Characteristics of circulating KSHV-infected viroblasts during active KSHV+ multicentric Castleman disease

© 2023 by The American Society of Hematology. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), permitting only noncommercial, nonderivative use with attribution. All other rights reserved..

Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV)/human herpesvirus 8-associated multicentric Castleman disease (MCD) is a polyclonal B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder that mainly occurs in immunocompromised hosts. The diagnosis relies on lymph node biopsy demonstrating KSHV-infected cells located in the mantle zone with a marked interfollicular plasma cell infiltration. Infected cells are large cells positive for immunoglobulin M (IgM), λ light chain, and CD38, described initially as infected plasmablasts. We show that IgM+λ+CD38high cells were also detectable in the peripheral blood of 14 out of 18 (78%) patients with active KSHV-MCD and absent in 40 controls. Using immunofluorescence and flow-fluorescence in situ hybridization, we demonstrate that these cells are KSHV infected and express both latent and lytic KSHV transcripts. These KSHV-infected viroblasts (KIVs) harbor a distinct phenotype compared with conventional plasmablasts. We also identified several putative mechanisms of immune escape used by KSHV, because KIVs displayed an overall decrease of costimulatory molecules, with a remarkable lack of CD40 expression and are interleukin-10-producing cells. The identification of this specific and easily accessible KSHV+ circulating population brings new elements to the understanding of KSHV-MCD but also raises new questions that need to be clarified.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

Enthalten in:

Blood advances - 7(2023), 9 vom: 09. Mai, Seite 1682-1691

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Martin de Frémont, Gregoire [VerfasserIn]
Vanjak, Anthony [VerfasserIn]
Sbihi, Zineb [VerfasserIn]
Knapp, Silene [VerfasserIn]
Garzaro, Margaux [VerfasserIn]
Chbihi, Marwa [VerfasserIn]
Fournier, Benjamin [VerfasserIn]
Poirot, Justine [VerfasserIn]
Dossier, Antoine [VerfasserIn]
Silvestrini, Marc-Antoine [VerfasserIn]
Villemonteix, Juliette [VerfasserIn]
Meignin, Véronique [VerfasserIn]
Galicier, Lionel [VerfasserIn]
Bertinchamp, Rémi [VerfasserIn]
Le Goff, Jerome [VerfasserIn]
Salmona, Maud [VerfasserIn]
Flamarion, Edouard [VerfasserIn]
Cassius, Charles [VerfasserIn]
Lebbé, Celeste [VerfasserIn]
Ronchetti, Anne Marie [VerfasserIn]
Latour, Sylvain [VerfasserIn]
Oksenhendler, Eric [VerfasserIn]
Carcelain, Guislaine [VerfasserIn]
Boutboul, David [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

Immunoglobulin M
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 28.04.2023

Date Revised 15.05.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1182/bloodadvances.2022008456

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM350204527