Abstract
The T gamma-lymphoproliferative syndrome is characterized by a proliferation of large granular lymphocytes (LGL). It is often associated with neutropenia, and in 30% of cases with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Phenotypic analysis has demonstrated that in most cases of RA with T gamma-proliferative disease, the LGL represent T cells with a clonal rearrangement of the alpha/beta T cell receptor (TCR2). Here, three patients with gamma/delta TCR1+ LGL proliferation suffering from long-standing arthritis and neutropenia are described. The first patient with RA showed an expansion of a heterogeneous CD2+ CD16+ CD56- LGL population, of which 30% coexpressed TCR1 with V delta 1 rearrangement. The second patient with ankylosing spondylitis and RA was suffering from proliferation of TCR1+ (V gamma 9-, V delta 1-), CD2+ CD16- CD56- LGL with low coexpression of CD8. The third patient with RA was suffering from a proliferation of TCR1+ (V delta 1+, V gamma 9-) CD4- CD8- CD16- CD56- lymphocytes. On the basis of these unusual findings, the pathogenetic role of TCR1+ T cells in RA is discussed.
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