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Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome
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Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome is a form of lymphoproliferative disorder. It affects lymphocyte apoptosis.[1]

Introduction

Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome (ALPS) is a rare disorder of abnormal lymphocyte survival caused by defective Fas mediated apoptosis.[2] Normally, after infectious insult, the immune system down-regulates by increasing Fas expression on activated B and T lymphocytes and Fas-ligand on activated T lymphocytes. Fas and Fas-ligand interact to trigger the caspase cascade, leading to cell apoptosis. Patients with ALPS have a defect in this apoptotic pathway, leading to chronic non-malignant lymphoproliferation, autoimmune disease, and secondary cancers.[3]

Clinical Manifestations

Lymphoproliferation: The most common clinical manifestation of ALPS is lymphoproliferation, affecting 100% of patients.

  • Lymphadenopathy: >90% of patients present with chronic non-malignant lymphadenopathy. It can be mild to severe, affecting multiple nodal groups. Most commonly presents with massive non-painful hard cervical lymphadenopathy
  • Splenomegaly: >80% of patients present with clinically identifiable splenomegaly. It can be massive.
  • Hepatomegaly: 30-40% of patients have enlarged livers.
  • Lymphoproliferation tends to present at a young age (median 11.5 months) and may improve with age.

Autoimmune disease: The second most common clinical manifestation and one that most often requires treatment.

  • Autoimmune cytopenias: Most common. Can be mild to very severe. Can be intermittent or chronic.[4]
  • Other: Can affect any organ system similar to systemic lupus erythematosis (most rare affecting <5% of patients)
  • Cancer: Secondary neoplasms affect approximately 10% of patients. True prevalence unknown as <20 reported cases of cancer. Most common EBER+ Non-Hodgkin's and Hodgkin's lymphoma
    • Unaffected family members with genetic mutations are also at increased risk of developing cancer

Laboratory Manifestations

  • Elevated peripheral blood Double Negative T cells (DNTs)[5]
    • Required for diagnosis
    • Immunophenotype: CD3+/CD4-/CD8-/TCRalpha/beta+
    • Measured by flow cytometry: Normal values <2.5% total T cells; <1% of total lymphocytes in peripheral blood
    • Marked elevations >5% virtually pathognomic for ALPS
    • Mild elevations also found in other autoimmune diseases
    • Thought to be cytotoxic T lymphocytes that have lost CD8 expression
    • ?Unknown if driver of disease or epiphenomenon
    • May be falsely elevated in setting of lymphopenia or falsely decreased with immunosuppressive treatment
  • Defective in vitro Fas mediated apoptosis
    • Required for diagnosis under old definition. Now can be used to make diagnosis; however, not required to make diagnosis.
    • Time and labor intensive assay.
    • T cells from patient and normal control supported in culture for >10 days with mitogen stimulation and IL-2 expansion and then exposed to anti-Fas IgM monoclonal antibody
    • ALPS patient T cells: Do not die with anti-Fas monoclonal antibody exposure. Normal T cells from unaffected patient do.
    • False negative in somatic Fas variant ALPS and FasL variant ALPS
  • Genetic mutations in ALPS causative genes (see below)
  • Biomarkers[6] [7]
  • Autoantibodies: Non-specific. Can have antibodies to blood cells (DAT, anti-neutrophil, anti-platelet). Also, can have positive ANA, RF, ANCA.

Classification

Old nomenclature[9]

Revised nomenclature (2010)[10]

  • ALPS-FAS: Fas. Germline FAS mutations. 70% of patients. Autosomal dominant. Dominant negative and haploinsufficient mutations described.[11]
  • ALPS-sFAS: Fas. Somatic FAS mutations in DNT compartment.[12] 10% of patients
  • ALPS-FASL: Fas ligand. Germline FASL mutations. 3 reported cases
  • ALPS-CASP10: Caspase 10. Germline CASP10 mutation. 2% of patients
  • ALPS-U: Undefined. 20% of patients
  • CEDS: Caspase 8 deficiency state. No longer considered a subtype of ALPS but distinct disorder
  • RALD: NRAS , KRAS. Somatic mutations in NRAS and KRAS in lympocyte comparment. No longer considered a subtype of ALPS but distinct disesase

Diagnostic Algorithm

Old criteria[9]

  • Required
    • Chronic non-malignant lymphoproliferation
    • Elevated peripheral blood DNTs
    • Defective in vitro Fas mediated apoptosis

New criteria[10]

  • Required
    • Chronic non-malignant lymphoproliferation (>6 months lymphadenopathy and/or splenomegaly)
    • Elevated peripheral blood DNTs
  • Accessory
    • Primary Accessory
      • Defective in vitro Fas mediated apoptosis
      • Somatic or germline mutation in ALPS causative gene (FAS, FASL, CASP10)
    • Secondary Accessory
      • Elevated biomarkers
        • Plasma sFASL >200pg/ml
        • Plasma IL-10 >20pg/ml
        • Plasma or serum vitamin B12 >1500ng/L
        • Plasma IL-18 >500pg/ml
      • Immunohistochemical findings on biopsy consistent with ALPS as determined by experienced hematopathologist
      • Autoimmune cytopenias and polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia
      • Family history of ALPS or non-malignant lymphoproliferation
  • Definitive diagnosis: Required plus one primary accessory criteria
  • Probable diagnosis: Required plus one secondary accessory criteria
  • Definitive and Probable ALPS should be TREATED THE SAME and patients counseled that they have ALPS if definitive or probable

Treatment

  • Mostly commonly directed at autoimmune disease
  • Maybe needed to treat bulky lymphoproliferation
  • First line therapies
    • Corticosteroids
      • Very active but toxic with chronic use
    • IVIgG
      • Not as effective as in other immune cytopenia syndromes
  • Second line therapies
    • Mycophenolate mofetil (cellcept)[13]
      • Inactivates inosine monophosphate
      • Active in most patients
      • Most studied medicine in clinical trials
      • Some patients have complete resolution of autoimmune disease
      • Some patients have partial responses
      • Some patients relapse
      • Does not affect lymphoproliferation or reduce DNTs
      • Well-tolerated: Side effects: Diarrhea, neutropenia
      • Does not require therapeutic drug monitoring
      • No drug-drug interactions
      • Can cause hypogammaglobulinemia (transient) requiring IVIgG replacement
      • Consider PCP prophylaxis but usually not needed
      • Most commonly used agent in patients who require chronic treatment based on tolerabilty and efficacy
    • Sirolimus (rapamycin, rapamune)
      • mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) inhibitor[14]
      • Active in most patients
      • Second most studied agent in clinical trials
      • Most patients have complete resolution of autoimmune disease (>90%)[15] [16]
      • Most patients have complete resolution of lymphoproliferation, including lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly (>90%)
      • Some patients have near complete response (disease flares with viral illness)
      • Some patients have partial responses (most commonly patients with non hematologic autoimmune disease)
      • Most patients have elimination of peripheral blood DNTs
      • mTOR/Akt/PI3K pathway may be activated in abnormal ALPS cells: mTOR inhibitors may be targeted therapy
      • May not be as immune suppressive in normal lymphocytes as other agents. Some patients have had improvement in immune function with transition from cellcept to rapamycin[17]
      • Not reported to cause hypogammaglobulinemia
      • Hypothetically, may have lower risk of secondary cancers as opposed to other immune suppressants
        • Always a risk with any agent in pre-cancerous syndrome as immune suppression can decreased tumor immunosurvellence
        • mTOR inhibitors active against lymphomas, especially EBV+ lymphomas. Thus, THEORETICALLY could eliminate malignant clones.
      • Requires therapeutic drug monitoring
        • Goal serum trough 5-15ng/ml
      • Drug-drug interactions
      • Well tolerated: Side effects: mucositis, diarrhea, hyperlipidemia, delayed wound healing
      • Consider PCP prophylaxis but usually not needed
      • Second most commonly used agent in patients that require chronic therapy.
        • Better activity against autoimmune disease and lymphoproliferation than mycophenolate mofetil and other drugs; however, sirolimus requires therapeutic drug monitoring and can cause mucositis
    • Other agents:
      • Fansidar,[18] [19] mercaptopurine: More commonly used in Europe. Good ancedotal data
      • Rituximab: AVOID. Can cause life long hypogammaglobulinemia[20]
      • Splenectomy: AVOID. >30% risk of pneumococcal sepsis even with vaccination and antibiotic prophylaxis[21] [22]

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