Anaplastic large cell lymphoma arises in thymocytes and requires transient TCR expression for thymic egress.
Nat Commun
; 7: 10087, 2016 Jan 12.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26753883
ABSTRACT
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) is a peripheral T-cell lymphoma presenting mostly in children and young adults. The natural progression of this disease is largely unknown as is the identity of its true cell of origin. Here we present a model of peripheral ALCL pathogenesis where the malignancy is initiated in early thymocytes, before T-cell receptor (TCR) ß-rearrangement, which is bypassed in CD4/NPM-ALK transgenic mice following Notch1 expression. However, we find that a TCR is required for thymic egress and development of peripheral murine tumours, yet this TCR must be downregulated for T-cell lymphomagenesis. In keeping with this, clonal TCR rearrangements in human ALCL are predominantly in-frame, but often aberrant, with clonal TCRα but no comparable clonal TCRß rearrangement, yielding events that would not normally be permissive for survival during thymic development. Children affected by ALCL may thus harbour thymic lymphoma-initiating cells capable of seeding relapse after chemotherapy.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Thymus Gland
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Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta
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Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Anaplastic
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Genes, T-Cell Receptor alpha
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Genes, T-Cell Receptor beta
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Thymocytes
Limits:
Adult
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Animals
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Nat Commun
Journal subject:
BIOLOGIA
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CIENCIA
Year:
2016
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United kingdom