Full-length immunoglobulin high-throughput sequencing reveals specific novel mutational patterns in POEMS syndrome release_wofm75bek5cepftafqcqoev43u

by Sébastien Bender, Vincent Javaugue, Alexis Saintamand, Maria Victoria Ayala, Mehdi Alizadeh, Matthieu Filloux, Virginie Pascal, Nathalie Gachard, David Lavergne, Fabienne Auroy, michel cogné, Frank Bridoux (+2 others)

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2019  

Abstract

POEMS syndrome is a rare multisystem disease due to an underlying plasma cell (PC) dyscrasia. The pathophysiology of the disease remains unclear but the role of the monoclonal immunoglobulin (Ig) light chain (LC) is strongly suspected, due to the highly restrictive usage of two λ variable (V) domains (IGLV1-40 and IGLV1-44) and the general improvement of clinical manifestations following PC clone-targeted treatment. However, the diagnostic value of Ig LC sequencing, especially in case of incomplete forms of the disease, remains to be determined. Using a sensitive high-throughput Ig repertoire sequencing on RNA (RACE-RepSeq), we detected a λ LC monoclonal expansion in the bone marrow (BM) of 85% of patients with POEMS syndrome, including some in whom bone marrow tests routinely performed to diagnose plasma cell dyscrasia failed to detect λ+ monoclonal PCs. Twenty-four of the 30 LC clonal sequences found (80%) were derived from the IGLV1-40 and IGLV1-44 germline genes, two from the closely related IGLV1-36 gene, and all were associated with an IGLJ3*02 junction (J) gene, confirming the high restriction of VJ region usage in POEMS syndrome. RACE-RepSeq VJ full-length sequencing additionally revealed original mutational patterns, the strong specificity of which might crucially help establish or eliminate the diagnosis of POEMS syndrome in uncertain cases. Thus, RACE-RepSeq appears as a sensitive, rapid and specific tool to detect low-abundance PC clones in BM, and assign them to POEMS syndrome, with all the consequences for therapeutic options hereby.
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