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Structural and functional features of the B-cell receptor in IgG-positive chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Structural and functional features of the B-cell receptor in IgG-positive chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Structural and functional features of the B-cell receptor in IgG-positive chronic lymphocytic leukemia
PURPOSE: To determine the origin and relationship of the rare IgG+ variant of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) to the two common IgM+IgD+ subsets that are distinguished by expression of unmutated or mutated V(H) genes, with the former having a worse prognosis. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: IgG+ CLL cells were characterized using phenotypic, functional, and immunogenetic analyses. RESULTS: IgG+ CLL was phenotypically similar to mutated IgM+IgD+ CLL (M-CLL) and variably expressed CD38 (4 of 14). ZAP-70, a tyrosine kinase preferentially expressed in unmutated CLL, was found in only 2 of 14 cases. The ability to signal via surface IgM (sIgM) varies between the main subsets of CLL and is associated with expression of ZAP-70. In IgG(+) CLL, 9 of 14 responded to engagement of sIgG with no apparent requirement for expression of CD38 or ZAP-70. However, signal capacity correlated with intensity of sIgG expression. Most switched immunoglobulin variable region genes were somatically mutated without intraclonal variation, and no case expressed activation-induced cytidine deaminase. Derivation from a postgerminal center B cell is, therefore, likely, and a relationship with M-CLL is suggested. This is supported by a shared biased usage of the V4-34 gene. Similar bias in normal B cells developed with age, providing an expanded population for transforming events. However, conserved sequences detected in the CDR3 of V4-34-encoded gamma chains were not found M-CLL, indicating no direct path of isotype switch from M-CLL. CONCLUSION: IgG+ CLL is likely to arise from an age-related expanded pool of B cells, on a path parallel to M-CLL, and perhaps with a similar clinical course.
1078-0432
1672-1679
Potter, Kathleen N.
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Duncombe, Andrew S.
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Neville, Louise
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Wheatley, Isla
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Schenk, Michael
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Potter, Kathleen N., Mockridge, C. Ian, Neville, Louise, Wheatley, Isla, Schenk, Michael, Orchard, Jennifer, Duncombe, Andrew S., Packham, Graham and Stevenson, Freda K. (2006) Structural and functional features of the B-cell receptor in IgG-positive chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Clinical Cancer Research, 12 (6), 1672-1679. (doi:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-05-2164).

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PURPOSE: To determine the origin and relationship of the rare IgG+ variant of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) to the two common IgM+IgD+ subsets that are distinguished by expression of unmutated or mutated V(H) genes, with the former having a worse prognosis. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: IgG+ CLL cells were characterized using phenotypic, functional, and immunogenetic analyses. RESULTS: IgG+ CLL was phenotypically similar to mutated IgM+IgD+ CLL (M-CLL) and variably expressed CD38 (4 of 14). ZAP-70, a tyrosine kinase preferentially expressed in unmutated CLL, was found in only 2 of 14 cases. The ability to signal via surface IgM (sIgM) varies between the main subsets of CLL and is associated with expression of ZAP-70. In IgG(+) CLL, 9 of 14 responded to engagement of sIgG with no apparent requirement for expression of CD38 or ZAP-70. However, signal capacity correlated with intensity of sIgG expression. Most switched immunoglobulin variable region genes were somatically mutated without intraclonal variation, and no case expressed activation-induced cytidine deaminase. Derivation from a postgerminal center B cell is, therefore, likely, and a relationship with M-CLL is suggested. This is supported by a shared biased usage of the V4-34 gene. Similar bias in normal B cells developed with age, providing an expanded population for transforming events. However, conserved sequences detected in the CDR3 of V4-34-encoded gamma chains were not found M-CLL, indicating no direct path of isotype switch from M-CLL. CONCLUSION: IgG+ CLL is likely to arise from an age-related expanded pool of B cells, on a path parallel to M-CLL, and perhaps with a similar clinical course.

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Published date: March 2006

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Local EPrints ID: 44619
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/44619
ISSN: 1078-0432
PURE UUID: f2e067ba-03f8-46bf-a53e-46bf4eff7e59
ORCID for Graham Packham: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9232-5691
ORCID for Freda K. Stevenson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0933-5021

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Date deposited: 06 Mar 2007
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Author: C. Ian Mockridge
Author: Louise Neville
Author: Isla Wheatley
Author: Michael Schenk
Author: Jennifer Orchard
Author: Andrew S. Duncombe
Author: Graham Packham ORCID iD

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