Incidence and prognostic impact of secondary cytogenetic aberrations in a series of 145 patients with mantle cell lymphoma

✍ Scribed by Blanca Espinet; Itziar Salaverria; Sílvia Beà; Neus Ruiz-Xivillé; Olga Balagué; Marta Salido; Dolors Costa; Joaquim Carreras; Ana Eugenia Rodríguez-Vicente; Juan Luís García; Jesús María Hernández-Rivas; María José Calasanz; Reiner Siebert; Ana Ferrer; Antonio Salar; Ana Carrió; Natividad Polo; José Antonio García-Marco; Alicia Domingo; Eva González-Barca; Vicenç Romagosa; Isabel Marugán; Armando López-Guillermo; Fuensanta Millá; José Luís Mate; Elisa Luño; Carmen Sanzo; Rosa Collado; Isabel Oliver; Sebastià Monzó; Antonio Palacín; Teresa González; Francesc Sant; Ramon Salinas; María Teresa Ardanaz; Llorenç Font; Lourdes Escoda; Lourdes Florensa; Sergi Serrano; Elias Campo; Francesc Solé

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 511 KB
• Volume: 49
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1045-2257
• DOI: 10.1002/gcc.20754

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a mature B‐cell neoplasm with an aggressive behavior, characterized by the t(11;14)(q13;q32). Several secondary genetic abnormalities with a potential role in the oncogenic process have been described. Studies of large MCL series using conventional cytogenetics, and correlating with proliferation and survival, are scarce. We selected 145 MCL cases at diagnosis, displaying an aberrant karyotype, from centers belonging to the Spanish Cooperative Group for Hematological Cytogenetics. Histological subtype, proliferative index and survival data were ascertained. Combined cytogenetic and molecular analyses detected CCND1 translocations in all cases, mostly t(11;14)(q13;q32). Secondary aberrations were present in 58% of patients, the most frequent being deletions of 1p, 13q and 17p, 10p alterations and 3q gains. The most recurrent breakpoints were identified at 1p31‐32, 1p21‐22, 17p13, and 1p36. Aggressive blastoid/pleomorphic variants displayed a higher karyotypic complexity, a higher frequency of 1p and 17p deletions and 10p alterations, a higher proliferation index and poor survival. Gains of 3q and 13q and 17p13 losses were associated with reduced survival times. Interestingly, gains of 3q and 17p losses added prognostic significance to the morphology in a multivariate analysis. Our findings confirm previous observations indicating that proliferation index, morphology and several secondary genetic alterations (3q gains and 13q and 17p losses) have prognostic value in patients with MCL. Additionally, we observed that 3q gains and 17p losses detected by conventional cytogenetics are proliferation‐independent prognostic markers indicating poor outcome. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.