title: B cell clonality in multiple localizations of primary central nervous system lymphomas in AIDS patients.
abstract: The aim of our study was to investigate B cell clonality of distinct localizations of primary central nervous system lymphomas (PCNSL) in AIDS patients. We selected seven autoptic cases of AIDS PCNSL with at least two separated localizations of the disease in the central nervous system (CNS). Clonality was investigated by immunoglobulin light chain restriction and by semi-nested PCR for the immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH). Three cases showed a concordant restriction in the two lesions. In an additional case, an identical IgH sequence was found. The remaining three cases did not provide consistent information because of extensive necrosis in the lesions. Our findings suggest that multifocality of PCNSL is due to dissemination of a single neoplastic clone rather than to a synchronous transformation of multiple B cell clones.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Patologia, University La Sapienza, Roma, Italy. emanuela.pilozzi@uniroma1.it
authors.forename: Emanuela
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pilozzi
authors.forename: Caterina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Talerico
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uccini
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Addesso
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vago
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Antinori
authors.forename: Luigi P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Ruco
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D016543:Central Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000235:genetics*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D016483:Lymphoma, AIDS-Related / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015183:Restriction Mapping
chemical_list: D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains