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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-4-1
pubmed:abstractText
The cell of origin of parafollicular (monocytoid) B cell lymphoma (PBCL), splenic marginal zone lymphoma (SMZL), and hairy cell leukemia (HCL) is controversial. To better understand the relationship between these low-grade B-cell neoplasms, we analyzed the nucleotide sequences of the rearranged immunoglobulin heavy (IgH) chain variable (V) region of the clonal population of cells in five cases of PBCL, four cases of SMZL, and seven cases of HCL to determine whether these neoplasms could be differentiated by the degree of somatic mutation in the IgH V gene or by the IgH V gene family usage. DNA was extracted from diagnostic material and clonality confirmed by PCR. The DNA was reamplified using V heavy chain family specific primers, and the amplicons were sequenced. Sequences were compared with germline IgH V gene sequences, and base changes were determined to be silent or to represent amino acid replacements by using three different methods. Four of five (80%) cases of PBCL, three of four (75%) cases of SMZL, and three of seven (43%) cases of HCL showed evidence of antigen selection, suggesting that these neoplasms involved clonal expansions of postgerminal center memory lymphocytes. Only SMZL showed a preferential usage of V(H)1 family genes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0046-8177
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
306-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10088550-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:10088550-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:10088550-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:10088550-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10088550-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10088550-Gene Rearrangement, pubmed-meshheading:10088550-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10088550-Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains, pubmed-meshheading:10088550-Immunoglobulin Variable Region, pubmed-meshheading:10088550-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:10088550-Immunophenotyping, pubmed-meshheading:10088550-Leukemia, Hairy Cell, pubmed-meshheading:10088550-Lymphoma, B-Cell, pubmed-meshheading:10088550-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10088550-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:10088550-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10088550-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:10088550-Splenic Neoplasms
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Somatic mutation analysis of IgH variable regions reveals that tumor cells of most parafollicular (monocytoid) B-cell lymphoma, splenic marginal zone B-cell lymphoma, and some hairy cell leukemia are composed of memory B lymphocytes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232-5310, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article