Journal
BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY
Volume 160, Issue 1, Pages 92-102Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08886.x
Keywords
interferon alpha; microarray analysis; microenvironment; mycosis fungoides; psoralen plus ultraviolet A
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Funding
- Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnologia [BIO2000-0275-C02/01-/02, SAF2001-0060, SAF2005-00221]
- Comunidad Auto noma de Madrid [CAM 08.1/0011/2001.1]
- Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo [FISP05/1710, FIS01-0035, G03/179, PI051623]
- RETICS, Spain
- CNIO
- Higher Education Authority of Ireland
- St James Hospital, Dublin
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Interferon (IFN)-alpha is widely used in the treatment of mycosis fungoides (MF) and when used in combination with photochemotherapy (psoralen plus ultraviolet A, PUVA) both improved response and duration of complete remission have been reported. However, in spite of encouraging results of the initial studies, currently there is no information available on specific prognostic factors enabling prediction of patients' resistance to PUVA +/- IFN-alpha treatment. To identify factors responsible for resistance to PUVA +/- IFN-alpha treatment in MF patients. The gene expression profiling of pretreatment samples from 29 patients diagnosed as IA, IB or IIA stage of MF enrolled in a randomized PUVA vs. PUVA + IFN-alpha clinical trial was analysed using cDNA microarrays. A Cox model (SAM) and gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) were used for identification of genes and biologically significant pathways related to resistance to treatment. Genes involved in NF-kappa B signalling, T-cell receptor (TCR) signalling, cytokine signalling and proliferation were differentially expressed between responders and nonresponders. Interestingly, expression of markers representative of those pathways was found not only in the tumoral cells, but also in specific subpopulations of macrophages, dendritic cells and other non-neoplastic cell types constituting the tumour microenvironment, likely involved in the promotion of survival and proliferation of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. Gene expression changes in both the tumour and the tumour microenvironment are an important determinant of treatment outcome in early-stage MF patients. Some proinflammatory factors such as NF-kappa B, inflammatory cytokines and their receptors in addition to TCR-associated molecules could be promising targets for MF treatment.
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