TY - JOUR
T1 - Plasma cell enrichment enhances detection of high-risk cytogenomic abnormalities by fluorescence in situ hybridization and improves risk stratification of patients with plasma cell neoplasms
AU - Lu, Guohui
AU - Muddasani, Ramya
AU - Orlowski, Robert Z.
AU - Abruzzo, Lynne
AU - Qazilbash, Muzaffar H.
AU - You, M. James
AU - Wang, Yaping
AU - Zhao, Ming
AU - Chen, Su
AU - Glitza, Isabella Claudia
AU - Medeiros, L. Jeffrey
PY - 2013/5
Y1 - 2013/5
N2 - Context.- Methods for plasma cell enrichment of bone marrow (BM) specimens can increase the sensitivity of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for detecting cytogenomic abnormalities. There are no published reports using these methods to evaluate high-risk cytogenomic abnormalities in patients with plasma cell neoplasms (PCNs) after therapy. Objective.- To evaluate the utility of plasma cell enrichment combined with FISH for detection of high-risk cytogenomic abnormalities in patients with PCNs after therapy. Design.- Twenty-eight patients with PCNs, of whom 22 received treatment, were included in this study. Plasma cells were enriched in BM aspirates by using a magnetic cell-sorting procedure to select CD138+ cells. Probes were chosen to assess for del(17p13/TP53), del(13q14/RB1), 1q21/CKS1B gain, IgH/FGFR3, and IgH/MAF. Clinicopathologic data were collected during clinical follow-up after plasma cell enrichment. Results.- Plasma cells in nonenriched BM specimens ranged from 1% to 28% (median, 8%) compared with 28% to 96% (median, 73%) in enriched BM specimens (P < .001). In a subset of treated patients in clinical remission, FISH detected high-risk cytogenomic abnormalities only in plasma cell-enriched samples. This approach also detected abnormalities in cases of solitary plasmacytoma and monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance. Conclusions.- Plasma cell enrichment of BM specimens increases FISH sensitivity for detecting high-risk cytogenomic abnormalities, particularly in treated patients, and these results, in combination with clinical follow-up data, can be of value to improve risk stratification and patient management.
AB - Context.- Methods for plasma cell enrichment of bone marrow (BM) specimens can increase the sensitivity of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for detecting cytogenomic abnormalities. There are no published reports using these methods to evaluate high-risk cytogenomic abnormalities in patients with plasma cell neoplasms (PCNs) after therapy. Objective.- To evaluate the utility of plasma cell enrichment combined with FISH for detection of high-risk cytogenomic abnormalities in patients with PCNs after therapy. Design.- Twenty-eight patients with PCNs, of whom 22 received treatment, were included in this study. Plasma cells were enriched in BM aspirates by using a magnetic cell-sorting procedure to select CD138+ cells. Probes were chosen to assess for del(17p13/TP53), del(13q14/RB1), 1q21/CKS1B gain, IgH/FGFR3, and IgH/MAF. Clinicopathologic data were collected during clinical follow-up after plasma cell enrichment. Results.- Plasma cells in nonenriched BM specimens ranged from 1% to 28% (median, 8%) compared with 28% to 96% (median, 73%) in enriched BM specimens (P < .001). In a subset of treated patients in clinical remission, FISH detected high-risk cytogenomic abnormalities only in plasma cell-enriched samples. This approach also detected abnormalities in cases of solitary plasmacytoma and monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance. Conclusions.- Plasma cell enrichment of BM specimens increases FISH sensitivity for detecting high-risk cytogenomic abnormalities, particularly in treated patients, and these results, in combination with clinical follow-up data, can be of value to improve risk stratification and patient management.
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U2 - 10.5858/arpa.2012-0209-OA
DO - 10.5858/arpa.2012-0209-OA
M3 - Article
C2 - 23627452
AN - SCOPUS:84877959683
SN - 0003-9985
VL - 137
SP - 625
EP - 631
JO - Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
JF - Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
IS - 5
ER -