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author Mehdi Latiri
Mohamed Belhocine
Charlotte Smith
Nathalie Garnier
Estelle Balducci
Antoine Pinton
Guillaume P Andrieu
Julie Bruneau
Salvatore Spicuglia
Stéphane Jamain
Violaine Latapie
Vincent Thomas de Montpreville
Lara Chalabreysse
Alexander Marx
Nicolas Girard
Benjamin Besse
Christoph Plass
Laure Gibault
Cécile Badoual
Elizabeth Macintyre
Vahid Asnafi
Thierry Jo Molina
Aurore Touzart
author_facet Mehdi Latiri
Mohamed Belhocine
Charlotte Smith
Nathalie Garnier
Estelle Balducci
Antoine Pinton
Guillaume P Andrieu
Julie Bruneau
Salvatore Spicuglia
Stéphane Jamain
Violaine Latapie
Vincent Thomas de Montpreville
Lara Chalabreysse
Alexander Marx
Nicolas Girard
Benjamin Besse
Christoph Plass
Laure Gibault
Cécile Badoual
Elizabeth Macintyre
Vahid Asnafi
Thierry Jo Molina
Aurore Touzart
Mehdi Latiri
Mohamed Belhocine
Charlotte Smith
Nathalie Garnier
Estelle Balducci
Antoine Pinton
Guillaume P Andrieu
Julie Bruneau
Salvatore Spicuglia
Stéphane Jamain
Violaine Latapie
Vincent Thomas de Montpreville
Lara Chalabreysse
Alexander Marx
Nicolas Girard
Benjamin Besse
Christoph Plass
Laure Gibault
Cécile Badoual
Elizabeth Macintyre
Vahid Asnafi
Thierry Jo Molina
Aurore Touzart
collection Wiley Open Access
contents DNA methylation as a new tool for the differential diagnosis between T‐LBL and lymphocyte‐rich thymoma Mehdi Latiri Mohamed Belhocine Charlotte Smith Nathalie Garnier Estelle Balducci Antoine Pinton Guillaume P Andrieu Julie Bruneau Salvatore Spicuglia Stéphane Jamain Violaine Latapie Vincent Thomas de Montpreville Lara Chalabreysse Alexander Marx Nicolas Girard Benjamin Besse Christoph Plass Laure Gibault Cécile Badoual Elizabeth Macintyre Vahid Asnafi Thierry Jo Molina Aurore Touzart The Journal of Pathology AbstractT‐lymphoblastic lymphoma (T‐LBL) and thymoma are two rare primary tumors of the thymus deriving either from T‐cell precursors or from thymic epithelial cells, respectively. Some thymoma subtypes (AB, B1, and B2) display numerous reactive terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase‐positive (TdT+) T‐cell precursors masking epithelial tumor cells. Therefore, the differential diagnosis between T‐LBL and TdT+ T‐lymphocyte‐rich thymoma could be challenging, especially in the case of needle biopsy. To distinguish between T‐LBL and thymoma‐associated lymphoid proliferations, we analyzed the global DNA methylation using two different technologies, namely MeDIP array and EPIC array, in independent samples series [17 T‐LBLs compared with one TdT+ lymphocyte‐rich thymoma (B1 subtype) and three normal thymi, and seven lymphocyte‐rich thymomas compared with 24 T‐LBLs, respectively]. In unsupervised principal component analysis (PCA), T‐LBL and thymoma samples clustered separately. We identified differentially methylated regions (DMRs) using MeDIP‐array and EPIC‐array datasets and nine overlapping genes between the two datasets considering the top 100 DMRs including ZIC1, TSHZ2, CDC42BPB, RBM24, C10orf53, and MACROD2. In order to explore the DNA methylation profiles in larger series, we defined a classifier based on these six differentially methylated gene promoters, developed an MS‐MLPA assay, and demonstrated a significant differential methylation between thymomas (hypomethylated; n = 48) and T‐LBLs (hypermethylated; n = 54) (methylation ratio median 0.03 versus 0.66, respectively; p < 0.0001), with MACROD2 methylation status the most discriminating. Using a machine learning strategy, we built a prediction model trained with the EPIC‐array dataset and defined a cumulative score taking into account the weight of each feature. A score above or equal to 0.4 was predictive of T‐LBL and conversely. Applied to the MS‐MLPA dataset, this prediction model accurately predicted diagnoses of T‐LBL and thymoma. © 2024 The Author(s). The Journal of Pathology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 10.1002/path.6346 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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spellingShingle DNA methylation as a new tool for the differential diagnosis between T‐LBL and lymphocyte‐rich thymoma
Mehdi Latiri
Mohamed Belhocine
Charlotte Smith
Nathalie Garnier
Estelle Balducci
Antoine Pinton
Guillaume P Andrieu
Julie Bruneau
Salvatore Spicuglia
Stéphane Jamain
Violaine Latapie
Vincent Thomas de Montpreville
Lara Chalabreysse
Alexander Marx
Nicolas Girard
Benjamin Besse
Christoph Plass
Laure Gibault
Cécile Badoual
Elizabeth Macintyre
Vahid Asnafi
Thierry Jo Molina
Aurore Touzart
The Journal of Pathology
DNA methylation as a new tool for the differential diagnosis between T‐LBL and lymphocyte‐rich thymoma Mehdi Latiri Mohamed Belhocine Charlotte Smith Nathalie Garnier Estelle Balducci Antoine Pinton Guillaume P Andrieu Julie Bruneau Salvatore Spicuglia Stéphane Jamain Violaine Latapie Vincent Thomas de Montpreville Lara Chalabreysse Alexander Marx Nicolas Girard Benjamin Besse Christoph Plass Laure Gibault Cécile Badoual Elizabeth Macintyre Vahid Asnafi Thierry Jo Molina Aurore Touzart The Journal of Pathology AbstractT‐lymphoblastic lymphoma (T‐LBL) and thymoma are two rare primary tumors of the thymus deriving either from T‐cell precursors or from thymic epithelial cells, respectively. Some thymoma subtypes (AB, B1, and B2) display numerous reactive terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase‐positive (TdT+) T‐cell precursors masking epithelial tumor cells. Therefore, the differential diagnosis between T‐LBL and TdT+ T‐lymphocyte‐rich thymoma could be challenging, especially in the case of needle biopsy. To distinguish between T‐LBL and thymoma‐associated lymphoid proliferations, we analyzed the global DNA methylation using two different technologies, namely MeDIP array and EPIC array, in independent samples series [17 T‐LBLs compared with one TdT+ lymphocyte‐rich thymoma (B1 subtype) and three normal thymi, and seven lymphocyte‐rich thymomas compared with 24 T‐LBLs, respectively]. In unsupervised principal component analysis (PCA), T‐LBL and thymoma samples clustered separately. We identified differentially methylated regions (DMRs) using MeDIP‐array and EPIC‐array datasets and nine overlapping genes between the two datasets considering the top 100 DMRs including ZIC1, TSHZ2, CDC42BPB, RBM24, C10orf53, and MACROD2. In order to explore the DNA methylation profiles in larger series, we defined a classifier based on these six differentially methylated gene promoters, developed an MS‐MLPA assay, and demonstrated a significant differential methylation between thymomas (hypomethylated; n = 48) and T‐LBLs (hypermethylated; n = 54) (methylation ratio median 0.03 versus 0.66, respectively; p < 0.0001), with MACROD2 methylation status the most discriminating. Using a machine learning strategy, we built a prediction model trained with the EPIC‐array dataset and defined a cumulative score taking into account the weight of each feature. A score above or equal to 0.4 was predictive of T‐LBL and conversely. Applied to the MS‐MLPA dataset, this prediction model accurately predicted diagnoses of T‐LBL and thymoma. © 2024 The Author(s). The Journal of Pathology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 10.1002/path.6346 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
title DNA methylation as a new tool for the differential diagnosis between T‐LBL and lymphocyte‐rich thymoma
topic The Journal of Pathology
url https://pathsocjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/path.6346