B‐CLL developing in a patient with PV is not affected by V617F mutation of the Janus kinase 2
B‐CLL developing in a patient with PV is not affected by V617F mutation of the Janus kinase 2
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PV 患者中发生的 B-CLL 不受 Janus 激酶 2 V617F 突变的影响
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发表时间:
2006
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
H. Kreipe
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作者:
K. Hussein;K. Brakensiek;M. Ballmaier;M. Bormann;G. Göhring;T. Buhr;O. Bock;H. Kreipe
To the Editor: We present the case of a 79-year-old Caucasian male with polycythemia vera (PV) and the rare concomitant occurrence of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (B-CLL). A few cases of PV and BCLL were reported in the 1980s (1–7), but with the exception of chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML), which is characterised by the Philadelphia chromosome, it has not been studied before whether chronic myeloproliferative disorders (CMPD) and lymphoproliferative malignancies are clonally related (8). The recently discovered Janus kinase 2 (JAK2) gain-of-function point mutation (1849G>T/V617F) in CMPDs enables a lineageinvolvement analysis (9–11), in order to elucidate a common origin from an aberrant haematopoietic stem cell (HSC). Indeed, a minority of PV cases showed the JAK2 clonality not only in HSC and myeloid cells but also in lymphoid cells (12). Whether these findings have any implication on the development of lymphoproliferative disorders is a matter of debate, because B-CLL and other lymphoid neoplasms were reported not to harbour the mutation (10). Clinically, the patient’s PV was known for 6 yr, before examination of the bone marrow confirmed the diagnosis according to WHO criteria, but additionally B-CLL was histologically identified, which revealed a CD23 immunophenotype (Fig. 1A, B). Flow cytometry of peripheral blood led to the detection of 12.9% leukaemic B cells characterised by kappa, CD19, CD5, CD20, CD22, CD23, human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-DR, CD25 and CD38, but only 0.1% regular differentiated B lymphocytes. B-CLLtypical trisomy 12, deletion of 11q22.3, 13q14 and 17p13 (13) were not detectable by fluorescent in situ hybridisation (FISH) of the isolated B-cell fraction. Physical examination revealed spleen enlargement andpalmarerythemaonbothsides.Laboratoryexaminations showed low erythropoietin level (2.5 U/L), elevated erythrocyte count (6.7 · 10/L), high haemoglobin (16.3 g/dL) and haematocrit (50%) with lowered levels of Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin (MCH) (24.2 pg),MeanCorpuscularVolume (MCV) (75.7 fL) and Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration (MCHC) (32.0 g/dL), leucocytosis (18.7 · 10/L) with 9% lymphocytes and 1% myelocytes and thrombocytosis (621 · 10/L). Therapy was based on intermittent phlebotomy, anticoagulants and analgetics. Quantification of the mutated T allele by pyrosequencing (11) was performed on mononuclear blood cells (28.3%) and formalin-fixed paraffinembedded (FFPE) bone marrow cells (25.7%). Purified granulocytes (51.1%) and laser-microdissected megakaryocytes (52.5%) represented the PV clone, whereas 100% wild-type JAK2 was detected in CD19/CD5 leukaemic B cells, CD19/CD5 B and CD3 T lymphocytes. The mutation status was further confirmed by BsaXI restriction analysis (14) (Fig. 1B, C). As a result of the lack of typical B-CLL aberrations and the unfeasibility of an X-chromosome inactivation assay in this case, we cannot rule out that both malignancies share a JAK2 aberrant HSC and that JAK2 occurred on the background of clonal haematopoiesis (15). However, although lymphocytes were reported to display JAK2 in PV patients (12), in our case the development of B-CLL was not affected by the underlying PV JAK2 clone. Presumably, the mutation is an advantage for CMPD development, but an unfavourable factor for lymphoproliferative tumorigenesis. Therefore, we conclude that the occurrence of PV and B-CLL in this patient represents two separate neoplasms of the myeloid and lymphoid lineage, which do not share a common JAK2 precursor cell. Eur J Haematol 2006: 77: 539–541 doi:10.1111/j.0902-4441.2006.t01-1-EJH2940.x All rights reserved 2006 The Authors Journal compilation 2006 Blackwell Munksgaard
影响因子:
20.3
作者:
Levine, RL;Loriaux, M;Deininger, MWN
通讯作者:
Deininger, MWN
影响因子:
20.3
作者:
Jelinek, J;Oki, Y;Issa, JPJ
通讯作者:
Issa, JPJ