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Overview

An elevated concentration of serum double negative α/β T cells comprising more than 1.5% of the total lymphocytes or at least 2.5% of total T cells along with chronic lymphadenopathy or splenomegaly for more than 6 months are the two required testing for clinical diagnosis of Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome which leads to ancillary testing. Confirmatory testing for ALPS is the testing for the ALPS-related mutations or functional testing of patient T cells are requires according to the 2010 guidelines.

Laboratory Findings

  • Elevated peripheral blood Double Negative T cells (DNTs)[1]
    • 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[2] [3]
  • Autoantibodies: Non-specific. Can have antibodies to blood cells (DAT, anti-neutrophil, anti-platelet). Also, can have positive ANA, RF, ANCA.

References

  1. Bleesing JJ, Brown MR, Novicio C, Guarraia D, Dale JK, Straus SE; et al. (2002). "A composite picture of TcR alpha/beta(+) CD4(-)CD8(-) T Cells (alpha/beta-DNTCs) in humans with autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome". Clin Immunol. 104 (1): 21–30. PMID 12139944.
  2. Magerus-Chatinet A, Stolzenberg MC, Loffredo MS, Neven B, Schaffner C, Ducrot N; et al. (2009). "FAS-L, IL-10, and double-negative CD4- CD8- TCR alpha/beta+ T cells are reliable markers of autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) associated with FAS loss of function". Blood. 113 (13): 3027–30. doi:10.1182/blood-2008-09-179630. PMID 19176318.
  3. Caminha I, Fleisher TA, Hornung RL, Dale JK, Niemela JE, Price S; et al. (2010). "Using biomarkers to predict the presence of FAS mutations in patients with features of the autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome". J Allergy Clin Immunol. 125 (4): 946–949.e6. doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2009.12.983. PMID 20227752.
  4. Seif AE, Manno CS, Sheen C, Grupp SA, Teachey DT (2010). "Identifying autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome in children with Evans syndrome: a multi-institutional study". Blood. 115 (11): 2142–5. doi:10.1182/blood-2009-08-239525. PMID 20068224.