Paucity of FOXP3+ cells in skin and peripheral blood distinguishes Sézary syndrome from other cutaneous T-cell lymphomas
2006; Springer Nature; Volume: 20; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1038/sj.leu.2404182
ISSN1476-5551
AutoresC-D. Klemke, Benedikt Fritzsching, B Franz, E V Kleinmann, Nina Oberle, Nina Poenitz, J Sýkora, Alison H. Banham, Giovanna Roncador, Annegret Kuhn, Sergij Goerdt, Peter H. Krammer, Elisabeth Suri‐Payer,
Tópico(s)T-cell and Retrovirus Studies
ResumoCutaneous T-cell lymphomas (CTCL) are mainly comprised of two variants: mycosis fungoides (MF) with CD4+ tumor cells confined to the skin and the leukemic Sézary syndrome with tumor cell spread to the blood. In this study, we investigated cutaneous expression of the regulatory T-cell (Treg) marker FOXP3 in 30 CTCL patients. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed significantly lower numbers of CD4+FOXP3+ cells within the dermal lymphomononuclear infiltrate of Sézary patients (16% FOXP3+ cells of CD4+ cells) in contrast to MF (43% FOXP3+ cells (P<0.05)) and rare types of CTCL (45% FOXP3+ cells). Furthermore, CD4+FOXP3+ T cells were also markedly reduced in the CD4+ population within the peripheral blood of Sézary patients compared to controls as determined by fluorescence-activated cell sorter, quantitative PCR and functional analyses. The data support the conclusion that the neoplastic cells in CTCL do not express the Treg marker FOXP3. Our data also identify Sézary syndrome as, to our knowledge, the first reported neoplastic disease with a clear reduction in Treg numbers within the CD4+ population. This lack of Treg might account for the more aggressive nature of Sézary syndrome compared with other CTCL.
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