TY - JOUR
T1 - The stromal composition of malignant lymphoid aggregates in bone marrow
T2 - Variations in architecture and phenotype in different B-cell tumours
AU - Vega, Francisco
AU - Medeiros, L. Jeffrey
AU - Lang, Wen Hua
AU - Mansoor, Adnan
AU - Bueso-Ramos, Carlos
AU - Jones, Dan
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - We present evidence that different B-cell tumours, in bone marrow, have different relationships to stroma. Marrow core biopsies from 46 patients with B-cell tumours were immunostained with antibodies for distinct stromal cells. Cases included follicular lymphoma (FL), chronic lymphocytic leukaemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL), mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), lympho-plasmacytic lymphoma (LPL), and nodal, extranodal and splenic marginal zone lymphoma (NMZL, MALT, SMZL). In normal marrow, low-affinity nerve growth factor receptor (LNGFR) highlighted a fine network of adventitial reticular cells (ARC). The nodular aggregates of CLL/SLL, NMZL, MALT and SMZL were characterized by distortion of the ARC network and downregulation of LNGFR. In contrast, the aggregates of FL, LPL and MCL were composed of linear arrays of ARC in tight association with individual tumour cells. LNFGR+ was upregulated in ARC associated with the aggregates in FL, LPL and focally in MCL. Upregulation of CD35, vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM-1) and CD40 on ARC was noted exclusively in FL. Marrow lymphoid aggregates in CLL/SLL, NMZL, MALT and SMZL probably grow by displacing the pre-existing marrow stroma, while FL and LPL maintain a close association with the ARC network. In FL, expression of follicular dendritic cell-associated markers is modulated in pre-existing marrow stromal cells.
AB - We present evidence that different B-cell tumours, in bone marrow, have different relationships to stroma. Marrow core biopsies from 46 patients with B-cell tumours were immunostained with antibodies for distinct stromal cells. Cases included follicular lymphoma (FL), chronic lymphocytic leukaemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL), mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), lympho-plasmacytic lymphoma (LPL), and nodal, extranodal and splenic marginal zone lymphoma (NMZL, MALT, SMZL). In normal marrow, low-affinity nerve growth factor receptor (LNGFR) highlighted a fine network of adventitial reticular cells (ARC). The nodular aggregates of CLL/SLL, NMZL, MALT and SMZL were characterized by distortion of the ARC network and downregulation of LNGFR. In contrast, the aggregates of FL, LPL and MCL were composed of linear arrays of ARC in tight association with individual tumour cells. LNFGR+ was upregulated in ARC associated with the aggregates in FL, LPL and focally in MCL. Upregulation of CD35, vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM-1) and CD40 on ARC was noted exclusively in FL. Marrow lymphoid aggregates in CLL/SLL, NMZL, MALT and SMZL probably grow by displacing the pre-existing marrow stroma, while FL and LPL maintain a close association with the ARC network. In FL, expression of follicular dendritic cell-associated markers is modulated in pre-existing marrow stromal cells.
KW - Adventitial/perisinusoidal reticular cells
KW - B-cell lymphoma
KW - Bone marrow stroma
KW - Immunohistochemistry
KW - Low-affinity nerve growth factor
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U2 - 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.03497.x
DO - 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.03497.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 12028024
AN - SCOPUS:0036110314
SN - 0007-1048
VL - 117
SP - 569
EP - 576
JO - British Journal of Haematology
JF - British Journal of Haematology
IS - 3
ER -