DNA microarray analysis of T cell‐type lymphoproliferative disease of granular lymphocytes

• Published in: British journal of haematology Vol. 118; no. 2; pp. 462 - 469
• Main Authors: Makishima, Hideki, Ishida, Fumihiro, Ito, Toshiro, Kitano, Kiyoshi, Ueno, Shuichi, Ohmine, Ken, Yamashita, Yoshihiro, Ota, Jun, Ota, Masao, Yamauchi, Kazuyoshi, Mano, Hiroyuki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01.08.2002; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Amino Acid Sequence; CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes - pathology; CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes - pathology; Cell Division; Cell Line; Clone Cells; DNA - genetics; DNA microarray; Gene Expression; Hematology; Humans; interleukin 1β; Interleukin-1 - genetics; Killer Cells, Natural - pathology; LDGL; Lymphoproliferative Disorders - genetics; Lymphoproliferative Disorders - pathology; Middle Aged; Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; RNA, Messenger - analysis; T-Lymphocyte Subsets - pathology
• ISSN: 0007-1048; 1365-2141
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.03646.x

Lymphoproliferative disease of granular lympho‐ cytes (LDGL) is characterized by the clonal proliferationoflarge granular lymphocytes of either T‐ or natural killer cell origin. To better understand the nature of T cell‐type LDGL, we purified the CD4–CD8+ proliferative fractions from LDGL patients (n=4) and the surface marker‐matched T cells isolated from healthy volunteers (n=4), and compared the expression profiles of 3456 genes using DNA microarray. Through this analysis, we identified a total of six genes whose expression was active in the LDGL T cells, but silent in the normal ones. Interestingly, expression of the gene for interleukin (IL) 1β was specific to LDGL T cells, which was further confirmed by the examination of the serum level of IL‐1β protein. Given its important role in inflammatory reactions, the disease‐specific expression of IL‐1β may have a causative relationship with the LDGL‐ associated rheumatoidarthritis. Spectratyping analysis of the T‐cell receptor repertoire also proved the monoclonal or oligoclonal natureof LDGL cells. These data have shown that microarray analysis with a purified T‐cell subset is an efficient approach to investigate the pathological condition of Tcell‐type LDGL.