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Provedor de dados: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
País: | Brazil
Título: | Identification of clonally rearranged T-cell receptor beta chain genes in HTLV-I carriers as a potential instrument for early detection of neoplasia
Autores: | Sales,M.M.; Bezerra,C.N.A.; Hiraki,Y.; Melo,N.B.; Rebouças,N.A.
Data: | 2005-05-01
Ano: | 2005
Palavras-chave: | Human T-lymphotropic virus 1; Leukemia; Oligoclonal bands; T-cell receptor beta chain; Polymerase chain; Reaction; Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma.
Resumo: | We analyzed the genetic recombination pattern of the T-cell receptor beta-chain gene (TCR-beta) in order to identify clonal expansion of T-lymphocytes in 17 human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I)-positive healthy carriers, 7 of them with abnormal features in the peripheral blood lymphocytes. Monoclonal or oligoclonal expansion of T-cells was detected in 5 of 7 HTLV-I-positive patients with abnormal lymphocytes and unconfirmed diagnosis by using PCR amplification of segments of TCR-beta gene, in a set of reactions that target 102 different variable (V) segments, covering all members of the 24 V families available in the gene bank, including the more recently identified segments of the Vbeta-5 and Vbeta-8 family and the two diversity beta segments. Southern blots, the gold standard method to detect T-lymphocyte clonality, were negative for all of these 7 patients, what highlights the low sensitivity of this method that requires a large amount of very high quality DNA. To evaluate the performance of PCR in the detection of clonality we also analyzed 18 leukemia patients, all of whom tested positive. Clonal expansion was not detected in any of the negative controls or healthy carriers without abnormal lymphocytes. In conclusion, PCR amplification of segments of rearranged TCR-beta is reliable and highly suitable for the detection of small populations of clonal T-cells in asymptomatic HTLV-I carriers who present abnormal peripheral blood lymphocytes providing an additional instrument for following up these patients with potentially higher risk of leukemia.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2005000500006
Editor: | Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
Relação: | 10.1590/S0100-879X2005000500006
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research  v.38 n.5 2005
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess