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ArticleLeukemia2025

Transcriptomic landscape of CD8+ and CD4 + T-LGL leukemia revealed the distinct impact of STAT3 and STAT5B activating mutations.

Giulia Calabretto, Andrea Binatti, Antonella Teramo, Alessia Buratin, Gregorio Barilà, Vanessa Rebecca Gasparini, Cristina Vicenzetto, Enrico Gaffo, Elisa Rampazzo, Silvia Orsi and 9 more

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Giulia Calabretto *Department of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Unit, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Andrea Binatti *Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Antonella TeramoDepartment of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Unit, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Alessia BuratinDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Gregorio BarilàHematology Unit, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy.
Vanessa Rebecca GaspariniDepartment of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Unit, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8689-3759
Cristina VicenzettoVeneto Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM), Padova, Italy.
Enrico GaffoDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6338-7677
Elisa RampazzoDepartment of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Unit, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Silvia OrsiDepartment of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Unit, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.ORCID 0009-0009-8860-5875
Elena BusonDepartment of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Unit, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Valentina TrimarcoDepartment of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Unit, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Barbara MariottiSection of General Pathology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Monica FaccoDepartment of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Unit, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0100-5789
Flavia BazzoniSection of General Pathology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6768-8012
Livio TrentinDepartment of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Unit, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Gianpietro SemenzatoDepartment of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Unit, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6061-4595
Renato ZambelloDepartment of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Unit, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. r.zambello@unipd.it.ORCID 0000-0002-8799-5324
Stefania BortoluzziDepartment of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. stefania.bortoluzzi@unipd.it.ORCID 0000-0001-8240-3070

Funding

Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (Italian Association for Cancer Research) 20052Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (Italian Association for Cancer Research) 20216Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (Italian Association for Cancer Research) 29058Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (Italian Association for Cancer Research) 29598
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The biological basis of the high clinical heterogeneity of T-LGL Leukemia (T-LGLL) is not completely understood and effective therapies for this disease are lacking. Through RNA-Sequencing of purified T-LGLs we reveal gene expression profiles and pathway dysregulations in the major patient subgroups, defined by CD8+ or CD4+ phenotype and STAT3/STAT5B mutational status. Overall, T-LGLL patients exhibited a marked transcriptome dysregulation compared to controls. This was more pronounced in the most symptomatic CD8 + STAT3-mutated patients, which emerged as a distinct biological entity, separated from the other disease subgroups. Particularly, CD8 + STAT3-mutated cases displayed extensive down-regulation of genes, ultimately resulting in the de-repression of proliferation and cell cycle pathways. Among genes up-regulated in CD8 + STAT3-mutated cases we found VCAM1, the transcriptional repressor EZH2 and the p53-regulator MDM2 proto-oncogene, as well as the leukemogenesis-associated PVT1 up-regulation, representing the first report of a long-non-coding RNA alterations in leukemic T-LGLs. The impact of STAT5B mutations on T-LGLs transcriptome was more limited and the overexpression of the PIM1 serine/threonine kinase proto-oncogene was identified as one of the most relevant features of STAT5B-mutated CD4 + T-LGLL. This study significantly advances our understanding of T-LGLL pathogenesis, uncovering new oncogenic mechanisms within the distinct molecular subtypes of the disease.

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CD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesLeukemia, Large Granular LymphocyticMutationSTAT3 Transcription FactorSTAT5 Transcription FactorTranscriptomeAdultAgedFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, LeukemicHumansMaleMiddle AgedProto-Oncogene MasMAS1 protein, humanProto-Oncogene MasSTAT3 protein, humanSTAT3 Transcription FactorSTAT5B protein, humanSTAT5 Transcription Factor

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PMID40721648
PMCPMC12463674

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