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Itonaga H, Kato T, Sawayama Y, Katsuoka S, Furumoto T, Matsumoto N, Sasaki D, Yamada Y, Hashimoto M, Fujioka M, Sakamoto H, Hasegawa H, Imaizumi Y, Nagai K, Yanagihara K, Miyazaki Y. RAISING revealed a heterogenous pattern of HTLV-1 clonality after HLA-haploidentical peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for ATL. Leuk Lymphoma 2024; 65:275-278. [PMID: 37909304 DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2023.2276058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
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- Hidehiro Itonaga
- Transfusion and Cell Therapy Unit, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Sasebo City General Hospital, Sasebo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
- Department of Hematology, Atomic Bomb Disease and Hibakusha Medicine Unit, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Atomic Bomb Disease and Hibakusha Medicine Unit, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
- Department of Hematology, Atomic Bomb Disease and Hibakusha Medicine Unit, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Sasebo City General Hospital, Sasebo, Japan
- Department of Hematology, Atomic Bomb Disease and Hibakusha Medicine Unit, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Japan
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Japan
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
- Department of Hematology, Atomic Bomb Disease and Hibakusha Medicine Unit, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
- Department of Hematology, Atomic Bomb Disease and Hibakusha Medicine Unit, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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Umekita K, Hashikura Y, Takaki A, Kimura M, Kawano K, Iwao C, Miyauchi S, Kawaguchi T, Matsuda M, Hashiba Y, Hidaka T. HAS-Flow May Be an Adequate Method for Evaluating Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 Infected Cells in Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1-Positive Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Receiving Antirheumatic Therapies: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Observation Study. Viruses 2023; 15:v15020468. [PMID: 36851682 PMCID: PMC9967177 DOI: 10.3390/v15020468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Revised: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/11/2023] Open
Abstract
The study aims to assess the usefulness of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1)-infected cell analysis using flow cytometry (HAS-Flow) as a monitoring method for adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) development in HTLV-1-positive patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) under treatment with antirheumatic therapies. A total of 13 HTLV-1-negative and 57 HTLV-1-positive RA patients participated in this study, which was used to collect clinical and laboratory data, including HAS-Flow and HTLV-1 proviral load (PVL), which were then compared between the two groups. CADM1 expression on CD4+ cells in peripheral blood (PB) was used to identify HTLV-1-infected cells. The population of CADM1+ CD4+ cells was significantly higher in HTLV-1-positive RA patients compared to HTLV-1-negative RA patients. The population of CADM1+ CD4+ cells was correlated with HTLV-1 PVL values. There were no antirheumatic therapies affecting both the expression of CADM1 on CD4+ cells and PVLs. Six HTLV-1-positive RA patients who indicated both high HTLV-1 PVL and a predominant pattern of CADM1+ CD7neg CD4+ cells in HAS-Flow can be classified as high-risk for ATL progression. HAS-Flow could be a useful method for monitoring high-risk HTLV-1-positive RA patients who are at risk of developing ATL during antirheumatic therapies.
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- Kunihiko Umekita
- Division of Respirology, Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases and Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Kihara 5200, Kiyotake, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, University of Miyazaki Hospital, Kihara 5200, Kiyotake, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-985-85-7284
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, University of Miyazaki Hospital, Kihara 5200, Kiyotake, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, University of Miyazaki Hospital, Kihara 5200, Kiyotake, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan
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- Division of Respirology, Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases and Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Kihara 5200, Kiyotake, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, University of Miyazaki Hospital, Kihara 5200, Kiyotake, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan
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- Division of Respirology, Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases and Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Kihara 5200, Kiyotake, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan
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- Division of Respirology, Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases and Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Kihara 5200, Kiyotake, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan
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- Division of Respirology, Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases and Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Kihara 5200, Kiyotake, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan
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- Division of Respirology, Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases and Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Kihara 5200, Kiyotake, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan
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- Institute of Rheumatology, Miyazaki Zenjinkai Hospital, Miyazaki 880-0834, Japan
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- Institute of Rheumatology, Miyazaki Zenjinkai Hospital, Miyazaki 880-0834, Japan
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HTLV-1-related adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma: insights in early detection and management. Curr Opin Oncol 2022; 34:446-453. [PMID: 35880453 DOI: 10.1097/cco.0000000000000883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma (ATL) is an aggressive mature T-cell malignancy that arises in approximately 5% of carriers of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1), but this risk is not random among carriers. We describe recent advance in pathogenesis, risk factors and for early detection of ATL. RECENT FINDINGS Unraveling ATL molecular genetics has shed light on pathogenesis and provides insights into novel therapeutic targets. Moreover, an important step in improving outcomes is identifying asymptomatic carriers who are at high risk of progression to ATL, which has traditionally relied on quantifying the proviral load (PVL). This can be done by quantifying oligoclonality- and in particular the expanded clone- with molecular and flow cytometric techniques, that can be applied to a clinical setting. Studies using these methods have shown that carriers with oligoclonal populations are at an increased risk of transformation, beyond that that predicted by PVL alone. SUMMARY There is an urgent unmet need for developing novel therapies in ATL in order to improve survival. Recent advances in the molecular and epigenetic landscape of ATL, and the early detection of disease offer the potential to intervene early, before disease becomes aggressive, and to offer tailored therapeutic strategies.
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Misawa K, Yasuda H, Matsuda H, Hara M, Ochiai T, Koyama D, Takano H, Iwao N, Koike M. Development of Acute Adult T-cell Leukemia Following PD-1 Blockade Therapy for Lung Cancer. Intern Med 2022; 61:3421-3424. [PMID: 36385048 PMCID: PMC9751725 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.9405-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are widely used for the treatment of various cancers. However, paradoxical exacerbation of neoplasms, referred to as "hyperprogressive disease," has been reported in a proportion of patients treated with anti-programmed cell death-1 (PD-1)/PD-1 ligand (PD-L1) blockade. We herein report a case of acute adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) that developed shortly after the administration of nivolumab, a PD-1 inhibitor, to treat non-small-cell lung cancer. There were no signs of ATL before the administration of nivolumab, and seropositivity for human T-cell leukemia virus type-1 (HTLV-1) was confirmed after the development of acute ATL. We speculate that nivolumab likely contributed to the development of acute ATL.
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- Kyohei Misawa
- Department of Hematology, Juntendo University Shizuoka Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University Shizuoka Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University Shizuoka Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Fukushima Medical University, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Juntendo University Shizuoka Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Juntendo University Shizuoka Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Juntendo University Shizuoka Hospital, Japan
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Duraivelan K, Samanta D. Emerging roles of the nectin family of cell adhesion molecules in tumour-associated pathways. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2021; 1876:188589. [PMID: 34237351 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2021.188589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Revised: 06/24/2021] [Accepted: 07/02/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Tumour cells achieve maximum survival by modifying cellular machineries associated with processes such as cell division, migration, survival, and apoptosis, resulting in genetically complex and heterogeneous populations. While nectin and nectin-like cell adhesion molecules control development and maintenance of multicellular organisation in higher vertebrates by mediating cell-cell adhesion and related signalling processes, recent studies indicate that they also critically regulate growth and development of different types of cancers. In this review, we detail current knowledge about the role of nectin family members in various tumours. Furthermore, we also analyse the seemingly opposing roles of some members of nectin family in tumour-associated pathways, as they function as both tumour suppressors and oncogenes. Understanding this functional duality of nectin family in tumours will further our knowledge of molecular mechanisms regulating tumour development and progression, and contribute to the advancement of tumour diagnosis and therapy.
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- Kheerthana Duraivelan
- School of Bioscience, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, West Bengal, India.
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- School of Bioscience, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, West Bengal, India.
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Targeting aberrant DNA hypermethylation as a driver of ATL leukemogenesis by using the new oral demethylating agent OR-2100. Blood 2021; 136:871-884. [PMID: 32391874 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2019003084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2019] [Accepted: 04/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma (ATL) is an aggressive hematological malignancy of CD4+ T cells transformed by human T-cell lymphotropic virus-1 (HTLV-1). Most HTLV-1-infected individuals are asymptomatic, and only 3% to 5% of carriers develop ATL. Here, we describe the contribution of aberrant DNA methylation to ATL leukemogenesis. HTLV-1-infected T-cells and their uninfected counterparts were separately isolated based on CADM1 and CD7 expression status, and differentially methylated positions (DMPs) specific to HTLV-infected T cells were identified through genome-wide DNA methylation profiling. Accumulation of DNA methylation at hypermethylated DMPs correlated strongly with ATL development and progression. In addition, we identified 22 genes downregulated because of promoter hypermethylation in HTLV-1-infected T cells, including THEMIS, LAIR1, and RNF130, which negatively regulate T-cell receptor (TCR) signaling. Phosphorylation of ZAP-70, a transducer of TCR signaling, was dysregulated in HTLV-1-infected cell lines but was normalized by reexpression of THEMIS. Therefore, we hypothesized that DNA hypermethylation contributes to growth advantages in HTLV-1-infected cells during ATL leukemogenesis. To test this idea, we investigated the anti-ATL activities of OR-1200 and OR-2100 (OR21), novel decitabine (DAC) prodrugs with enhanced oral bioavailability. Both DAC and OR21 inhibited cell growth, accompanied by global DNA hypomethylation, in xenograft tumors established by implantation of HTLV-1-infected cells. OR21 was less hematotoxic than DAC, whereas tumor growth inhibition was almost identical between the 2 compounds, making it suitable for long-term treatment of ATL patient-derived xenograft mice. Our results demonstrate that regional DNA hypermethylation is functionally important for ATL leukemogenesis and an effective therapeutic target.
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Nakahata S, Syahrul C, Nakatake A, Sakamoto K, Yoshihama M, Nishikata I, Ukai Y, Matsuura T, Kameda T, Shide K, Kubuki Y, Hidaka T, Kitanaka A, Ito A, Takemoto S, Nakano N, Saito M, Iwanaga M, Sagara Y, Mochida K, Amano M, Maeda K, Sueoka E, Okayama A, Utsunomiya A, Shimoda K, Watanabe T, Morishita K. Clinical significance of soluble CADM1 as a novel marker for adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma. Haematologica 2021; 106:532-542. [PMID: 32054656 PMCID: PMC7849584 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2019.234096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2019] [Accepted: 02/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Adult T-cell leukemia/leukemia (ATLL) is an aggressive peripheral T-cell malignancy, caused by infection with the human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1). We recently showed that the cell adhesion molecule 1 (CADM1), a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily, is specifically and consistently overexpressed in ATLL cells, and functions as a novel cell surface marker. In this study, we first show that a soluble form of CADM1 (sCADM1) is secreted from ATLL cells by mainly alternative splicing. After developing the Alpha linked immunosorbent assay (AlphaLISA) for sCADM1, we show that plasma sCADM1 concentrations gradually increased during disease progression from indolent to aggressive ATLL. Although other known biomarkers of tumor burden such as soluble interleukin-2 receptor α (sIL-2Rα) also increased with sCADM1 during ATLL progression, multivariate statistical analysis of biomarkers revealed that only plasma sCADM1 was selected as a specific biomarker for aggressive ATLL, suggesting that plasma sCADM1 may be a potential risk factor for aggressive ATLL. In addition, plasma sCADM1 is a useful marker for monitoring response to chemotherapy as well as for predicting relapse of ATLL. Furthermore, the change in sCADM1 concentration between indolent and aggressive type ATLL was more prominent than the change in the percentage of CD4+CADM1+ ATLL cells. As plasma sCADM1 values fell within normal ranges in HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) patients with higher levels of serum sIL-2Rα, the measurement of sCADM1 may become a useful tool to discriminate between ATLL and other inflammatory diseases, including HAM/TSP.
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- Shingo Nakahata
- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Kindai University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- National Hospital Organization Kumamoto Medical Center, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Imamura General Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Dept of Frontier Life Science, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Japan
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- Japanese Red Cross Kyushu Block Blood Center, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization Miyakonojo Medical Center, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Saga University Hospital, Saga, Japan
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- Dept. of Infectious Diseases and Laboratory Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Imamura General Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Mortality and risk of progression to adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma in HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:11685-11691. [PMID: 32393644 PMCID: PMC7260950 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1920346117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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HTLV-1 manifests many diseases, which cause morbidity and mortality in 5∼10% of infected individuals, including the fatal adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) and debilitating myelopathy (HAM/TSP). However, the rarity of these diseases had made it prohibitory to conduct large-scale prospective observational studies. This work enabled calculating the standard mortality ratio of HAM/TSP patients and also identified ATLL as one of the major causes of death among these patients. We also identified the features that lead HAM/TSP patients to develop ATLL: having dominant clonal expansion of HTLV-1–infected cells with ATLL-associated somatic mutations. Furthermore, this manuscript describes genomic changes occurring in HAM/TSP patients at the actual time of their ATLL transformation. Human T cell leukemia virus 1 (HTLV-1) causes the functionally debilitating disease HTLV-1–associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) as well as adult T cell leukemia lymphoma (ATLL). Although there were concerns that the mortality of HAM/TSP could be affected by the development of ATLL, prospective evidence was lacking in this area. In this 5-y prospective cohort study, we determined the mortality, prevalence, and incidence of ATLL in 527 HAM/TSP patients. The standard mortality ratio of HAM/TSP patients was 2.25, and ATLL was one of the major causes of death (5/33 deaths). ATLL prevalence and incidence in these patients were 3.0% and 3.81 per 1,000 person-y, respectively. To identify patients at a high risk of developing ATLL, flow cytometry, Southern blotting, and targeted sequencing data were analyzed in a separate cohort of 218 HAM/TSP patients. In 17% of the HAM/TSP patients, we identified an increase in T cells positive for cell adhesion molecule 1 (CADM1), a marker for ATLL and HTLV-1–infected cells. Genomic analysis revealed that somatic mutations of HTLV-1–infected cells were seen in 90% of these cases and 11% of them had dominant clone and developed ATLL in the longitudinal observation. In this study, we were able to demonstrate the increased mortality in patients with HAM/TSP and a significant effect of ATLL on their prognosis. Having dominant clonal expansion of HTLV-1–infected cells with ATLL-associated somatic mutations may be important characteristics of patients with HAM/TSP who are at an increased risk of developing ATLL.
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Takeda R, Ishigaki T, Ohno N, Yokoyama K, Kawamata T, Fukuyama T, Araya N, Yamano Y, Uchimaru K, Tojo A. Immunophenotypic analysis of cerebrospinal fluid reveals concurrent development of ATL in the CNS of a HAM/TSP patient. Int J Hematol 2020; 111:891-896. [PMID: 31930455 PMCID: PMC7222977 DOI: 10.1007/s12185-019-02815-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2019] [Revised: 12/26/2019] [Accepted: 12/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
Both adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) and human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1)-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) can be induced by HTLV-1, but concurrent development has been rarely reported. We present the case of a 55-year-old female who developed cranial nerve symptoms after a 20-year history of HAM/TSP. Although multiple white matter lesions were observed on brain magnetic resonance imaging, no abnormalities were seen on a systemic computed tomography scan. Quantitative flow-cytometric analysis of cell populations in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) revealed that most of the infiltrating cells were not inflammatory cells, but HTLV-1-infected CD4+ CADM-1+ T-cells completely lacking CD7 expression. As stepwise downregulation of CD7 is correlated with disease progression from HTLV-1 carrier to aggressive ATL, the CSF cells were classified as aggressive ATL; these cells exhibited a more progressed phenotype than those in peripheral blood (PB). HAM/TSP disease activity was estimated to be low. From these and other examinations, we made a diagnosis of acute-type ATL, which unusually developed in the central nervous system at initial onset prior to systemic progression. In ATL cases with a challenging diagnosis, immunophenotypic characterization of CSF and PB is valuable for differential diagnosis and understanding disease status.
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- Reina Takeda
- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Research Hospital, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Research Hospital, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan.
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Research Hospital, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Research Hospital, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
- Division of Molecular Therapy, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Research Hospital, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Research Hospital, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
- Division of Molecular Therapy, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Research Hospital, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
- Division of Cellular Therapy, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Rare Diseases Research, Institute of Medical Science, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Rare Diseases Research, Institute of Medical Science, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Research Hospital, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
- Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology, Department of Computational Biology and Medical Science, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Research Hospital, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Research Hospital, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Division of Molecular Therapy, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Makiyama J, Kobayashi S, Watanabe E, Ishigaki T, Kawamata T, Nakashima M, Yamagishi M, Nakano K, Tojo A, Watanabe T, Uchimaru K. CD4 + CADM1 + cell percentage predicts disease progression in HTLV-1 carriers and indolent adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma. Cancer Sci 2019; 110:3746-3753. [PMID: 31642546 PMCID: PMC6890436 DOI: 10.1111/cas.14219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2019] [Revised: 10/02/2019] [Accepted: 10/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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We recently took advantage of the universal expression of cell adhesion molecule 1 (CADM1) by CD4+ cells infected with HTLV‐1 and the downregulation of CD7 expression that corresponds with the oncogenic stage of HTLV‐1‐infected cells to develop a flow cytometric system using CADM1 versus CD7 plotting of CD4+ cells. We risk‐stratified HTLV‐1 asymptomatic carriers (AC) and indolent adult T‐cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) cases based on the CADM1+ percentage, in which HTLV‐1‐infected clones are efficiently enriched. AC and indolent ATL cases were initially classified according to their CADM1+ cell percentage. Follow‐up clinical and flow cytometric data were obtained for 71 cases. In G1 (CADM1+ ≤ 10%) and G2 (10% < CADM1+ ≤ 25%) cases, no apparent clinical disease progression was observed. In G3 (25% < CADM1+ ≤ 50%) cases, five out of nine (55.5%) cases progressed from AC to smoldering‐type ATL. In G4 (50% < CADM1+) cases, the cumulative incidence of receiving systemic chemotherapy at 3 years was 28.4%. Our results indicate that the percentage of the CD4+CADM1+ population predicts clinical disease progression: G1 and G2 cases, including AC cases, are stable and considered to be at low risk; G3 cases, including advanced AC cases and smoldering‐type ATL cases based on the Shimoyama criteria, are considered to have intermediate risk; and G4 cases, which are mainly indolent ATL cases, are unstable and at high risk of acute transformation.
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- Junya Makiyama
- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Research Hospital, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Therapy, Advanced Clinical Research Center, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- IMSUT Clinical Flow Cytometry Laboratory, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Research Hospital, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,Division of Stem Cell Therapy, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Research Hospital, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology, Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology, Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology, Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Research Hospital, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,Division of Molecular Therapy, Advanced Clinical Research Center, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Research Hospital, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,Future Center Initiative, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Research Hospital, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology, Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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An Unusually Short Latent Period of Therapy-Related Myeloid Neoplasm Harboring a Rare MLL-EP300 Rearrangement: Case Report and Literature Review. Case Rep Hematol 2019; 2019:4532434. [PMID: 31662917 PMCID: PMC6791222 DOI: 10.1155/2019/4532434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Accepted: 09/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Therapy-related myeloid neoplasm (t-MN) is a late and lethal complication induced by chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy. Hematological malignancy is one of the most common primary diseases in patients with t-MN. However, the occurrence of t-MN in adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) patients is rarely reported, possibly due to the dismal prognosis of ATL per se. Here, we report a 62-year-old female who developed t-MN only three months after the completion of conventional chemotherapy and anti-CCR4 antibody for ATL acute type. The patient presented with persistent fever and monocytosis without any evidence of infectious diseases. Bone marrow examinations revealed chronic myelomonocytic leukemia-like disease with a chromosomal translocation of t(11;22)(q23;q13) as a solo cytogenetic abnormality, resulting in the diagnosis of t-MN. Next-generation sequencing analysis identified a rare chimeric transcript, MLL-EP300, without any additional somatic mutations. Although the patient underwent allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, she died of viral encephalomyelitis at 7 months after diagnosis of t-MN. Since recent therapeutic advances have extended the survival of patients with ATL, further evaluation of the long-term risks of developing t-MN in these patients is warranted.
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Nosaka K, Iwanaga M, Imaizumi Y, Ishitsuka K, Ishizawa K, Ishida Y, Amano M, Ishida T, Uike N, Utsunomiya A, Ohshima K, Kawai K, Tanaka J, Tokura Y, Tobinai K, Watanabe T, Uchimaru K, Tsukasaki K. Epidemiological and clinical features of adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma in Japan, 2010-2011: A nationwide survey. Cancer Sci 2017; 108:2478-2486. [PMID: 28905463 PMCID: PMC5715256 DOI: 10.1111/cas.13398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2017] [Revised: 09/07/2017] [Accepted: 09/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma (ATL) is a mature T-cell malignancy associated with human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection. Japan is the most endemic country for HTLV-1 and ATL in the world. Recent nationwide studies of Japanese blood donors reported that HTLV-1 carriers spread from endemic areas to non-endemic areas. Therefore, the latest information on nationwide epidemiological and clinical data for ATL is necessary to guide clinical practice. We undertook a multicenter, hospital-based survey of newly diagnosed ATL patients from 2010 to 2011. A total of 996 patients with ATL were registered from 126 hospitals across Japan. Of those, 922 (487 men and 435 women) were included in the analysis. The median age at diagnosis was 68 years (interquartile range, 60-75 years). Overall, 67.2% of ATL was diagnosed in the Kyushu-Okinawa area. The most common subtype was acute (49.5%), followed by lymphoma (25.7%), chronic (14.2%), and smoldering (10.6%). Lymphoma type was more prevalent in men (60%), whereas chronic was more prevalent in women (60%). Half of patients with lymphoma type were aged over 70 years, whereas one-third of patients with the chronic type were aged under 60 years. All of these characteristics were different from those of the previous nationwide surveys in the 1980s and 1990s. This survey clarified that half of current patients with ATL are aged over 68 years who were unable to receive intensive cytotoxic therapies. New less toxic agents for aged patients and further strategies to prevent the development of ATL from HTLV-1 carrier status are needed.
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- Kisato Nosaka
- Department of Hematology, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Frontier Life Science, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Division of Hematology and Immunology, Center for Chronic Viral Diseases, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Cell Therapy, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Palliative Care, Saga-ken Medical Center Koseikan, Saga, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Imamura General Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Medical Innovation, St. Marianna University Graduate School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan.,Department of Hematology, International Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
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Kato T, Miyoshi H, Kobayashi S, Yoshida N, Imaizumi Y, Seto M, Uchimaru K, Miyazaki Y, Ohshima K. Clinicopathological analysis in PTCL-NOS with CADM1 expression. Virchows Arch 2017; 471:659-666. [DOI: 10.1007/s00428-017-2233-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2017] [Revised: 08/24/2017] [Accepted: 09/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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A Unique T-Cell Receptor Amino Acid Sequence Selected by Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Tax 301-309-Specific Cytotoxic T Cells in HLA-A24:02-Positive Asymptomatic Carriers and Adult T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma Patients. J Virol 2017; 91:JVI.00974-17. [PMID: 28724766 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00974-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2017] [Accepted: 07/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We previously reported that the T-cell receptor (TCR) repertoire of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) Tax301-309-specific CD8+ cytotoxic T cells (Tax301-309-CTLs) was highly restricted and a particular amino acid sequence motif, the PDR motif, was conserved among HLA-A*24:02-positive (HLA-A*24:02+) adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) patients who had undergone allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). Furthermore, we found that donor-derived PDR+ CTLs selectively expanded in ATL long-term HSCT survivors with strong CTL activity against HTLV-1. On the other hand, the TCR repertoires in Tax301-309-CTLs of asymptomatic HTLV-1 carriers (ACs) remain unclear. In this study, we directly identified the DNA sequence of complementarity-determining region 3 (CDR3) of the TCR-β chain of Tax301-309-CTLs at the single-cell level and compared not only the TCR repertoires but also the frequencies and phenotypes of Tax301-309-CTLs between ACs and ATL patients. We did not observe any essential difference in the frequencies of Tax301-309-CTLs between ACs and ATL patients. In the single-cell TCR repertoire analysis of Tax301-309-CTLs, 1,458 Tax301-309-CTLs and 140 clones were identified in this cohort. Tax301-309-CTLs showed highly restricted TCR repertoires with a strongly biased usage of BV7, and PDR, the unique motif in TCR-β CDR3, was exclusively observed in all ACs and ATL patients. However, there was no correlation between PDR+ CTL frequencies and HTLV-1 proviral load (PVL). In conclusion, we have identified, for the first time, a unique amino acid sequence, PDR, as a public TCR-CDR3 motif against Tax in HLA-A*24:02+ HTLV-1-infected individuals. Further investigations are warranted to elucidate the role of the PDR+ CTL response in the progression from carrier state to ATL.IMPORTANCE ATL is an aggressive T-cell malignancy caused by HTLV-1 infection. The HTLV-1 regulatory protein Tax aggressively promotes the proliferation of HTLV-1-infected lymphocytes and is also a major target antigen for CD8+ CTLs. In our previous evaluation of Tax301-309-CTLs, we found that a unique amino acid sequence motif, PDR, in CDR3 of the TCR-β chain of Tax301-309-CTLs was conserved among ATL patients after allo-HSCT. Furthermore, the PDR+ Tax301-309-CTL clones selectively expanded and showed strong cytotoxic activities against HTLV-1. On the other hand, it remains unclear how Tax301-309-CTL repertoire exists in ACs. In this study, we comprehensively compared Tax-specific TCR repertoires at the single-cell level between ACs and ATL patients. Tax301-309-CTLs showed highly restricted TCR repertoires with a strongly biased usage of BV7, and PDR, the unique motif in TCR-β CDR3, was conserved in all ACs and ATL patients, regardless of clinical subtype in HTLV-1 infection.
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Komohara Y, Ma C, Yano H, Pan C, Horlad H, Saito Y, Ohnishi K, Fujiwara Y, Okuno Y, Nosaka K, Shimosaki S, Morishita K, Matsuoka M, Wakayama T, Takeya M. Cell adhesion molecule-1 (CADM1) expressed on adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma cells is not involved in the interaction with macrophages. J Clin Exp Hematop 2017; 57:15-20. [PMID: 28420814 DOI: 10.3960/jslrt.17003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Cell adhesion molecule 1 (CADM1) is a cell adhesion molecule that is expressed in brain, liver, lung, testis, and some kinds of cancer cells including adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL). Recent studies have indicated the involvement of CADM1 in cell-cell contact between cytotoxic T-lymphocytes and virus infected cells. We previously reported that cell-cell interaction between lymphoma cells and macrophages induces lymphoma cell proliferation. In the present study, we investigated whether CADM1 is associated with cell-cell interaction between several human lymphoma cell lines and macrophages.CADM1 expression was observed in the ATLL cell lines, ATN-1, ATL-T, and ATL-35T, and in the B cell lymphoma cell lines, TL-1, DAUDI, and SLVL, using western blotting. Significant cell-cell interaction between macrophages and ATN-1, ATL-T, ATL-35T and MT-2, DAUDI, and SLVL cells, as assessed by induction of cell proliferation, was observed. Immunohistochemical analysis of human biopsy samples indicated CADM1 expression in 10 of 14 ATLL cases; however, no case of follicular lymphoma or diffuse large B-cell lymphoma was positive for CADM1. Finally, the interaction of macrophages with cells of the CADM1-negative ED ATLL cell line and CADM1-transfected ED cells was tested. However, significant cell-cell interaction between macrophage and CADM1-transfected ED cells was not observed. We conclude that CADM1 was not associated with cell-cell interaction between lymphoma cells and macrophages, although CADM1 may be a useful marker of ATLL for diagnostic procedures.
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- Yoshihiro Komohara
- Department of Cell Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University
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- Department of Cell Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University
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- Department of Cell Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University
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- Department of Cell Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University
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- Department of Cell Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University
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- Department of Cell Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University
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- Department of Cell Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University
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- Department of Cell Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University
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- Department of Hematology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University
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- Department of Hematology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University
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- Division of Tumor and Cellular Biochemistry, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Miyazaki
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- Division of Tumor and Cellular Biochemistry, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Miyazaki
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- Department of Hematology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University.,Laboratory of Virus Control, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University
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- Department of Histology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University
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- Department of Cell Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University
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Watanabe T. Adult T-cell leukemia: molecular basis for clonal expansion and transformation of HTLV-1-infected T cells. Blood 2017; 129:1071-1081. [PMID: 28115366 PMCID: PMC5374731 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2016-09-692574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2016] [Accepted: 12/21/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) is an aggressive T-cell malignancy caused by human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) that develops through a multistep carcinogenesis process involving 5 or more genetic events. We provide a comprehensive overview of recently uncovered information on the molecular basis of leukemogenesis in ATL. Broadly, the landscape of genetic abnormalities in ATL that include alterations highly enriched in genes for T-cell receptor-NF-κB signaling such as PLCG1, PRKCB, and CARD11 and gain-of function mutations in CCR4 and CCR7 Conversely, the epigenetic landscape of ATL can be summarized as polycomb repressive complex 2 hyperactivation with genome-wide H3K27 me3 accumulation as the basis of the unique transcriptome of ATL cells. Expression of H3K27 methyltransferase enhancer of zeste 2 was shown to be induced by HTLV-1 Tax and NF-κB. Furthermore, provirus integration site analysis with high-throughput sequencing enabled the analysis of clonal composition and cell number of each clone in vivo, whereas multicolor flow cytometric analysis with CD7 and cell adhesion molecule 1 enabled the identification of HTLV-1-infected CD4+ T cells in vivo. Sorted immortalized but untransformed cells displayed epigenetic changes closely overlapping those observed in terminally transformed ATL cells, suggesting that epigenetic abnormalities are likely earlier events in leukemogenesis. These new findings broaden the scope of conceptualization of the molecular mechanisms of leukemogenesis, dissecting them into immortalization and clonal progression. These recent findings also open a new direction of drug development for ATL prevention and treatment because epigenetic marks can be reprogrammed. Mechanisms underlying initial immortalization and progressive accumulation of these abnormalities remain to be elucidated.
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- Toshiki Watanabe
- Department of Advanced Medical Innovation, St. Marianna University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan; and Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Rowan AG, Witkover A, Melamed A, Tanaka Y, Cook LBM, Fields P, Taylor GP, Bangham CRM. T Cell Receptor Vβ Staining Identifies the Malignant Clone in Adult T cell Leukemia and Reveals Killing of Leukemia Cells by Autologous CD8+ T cells. PLoS Pathog 2016; 12:e1006030. [PMID: 27893842 PMCID: PMC5125714 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2016] [Accepted: 10/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
There is growing evidence that CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses can contribute to long-term remission of many malignancies. The etiological agent of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL), human T lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1), contains highly immunogenic CTL epitopes, but ATL patients typically have low frequencies of cytokine-producing HTLV-1-specific CD8+ cells in the circulation. It remains unclear whether patients with ATL possess CTLs that can kill the malignant HTLV-1 infected clone. Here we used flow cytometric staining of TCRVβ and cell adhesion molecule-1 (CADM1) to identify monoclonal populations of HTLV-1-infected T cells in the peripheral blood of patients with ATL. Thus, we quantified the rate of CD8+-mediated killing of the putative malignant clone in ex vivo blood samples. We observed that CD8+ cells from ATL patients were unable to lyse autologous ATL clones when tested directly ex vivo. However, short in vitro culture restored the ability of CD8+ cells to kill ex vivo ATL clones in some donors. The capacity of CD8+ cells to lyse HTLV-1 infected cells which expressed the viral sense strand gene products was significantly enhanced after in vitro culture, and donors with an ATL clone that expressed the HTLV-1 Tax gene were most likely to make a detectable lytic CD8+ response to the ATL cells. We conclude that some patients with ATL possess functional tumour-specific CTLs which could be exploited to contribute to control of the disease.
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- Aileen G. Rowan
- Section of Virology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Section of Virology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Section of Virology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
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- Section of Virology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Section of Virology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Section of Virology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Ureshino H, Shindo T, Nishikawa H, Watanabe N, Watanabe E, Satoh N, Kitaura K, Kitamura H, Doi K, Nagase K, Kimura H, Samukawa M, Kusunoki S, Miyahara M, Shin-I T, Suzuki R, Sakaguchi S, Kimura S. Effector Regulatory T Cells Reflect the Equilibrium between Antitumor Immunity and Autoimmunity in Adult T-cell Leukemia. Cancer Immunol Res 2016; 4:644-9. [PMID: 27215229 DOI: 10.1158/2326-6066.cir-15-0303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2015] [Accepted: 04/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The regulatory T cells (Treg) with the most potent immunosuppressive activity are the effector Tregs (eTreg) with a CD45RA(-)Foxp3(++)CCR4(+) phenotype. Adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) cells often share the Treg phenotype and also express CCR4. Although mogamulizumab, a monoclonal antibody to CCR4, shows marked antitumor effects against ATL and peripheral T-cell lymphoma, concerns have been raised that it may induce severe autoimmune immunopathology by depleting eTregs. Here, we present case reports for two patients with ATL who responded to mogamulizumab but developed a severe skin rash and autoimmune brainstem encephalitis. Deep sequencing of the T-cell receptor revealed that ATL cells and naturally occurring Tregs within the cell population with a Treg phenotype can be clearly distinguished according to CADM1 expression. The onset of skin rash and brainstem encephalitis was coincident with eTreg depletion from the peripheral blood, whereas ATL relapses were coincident with eTreg recovery. These results imply that eTreg numbers in the peripheral blood sensitively reflect the equilibrium between antitumor immunity and autoimmunity, and that mogamulizumab might suppress ATL until the eTreg population recovers. Close monitoring of eTreg numbers is crucial if we are to provide immunomodulatory treatments that target malignancy without severe adverse events. Cancer Immunol Res; 4(8); 644-9. ©2016 AACR.
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- Hiroshi Ureshino
- Department of Hematology, Respiratory Medicine and Oncology, Saga University School of Medicine, Saga, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Respiratory Medicine and Oncology, Saga University School of Medicine, Saga, Japan.
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- Experimental Immunology, World Premier International Research Center, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Laboratory of Diagnostic Medicine, Division of Stem Cell Therapy, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Diagnostic Medicine, Division of Stem Cell Therapy, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Diagnostic Medicine, Division of Stem Cell Therapy, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, Sagamihara National Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan. Repertoire Genesis, Inc., Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Respiratory Medicine and Oncology, Saga University School of Medicine, Saga, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Karatsu Red Cross Hospital, Karatsu, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Saga University School of Medicine, Saga, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Saga University School of Medicine, Saga, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Sayama, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Sayama, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Karatsu Red Cross Hospital, Karatsu, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, Sagamihara National Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Experimental Immunology, World Premier International Research Center, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Respiratory Medicine and Oncology, Saga University School of Medicine, Saga, Japan
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Manivannan K, Rowan AG, Tanaka Y, Taylor GP, Bangham CRM. CADM1/TSLC1 Identifies HTLV-1-Infected Cells and Determines Their Susceptibility to CTL-Mediated Lysis. PLoS Pathog 2016; 12:e1005560. [PMID: 27105228 PMCID: PMC4841533 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2015] [Accepted: 03/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Human T cell lymphotropic virus-1 (HTLV-1) primarily infects CD4+ T cells, causing inflammatory disorders or a T cell malignancy in 5% to 10% of carriers. The cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response is a key factor that controls the viral load and thus the risk of disease. The ability to detect the viral protein Tax in primary cells has made it possible to estimate the rate at which Tax-expressing infected cells are eliminated by CTLs in persistently infected people. However, most HTLV-1-infected cells are Tax–at a given time, and their immunophenotype is poorly defined. Here, we aimed to identify a cell-surface molecule expressed by both Tax+ and Tax–HTLV-1-infected cells and use it to analyse the CTL response in fresh peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Cell adhesion molecule 1 (CADM1/TSLC1) was the best single marker of HTLV-1 infection, identifying HTLV-1-infected cells with greater sensitivity and specificity than CD25, CCR4 or ICAM-1. CADM1+CD4+ T cells carried a median of 65% of proviral copies in peripheral blood. In a cohort of 23 individuals, we quantified the rate of CTL-mediated killing of Tax+ and Tax−CADM1+ cells. We show that CADM1 expression is associated with enhanced susceptibility of infected cells to CTL lysis: despite the immunodominance of Tax in the CTL response, Tax+CADM1– cells were inefficiently lysed by CTLs. Upregulation of the CADM1 ligand CRTAM on CD8+ T cells correlated with efficient lysis of infected cells. Tax–CADM1+ cells were lysed at a very low rate by autologous CTLs, however, were efficiently killed when loaded with exogenous peptide antigen. High expression of CADM1 on most HTLV-1-infected cells in the face of enhanced CTL counterselection implies that CADM1 confers a strong benefit on the virus. Human T cell lymphotropic virus-1 (HTLV-1) infects white blood cells (CD4+ T cells) for the lifetime of the host. The immune response limits viral spread, and people with a weak immune response have a high risk of developing an aggressive blood cancer, or a condition involving irreversible spinal cord damage. Virus and host are engaged in a constant battle: virus proteins drive the host cell to divide or infect new cells. We know that the viral protein Tax is an important target of the immune response, and cells which produce Tax are killed quickly. Infected cells which do not produce Tax are difficult to detect, so we have no idea how quickly they are killed. In this paper we show that most infected cells have a host protein ‘CADM1’ on their surface. We measured killing of CADM1 cells and saw that Tax+CADM1+ cells are the only infected cells which are strongly targeted by the immune response. We also found that infected cells which did not have CADM1 on the surface escaped killing, showing that CADM1 aids in immune control of HTLV-1. These findings are an important step forward in our understanding of cellular turnover and immune control in chronic infection.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kiruthika Manivannan
- Section of Virology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Section of Virology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
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- Section of Virology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Section of Virology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Yasuma K, Yasunaga JI, Takemoto K, Sugata K, Mitobe Y, Takenouchi N, Nakagawa M, Suzuki Y, Matsuoka M. HTLV-1 bZIP Factor Impairs Anti-viral Immunity by Inducing Co-inhibitory Molecule, T Cell Immunoglobulin and ITIM Domain (TIGIT). PLoS Pathog 2016; 12:e1005372. [PMID: 26735971 PMCID: PMC4703212 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2015] [Accepted: 12/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infects CD4+ T cells and induces proliferation of infected cells in vivo, which leads to the onset of adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) in some infected individuals. The HTLV-1 bZIP factor (HBZ) gene, which is encoded in the minus strand of HTLV-1, plays critical roles in pathogenesis. In this study, RNA-seq and ChIP-seq analyses using HBZ transduced T cells revealed that HBZ upregulates the expression and promoter acetylation levels of a co-inhibitory molecule, T cell immunoglobulin and ITIM domain (TIGIT), in addition to those of regulatory T cells related genes, Foxp3 and Ccr4. TIGIT was expressed on CD4+ T cells from HBZ-transgenic (HBZ-Tg) mice, and on ATL cells and HTLV-1 infected CD4+ T cells of HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) in vivo. Expression of Blimp1 and IL-10 was upregulated in TIGIT+CD4+ cells of HBZ-Tg mice compared with TIGIT-CD4+ T cells, suggesting the correlation between TIGIT expression and IL-10 production. When CD4+ T cells from HBZ-Tg mice were stimulated with TIGIT’s ligand, CD155, their production of the inhibitory cytokine IL-10 was enhanced. Furthermore, dendritic cells from HBZ-Tg mice produced high levels of IL-10 after stimulation. These data suggest that HBZ alters immune system to suppressive state via TIGIT and IL-10. Importantly, TIGIT suppressed T-cell responses to another HTLV-1 virus protein, Tax, in vitro. Blocking of TIGIT and PD-1 slightly increased anti-Tax T-cell activity in some HAM/TSP patients. These results suggest that HBZ-induced TIGIT on HTLV-1 infected cells impairs T-cell responses to viral antigens. This study shows that HBZ-induced TIGIT plays a pivotal role in attenuating host immune responses and shaping a microenvironment favorable to HTLV-1. HTLV-1 is a T-cell-tropic, latently infectious virus that causes a T-cell malignancy, ATL, and inflammatory diseases. The mechanisms by which HTLV-1 evades the immune response and establishes chronic infection are not yet understood. Recent studies have demonstrated that TIGIT, a co-inhibitory molecule, is expressed on tumor infiltrating T cells and T cells during viral infection, which suppresses the anti-tumor and anti-viral immune responses. Furthermore, blockade of co-inhibitory molecules of TIGIT and programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) disrupts immune checkpoints and enhances anti-tumor activity. We found that TIGIT is upregulated by HBZ, and TIGIT impairs anti-virus immune responses through an immunosuppressive cytokine, IL-10. These findings show that HTLV-1 utilizes a co-inhibitory molecule on infected cells to evade the host immune responses. We also found that blocking of TIGIT and PD-1 on peripheral blood mononuclear cells in HTLV-1 infected patients enhances immune responses to virus. These findings suggest a mechanism by which HTLV-1 shapes a microenvironment favorable to its persistence using induced TIGIT. TIGIT is a potential therapeutic target for ATL and HTLV-1 infected patients.
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- Keiko Yasuma
- Laboratory of Virus Control, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Laboratory of Virus Control, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
- * E-mail: (JY); (MM)
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- Laboratory of Biological Protection, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Laboratory of Virus Control, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Laboratory of Virus Control, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
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- North Medical Center, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Yosano-cho, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Computational Biology and Medical Science, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
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- Laboratory of Virus Control, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
- * E-mail: (JY); (MM)
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