HAEM5:T-large granular lymphocytic leukaemia: Difference between revisions

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==Cancer Category / Type==

==Cancer Sub-Classification / Subtype==

*T-cell Large Granular Lymphocytic Leukemia (T-LGLL leukemia)

==Definition / Description of Disease==

*Increased peripheral blood large granular lymphocytes (LGLs) for >6 months without a identifiable cause

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==Epidemiology / Prevalence==

*Male:Female ~ 1:1

*Most commonly occurs between ages 45-75 years old

 

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==Clinical Features==

 

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|'''Signs and Symptoms'''

|EXAMPLE Asymptomatic (incidental finding on complete blood counts)

 

EXAMPLE B-symptoms (weight loss, fever, night sweats)

 

 

EXAMPLE Lymphadenopathy (uncommon)

|'''Laboratory Findings'''

|EXAMPLE Cytopenias

 

 

 

*Severe neutropenia

 

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==Sites of Involvement==

 

 

 

!Finding!!Marker

|Positive||CD8, CD2, CD3, CD16, CD57, αβ (alpha-beta) TCR

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|Negative||CD4, CD5, CD7

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|Please note:||

*Cases of CD4+ LGL leukemia has been described<ref>Lima M, Almeida J, dos Anjos Teixeira M, del Carmen Alguero M, Santos AH, Balanzategui A, Queirós ML, Bárcena P, Izarra A, Fonseca S, Bueno C. TCRαβ+/CD4+ large granular lymphocytosis: a new clonal T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder. The American journal of pathology. 2003 Aug 1;163(2):763-71.</ref>

*Cases of CD4-/CD8-, γδ (gamma-delta) T-LGL leukemia has also been described (<5% of cases)<ref>Chen YH, Chadburn A, Evens AM, Winter JN, Gordon LI, Chenn A, Goolsby C, Peterson L. Clinical, morphologic, immunophenotypic, and molecular cytogenetic assessment of CD4–/CD8–γδ T-cell large granular lymphocytic leukemia. American journal of clinical pathology. 2011 Aug 1;136(2):289-99.</ref>

 

!Chromosomal Rearrangement!!Genes in Fusion (5’ or 3’ Segments)!!Pathogenic Derivative!!Prevalence

!Diagnostic Significance (Yes, No or Unknown)

!Prognostic Significance (Yes, No or Unknown)

!Therapeutic Significance (Yes, No or Unknown)

!Notes

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* Individual Region Genomic Gain/Loss/LOH

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!Gene; Genetic Alteration!!'''Presumed Mechanism (Tumor Suppressor Gene [TSG] / Oncogene / Other)'''!!'''Prevalence (COSMIC / TCGA / Other)'''!!'''Concomitant Mutations'''!!'''Mutually Exclusive Mutations'''

!Therapeutic Significance (Yes, No or Unknown)

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Somatic activating STAT3 and STAT5b mutations are the most common SNVs in T-LGL.

 

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!Gene*!!Mutation!!Presumed Mechanism (LOF/GOF/Other; Driver/Passenger)!!Prevalence

|STAT3||

*Most frequently affecting codons Y640 or D661<ref name=":0" />

***N647I<ref name=":6">Johansson P, Bergmann A, Rahmann S, Wohlers I, Scholtysik R, Przekopowitz M, Seifert M, Tschurtschenthaler G, Webersinke G, Jäger U, Siebert R. Recurrent alterations of TNFAIP 3 (A 20) in T‐cell large granular lymphocytic leukemia. International journal of cancer. 2016 Jan 1;138(1):121-4.</ref>

*Causing constitutive phosphorylation of the mutated proteins, and increased the transcriptional activity of STAT3 in vitro<ref name=":1">Jerez A, Clemente MJ, Makishima H, Koskela H, LeBlanc F, Peng Ng K, Olson T, Przychodzen B, Afable M, Gomez-Segui I, Guinta K. STAT3 mutations unify the pathogenesis of chronic lymphoproliferative disorders of NK cells and T-cell large granular lymphocyte leukemia. Blood, The Journal of the American Society of Hematology. 2012 Oct 11;120(15):3048-57.</ref><ref name=":2">Koskela HL, Eldfors S, Ellonen P, van Adrichem AJ, Kuusanmäki H, Andersson EI, Lagström S, Clemente MJ, Olson T, Jalkanen SE, Majumder MM. Somatic STAT3 mutations in large granular lymphocytic leukemia. New England Journal of Medicine. 2012 May 17;366(20):1905-13.</ref>

|'''GOF'''||40-70%<ref name=":2" />

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*17% of patients with STAT3 mutations, had multiple mutations in the STAT3 gene, solely in cytotoxic CD8+ or NK cells.<ref name=":4">Rajala HL, Olson T, Clemente MJ, Lagström S, Ellonen P, Lundan T, Hamm DE, Zaman SA, Marti JM, Andersson EI, Jerez A. The analysis of clonal diversity and therapy responses using STAT3 mutations as a molecular marker in large granular lymphocytic leukemia. haematologica. 2015 Jan 1;100(1):91-9.</ref>

*Take caution as STAT3 mutation can also be seen in other T-cell lymphomas including [[HAEM5:Hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma|hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma]]<ref name=":5">Yabe M, Medeiros LJ, Wang SA, Tang G, Bueso-Ramos CE, Jorgensen JL, Bhagat G, Chen W, Li S, Young KH, Miranda RN. Distinguishing between hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma and γδ T-cell large granular lymphocytic leukemia. The American journal of surgical pathology. 2017 Jan 1;41(1):82-93.</ref>

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*Including: N642H mutation (associated with more aggressive disease)<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8">Rajala HL, Porkka K, Maciejewski JP, Loughran Jr TP, Mustjoki S. Uncovering the pathogenesis of large granular lymphocytic leukemia—novel STAT3 and STAT5b mutations. Annals of Medicine. 2014 May 1;46(3):114-22.</ref>

*Causing constitutive phosphorylation of the mutated proteins, and increased the transcriptional activity of STAT5B in vitro<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

|'''GOF'''

|2%<ref name=":7">Rajala HL, Eldfors S, Kuusanmäki H, Van Adrichem AJ, Olson T, Lagström S, Andersson EI, Jerez A, Clemente MJ, Yan Y, Zhang D. Discovery of somatic STAT5b mutations in large granular lymphocytic leukemia. Blood, The Journal of the American Society of Hematology. 2013 May 30;121(22):4541-50.</ref>

*Take caution as STAT5B mutations can also be seen in other T-cell lymphomas including [[HAEM5:Hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma|hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma]]<ref name=":5" />

*N642H mutation is associated with CD3+/CD56+ phenotype<ref name=":8" />

*Somatic mutations<ref name=":6" />

|'''LOF''' (Nonsense mutations)<ref name=":6" />

*In one study three of four of the patients with non‐synonymous TNFAIP3 alterations also harbored a STAT3 mutation (''p''  = 0.004)<ref name=":6" />

*TNFAIP3 itself is a NF‐κB target gene<ref>Zhang R, Shah MV, Yang J, Nyland SB, Liu X, Yun JK, Albert R, Loughran TP. Network model of survival signaling in large granular lymphocyte leukemia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2008 Oct 21;105(42):16308-13.</ref>

* Epigenetic inactivation of JAK/STAT pathway inhibitors

** SOCS3 has a crucial role in regulating STAT3 activation<ref name=":10">{{Cite journal|last=Teramo|first=Antonella|last2=Gattazzo|first2=Cristina|last3=Passeri|first3=Francesca|last4=Lico|first4=Albana|last5=Tasca|first5=Giulia|last6=Cabrelle|first6=Anna|last7=Martini|first7=Veronica|last8=Frezzato|first8=Federica|last9=Trimarco|first9=Valentina|date=2013-05-09|title=Intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms contribute to maintain the JAK/STAT pathway aberrantly activated in T-type large granular lymphocyte leukemia|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23515927|journal=Blood|volume=121|issue=19|pages=3843–3854, S1|doi=10.1182/blood-2012-07-441378|issn=1528-0020|pmid=23515927}}</ref>

** An epigenetic inhibition mechanism to SOCS3 gene is hypothesized<ref name=":10" />

** KIR3DL1 has been shown to be down-modulated by hypermethylation of the promoter<ref name=":10" />

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*JAK/STAT<ref name=":9" />

**Constitutive activation

*Morphologic assessment, flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry

*PCR to assess for clonality, T-cell receptor (TCR) gene rearrangements

**TCR gamma (TCRG) gene is rearranged in all cases, regardless of the type of TCR expressed, thus proves clonality<ref name=":0" />

***Can be helpful in differentiating a reactive lymphocytosis from clonal T-LGL's

**NK LGL proliferations do not express TCR, making assessment of clonality difficult<ref name=":9" />

***Expression of activating isoforms of killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) can be used as a surrogate marker of clonality in NK LGL<ref name=":9" />

*N/A

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