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Serum level of soluble interleukin-2 receptor correlates with CD25 expression in patients with T lymphoblastic lymphoma
  1. Tomohiro Toji1,
  2. Katsuyoshi Takata1,
  3. Yasuharu Sato1,
  4. Tomoko Miyata-Takata1,
  5. Eiko Hayashi2,
  6. Toshiyuki Habara3,
  7. Yoshinobu Maeda4,
  8. Mitsune Tanimoto4,
  9. Tadashi Yoshino1
  1. 1Department of Pathology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Science, Okayama, Japan
  2. 2Department of Pathology, Iwakuni Medical Center, Iwakuni, Japan
  3. 3Department of Clinical Laboratory, Chugoku Central Hospital of the Mutual Aid Associations of Public School Teachers, Hiroshima, Japan
  4. 4Department of Hematology, Oncology and Respiratory Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Science, Okayama, Japan
  1. Correspondence to Dr Katsuyoshi Takata, Department of Pathology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama City, Okayama 700-8558, Japan; katsuyoshi.t{at}h5.dion.ne.jp

Abstract

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia/lymphoma (ALL/LBL) is an aggressive form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) affecting B-cells or T-cells, respectively. The serum level of soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2R) is known to reflect the immune activity and tumour volume in aggressive NHL; however, the release of sIL-2R in LBL has not been extensively studied. Further, the relationship between sIL-2R release and the expression level of IL-2R α subunit (CD25) remains unknown. In the present study, we examined the serum level of sIL-2R in 23 patients with T lymphoblactic lymphoma (T-LBL) and compared these with the levels in 20 patient with T acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (T-ALL), 40 patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and 40 patients with peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL), not otherwise specified. The release of sIL-2R into the serum in patients with T-LBL was significantly lower than that for T-ALL, DLBCL and PTCL (p<0.001). Immunohistochemistry revealed that CD25 expression was correlated with the serum level of sIL-2R in T-LBL (p=0.0069), whereas no correlation was found to exist between serum sIL-2R levels and CD25 expression in patients with DLBCL (p=0.348) and PTCL (p=0.266). Furthermore, double immunohistochemical analysis revealed that CD25-positive cells were also found to be Foxp3-positive non-neoplastic T-cells. In conclusion, CD25-positive non-neoplastic T-cells in T-LBL are presumed to be the primary source of sIL-2R, and the low number of cells present results in a lower level of sIL-2R released into the serum compared with the other aggressive and highly aggressive lymphomas.

  • HAEMATOPATHOLOGY
  • HISTOPATHOLOGY
  • LYMPH NODE PATHOLOGY

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