Molecular profiling reveals immunogenic cues in anaplastic large cell lymphomas with DUSP22 rearrangements
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Project description:Anaplastic large cell lymphomas (ALCLs) are CD30-positive T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas broadly segregated into ALK-positive and ALK-negative types. While ALK-positive ALCLs consistently bear rearrangements of the ALK tyrosine kinase gene, ALK-negative ALCLs are clinically and genetically heterogeneous. About 30% of ALK-negative ALCLs have rearrangements of DUSP22 and have excellent long-term outcomes with standard therapy. To better understand this group of tumors, we evaluated their molecular signature using gene expression profiling. DUSP22-rearranged ALCLs belonged to a distinct subset of ALCLs that lacked expression of genes associated with JAK-STAT3 signaling, a pathway contributing to growth in the majority of ALCLs. Reverse-phase protein array and immunohistochemical studies confirmed the lack of activated STAT3 in DUSP22-rearranged ALCLs. DUSP22-rearranged ALCLs also overexpressed immunogenic cancer-testis antigen (CTA) genes and showed marked DNA hypomethylation by reduced representation bisulfate sequencing and DNA methylation arrays. Pharmacologic DNA demethylation in ALCL cells recapitulated the overexpression of CTAs and other DUSP22 signature genes. Additionally, DUSP22-rearranged ALCLs minimally expressed PD-L1 compared to other ALCLs, but showed high expression of the costimulatory gene CD58 and HLA class II. Taken together, these findings indicate that DUSP22 rearrangements define a molecularly distinct subgroup of ALCLs and that immunogenic cues related to antigenicity, costimulatory molecule expression, and inactivity of the PD-1/PD-L1 immune checkpoint likely contribute to their favorable prognosis. More aggressive ALCLs might be pharmacologically reprogrammed to a DUSP22-like, immunogenic molecular signature through the use of demethylating agents and/or immune checkpoint inhibitors.
2018-08-08 | GSE118238 | GEO
Project description:Anaplastic large cell lymphomas (ALCLs) are CD30-positive T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas broadly segregated into ALK-positive and ALK-negative types. Although ALK-positive ALCLs consistently bear rearrangements of the ALK tyrosine kinase gene, ALK-negative ALCLs are clinically and genetically heterogeneous. About 30% of ALK-negative ALCLs have rearrangements of DUSP22 and have excellent long-term outcomes with standard therapy. To better understand this group of tumors, we evaluated their molecular signature using gene expression profiling. DUSP22-rearranged ALCLs belonged to a distinct subset of ALCLs that lacked expression of genes associated with JAK-STAT3 signaling, a pathway contributing to growth in the majority of ALCLs. Reverse-phase protein array and immunohistochemical studies confirmed the lack of activated STAT3 in DUSP22-rearranged ALCLs. DUSP22-rearranged ALCLs also overexpressed immunogenic cancer-testis antigen (CTA) genes and showed marked DNA hypomethylation by reduced representation bisulfate sequencing and DNA methylation arrays. Pharmacologic DNA demethylation in ALCL cells recapitulated the overexpression of CTAs and other DUSP22 signature genes. In addition, DUSP22-rearranged ALCLs minimally expressed PD-L1 compared with other ALCLs, but showed high expression of the costimulatory gene CD58 and HLA class II. Taken together, these findings indicate that DUSP22 rearrangements define a molecularly distinct subgroup of ALCLs, and that immunogenic cues related to antigenicity, costimulatory molecule expression, and inactivity of the PD-1/PD-L1 immune checkpoint likely contribute to their favorable prognosis. More aggressive ALCLs might be pharmacologically reprogrammed to a DUSP22-like immunogenic molecular signature through the use of demethylating agents and/or immune checkpoint inhibitors.
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Project description:Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), one of the most common T-cell lymphomas, shows unifying pathological features but is clinically and genetically heterogeneous. One genetic subgroup, characterized by recurrent DUSP22 rearrangements (R), has distinct morphologic, immunophenotypic, and molecular features and can be identified in routine pathology practice using a breakapart (BAP) fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) probe. However, some cases show equivocal BAP-FISH findings (BAP-FISHEQ) and the features of these cases are poorly understood. Here, we sought to characterize DUSP22 BAP-FISHEQ ALCLs further. First, we applied an immunohistochemistry (IHC) algorithm using TIA1, pSTAT3Y705, and LEF1, which can predict DUSP22-R with high accuracy. Among 37 BAP-FISHEQ ALCLs, 18 (49%) were IHC-algorithm positive (IHCPOS), 8 (21%) were IHC-algorithm negative (IHCNEG), and 11 (30%) were IHCEQ. In 32 BAP-FISHEQ cases, we also applied a dual-color, dual-fusion (D-FISH) probe for t(6;7)(p25.3;q32.3), which accounts for 45% of DUSP22-R ALCLs. Among BAP-FISHEQ cases, D-FISH was positive in 10/18 IHCPOS cases (56%), 0/9 IHCEQ cases (0%), and 0/5 IHCNEG cases (0%). Median survival in BAP-FISHEQ ALCLs was 105 months, intermediate between BAP-FISHPOS ALCLs (median survival not reached) and BAP-FISHNEG ALCLs (19 months). Thus, DUSP22 BAP-FISHEQ ALCLs are clinicopathologically heterogeneous, likely due to an admixture of cases with an unbalanced DUSP22-R and cases with focal deletions without rearrangement. For clinical reporting, we recommend that DUSP22 BAP-FISHEQ ALCLs be reported as equivocal, and not be grouped with BAP-FISHPOS ALCLs. Clinical adoption of an IHC algorithm, possibly supplemented by t(6; 7) D-FISH, could facilitate genetic subtyping in about two-thirds of BAP-FISHEQ ALCLs.
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