Demonstration of frequent occurrence of clonal T cells in the peripheral blood of patients with primary cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

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Muche, JM
Lukowsky, A
Asadullah, K
Gellrich, S
Sterry, W
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10.1182/blood.V90.4.1636.1636_1636_1642
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Clonal T cells have been demonstrated in skin lesions of all stages of cutaneous T-cell lymphomas (CTCLs), However, there are conflicting data regarding the CTCL stage at which dissemination of clonal cells into peripheral blood occurs. Although the multifocal occurrence of cutaneous CTCL lesions and T-cell recirculation suggest art early appearance of neoplastic cells in the blood, circulating clonal T cells have only been detected in advanced stages. We investigated their occurrence by a highly sensitive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay amplifying T-cell receptor gamma rearrangements and subsequent heteroduplex temperature gradient gel electrophoresis (HD-TGGE) of the amplification products. Circulating clonal T cells were found in 26 of 45 patients with mycosis fungoides (MF), six of seven with Sezary's syndrome (SS), 10 of 13 pleomorphic CTCLs, and three of four unclassified CTCLs. Corresponding skin specimens carried clonal T cells in 29 of 40 MF, three of four SS, 12 of 12 pleomorphic, and two of two unclassified CTCL patients. Except for the blood specimen of a psoriatic patient, all samples of 60 controls (psoriasis vulgaris, atopic dermatitis, and healthy volunteers) revealed polyclonal amplification products. in 30 of 32 CTCL patients carrying a clonal rearrangement in blood and skin, identity of both clones was indicated by HD-TGGE and confirmed by sequencing six of these cases, We found an unexpected high frequency of identical clonal T cells in peripheral blood and skin of CTCL patients, including early stages of MF, This supports the concept of an early systemic disease in CTCL and raises new questions concerning the pathogenesis. (C) 1997 by The American Society of Hematology.
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