Genetic abnormalities assist in pathological diagnosis and EBV-positive cell density impact survival in Chinese angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma patients.
Yunfei Shi, Haojie Wang, Yanfei Liu, Mengping Long, Ning Ding, Lan Mi, Yumei Lai, Lixin Zhou, Xinting Diao, Xianghong Li, Weiping Liu, Jun Zhu
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Abstract
Objective: To explore the application of genetic abnormalities in the diagnosis of angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) and the reliable pathological prognostic factors.
Methods: This study included 53 AITL cases, which were reviewed for morphological patterns, immunophenotypes, presence of Hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg (HRS)-like cells, and co-occurrence of B cell proliferation. The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-positive cells in tissues were counted, and cases were classified into "EBV encoded RNA (EBER) high-density" group if >50/HPF. Targeted exome sequencing was performed.
Results: Mutation data can assist AITL diagnosis: 1) with considerable HRS-like cells (20 cases): RHOA mutated in 14 cases (IDH2 co-mutated in 3 cases, 4 cases with rare RHOA mutation), TET2 was mutated in 5 cases (1 case co-mutated with DNMT3A), and DNMT3A mutated in 1 case; 2) accompanied with B cell lymphoma (7 cases): RHOA mutated in 4 cases (1 case had IDH2 mutation), TET2 mutated in 2 cases and DNMT3A mutated in 1 case; 3) mimic peripheral T cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified (5 cases): RHOA mutated in 2 cases (IDH2 co-mutated in 1 case), TET2 mutated in 3 cases, and DNMT3A mutated in 1 case; 4) pattern 1 (1 case), RHOA and TET2 co-mutated. Besides RHOAG17V (30/35), rare variant included RHOAK18N, RHOAR68H, RHOAC83Y, RHOAD120G and RHOAG17del, IDH2R172 co-mutated with IDH2M397V in one case. There were recurrent mutations of FAT3, PCLO and PIEZO1 and genes of epigenetic remodeling, T-cell activation, APC and PI3K/AKT pathway. EBER high-density independently indicated adverse overall survival and progression-free survival (P=0.046 and P=0.008, Kaplan-Meier/log-rank).
Conclusions: Over half AITL cases might be confused in diagnosis for certain conditions without mutation data. Targeted exome sequencing with a comprehensive panel is crucial to detect both hot-spot and rare mutation variants for RHOA and IDH2 and other recurrent mutated genes in addition to TET2 and DNMT3A. EBER high-density independently indicated adverse survival.
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Chinese Journal of Cancer Research (CJCR; Print ISSN: 1000-9604; Online ISSN:1993-0631) is published by AME Publishing Company in association with Chinese Anti-Cancer Association.It was launched in March 1995 as a quarterly publication and is now published bi-monthly since February 2013.
CJCR is published bi-monthly in English, and is an international journal devoted to the life sciences and medical sciences. It publishes peer-reviewed original articles of basic investigations and clinical observations, reviews and brief communications providing a forum for the recent experimental and clinical advances in cancer research. This journal is indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), PubMed/PubMed Central (PMC), Scopus, SciSearch, Chemistry Abstracts (CA), the Excerpta Medica/EMBASE, Chinainfo, CNKI, CSCI, etc.