Lymphocryptovirus-dependent occurrence of lymphoma in SIV-infected rhesus macaques with particular consideration to two uncommon cases of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
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Published:2016-12-20
Issue:2
Volume:3
Page:65-75
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ISSN:2363-4715
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Container-title:Primate Biology
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Primate Biol.
Author:
Klippert Antonina,Bleyer Martina,Sauermann Ulrike,Neumann Berit,Kaul Artur,Daskalaki Maria,Stolte-Leeb Nicole,Kirchhoff Frank,Stahl-Hennig Christiane
Abstract
Abstract. Despite combination antiretroviral therapy, high-grade malignant non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) is still one of the most frequently acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-defining disorders in the end stage of infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). NHL can also be observed in rhesus macaques infected with the simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV). Thus, they represent a useful model to study morphological characteristics and oncogenetic mechanisms of NHL in humans.When reviewing the occurrence of lymphoma at the German Primate Center over the past 25 years within the context of pathogenic SIV infection we noticed a strikingly high incidence (four out of seven animals) of these tumors in rhesus macaques infected with ex vivo derived SIVmac251/32H/spleen in AIDS-defining end-stage disease. Polymerase chain reaction analysis of this virus stock revealed the co-presence of rhesus lymphocryptovirus (rhLCV), which represents the monkey homologue to human Epstein–Barr virus (EBV), suggesting an association between co-application of SIV and rhLCV and increased tumorigenesis.In addition, we present two cases of NHL in rhesus macaques infected with a SIVmac239 nef-mutant variant because one exhibited an unusual immunophenotype and the other an uncommon organ manifestation. Histological and immunohistochemical examinations of tumors of the first animal revealed metastatic diffuse large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCL) affecting the stomach and the pancreaticoduodenal lymph nodes, of which the one in the stomach presented the rare dual expression of CD20 and CD3. Necropsy of the second animal revealed an obstructive DLBCL around the urinary bladder neck that led to urine backflow and eventually death due to acute uremia without any further AIDS-like manifestations. In the tumors of both animals, abundant Epstein–Barr nuclear antigen-2 expression was demonstrated, thus verifying concurrent rhLCV infection. Flow cytometric analyses revealed a high percentage of activation as well as proliferation in B cells from peripheral lymph nodes in both animals. Moreover, CD4+ T cells were depleted in blood, colon and lymphoid tissue. Concomitantly, CD8+ T cells showed an exhausted phenotype. The two case reports and the increased incidence of NHL following co-application of SIV and rhLCV underline the role of rhLCV in lymphomagenesis.
Publisher
Copernicus GmbH
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology
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