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PROGNOSTIC ROLE OF NF-κB EXPRESSION IN DIFFUSE LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA SUBGROUPS

ŽELJKA ŠKUNCA orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-6591-4960 ; Zadar General Hospital, Department of Hematology, Zadar, Croatia
ANA PLANINC-PERAICA ; Merkur University Hospital, Clinical Department of Internal Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia


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Abstract

Objective: Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) with germinal center B-cell (GCB) phenotype has better prognosis than activated mature B-cell (ABC) phenotype or type 3 subgroup. Previous studies have reported on a major role of the nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) in ABC and type 3 phenotypes, whereas GCB phenotype is characterized by frequent REL amplifi cations. Methods: In 99 patients diagnosed with DLBCL, the presence of CD10, BCL6 and MUM1 was analyzed by immunohistochemical method to divide them into the GCB, ABC and type 3 subgroups. Then, NF-κB expression was analyzed in the nucleus and cytoplasm. Nuclear NF-κB expression was detected in 22 (22%) cases from all DLBCL subgroups. NF-κB expression in the cytoplasm was recorded in 77 (77%) cases from all DLBCL subgroups and this fi nding was signifi cant. Results: Results on the presence of CD10, BCL6 and MUM1 and the presence of NF-κB in the nucleus were not signifi cant. Analysis of nuclear NF-κB accumulation is not associated with any of the clinical parameters including age, sex, stage of disease, therapy administered and IPP. According to Hans et al., patients with NF-κB expressed in the cytoplasm have signifi cantly poorer survival irrespective of the subgroup than patients without cytoplasmic NF-κB, and these results are signifi cant. Patients with GCB phenotype and negative nuclear NF-κB expression have better survival than those with GCB phenotype and positive nuclear NF-κB expression, and these results are also signifi cant. Patients having received chemotherapy according to the R-CHOP schedule and with positive nuclear NF-κB expression have better survival; however, these results are not signifi cant. Discussion and Conclusion: These data suggest that nuclear and cytoplasmic NF-κB expression may be a prognostic factor in DLBCL, thus explaining the stratifi ed risk observed in patients in combination with GCB/non-GCB phenotype. Our study showed the NF-κB activity to be crucial in all DLBCL subgroups, thus potentially representing a promising molecular target for future therapies.

Keywords

nuclear factor-κB; diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; prognosis

Hrčak ID:

146936

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/146936

Publication date:

7.10.2015.

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