TY - JOUR
T1 - Detection of clonal T-cell receptor γ gene rearrangements in paraffin- embedded tissue by polymerase chain reaction and nonradioactive single- strand conformational polymorphism analysis
AU - Signoretti, Sabina
AU - Murphy, Michael
AU - Cangi, Maria Giulia
AU - Puddu, Pietro
AU - Kadin, Marshall E.
AU - Loda, Massimo
PY - 1999/1
Y1 - 1999/1
N2 - The diagnosis of T-cell lymphoproliferative disorders, which frequently involve the skin and other extranodal sites, is often problematic because of the difficulty in establishing clonality in paraffin-embedded tissue. To this end, we developed a simple, nonradioactive method to detect T-cell receptor γ (TCR-γ) gene rearrangements by polymerase chain reaction single-strand conformational polymorphism (PCRSSCP) in paraffin-embedded tissue. Jurkat and HSB-2 cell lines and peripheral blood samples from normal individuals were used as monoclonal and polyclonal controls, respectively. DNA was extracted from 24 biopsies of T-cell lymphomas, 12 biopsies of reactive lymphoid infiltrates, and 2 biopsies of primary cutaneous large B-cell lymphomas. Vγ1-8, Vγ9, Vγ10, Vγ11, and Jγ1/Jγ2 consensus primers were used for TCR-γ gene rearrangement amplification and PCR products were analyzed by nonradioactive SSCP. Monoclonal controls yielded a well-defined banded pattern, whereas all polyclonal T-cell controls showed a reproducible pattern of smears. We detected monoclonality in 20/21 (95%) T-cell lymphoma cases, whereas no dominant T-cell clones were found in any of the reactive lymphoid infiltrates or B-cell lymphomas. Sensitivity of 1-5% was demonstrated by serially diluting Jurkat cells in mononuclear blood cells from normal individuals. We conclude that nonradioactive PCR-SSCP for TCR-γ gene rearrangement analysis is a useful adjunct to routine histological and immunophenotypic methods in the diagnosis of T-cell lymphoproliferative disorders in paraffin-embedded tissue.
AB - The diagnosis of T-cell lymphoproliferative disorders, which frequently involve the skin and other extranodal sites, is often problematic because of the difficulty in establishing clonality in paraffin-embedded tissue. To this end, we developed a simple, nonradioactive method to detect T-cell receptor γ (TCR-γ) gene rearrangements by polymerase chain reaction single-strand conformational polymorphism (PCRSSCP) in paraffin-embedded tissue. Jurkat and HSB-2 cell lines and peripheral blood samples from normal individuals were used as monoclonal and polyclonal controls, respectively. DNA was extracted from 24 biopsies of T-cell lymphomas, 12 biopsies of reactive lymphoid infiltrates, and 2 biopsies of primary cutaneous large B-cell lymphomas. Vγ1-8, Vγ9, Vγ10, Vγ11, and Jγ1/Jγ2 consensus primers were used for TCR-γ gene rearrangement amplification and PCR products were analyzed by nonradioactive SSCP. Monoclonal controls yielded a well-defined banded pattern, whereas all polyclonal T-cell controls showed a reproducible pattern of smears. We detected monoclonality in 20/21 (95%) T-cell lymphoma cases, whereas no dominant T-cell clones were found in any of the reactive lymphoid infiltrates or B-cell lymphomas. Sensitivity of 1-5% was demonstrated by serially diluting Jurkat cells in mononuclear blood cells from normal individuals. We conclude that nonradioactive PCR-SSCP for TCR-γ gene rearrangement analysis is a useful adjunct to routine histological and immunophenotypic methods in the diagnosis of T-cell lymphoproliferative disorders in paraffin-embedded tissue.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 9916920
AN - SCOPUS:0032918101
VL - 154
SP - 67
EP - 75
JO - American Journal of Pathology
JF - American Journal of Pathology
SN - 0002-9440
IS - 1
ER -