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Diffuse large cell lymphomas are derived from mature B cells carrying V region genes with a high load of somatic mutation and evidence of selection for antibody expression.

Abstract
In the Revised European American Lymphoma (REAL) classification, several subtypes of high-grade lymphomas were combined in the entity diffuse large cell lymphoma (DLL). In the present study, a total of 19 cases of DLL (10 cases of centroblastic lymphoma, 5 cases of mediastinal B cell lymphoma, 2 cases of immunoblastic lymphoma, 1 case of T cell-rich B lymphoma and one case of large cell anaplastic lymphoma) were analyzed for somatically mutated immunoglobulin V region genes. Somatic mutations are acquired in the course of the germinal center (GC) reaction and are thus found in GC B cells and their descendants, i.e. memory B cells. The V gene sequences revealed that the tumor cells of all five subtypes of DLL harbored mutated V region genes and are thus derived from antigen-experienced (post) GC B cells. This indicates that from the point of view of the stage of development of the tumor precursor, the combination of those five subtypes to one entity, i.e. DLL, seems reasonable. In some cases, an unusually high frequency of somatic mutations was detected. This may indicate that DLL are derived from GC B cells, which, due to transforming events, stayed in the GC for prolonged periods of time, thereby accumulating a high load of somatic mutation. An analysis of the mutation pattern suggests that the tumor clone or its precursor were selected for antibody expression while acquiring somatic mutations. The latter observation discriminates DLL from classical Hodgkin's disease, where we recently also observed a high load of somatic mutation within rearranged V region genes, but a frequent occurrence of crippling mutations.
AuthorsR Küppers, K Rajewsky, M L Hansmann
JournalEuropean journal of immunology (Eur J Immunol) Vol. 27 Issue 6 Pg. 1398-405 (Jun 1997) ISSN: 0014-2980 [Print] Germany
PMID9209491 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
  • Immunoglobulin Variable Region
  • Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains
Topics
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antibody Formation (genetics)
  • B-Lymphocytes (immunology, metabolism, pathology)
  • Base Sequence
  • Cell Differentiation (genetics, immunology)
  • DNA Mutational Analysis
  • Female
  • Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte
  • Genes, Immunoglobulin
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains (genetics)
  • Immunoglobulin Variable Region (genetics)
  • Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains (genetics)
  • Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse (genetics, immunology, pathology)
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mutation

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