cordell J, Rosenwald A, Ott G, Müller-Hermelink HK, MacLennan KA, Lamant L, Carbone A, Campo E, Mason DY. Biochemical detection of novel anaplastic lymphoma kinase proteins in tissue sections of anaplastic large cell lymphoma. Am J Pathol 1999; 154:1657-63. [PMID: 10362790 PMCID: PMC1866626 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)65421-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The (2;5) translocation, found in many T-cell and null cell anaplastic large cell lymphomas (ALCLs), creates a hybrid gene encoding the 80-kd NPM-ALK protein. Typically neoplastic cells show labeling of both nucleus and cytoplasm for anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) and for the N-terminus of nucleophosmin (NPM). However, 10-20% of cases exhibit cytoplasmic labeling only for ALK, indicating the probable presence of variants of the classical (2;5) translocation that do not involve the NPM gene. We report the detection (using Western blotting and an in vitro kinase assay) in seven such ALCL cases, of ALK proteins with molecular masses of 85 kd, 97 kd (one case exhibiting a (2;3)(p23;q21) translocation), 104 kd (one case carried a (1;2)(q21;p23) translocation), and 113 kd. Tyrosine kinase activity was detected in four of these proteins, but the N-terminal portion of NPM could not be detected. These results show how ALCL cases that express ALK proteins other than NPM-ALK can be detected by sensitive biochemical techniques using routine cryostat sections.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Blotting, Western
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5/genetics
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/enzymology
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/genetics
- Mice
- Mice, SCID
- Nuclear Proteins/genetics
- Nuclear Proteins/metabolism
- Nucleophosmin
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/genetics
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/metabolism
- Phosphorylation
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/genetics
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Translocation, Genetic
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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- K Pulford
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Cellular Science,* John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, England. karen.pulford@cellular-science
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Tyrosine kinases causing the abnormal phosphorylation of intracellular proteins have been shown to contribute to oncogenic transformation in a number of human neoplasms. Immunohistological staining of routine biopsy sections for increased levels of phosphotyrosine may therefore provide a simple means of screening for tumours containing activated tyrosine kinases. In this study, monoclonal antibodies to phosphotyrosine were used to immunostain a cell line and tumour biopsies from lymphomas known to contain the activated anaplastic-lymphoma-kinase (ALK) tyrosine kinase. A range of normal and other neoplastic tissues were also immunostained for comparison. An anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) cell line carrying the (2;5) translocation, which creates the activated nucleophosmin-anaplastic lymphoma kinase (NPM-ALK) tyrosine kinase, was strongly labelled. Routine tissue biopsies from five cases of ALK-positive ALCL were also strongly positive for phosphotyrosine. The characteristic granular cytoplasmic labelling pattern for phosphotyrosine observed in a B-cell lymphoma (expressing full length ALK kinase) was identical to that obtained using an ALK-specific antibody, thus confirming that labelling for phosphotyrosine in lymphoma cells reflects the presence of an activated kinase. When normal lymphoid tissues were stained, there was little or no labelling for phosphotyrosine, but stronger labelling was seen in other cells and tissues; for example, endothelial cells and some carcinoma samples. Whilst the strong labelling for phosphotyrosine observed in the lymphoma cells is due to the presence of activated ALK, the strong staining of some normal cells presumably represents physiologically active kinases and this should be taken into account when interpreting the immunostaining of non-lymphoid tumours. The simplicity of this method, however, means that it offers a new rapid approach to the screening of large numbers of tumours for the presence of aberrant tyrosine kinase activation, particularly if they arise from tissues which normally contain only background levels of phosphotyrosine.
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MESH Headings
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Burkitt Lymphoma/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5
- Enzyme Activation
- Humans
- Immunoenzyme Techniques
- Lymphoma/enzymology
- Lymphoma/genetics
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/enzymology
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/genetics
- Neoplasm Proteins/metabolism
- Oncogenes
- Phosphotyrosine/metabolism
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism
- Translocation, Genetic
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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- K Pulford
- Leukaemia Research Fund Immunodiagnostics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Cellular Science, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, U.K.
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While both murine and human homologues of the LSP1 gene (lymphocyte-specific gene 1) and its protein products have been identified, studies on human LSP1 have been limited. The present report describes a detailed immunocytochemical study of the distribution and localization of human LSP1 in both normal and neoplastic cells and tissues. The specificity of the monoclonal anti-LSP1 reagent was confirmed by expression cloning and transfection studies. The intracellular 60 000 MW LSP1 protein was found to be present in peripheral blood B cells, monocytes and granulocytes but absent in a subpopulation of circulating T cells (10-15% of CD3-positive T cells). The presence of LSP1 protein in medullary thymocytes, but only in scattered cortical thymocytes, provided additional evidence for heterogeneity of expression in T cells. Novel observations also included the presence of LSP1 in plasma cells, dendritic cells and Langerhans' cells. The leucocyte-restricted distribution of LSP1 protein means that it may play an important role in haematopathology. LSP1 protein was detected in a wide range of leukaemias and lymphomas, particularly of B-cell origin, and in tumour cells in classical Hodgkin's disease. Of interest was the indication of a reciprocal relationship in the expression of LSP1 and ALK (anaplastic lymphoma kinase) proteins in patients with anaplastic large cell lymphoma. As the anti-LSP1 reagent used in the present study recognizes a formalin-resistant epitope it should be of considerable value in the diagnosis of routinely fixed material.
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- K Pulford
- Leukaemia Research Fund Immunodiagnostics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Cellular Science, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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Cordell JL, Pulford KA, Bigerna B, Roncador G, Banham A, Colombo E, Pelicci PG, Mason DY, Falini B. Detection of normal and chimeric nucleophosmin in human cells. Blood 1999; 93:632-42. [PMID: 9885226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023] Open
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In anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (ALCL), the (2;5) chromosomal translocation creates a fusion gene encoding the 80-kD NPM-ALK hybrid protein. This report describes three new monoclonal antibodies, two of which recognize, by Western blotting, the N-terminal portion of NPM present in the NPM-ALK fusion protein and also in two other NPM fusion proteins (NPM-RARalpha and NPM-MLF1). The third antibody recognizes the C-terminal portion (deleted in NPM-ALK) and reacts only with wild-type NPM. The three antibodies immunostain wild-type NPM (in paraffin-embedded normal tissue samples) in cell nuclei and in the cytoplasm of mitotic cells. Cerebral neurones, exceptionally, show diffuse cytoplasmic labeling. In contrast to normal tissues, the two antibodies against the N-terminal portion of NPM labeled the cytoplasm of neoplastic cells, in four ALK-positive ALCL, reflecting their reactivity with NPM-ALK fusion protein, whereas the antibody to the C-terminal NPM epitope labeled only cell nuclei. Immunocytochemical labeling with these antibodies can therefore confirm that an ALK-positive lymphoma expresses NPM-ALK (rather than a variant ALK-fusion protein) and may also provide evidence for chromosomal anomalies involving the NPM gene other than the classical (2;5) translocation.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Blotting, Western
- Cell Nucleus/chemistry
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5
- Cytoplasm/chemistry
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/chemistry
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/genetics
- Mice
- Neoplasm Proteins/analysis
- Nuclear Proteins/analysis
- Nuclear Proteins/genetics
- Nucleophosmin
- Peptide Fragments/analysis
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/analysis
- Translocation, Genetic
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- J L Cordell
- Leukaemia Research Fund Immunodiagnostics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Cellular Science, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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Bastin JM, Jones M, O'Callaghan CA, Schimanski L, Mason DY, Townsend AR. Kupffer cell staining by an HFE-specific monoclonal antibody: implications for hereditary haemochromatosis. Br J Haematol 1998; 103:931-41. [PMID: 9886303 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1998.01102.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Hereditary haemochromatosis is an inherited disorder of iron absorption that leads to excessive iron storage in the liver and other organs. A candidate disease gene HFE has been identified that encodes a novel MHC class I like protein. We report the development of a monoclonal antibody (HFE-JB1) specific for recombinant refolded HFE protein. The antibody immunoprecipitates a 49 kD protein from the cell line U937, a histiocytic lymphoma. It binds HFE but does not recognize other recombinant non-classic MHC class I proteins (HLA-E, F and G), nor does it react with a variety of recombinant classic class I MHC molecules. COS cells transfected with HFE in culture are stained specifically. The immunohistochemical staining pattern in human tissues is unique and can be defined as a subset of the transferrin receptor positive cells. In the liver HFE protein was shown to be present on Kupffer cells and endothelium (sinusoidal lining cells), but absent from the parenchyma. Kupffer cells from an untreated C282Y HH patient failed to stain with the antibody. In the normal gut scattered cells in the crypts are stained. HFE was also present on capillary endothelium in the brain (a site of high levels of transferrin receptor) and on scattered cells in the cerebellum and cortex. These results raise interesting questions concerning the function of HFE in the control of body iron content and distribution.
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- J M Bastin
- Molecular Immunology Group, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford
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Vergier B, Beylot-Barry M, Pulford K, Michel P, Bosq J, de Muret A, Beylot C, Delaunay MM, Avril MF, Dalac S, Bodemer C, Joly P, Groppi A, de Mascarel A, Bagot M, Mason DY, Wechsler J, Merlio JP. Statistical evaluation of diagnostic and prognostic features of CD30+ cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders: a clinicopathologic study of 65 cases. Am J Surg Pathol 1998; 22:1192-202. [PMID: 9777981 DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199810000-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Several clinical and histopathologic features of 65 CD30+ cutaneous lymphoproliferations were evaluated for their diagnostic value between CD30+ primary versus secondary cutaneous lymphomas and for their prognostic significance. Primary cutaneous disease, spontaneous regression, and absence of extracutaneous spreading (but not age < or =60 years) were associated with a better prognosis. Epithelial membrane antigen, BNH9, CD15 or CBF.78 antigen were expressed in all types of cutaneous lymphoproliferations. However, epithelial membrane antigen immunoreactivity was more frequently expressed in CD30+ secondary cutaneous large-cell lymphoma. Among CD30+ primary cutaneous large-cell lymphoma, CD15 expression was only seen in localized skin lesions. P53 expression was not associated with spontaneous regression, extracutaneous spreading, or survival. Nested reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction allowed the detection of NPM-ALK transcripts in 10 of 26 CD30+ primary and in 3 of 11 secondary cutaneous large-cell lymphomas. The ALK protein was detected in only 1 of 50 primary and in 4 of 15 secondary cutaneous CD30+ lymphoproliferations. In CD30+ primary cutaneous lymphoproliferation, NPM-ALK transcripts might be expressed by very rare normal or tumoral cells that are undetectable by immunohistochemistry. However, the expression of either NPM-ALK transcripts or ALK-protein was not correlated with prognosis or age in CD30+ cutaneous lymphoproliferations.
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MESH Headings
- Biomarkers, Tumor
- DNA, Neoplasm/analysis
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Diagnostic Tests, Routine
- Evaluation Studies as Topic
- Female
- France
- Humans
- Ki-1 Antigen/immunology
- Ki-1 Antigen/metabolism
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/immunology
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/metabolism
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/pathology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous/immunology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous/metabolism
- Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous/pathology
- Lymphoproliferative Disorders/immunology
- Lymphoproliferative Disorders/metabolism
- Lymphoproliferative Disorders/pathology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mucin-1/metabolism
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/metabolism
- Prognosis
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Skin Diseases/immunology
- Skin Diseases/metabolism
- Skin Diseases/pathology
- Survival Analysis
- Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/metabolism
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- B Vergier
- Department of Pathology, CHU of Bordeaux and University of Bordeaux II, France
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Benharroch D, Meguerian-Bedoyan Z, Lamant L, Amin C, Brugières L, Terrier-Lacombe MJ, Haralambieva E, Pulford K, Pileri S, Morris SW, Mason DY, Delsol G. ALK-positive lymphoma: a single disease with a broad spectrum of morphology. Blood 1998; 91:2076-84. [PMID: 9490693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The t(2;5)(p23;q35) translocation, associated with anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (ALCL), results in the expression of a chimeric NPM-ALK protein that can be detected by the ALK1 monoclonal antibody. This report describes the morphologic and phenotypic spectrum of 123 cases of lymphoma that all express ALK protein. The results provide strong evidence that the morphologic patterns of ALCL described in previous reports as representing possible subtypes of ALCL, eg, common type, lymphohistiocytic, or small cell patterns, are morphologic variants of the same disease entity. All of these morphologic patterns could be found within this series, and in some patients different subtypes coexisted in a single biopsy or were found in successive biopsies from a single patient. The link between these morphologic subtypes is further reinforced by the presence in all cases of a highly characteristic large cell, with an eccentric nucleus and an eosinophilic paranuclear region. We suggest that this cell can be considered as a major distinguishing feature of ALK-positive lymphomas. Another characteristic of these tumors was the perivascular pattern of neoplastic cell infiltration seen in a significant number of cases. In addition to ALK protein, all tumors expressed epithelial membrane antigen and lacked CD15, features that may be of value in differentiating ALCL from Hodgkin's disease. In the majority of cases (84%), malignant cells showed both a cytoplasmic and nuclear staining for ALK1 and thus presumably carried the 2;5 translocation, but staining was restricted to the cytoplasm in a few cases, suggesting that translocations other than t(2;5) may induce expression of ALK protein. We conclude from this study that ALK-positive neoplasms represent a distinct entity. Because their morphology is often neither anaplastic nor large cell, we suggest that they should henceforward be referred to as ALK lymphomas.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Biomarkers, Tumor/analysis
- Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics
- Cell Nucleus/chemistry
- Cell Nucleus/ultrastructure
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2/ultrastructure
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5/ultrastructure
- Cytoplasm/chemistry
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Fibrosis
- Humans
- Infant
- Ki-1 Antigen/analysis
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/classification
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/diagnosis
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/genetics
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/pathology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/diagnosis
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Proteins/analysis
- Neoplastic Stem Cells/ultrastructure
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/analysis
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/genetics
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/analysis
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/genetics
- Translocation, Genetic
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- D Benharroch
- Department of Pathology and CIGH/CNRS, CHU Purpan, Toulouse, France
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Mason DY, Pulford KA, Bischof D, Kuefer MU, Butler LH, Lamant L, Delsol G, Morris SW. Nucleolar localization of the nucleophosmin-anaplastic lymphoma kinase is not required for malignant transformation. Cancer Res 1998; 58:1057-62. [PMID: 9500471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The (2;5)(p23;q35) lymphoma-associated chromosomal translocation creates a novel fusion gene that incorporates parts of the anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) receptor tyrosine kinase and nucleophosmin genes. We report here that the product of this fusion gene accumulates within the nucleoli of neoplastic cells, and that previous reports of a predominantly cytoplasmic localization for the protein represent a tissue-processing artifact. However, nucleolar accumulation of nucleophosmin-ALK may not be necessary for its oncogenic action, because an ALK protein expressed in a lymphoma carrying a variant (1;2) chromosomal translocation did not accumulate in nucleoli. Furthermore, an engineered hybrid TPR-ALK protein can transform rodent fibroblasts and produce lymphomas in mice while remaining confined to the cytoplasm. We propose that the transforming action of ALK may not be reliant on its nucleolar localization, a hypothesis that may have implications for studies of other proteins involved in oncogenesis that are relocalized after the creation of fusion genes.
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- D Y Mason
- Leukemia Research Fund Immunodiagnostics Unit, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom.
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Su LD, Schnitzer B, Ross CW, Vasef M, Mori S, Shiota M, Mason DY, Pulford K, Headington JT, Singleton TP. The t(2;5)-associated p80 NPM/ALK fusion protein in nodal and cutaneous CD30+ lymphoproliferative disorders. J Cutan Pathol 1997; 24:597-603. [PMID: 9449486 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1997.tb01090.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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A high percentage of extracutaneous CD30+ anaplastic large cell lymphomas (nodal ALCL) carry a specific chromosomal translocation, t(2;5) (p23;q35), that results in abnormal expression of p80 NPM/ALK chimeric protein (p80). The protein p80 may be detected by immunohistochemistry using polyclonal (anti-p80) or monoclonal (ALK1) antibody directed against the ALK epitope. Although nodal ALCL, primary cutaneous ALCL, and lymphomatoid papulosis type A (lyp A) have similar histologic and immunohistochemical features, the expression of p80 in these cutaneous lesions has not been extensively studied. We immunostained tissues from 10 nodal ALCL, 8 primary cutaneous ALCL, 24 lyp A, and positive and negative controls using polyclonal rabbit anti-p80 and the avidin-biotin-peroxidase labeling method. Reactivity was determined by comparing staining intensity to positive controls [4 nodal ALCL with t(2;5)] and negative controls (21 non-ALCL lymphomas). Only cutaneous lesions staining positively with anti-p80 were further studied with the monoclonal antibody ALK1 and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for p80 messenger RNA. All positive controls (4/4), but none of the negative controls (0/21) nor lyp A (0/24), were immunoreactive for anti-p80. Sixty percent (6/10) of nodal ALCL and a single case (12%) of primary cutaneous ALCL were immunoreactive for anti-p80. In this exceptional cutaneous lesion, although we did not find NPM/ALK by RT-PCR, we detected strong expression of ALK using ALK1. We conclude that t(2;5) is rarely involved in the pathogenesis of cutaneous CD30+ lymphoproliferative disorders.
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- L D Su
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
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Kuefer MU, Look AT, Pulford K, Behm FG, Pattengale PK, Mason DY, Morris SW. Retrovirus-mediated gene transfer of NPM-ALK causes lymphoid malignancy in mice. Blood 1997; 90:2901-10. [PMID: 9376569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Approximately 5% to 10% of all non-Hodgkin's lymphomas contain a t(2;5)(p23;q35) chromosomal rearrangement, which we have previously shown results in the generation of the fusion protein nucleophosmin-anaplastic lymphoma kinase (NPM-ALK). To assess the transforming potential of NPM-ALK in an animal model, we infected 5-fluorouracil-treated murine bone marrow using retroviral stocks and transplanted this infected marrow into lethally irradiated BALB/cByJ mice. Male mice were transplanted with bone marrow from female donors at 10 weeks of age, with 7 of the animals receiving marrow infected with a retroviral construct, pSR alphaMSVtkneo-NPM-ALK, that contains the human NPM-ALK cDNA, and 4 serving as a control group, receiving "empty" pSR alphaMSVtkneo-infected marrow. Whereas all mice in the control group were alive and well up to 11 months after transplantation, 4 of the 7 mice transplanted with marrow containing the NPM-ALK construct developed lymphoma within 4 to 6 months. Tumors arose in the mesenteric lymph nodes, with metastases to the lungs, kidneys, liver, spleen, and the paraspinal area. When cells from the tumors and bone marrow were transplanted into sublethally irradiated secondary recipients, 10 of these 13 mice developed tumors within 9 months. Immunoblot analysis of cell lysates using an ALK polyclonal antibody showed NPM-ALK expression in all tumors examined. Histologically, the tumors were composed of a uniform population of large immunoblastic cells with basophilic cytoplasm, centrally placed nuclei, and distinct nucleoli. Genotypic analysis showed that the tumors were B-lineage and clonal, with rearrangements of the Ig heavy- and kappa light-chain loci and no rearrangements of the T-cell receptor beta locus. Immunocytochemical studies confirmed the presence of IgM heavy chains and kappa light chains within the tumor cells. Thus, in this retroviral gene transfer model, NPM-ALK expression in mice causes B-lineage large-cell lymphoma, suggesting a direct causative role for this activated fusion tyrosine kinase in human lymphoma.
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- M U Kuefer
- Department of Experimental Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105-2794, USA
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Waggott W, Delsol G, Jarret RF, Mason DY, Gatter KC, Boultwood J, Wainscoat JS. NPM-ALK gene fusion and Hodgkin's disease. Blood 1997; 90:1712-3. [PMID: 9269795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Banham AH, Turley H, Pulford K, Gatter K, Mason DY. The plasma cell associated antigen detectable by antibody VS38 is the p63 rough endoplasmic reticulum protein. J Clin Pathol 1997; 50:485-9. [PMID: 9378814 PMCID: PMC499978 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.50.6.485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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AIMS To characterise the 64 kDa intracellular antigen present on normal and neoplastic plasma cells detected by monoclonal antibody VS38 and by another antibody, MC186, of similar reactivity. METHODS The VS38 monoclonal antibody was used to screen a bacterially expressed peripheral blood cDNA library, and the immunocytochemical staining of the two antibodies was compared with those raised specifically to the protein identified as the VS38 antigen. RESULTS A partial cDNA encoding the VS38 antigen was cloned and shown to be identical to the human p63 gene. p63 is a non-glycated, reversibly palmitoylated type II transmembrane protein which is found in rough endoplasmic reticulum. Antibody MC186 also recognised this protein and both VS38 and MC186 together with two antibodies raised to p63 gave identical immunostaining patterns. CONCLUSIONS The VS38 antigen was identified as the rough endoplasmic reticulum protein p63. While it is not exclusively expressed on plasma cells, the presence of p63 distinguishes plasma cells from other lymphoid cells because of their high secretory activity.
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- A H Banham
- University of Oxford, Department of Cellular Science, John Radcliffe Hospital, United Kingdom.
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Butler LH, Slany R, Cui X, Cleary ML, Mason DY. The HRX proto-oncogene product is widely expressed in human tissues and localizes to nuclear structures. Blood 1997; 89:3361-70. [PMID: 9129043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Chromosomal rearrangement of the HRX (MLL, ALL-1, Htrx) gene situated at chromosome band 11q23 is one of the most frequent genetic changes in infant leukemias of myeloid and lymphoid lineage and in treatment-induced secondary leukemias. The HRX gene codes for a predicted 431-kD protein that shows significant homology to the Drosophila trithorax protein, an Hox epigenetic regulator. Typically, the region encoding the HRX gene is rearranged, mostly in reciprocal translocations with a number of partners, resulting in a range of fusion genes. However, this is not the only abnormality affecting HRX because partial duplication of the gene, as well as interstitial deletions, can occur. Despite extensive studies of HRX at the genetic level, the protein products of the HRX gene and their patterns of expression in normal and leukemic cells remain uncharacterized. In this study we analyzed the distribution and localization of HRX proteins in cell lines and human tissues, using both polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies. The specificity of these reagents was confirmed using cells transfected with the HRX-ENL fusion gene. Western blot analyses of protein extracts from cells carrying the t(11;19) and t(4;11) translocations showed HRX chimeric proteins whose migrations corresponded to the sizes predicted from analyses of translocation-induced fusion mRNAs expressed by the derivative 11 chromosomes. Immunocytochemical analysis showed a punctate distribution of wild-type and chimeric HRX proteins within cell nuclei, suggesting that HRX localizes to nuclear structures in cells with and without 11q23 translocations. Nuclear staining was found in the majority of tissues studied with the strongest reactivity in cerebral cortex, kidney, thyroid, and lymphoid tissues. Thus, HRX is widely expressed in most cell types including hematopoietic cells, a finding that precludes an immunocytochemical approach for diagnosis of leukemias bearing 11q23 structural abnormalities.
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- L H Butler
- University Department of Cellular Science, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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Bischof D, Pulford K, Mason DY, Morris SW. Role of the nucleophosmin (NPM) portion of the non-Hodgkin's lymphoma-associated NPM-anaplastic lymphoma kinase fusion protein in oncogenesis. Mol Cell Biol 1997; 17:2312-25. [PMID: 9121481 PMCID: PMC232080 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.17.4.2312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 273] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The NPM-ALK fusion gene, formed by the t(2;5)(p23;q35) translocation in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, encodes a 75-kDa hybrid protein that contains the amino-terminal 117 amino acid residues of the nucleolar phosphoprotein nucleophosmin (NPM) joined to the entire cytoplasmic portion of the receptor tyrosine kinase ALK (anaplastic lymphoma kinase). Here, we demonstrate the transforming ability of NPM-ALK and show that oncogenesis by the chimeric protein requires the activation of its kinase function as a result of oligomerization mediated by the NPM segment. Sedimentation gradient experiments revealed that NPM-ALK forms in vivo multimeric complexes of approximately 200 kDa or greater that also contain normal NPM. Cell fractionation studies of the t(2;5) translocation-containing lymphoma cell line SUP-M2 showed NPM-ALK to be localized within both the cytoplasmic and nuclear compartments. Immunostaining performed with both polyclonal and monoclonal anti-ALK antibodies confirmed the dual location of the oncoprotein and also indicated that NPM-ALK is abundant within both the nucleoplasm and the nucleolus. An intact NPM segment is absolutely required for NPM-ALK-mediated oncogenesis, as indicated by our observation that three different NPM-ALK mutant proteins lacking nonoverlapping portions of the NPM segment were each unable to form complexes, lacked kinase activity in vivo, and failed to transform cells. However, NPM could be functionally replaced in the fusion protein with the portion of the unrelated translocated promoter region (TPR) protein that activates the TPR-MET fusion kinase by mediating dimerization through its leucine zipper motif. This engineered TPR-ALK hybrid protein, which transformed cells almost as efficiently as NPM-ALK, was localized solely within the cytoplasm of cells. These data indicate that the nuclear and nucleolar localization of NPM-ALK, which probably occur because of transport via the shuttling activity of NPM, is not required for oncogenesis. Further, the activation of the truncated ALK protein by a completely heterologous oligomerization domain suggests that the functionally important role of the NPM segment of NPM-ALK in transformation is restricted to the formation of kinase-active oligomers and does not involve the alteration of normal NPM functions.
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MESH Headings
- Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase
- Animals
- Cell Line
- Cell Nucleus/metabolism
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5/genetics
- Cloning, Molecular
- Cytoplasm/metabolism
- Enzyme Activation
- Humans
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/genetics
- Mutation
- Nuclear Proteins/chemistry
- Nuclear Proteins/genetics
- Nuclear Proteins/metabolism
- Nucleophosmin
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/chemistry
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/genetics
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/metabolism
- Protein Conformation
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/chemistry
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/genetics
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism
- Rats
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/chemistry
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
- Translocation, Genetic
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- D Bischof
- Department of Experimental Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA
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Pileri SA, Pulford K, Mori S, Mason DY, Sabattini E, Roncador G, Piccioli M, Ceccarelli C, Piccaluga PP, Santini D, Leone O, Stein H, Falini B. Frequent expression of the NPM-ALK chimeric fusion protein in anaplastic large-cell lymphoma, lympho-histiocytic type. Am J Pathol 1997; 150:1207-11. [PMID: 9094977 PMCID: PMC1858171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The revised European-American lymphoma classification recognizes a subtype of anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (ALCL), termed lympho-histiocytic because of its peculiar cytological composition. As in the case of classical ALCL, this tumor usually occurs in young patients and shows an excellent response to chemotherapy, but some authors have suggested that in reality this is a nonanaplastic T-cell lymphoma rich in histiocytes. In this paper, we show that three of five cases of lympho-histiocytic ALCL stain with anti-ALK antibodies and can therefore be presumed to express the chimeric NPM/ALK protein secondary to (2;5) translocation. These findings further support the inclusion of this as a type of ALCL and not among the nonanaplastic peripheral T-cell lymphomas. Furthermore, they indicate that staining for ALK proteins is a powerful tool for the diagnosis of lympho-histiocytic ALCL, the recognition of which may be difficult on morphological grounds.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Humans
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/diagnosis
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/genetics
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/metabolism
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/diagnosis
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/genetics
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/metabolism
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Proteins/biosynthesis
- Neoplasm Proteins/genetics
- Nuclear Proteins/biosynthesis
- Nuclear Proteins/genetics
- Nucleophosmin
- Phosphoproteins/biosynthesis
- Phosphoproteins/genetics
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/biosynthesis
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/genetics
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
- Translocation, Genetic
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- S A Pileri
- Service of Pathologic Anatomy and Hematopathology Section, Bologna University, Italy
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The distribution of TAL-1 protein, an important vascular promoter in mice, has been examined immunohistochemically in a range of human vascular lesions and normal tissues. Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded vascular lesions including granulation tissue, haemangiomas, Kaposi's sarcomas, spindle cell haemangioendotheliomas, and angiosarcomas, were examined using a monoclonal antibody to recombinant TAL-1. Endothelial cells in all lesions gave positive immunostaining of variable intensity. Granulation tissue and spindle cell areas of the vascular tumours gave the strongest staining (nuclear and cytoplasmic). The better-differentiated endothelial cells within the tumours and resident well-formed vessels were less positive and some cells were in fact negative. The malignant endothelial cells in angiosarcomas showed less intense positive staining than KS cells. This study has shown TAL-1 protein expression in a range of reactive, benign, and malignant vascular lesions. Protein expression appears to be stronger in the spindle cell areas, perhaps reflecting greater expression in less-differentiated endothelial cells.
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- R Chetty
- Department of Anatomical Pathology, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa.
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Delsol G, Lamant L, Mariamé B, Pulford K, Dastugue N, Brousset P, Rigal-Huguet F, al Saati T, Cerretti DP, Morris SW, Mason DY. A new subtype of large B-cell lymphoma expressing the ALK kinase and lacking the 2; 5 translocation. Blood 1997; 89:1483-90. [PMID: 9057627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Seven cases of large B-cell lymphoma which define a previously unrecognized subgroup are reported. Morphologically they are comprised of monomorphic large immunoblast-like cells, containing large central nucleoli, which tend to invade lymphatic sinuses. Superficially they resemble anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) but they lack CD30. These lymphomas express epithelial membrane antigen (as do ALCL), but also contain intracytoplasmic IgA of a single light chain type (five cases) and an endoplasmic reticulum-associated marker detected by antibody VS38. They lack lineage-associated leukocyte antigens with the exception of CD4 (5 of 5 cases) and CD57 (5 of 7 cases). They are labeled by antibodies detecting both the intracytoplasmic and extracellular regions of the ALK receptor kinase, suggesting that they express the full-length form of this molecule. This was confirmed by Western blotting (in the one case tested) which showed a band of 200 kD in tumor cell lysates, and by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of mRNA encoding intracellular and extracellular ALK sequences (in the two cases tested). There was no evidence by cytogenetics (one case analyzed) or reverse transcriptase-PCR (three cases tested) of the 2; 5 translocation or the resultant NPM-ALK gene, as is commonly found in ALCL. All but one of the patients were male and all but one were adults, and in all but the latter case the disease followed an aggressive course.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5
- Female
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- In Situ Hybridization
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/classification
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/enzymology
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/genetics
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/classification
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/enzymology
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/genetics
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/biosynthesis
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
- Translocation, Genetic
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- G Delsol
- Department of Pathology, CHU Purpan, Toulouse, France
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Pulford K, Lamant L, Morris SW, Butler LH, Wood KM, Stroud D, Delsol G, Mason DY. Detection of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) and nucleolar protein nucleophosmin (NPM)-ALK proteins in normal and neoplastic cells with the monoclonal antibody ALK1. Blood 1997; 89:1394-404. [PMID: 9028963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The t(2;5)(p23;q35) translocation, associated with anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (ALCL), results in the production of the nucleolar protein nucleophosmin-anaplastic lymphoma kinase (NPM-ALK) protein. This report describes an immunocytochemical study of the distribution of ALK and NPM-ALK proteins using a new monoclonal antibody, ALK1, that recognizes a formalin resistant epitope in both the 80-kD NPM-ALK chimeric and the 200-kD normal human ALK proteins. Cytoplasmic and nuclear labeling was seen in the t(2;5)+ SU-DHL-1 and Karpas 299 cell lines. Normal ALK protein expression was restricted to the central nervous system (in scattered neurons, glial cells, and endothelial cells). Two hundred and thirty-nine cases of lymphoma and 80 nonhematopoietic tumors were immunostained. Antibody ALK1 labeled 53.4% (39 of 73 cases) of CD30+ ALCL. A case of ALCL with a t(1;2) translocation was ALK1+. Three cases of CD30- ALCL with prominent nucleoli showed a unique pattern of coarse granular cytoplasmic labeling. All other tumors, including Hodgkin's disease and lymphomatoid papulosis, were ALK1-. These results indicate that reliable immunostaining of routine biopsy material for NPM-ALK and ALK proteins is feasible. Such analysis is of diagnostic importance, especially because t(2;5)+ ALCL cases have a good prognosis with appropriate treatment.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Biomarkers, Tumor/analysis
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5/ultrastructure
- DNA, Neoplasm/genetics
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Feasibility Studies
- Female
- Hodgkin Disease/diagnosis
- Hodgkin Disease/enzymology
- Humans
- Immunoenzyme Techniques
- Lymphoma/enzymology
- Lymphoma/ultrastructure
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/diagnosis
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/enzymology
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Proteins/analysis
- Neoplasm Proteins/genetics
- Neoplasms/enzymology
- Neoplasms/ultrastructure
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/analysis
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/immunology
- Nuclear Proteins/analysis
- Nuclear Proteins/genetics
- Nucleophosmin
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/analysis
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/genetics
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/immunology
- Organ Specificity
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/analysis
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/genetics
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/immunology
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
- Transfection
- Translocation, Genetic
- Tumor Cells, Cultured/enzymology
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- K Pulford
- University Department of Cellular Science, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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Ig-alpha of the B-cell antigen receptor complex forms a heterodimeric structure with Ig-beta on the plasma membrane of B-lymphocytes and is apparently involved in signal transduction during the activation of B-cells. Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) is predominantly a B-cell tropic retrovirus, which induces persistent lymphocytosis and leukemia/lymphoma of B-cell lineage in cattle. To understand the mechanisms of proliferation and tumorigenesis of bovine B-cells that are associated with BLV infection, we investigated the B-cell antigen receptor complex, especially bovine mb-1 encoding the bovine Ig-alpha protein. We isolated a full-length bovine mb-1 cDNA clone encoding 223 amino acid residues. The deduced amino acid sequence of the bovine mb-1 showed extensive homology with those of human and murine mb-1. The cytoplasmic tail of the bovine mb-1 also contained a consensus motif (D/E-X7-D/E-X2-L/I-X7-Y-X2-L/I) that may interact with the SH2 domain of src-type kinase. Interestingly, a similar consensus sequence motif was found in the BLV gp30env, although the overall sequence similarity between bovine mb-1 and BLVgp30 was not significant. Furthermore, elevated levels of mb-1 transcript were detected in various bovine leukemia/lymphoma cell lines. These results indicated that the proliferation of B-cells associated with BLV-infection may be related to abnormal signal transduction through the B-cell antigen receptor complex.
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- H Y Youn
- Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo, Japan
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