Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Year
: 2020  |  Volume : 68  |  Issue : 10  |  Page : 2160--2165

MYD88 L265P mutation in intraocular lymphoma: A potential diagnostic marker


Sandhya Narasimhan1, Mayur Joshi2, Sowmya Parameswaran3, Pukhraj Rishi4, Vikas Khetan4, Suganeswari Ganesan4, Jyotirmay Biswas2, Natarajan Sundaram5, Janani Sreenivasan3, Sonali Verma5, Vanitha Krishnamurthy2, Krishnakumar Subramanian6,  
1 Sankara Nethralaya Referral Laboratory, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Larsen and Toubro Department of Ocular Pathology, Kamalnayan Bajaj Institute for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
3 Radheshyam Kanoi Stem Cell Laboratory, Kamalnayan Bajaj Institute for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
4 Shri Bhagwan Mahavir Vitreoretinal Services, Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
5 Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
6 Larsen and Toubro Department of Ocular Pathology, Kamalnayan Bajaj Institute for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology; Shri Bhagwan Mahavir Vitreoretinal Services, Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Correspondence Address:
Dr. Krishnakumar Subramanian
Pathologist and Head of L and T Ophthalmic Pathology Department, Deputy Director-Research - Vision Research Foundation, Old No 18, New No 41, College Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai - 600 006, Tamil Nadu
India

Abstract

Purpose: Vitreoretinal lymphoma (VRL) is the most common intraocular lymphoma (IOL). This can be either primary or secondary to the central nervous system lymphoma. The diagnosis of primary intraocular lymphoma (PIOL) currently relies on clinical diagnosis and cytological analysis of the vitreous or subretinal biopsy. Although most cases are diagnosed without much issue, the limited amount of vitreous fluid, subjectivity in cytological reporting, and special expertise in ocular pathology make the diagnosis challenging. MYD88 L265P mutation has been implicated to have diagnostic utility in PIOL. In this study, we screened consecutive vitreous biopsies for the presence of MYD88 L265P mutation to understand its diagnostic utility compared to conventional cytological analysis. Methods: Cytological analysis and MYD88 L265P mutation by PCR-based sequencing and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) were carried out on consecutive vitreous and subretinal biopsies collected from 21 patients. The diagnostic utility of the cytology and MYD88 L265P mutation analysis were compared. Results: Out of the 21 patients, 15 had clinical suspicion of having PIOL. Out of these suspected cases of PIOL, nine were confirmed on follow-up, while six were diagnosed as other intraocular pathologies. Diagnostic utility of MYD88 L265P mutation analysis revealed a sensitivity of 88.9%, specificity of 91.6%, positive and negative predictive value of 88.9% and 91.7%, respectively. Diagnostic accuracy of 90.5% was achieved with the mutation analysis that shows the superiority of MYD88 in both ruling in and ruling out PIOL. The diagnostic utility of MYD88 L265P mutation was superior to conventional cytological analysis. Conclusion: The analysis of MYD88 L265P mutation is reliable and efficient in the diagnosis of PIOL.



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Narasimhan S, Joshi M, Parameswaran S, Rishi P, Khetan V, Ganesan S, Biswas J, Sundaram N, Sreenivasan J, Verma S, Krishnamurthy V, Subramanian K. MYD88 L265P mutation in intraocular lymphoma: A potential diagnostic marker.Indian J Ophthalmol 2020;68:2160-2165


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Narasimhan S, Joshi M, Parameswaran S, Rishi P, Khetan V, Ganesan S, Biswas J, Sundaram N, Sreenivasan J, Verma S, Krishnamurthy V, Subramanian K. MYD88 L265P mutation in intraocular lymphoma: A potential diagnostic marker. Indian J Ophthalmol [serial online] 2020 [cited 2024 Mar 29 ];68:2160-2165
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Primary intraocular lymphoma (PIOL) refers to a B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the retina and vitreous, sometimes with concomitant central nervous system (CNS) involvement. The diagnosis of PIOL is a team effort by the ophthalmologist, pathologist who uses both light microscopy to study the cell morphology and immunocytochemistry for CD20 to establish the diagnosis. Cytological observation of large, atypical lymphoid cells with increased nuclear/cytoplasmic ratio, basophilic cytoplasm, and irregular nuclei is seen in cases of PIOL. However, there are challenges in the diagnosis of PIOL because of the lower volumes of samples available in the form of vitreous aspirate/subretinal aspirate, prior treatment with steroids and lower representation of lymphoma cells amidst a mixture of inflammatory and other retinal cells in subretinal biopsies. All these factors also lead to a high level of subjectivity with respect to confidently reporting lymphoma just based on cytology. In this context, polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based molecular methods might aid in the unbiased diagnosis of PIOL. Recently, MYD88 L265P mutation has been suggested to be prevalent in most PIOL.[1]

Myeloid differentiation primary response 88 (MYD88) gene is located in chromosome 3p22.2 and it provides instructions for making the MYD88 protein involved in signaling within immune cells. MYD88 protein acts as an adaptor molecule involved in Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and interleukin-1 receptor (IL-1R) signaling pathway.[2],[3] Following a stimulus from TLRs, activation of MYD88 leads to increased downstream proinflammatory pathways such as NFκ-B activation and favors tumor-cell survival.

A single base change in the DNA sequence in the MYD88 gene wherein adenine is substituted by guanine resulting in a specific amino acid mutation at position 265 (where lysine is substituted by proline) leads to constitutive activation of B-cells [4] and it is associated with various disease states. MYD88 L265P somatic mutation is reported in over 90% of Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia,[5],[6],[7],[8] 100% in lymphoplasmacytic lymphomas,[9] 14–30% in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma,[10] 33% in primary central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma,[11] about 3% in chronic lymphocytic leukemia,[12] 15% of splenic marginal zone lymphoma,[13] and immunoglobulin M (IgM) monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance [14] by whole genome, exome, or Sanger sequencing. The frequency of MYD88 gene mutation in PIOL has been studied in a western cohort. A prevalence of 69% has been reported in B-cell vitreoretinal lymphoma (VRL) by Bonzheim et al.[1] and Raja et al.[15] has reported 82% positive in VRL and 86% positive in PIOL. In another independent study, two of three cases were positive for MYD88 L265P mutation in PIOL.[16]

Diagnosis of PIOL cannot be made only by clinical features, investigations and microscopic evaluation. The manifestation of the disease can be either vitreal, as subretinal lesions, or both and may also involve the optic disc and retinal vessels. Vitreous opacities may be caused due to the reactive inflammatory cells in vitreous. Subretinal lesions may begin as small, yellow to white mounds, which may enlarge and expand and further coalesce to produce large yellow subretinal masses with brown pigmentation in the center known as “leopard skin pigmentation”. The lesions may involve optic disc producing an optic nerve head swelling. Vasculitis with retinal hemorrhages can also be seen as a rare presentation. Sheathing of the vessels may be seen, which could be reactive or due to lymphoma cell infiltration.

Blurring of vision and/or floaters are presenting symptoms. Vitreous floaters long before PIOL is suspected and are usually due to normal degenerative changes or uveitis. The final clinical diagnosis of PIOL is based on the following observations: anterior segment showing anterior chamber cells as well as keratic precipitates.[17]

Anterior segment inflammation is usually absent or the anterior segment is usually quiet.[17] Lymphoma cells may grow along the Bruch's membrane under the retinal pigment epithelium. These may appear as creamy lesions with orange-yellow infiltrates deep to the retina.[18] Islands of pigment float on these deposits give rise to a characteristic 'leopard-skin' pigmentation. Subsequent primary CNS lymphoma occurs in 40–90% patients within a mean interval of 8–29 months.[18]

The difficulty lies in diagnosing the disease due to its uncommon occurrence and masquerading as uveitis. Patients may be initially treated with topical or systemic corticosteroids or both. Temporarily patients may get benefitted from steroids and thus delay the eventual diagnosis of PIOL. Because lymphomatous cells are responsive to steroids, the “uveitis” may improve, only to recur with a decrease in the dose of steroids or discontinuation of therapy. Although several studies have confirmed the prevalence and frequency of MYD88 L265P mutation in PIOL, we believe a comprehensive comparison of the diagnostic utility of the MYD88 L265P mutation analysis with cytology would be helpful to ascertain its role in routine laboratory diagnosis of PIOL.

 Methods



Patient and samples

The study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC no. 670-2018P). Consecutive vitreous and subretinal biopsies from patients (n = 21) with intraocular inflammatory pathology with or without suspicion of PIOL, between May 2018 and May 2019 for histopathological analysis were included in the study. In total, 25 clinical samples were available for the analysis. This includes vitreous samples alone from 17 patients and paired vitreous and subretinal samples from four patients.

Cytology/Cell Block

Based on the availability of the samples, cytological smear was prepared on charged slides as either direct smear (when less sample volume) or cytospin (when enough sample volume) using SHANDON CYTOSPIN®4, Thermo Scientific. Smears were allowed to air-dry and fixed with 95% ethanol for 10 minutes. Then, the fixed smears were subjected to modified hematoxylin and eosin staining.[19]

Cell-blocks were prepared based on the cellularity of the samples. An equal volume of 95% alcohol and vitreous aspirate added directly into the tube and made it stand for 2–3 hours. Cells in the fluid formed a soft mass. Tubes were centrifuged to get the soft cell mass, which was removed by the applicator stick and 10% neutral buffered formalin (NBF) was added for fixation. The obtained cell mass was processed under routine tissue processing method and embedded in paraffin wax to make the cell block.[20]

The stained smears were mounted with DPX mounting medium and observed under a binocular microscope (NIKON ECLIPSE Ci-L). Images were captured with 20× and 40× objectives by using ScopeImage 9.0 software. Since the main pathologist had access to the patient's clinical details as well as other test details, to mitigate the bias, the microscopic images of the cytological samples were scored by two more pathologists who had equivalent ocular pathology expertise. All samples were reported by all three pathologists: one in-house and two external. The external pathologists were provided with the high-quality images of vitreous aspirate cytology and had been asked for their interpretation of the cytological analysis without any clinical information (blinded). The inter-rater agreement between the pathologists was ascertained. The results obtained were classified as concordant positive (cytological confirmation of lymphoma by all three pathologists); concordant negative (when all three pathologists cytologically ruled out lymphoma); and discordant (when one or more pathologies had a disagreement with the cytological results).

MYD88 L265P Mutation analysis DNA extraction and MYD88 PCR

The DNA extraction was carried out in vitreous aspirate and subretinal biopsy (n = 25) using the QIAGEN DNA extraction kit. PCR was carried out to amplify the region flanking the MYD88 L265P mutation. The primer sequences utilized were Forward primer 5'-GGG ATA TGC TGA ACT AAG TTG CCA C-3' and reverse primer 5'-GAC GTG TCT GTG AAG TTG GCA TCT C-3' which yielded a 726-bp amplicon.[5] PCR reaction was performed in a final reaction volume of 20 μl using EmeraldAmp GT PCR Master Mix (TaKaRa). The amplified products were visualized in 1% agarose gel using ethidium bromide.

Sanger sequencing

Cycle sequencing was done with the amplified PCR products using BigDye Terminator v3.1 cycle sequencing kit using the reverse PCR primer. The cycle sequenced products were purified and sequenced using Applied Biosystems 3130 Genetic Analyzer.

Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP)

To assess the MYD88 L265P mutation status, we attempted to validate restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis as a quick alternate and cheaper method for PIOL diagnosis on all of the above samples. Briefly, PCR primers covering the mutation site were designed to amplify a 415-bp product. The forward and reverse primer sequences were 5'-AAT GTG TGC CAG GGG TAC TTA G-3' and 5'-GAC GTG TCT GTG AAG TTG GCA TCT C-3'. The amplified PCR products were subjected to restriction enzyme digestion using BsiE1 (New England Biolabs, MA, USA) at 37°C for 4 hours. The mutated allele contains a BsiE1 site resulting in 278 bp and 137 bp fragments, whereas the wild-type allele showed a single band of 415bp.

Statistics

The diagnostic utility of the cytological and MYD88 L265P mutation analysis was assessed in terms of the clinical parameters such as sensitivity, specificity, positive/negative predictive values and accuracy using final clinical diagnosis as the gold standard.[21],[22] The numerical values of these parameters were calculated using standard formulae.

 Results



The clinical characteristics of the patients are provided in [Table 1]. There were 12 (57.2%) males and 9 (42.8%) females. The average age was 57.2 years with a range of 23–88 years. Out of 21, 15 patients were clinically suspected to have PIOL [Table 2]. Upon follow-up, 9/15 15 patients were treated for PIOL and responded to treatment (henceforth confirmed as PIOL). The rest six patients were diagnosed for other infectious and inflammatory pathologies (such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis intermediate uveitis (n = 3), Varicella Zoster virus retinitis (n = 1), Cytomegalovirus retinitis (n = 1), and Scleritis (n = 1)); henceforth referred to as other intraocular pathologies (OIP).{Table 1}{Table 2}

Of the six patients who were not clinically suspected of having PIOL, one of the patients initially diagnosed with primary tuberculosis was confirmed to have PIOL after cytological and molecular diagnostic testing. The remaining five cases had either infectious or inflammatory etiology such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis intermediate uveitis (n = 2), varicella zoster virus retinitis (n = 1), endophthalmitis (n = 1), and sarcoidosis (n = 1).

Based on the final diagnosis, 12 patients with other OIP were confirmed as non-PIOL.

Cytological images were reviewed by three ocular pathologists individually and scored as mentioned in the methodology [Figure 1]. Overall concordance in the reporting, irrespective of the final clinical diagnosis between the pathologists were 14/21 (66.7%) cases and 15/25 (60%) samples. Six of the nine clinically confirmed PIOL cases were scored concordant positive; while the rest three carried discordance in the reporting. Of the 12 cases where seven were scored as concordant negative, four carried discordance in the reporting, and one case of Mycobacterium tuberculosis intermediate uveitis was scored as concordant positive.{Figure 1}

The diagnostic utility of the cytological analysis was assessed using the final clinical diagnosis as the gold standard (clinical diagnosis is described in the introduction section in detail). The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and accuracy were 66.7%, 58.3%, 54.5%, 70%, and 61.9%, respectively [Table 3].{Table 3}

MYD88 L265P Mutation analysis

MYD88 L265P mutation analysis was carried out by both Sanger sequencing and PCR-RFLP on all the 25 clinical samples. Both Sanger sequencing [Table 1] and [Figure 2] and PCR-RFLP [Figure 3] showed concordance in all 25 clinical samples. In addition, concordant results were observed with respect to paired vitreous and subretinal fluid obtained from four patients.{Figure 2}{Figure 3}

Of the nine clinically confirmed cases of lymphoma, all but eight cases carried a mutant allele. Of the 12 non-lymphoma cases, 11 revealed a wild-type allele. One of the cases previously confirmed clinically as Mycobacterium tuberculosis intermediate uveitis showed MYD88 positivity, which on follow- up was confirmed as PIOL. Diagnostic utility of MYD88 L265P mutation analysis revealed a sensitivity of 88.9%, specificity of 91.6%, positive and negative predictive value of 88.9% and 91.7%, respectively. Diagnostic accuracy of 90.5% was achieved with the mutation analysis, which shows the superiority of MYD88 in both ruling in and ruling out PIOL.

 Discussion



While clinical features help in suspecting the diagnosis and investigative tools help to differentiate it from other masquerades, it is the microscopic evaluation that forms the mainstay of diagnosis in such patients [17]. Approximately, 60–80% cases of PIOL are bilateral involvement and frequently mimics as chronic posterior uveitis.[18],[23] While magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can confirm the diagnosis of IOL with CNS involvement, to ascertain the clinical diagnosis of IOL without CNS involvement is highly challenging. The diagnosis of IOL becomes more difficult when the patient presents with intraocular mass or masquerade syndrome or have undergone treatment with steroids or immunosuppressant drugs. Although cytology is considered to be a gold standard with respect to the laboratory diagnosis of PIOL, the difficulty to diagnose PIOL predominantly by cytology is attributed to the following reasons.

a)Previous vitrectomy leading to lower cellular content of the vitreous resulting in non-convincing cytology results. b) Prior steroid treatment leading to the apoptosis of lymphoma cells. c) Predominance of inflammatory cells over lymphoma cells in case of vitreous aspirate. d) Sample processing methods (direct versus cytospin smear).

Besides the limitations with respect to the clinical specimen or other technical issues with respect to lack of typical cells or possible variation in the cellular content of cell block sections, the interpretation of the cytology also relies on the expertise of the ocular pathologists reviewing the slides. To assess the inter-observer bias or subjectivity, we provided the cytology images of the intraocular samples to three ocular pathologists with equivalent expertise. The lower rate of concordance in the reporting suggested that cytological analysis of PIOL may be highly subjective and one cannot rely only on cytology results. In addition, the attributes of the diagnostic utility of cytological analysis in diagnosing PIOL were very low [Table 4] with an approximate accuracy of 59%.{Table 4}

Since PCR-based assays have been shown to be less subjective and more useful in establishing infectious etiology in intraocular fluids, we searched for PCR-based assays to improve the diagnosis of IOL. Since PCR-based sequencing for MYD88 L265P was less complex than IgH rearrangement, we preferred to compare its diagnostic utility to aid the cytological analysis.

Our results suggested that MYD88 L265P mutation analysis had a better diagnostic profile in terms of all the parameters such as sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive value as well as accuracy. We observed that the positivity rate of MYD88 L265P in clinically confirmed cases of lymphoma was 80%, which is in par with those observed in previous studies [1],[15], which ranges between 69% and 88%.

MYD88 L265P mutation was absent in one of the confirmed lymphoma cases (VA9), it is to be noted that cytological analysis also showed discordant results and was less informative. This case (VA9) had a classical clinical presentation of subretinal pigmented epithelial (RPE) deposits with leopard lesions, which allowed the clinician to decide on the therapy in lieu of negative results with both cytology and MYD88 L265P mutation. In addition, immunohistochemistry of CD20 on subretinal biopsy turned out to be positive, confirming as PIOL.

In addition to these cases where MYD88 failed to identify lymphoma, one of the cases (Case No. VA21); although classified as “false positive” in this manuscript, actually helped the clinicians to rule in lymphoma in a patient with primary tuberculosis. This patient had a history of tuberculosis and presented with subretinal granuloma in both eyes with subretinal gliosis at the macula. He was put on anti-tubercular treatment regimen category-2, however, with no improvement in the subretinal granuloma. PCR for Mycobacterium tuberculosis turned negative suggesting a different entity to be involved in the pathology and MYD88 L265P mutation test by Sanger sequencing aided in ruling in lymphoma. Currently, the patient is being treated with rituximab and responding well to the treatment.

Owing to the higher cost, technical difficulties, and turn-around time involved with IgH gene rearrangement assay, MYD88 L265P gene mutation by Sanger sequencing provides to be a very useful alternative. In addition, to be useful in establishing a reliable diagnosis of lymphoma, we were able to reduce both the cost and turn-around-time to reporting the MYD88 mutation status by adapting an already established PCR-based RFLP assay.[7],[25] The PCR-RFLP showed 100% concordance with PCR-based sequencing results and could be adaptable in any basic molecular biological laboratory.

Since our hospital is a tertiary care center, all patients included in the study had been referred from other hospitals for further evaluation. All patients had been previously treated with steroids but were tapered off the dose before the vitreous biopsies were taken. Variation in sample preparation and steroid treatment did not affect the diagnosis of PIOL by Sanger sequencing. Hence, we suggest MYD88 L265P gene mutation test for the diagnosis of PIOL.

 Conclusion



In conclusion, our study suggests MYD88 L265P to be a highly reliable test for diagnosing PIOL in an ophthalmic tertiary care setting where most complicated, already treated, and non-responsive cases are referred. The major limitation is the smaller cohort on which the analysis has been carried out. A multicenter longitudinal study would aid in establishing the actual utility of MYD88 L265P mutation analysis in PIOL.

Acknowledgements

The authors thank Dr. Sarah Coupland, the University of Liverpool for her mentorship. The authors also thank Dr. Kris Vasan, Chief Operating Officer, Medical Research Foundation for providing intramural funding to execute the project.

Financial support and sponsorship

Nil.

Conflicts of interest

There are no conflicts of interest.

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