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  • 1
    ISSN: 1569-8041
    Keywords: clonal heterogeneity ; Hodgkin's disease ; NPM/ALK ; single cell PCR
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Background: The translocation t(2;5)(p23;q35) leads to the fusion of thenucleophosmin gene (NPM) on chromosome 5q35 to the recently describedreceptor kinase ALK 2p23. It is characteristic of a subgroup of CD30+large-cell anaplastic non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (ALCL). Since some cases ofHodgkin's disease (HD) and ALCL share common features, a common pathogenesishas been proposed in a report of the expression of NPM/ALK fusion mRNA in11/13 Hodgkin's lymphomas. Patients and methods: We approached this question by micromanipulatoryisolation of single Hodgkin and Reed–Sternberg (H-RS) cells andsubsequent RT-PCR amplification of NPM/ALK fusion cDNA from these singlecells. Results: Specificity of cell selection was shown by the HD-specificpattern of EBV-gene expression in single H-RS cells. In 4 out of 7 cases,NPM/ALK fusion cDNA was detected in the RNA from whole lymph node tissue. In2 out of 9 cases, NPM/ALK fusion sequences were amplified from single H-RScells, albeit in a very low frequency (〈5%). Conclusions: These data indicate that NPM/ALK fusion transcripts donot play an early role in the pathogenesis of HD. Whether the rare expressionof NPM/ALK is the result of clonal heterogeneity or an indication for clonalevolution and progression toward ALCL can only be answered by the repeatedanalysis of indicator cases during the course of the disease.
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    ISSN: 1569-8041
    Keywords: clonal heterogeneity ; Hodgkin's disease ; NPM/ALK ; single cell PCR
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Background: The translocation t(2;5)(p23;q35) leads to the fusion of the nucleophosmin gene (NPM) on chromosome 5q35 to the recently described receptor kinase ALK 2p23. It is characteristic of a subgroup of CD30+large-cell anaplastic non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (ALCL). Since some cases of Hodgkin's disease (HD) and ALCL share common features, a common pathogenesis has been proposed in a report of the expression of NPM/ALK fusion mRNA in11/13 Hodgkin's lymphomas. Patients and methods: We approached this question by micro manipulatory isolation of single Hodgkin and Reed–Sternberg (H-RS) cells and subsequent RT-PCR amplification of NPM/ALK fusion cDNA from these single cells. Results: Specificity of cell selection was shown by the HD-specific pattern of EBV-gene expression in single H-RS cells. In 4 out of 7 cases, NPM/ALK fusion cDNA was detected in the RNA from whole lymph node tissue. In2 out of 9 cases, NPM/ALK fusion sequences were amplified from single H-RS cells, albeit in a very low frequency (〈5%). Conclusions: These data indicate that NPM/ALK fusion transcripts do not play an early role in the pathogenesis of HD. Whether the rare expression of NPM/ALK is the result of clonal heterogeneity or an indication for clonal evolution and progression toward ALCL can only be answered by the repeated analysis of indicator cases during the course of the disease.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Hodgkin's disease ; Fibronectin ; Fibroblast ; Immunoperoxidase study
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The tissue distribution of fibronectin (FN) was examined using a commercial anti-FN serum, the peroxidase-anti-peroxidase (PaP) technique, and paraffin sections of 22 lymph nodes affected by Hodgkin's disease. Vascular basement membranes and reticulin fibres are selectively stained and their structural changes in this pathological condition become readily visible. In contrast to the normal lymph node and to Hodgkin's disease with lymphocytic predominance, cases of mixed cellularity disease contain individual and focally grouped cells displaying intracytoplasmic FN. In nodular sclerosis these cells with fibroblast morphology are consistently numerous in the marginal zones of the cellular nodes. Strongly reacting mastocytes probably absorbed the applied anti-serum non-immunologically. All the other cell types giving rise to the varying appearances of Hodgkin's lesions are consistently negative with respect to intracellular FN, including all forms of Hodgkin cells. We conclude that in Hodgkin's disease the immigration of FN-secreting fibroblasts is an integral part of the early sclerosing reaction, which in itself is a defence/repair mechanism closely related to scar formation.
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