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Reference

Activating mutations in genes related to TCR signaling in angioimmunoblastic and other follicular helper T-cell-derived lymphomas.

Paper ID

COSP41673

Authors

Vallois D, Dobay MP, Morin RD, Lemonnier F, Missiaglia E, Juilland M, Iwaszkiewicz J, Fataccioli V, Bisig B, Roberti A, Grewal J, Bruneau J, Fabiani B, Martin A, Bonnet C, Michielin O, Jais JP, Figeac M, Bernard OA, Delorenzi M, Haioun C, Tournilhac O, Thome M, Gascoyne RD, Gaulard P and de Leval L

Affiliation

Institute of Pathology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland;

Journal

Blood, 2016;128(11):1490-502
ISSN: 1528-0020
PMID: 27369867 (view at PubMed or Europe PMC)

Abstract

Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) and other lymphomas derived from follicular T-helper cells (TFH) represent a large proportion of peripheral T-cell lymphomas (PTCLs) with poorly understood pathogenesis and unfavorable treatment results. We investigated a series of 85 patients with AITL (n = 72) or other TFH-derived PTCL (n = 13) by targeted deep sequencing of a gene panel enriched in T-cell receptor (TCR) signaling elements. RHOA mutations were identified in 51 of 85 cases (60%) consisting of the highly recurrent dominant negative G17V variant in most cases and a novel K18N in 3 cases, the latter showing activating properties in in vitro assays. Moreover, half of the patients carried virtually mutually exclusive mutations in other TCR-related genes, most frequently in PLCG1 (14.1%), CD28 (9.4%, exclusively in AITL), PI3K elements (7%), CTNNB1 (6%), and GTF2I (6%). Using in vitro assays in transfected cells, we demonstrated that 9 of 10 PLCG1 and 3 of 3 CARD11 variants induced MALT1 protease activity and increased transcription from NFAT or NF-κB response element reporters, respectively. Collectively, the vast majority of variants in TCR-related genes could be classified as gain-of-function. Accordingly, the samples with mutations in TCR-related genes other than RHOA had transcriptomic profiles enriched in signatures reflecting higher T-cell activation. Although no correlation with presenting clinical features nor significant impact on survival was observed, the presence of TCR-related mutations correlated with early disease progression. Thus, targeting of TCR-related events may hold promise for the treatment of TFH-derived lymphomas.

Paper Status

Curated