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Mono/oligoclonal T and NK cells are common in chronic myeloid leukemia patients at diagnosis and expand during dasatinib therapy

Kreutzman, Anna ; Juvonen, Vesa ; Kairisto, Veli ; Ekblom, Marja LU ; Stenke, Leif ; Seggewiss, Ruth ; Porkka, Kimmo and Mustjoki, Satu (2010) In Blood 116(5). p.772-782
Abstract
In a proportion of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) being treated with dasatinib, we recently observed large granular lymphocyte (LGL) expansions carrying clonal T-cell receptor (TCR) gamma/delta gene rearrangements. To assess the prevalence and role of clonal lymphocytes in CML, we collected samples from patients (n = 34) at the time of diagnosis and during imatinib and dasatinib therapies and analyzed lymphocyte clonality with a sensitive polymerase chain reaction-based method of TCR gamma and delta genes. Surprisingly, at CML diagnosis, 15 of 18 patients (83%) had a sizeable clonal, BCR-ABL1 negative lymphocyte population, which was uncommon in healthy persons (1 of 12; 8%). The same clone persisted at low levels in most... (More)
In a proportion of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) being treated with dasatinib, we recently observed large granular lymphocyte (LGL) expansions carrying clonal T-cell receptor (TCR) gamma/delta gene rearrangements. To assess the prevalence and role of clonal lymphocytes in CML, we collected samples from patients (n = 34) at the time of diagnosis and during imatinib and dasatinib therapies and analyzed lymphocyte clonality with a sensitive polymerase chain reaction-based method of TCR gamma and delta genes. Surprisingly, at CML diagnosis, 15 of 18 patients (83%) had a sizeable clonal, BCR-ABL1 negative lymphocyte population, which was uncommon in healthy persons (1 of 12; 8%). The same clone persisted at low levels in most imatinib-treated patients. In contrast, in a distinct population of dasatinib-treated patients, the diagnostic phase clone markedly expanded, resulting in absolute lymphocytosis in blood. Most patients with LGL expansions (90%) had TCR delta rearrangements, which were uncommon in patients without an LGL expansion (10%). The TCR delta clones were confined to gamma delta(+) T- or natural killer-cell compartments and the TCR gamma clones to CD4(+)/CD8(+) alpha beta(+) fractions. The functional importance of clonal lymphocytes as a part of leukemia immune surveillance and the putative anergy- reversing role of dasatinib require further evaluation. (Blood. 2010; 116(5): 772- 782) (Less)
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10.1182/blood-2009-12-256800
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  author       = {{Kreutzman, Anna and Juvonen, Vesa and Kairisto, Veli and Ekblom, Marja and Stenke, Leif and Seggewiss, Ruth and Porkka, Kimmo and Mustjoki, Satu}},
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  publisher    = {{American Society of Hematology}},
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  title        = {{Mono/oligoclonal T and NK cells are common in chronic myeloid leukemia patients at diagnosis and expand during dasatinib therapy}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood-2009-12-256800}},
  doi          = {{10.1182/blood-2009-12-256800}},
  volume       = {{116}},
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