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Comparative Study
. 2003 May 1;101(9):3681-6.
doi: 10.1182/blood-2002-08-2577. Epub 2003 Jan 2.

Gains of 2p involving the REL locus correlate with nuclear c-Rel protein accumulation in neoplastic cells of classical Hodgkin lymphoma

Thomas F E Barth  1 , Josée I Martin-Subero, Stefan Joos, Christiane K Menz, Cornelia Hasel, Gunhild Mechtersheimer, Reza M Parwaresch, Peter Lichter, Reiner Siebert, Peter Möoller
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Comparative Study

Gains of 2p involving the REL locus correlate with nuclear c-Rel protein accumulation in neoplastic cells of classical Hodgkin lymphoma

Thomas F E Barth et al. Blood. .
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Abstract

Structural aberrations of the short arm of chromosome 2, mostly resulting in gains of 2p13 approximately 16, have recently been described as being highly recurrent in Hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg (HRS) cells of classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL). As these gains consistently lead to increased copy numbers of the REL oncogene locus, we investigated the expression of the c-Rel protein in a series of 30 cHL cases with known genomic REL status as determined by comparative genomic hybridization and interphase cytogenetics. Expression of the c-Rel protein was investigated in 26 biopsies by immunohistochemistry. Distinct patterns were observed in HRS cells with no staining, cytoplasmic, and/or nuclear staining for c-Rel. All 13 samples with additional copies of the REL locus displayed nuclear staining for c-Rel, while 13 cHL samples lacking chromosome 2 (2p) gains displayed a significantly lower proportion or complete absence of HRS cells with nuclear c-Rel expression. Detailed analysis using combined immunophenotyping and interphase cytogenetics of individual HRS cells demonstrated that REL gains correlated with the presence of nuclear c-Rel staining. Additionally, in 2 cHL samples with translocation breakpoints in 2p13 approximately 16, nuclear staining of c-Rel was observed; in one of them the staining pattern was indicative of a truncated c-Rel protein. The correlation between structural aberrations involving the REL locus and nuclear c-Rel accumulation in HRS cells qualifies REL as a target gene of the frequent gains in 2p in cHL. The data suggest that REL aberrations are a genetic mechanism contributing to constitutive nuclear factor (NF)-kappa B/Rel activation in cHL.

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