Neuropathology of HTLV-1-associated myelopathy (HAM/TSP).

Leukemia

Center for Chronic Viral Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan.

Published: April 1997

In order to clarify pathogenesis of HAM/TSP, we performed a detailed neuropathologic analysis of seven autopsy patients with HAM/TSP. Inflammatory infiltrates of mononuclear cells and degeneration of myelin and axons were noted in the middle to lower thoracic spinal cords and were continuously extended to the entire spinal cord. Horizontal distribution of inflammatory lesions was symmetric at any spinal levels. Immunohistochemical analysis demonstrated T-cell dominance. The numbers of CD4+ T cells and CD8+ T cells were equally present in patients with shorter clinical course. Apoptosis of helper/inducer T cells were observed in the presence of TIA1+ cytotoxic T cells in these active inflammatory lesions. Inflammatory infiltrates were markedly decreased and CD8+/TIA1- T cells were predominated over CD4+ cells in patients with prolonged clinical course. HTLV-1 proviral DNA amounts in the freshly frozen spinal cord measured by quantitative PCR were well correlated with the numbers of infiltrated CD4+ cells. In situ PCR of HTLV-1 proviral DNA using multi-primary pairs demonstrated the presence of HTLV-1 infected cells exclusively in the mononuclear infiltrates of perivascular areas. From these findings, it is suggested that the target of the inflammatory process seen in HAM/TSP lesions may be HTLV-1 infected CD4+ T cells infiltrating the spinal cord.

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