ONCOHEMATOLOGY

Etiopatogenia şi manifestările clinice ale limfoamelor asociate infecţiei cu HIV

 Etiopathogeny and clinical characteristics of HIV-associated lymphomas

First published: 19 mai 2020

Editorial Group: MEDICHUB MEDIA

DOI: 10.26416/OnHe.51.2.2020.3195

Abstract

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection causes dys­re­gu­lation of cell immunity, which predisposes to the de­velop­ment of cancer, including lymphomas. The lifespan of people diagnosed with HIV has increased over the years and, as a result, malignancies have a larger con­tri­bu­tion to morbidity and mortality in HIV-positive population. After the introduction of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART), it was observed that cancer is diagnosed in more than 40% of HIV-positive patients and almost 30% of HIV-related deaths are assigned to malignancy. Compared with general population, HIV-positive population has an in­creased risk to develop lymphomas. The improvement of survival in HIV-positive patients is the consequence of im­proved antiretroviral therapy, being more accessible and well tolerated, and the consequence of improved supportive stra­te­gies for these patients.

Keywords
HIV, lymphoma, cancer

Rezumat

Infecţia cu virusul imunodeficienţei umane (HIV) este aso­cia­tă cu dereglări ale imunităţii celulare, care predispun la apariţia neoplaziilor, inclusiv a limfoamelor. Speranţa de via­ţă a persoanelor diagnosticate cu HIV s-a îmbunătăţit de-a lungul anilor şi, ca urmare, neoplazia are o contribuţie cres­cu­tă la morbiditatea şi mortalitatea populaţiei HIV-pozitive. Du­pă introducerea terapiei antiretrovirale com­bi­nate (cART), s-a observat că incidenţa cancerului este ridicată, mai mult de 40% dintre pacienţii cu HIV fiind diagnosticaţi cu cancer şi aproape 30% din decesele la pacienţii HIV-pozitivi sunt atri­bu­i­te malignităţii. Faţă de populaţia generală, pacienţii cu HIV prezintă un risc cres­cut de a dezvolta limfoame. Ame­lio­ra­rea supravieţuirii la pacienţii HIV-pozitivi este consecinţa îm­bu­nă­tă­ţi­rii te­ra­pi­ei anti­re­tro­vi­rale, fiind mai accesibilă şi bi­ne tolerată şi, de asemenea, este consecinţa unor strategii de suport îm­bu­nă­tă­ţi­te pentru aceşti pacienţi.

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Introduction

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection causes dysregulation of cell immunity, which predisposes to the development of cancer, including lymphomas(1,2). The lifespan of people diagnosed with HIV has increased over the years and, as a result, malignancies have a larger contribution to morbidity and mortality in HIV-positive population. After the implementation of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART), it was observed that cancer is diagnosed in more than 40% of HIV-positive patients and almost 30% of HIV-related deaths are assigned to malignancy(3). In HIV-positive population, the presence of Kaposi sarcoma, advanced cervical cancer and of cer­tain types of lymphomas, such as systemic high-grade B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma or primary central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma, is considered pa­tho­gno­mo­nic for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Other types of lymphomas, such as Hod­gkin lymphoma or follicular lymphoma, are not con­si­dered AIDS-defining. The clinical presentation of lymphomas in HIV-positive population is different from lymphomas in HIV-negative patients(4,5).

Epidemiology

Compared with the general population, HIV-positive population has an increased risk to develop lymphomas. For example, a meta-analysis that evaluated over 400,000 patients from 7 cancer registries demonstrated an increased risk from 23 to 350 fold of lymphoma development in HIV-positive patients compared to the general population(6). Also, a study of 47,000 HIV-positive patients receiving antiretroviral therapy reported that 10% of deaths were related to cancer and that non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) was the most common cause of death among these patients(7).

Another population-based study that included 448,258 HIV-positive patients for a period of 16 years, from 1996 to 2012, conducted in the United States, showed an increased risk of NHL, with a standardized incidence ratio of 11.15 compared with the general population(8).

The incidence of Hodgkin lymphoma, comparing with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, was unchanged regardless ART use(9).

HIV-related lymphomas are more common in males than in females, independent of cART use(10,11).

After the implementation of cART, the risk of NHL development decreased at first and remained stable over time, the decline being attributed to the improvements in CD4 counts(12,13). The increased proportion of HIV-positive patients who received cART was also associated with changes in the clinical features of HIV-related NHL.

Specific HIV-related NHL, based on location, can be classified into three main categories: systemic NHL, primary central nervous system lymphoma, and primary effusion lymphoma.

Systemic NHL can be further divided into common subtypes described in the World Health Organization (WHO) classification system.

The most common systemic NHL subtypes observed in HIV-positive patients are diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, accounting for 70%, followed by Burkitt lymphoma (20%), indolent B cell lymphoma (10%), plasmablastic lymphoma (approximately 5%), and T-cell lymphoma (3%). Primary CNS lymphoma accounts for 15% of all cases, while primary effusion lymphoma is present in less than 1% of cases(15-17).

Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is the most common non-AIDS-defining malignancy. The incidence of HL is 15 to 30 times higher than in the general population(12). The characteristics of HL in HIV-positive population include unfavorable histology and mixed cellularity, accounting for 60% of cases in two studies(18,19). The majority of patients with HIV-related HL are Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) positive. Another characteristic is that HL tends to develop early in the history of HIV infection. The relationship between HL and CD4 cell count is not really established, some studies indicating that severe immunosuppression is associated with HL, and others not finding any correlation between CD4 cell count and HL(20,21). The impact of cART on the incidence of HL is also unclear: some studies suggest that the incidence has increased in the cART era(22), and others did not observe a significant change(21,23). Some authors state that the risk of HL may be increased especially in the first months after the initiation of cART(24,25).

Table 1. WHO classification of lymphoid malignancies associated with HIV infection (2008)(14)
Table 1. WHO classification of lymphoid malignancies associated with HIV infection (2008)(14)

Pathogenesis

HIV infection. There is no evidence that HIV infection itself can determine cell transformation, since HIV does not infect directly the lymphoma cells, having mainly an indirect role by immunosuppression, and this is supported by the inverse association between CD4+ cell count and NHL onset(26). It is also observed that the risk of lymphoma remains high even after the widespread use of cART, concluding that the relationship between the immunological state and lymphoma development is much more complex(27,28).

Only recently a possible direct effect of HIV through secreted or transmitted viral proteins has been described: Tat protein of HIV may lead to dysregulation of the protein products of RBL2 (pRb2/p130) and may also increase the angiogenic activities of bFGF and VEGF(29). Also, specific variants of HIV p17 have been found to be associated with the development of lymphoma(30).

The specific role of oncogenic viruses – such as Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) – in HIV-related lymphomas pathogenesis is well known, and most lymphomas are associated with these virus infections. Also, the incidence of EBV-associated lymphomas, like Burkitt lymphoma or Hodgkin lymhoma, is still high even after the beginning of ART. The incidence of HHV8-associated primary effusion lymphoma and multicenter Castleman disease remains unchanged by the use of cART(31). It is also known that chronic inflammation could contribute to the development of any cancer, and even in the presence of a long period of viral suppression, inflammatory biomarkers remain at high levels in HIV-positive patients(28,32).

Regarding hepatitis B and C, it is well known the role in the development of NHL in the general population due to B-cell proliferation and to chronic immune activation. In HIV-positive patients ART-treated, the association of hepatitis B or C virus infection and the risk of NHL was observed in a large European study, with a hazard ratio of 1.7(33).

Gene deregulation. Increased expression of BCL-6 is present in more than 70% of HIV-associated lymphomas and in 20% of HIV-associated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL)(34). In DLBCL, a study of patients with and without HIV demonstrated that BCL-6 expression is increased in HIV-positive versus HIV-negative patients (45%, respectively 10%)(35). HIV-associated lymphomas with BCL6 activation and without any other genetic lesions appear to have a better prognosis compared with those BCL-6 negative(36).

MYC translocations are present in 20% of HIV-associated DLBCL and are less common in DLBCL in general population.

Clinical characteristics

Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma is the most frequent HIV-associated lymphoma. It often presents in advanced stages and with B symptoms, and extralymphatic involvement is often present, especially in patients with severe immunosuppression. The prognosis, determined by the International Prognostic Index (IPI), is influenced by multiple factors related to patient, lymphoma and HIV infection. Low CD4 counts have been associated with poor survival in multiple studies, while others have not found an association(37,38). To evaluate the prognosis of HIV-associated lymphoma, an AIDS-related lymphoma IPI has been recently developed, that employs the Age Adjusted-IPI, and an HIV severity score that includes CD4 count, viral load and prior history of AIDS(39)

Burkitt lymphoma (BL) is the second most common type of HIV-associated lymphoma. It usually appears in HIV patients with preserved CD4 count. Extranodal involvement is common, and the incidence of CNS involvement is present in up to 28% of cases. Typically, patients present with poor performance status and high levels of lactate dehydrogenase(28,40). Even after the introduction of cART, the prognosis and survival of BL patients remained poor(41).

Plasmablastic lymphoma (PBL) was first described in the 90s as a rare subtype of DLBCL, with plasmacytoid features, affecting primarily mucosal sites and being common in HIV-positive patients. It is characterized by loss of mature B-cell markers, including CD20, and with an elevated proliferation index, being associated in almost all cases with EBV infection. Up to 50% of the cases present c-MYC translocation, associated with poorer prognostic(42).

Primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) is a rare B-cell lymphoma characterized by effusions that can affect any serosa, pleura, pericardium and peritoneum. Also, a rare solid extracavitary variant has been described. Severe immunosuppression with low CD4+ cell counts is common. The characteristics of PEL are the presence of lymphocyte activation markers, CD30 and CD38, and the absence of normal B-cell markers, CD19 and CD20. HHV8 infection is present in almost all cases, and other HHV8-related malignancies, like Kaposi syndrome or multicentric Castleman disease (MCD), may precede or be present in the same time with PEL(43,44).

Primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is a subtype of DLBCL with a post-germinal center phenotype. EBV is almost always present in lymphoma cells and cerebrospinal fluid, compared with HIV-negative population in which is almost always negative(45,46). The clinical findings and standard radiological investigations are not sufficient for a positive diagnosis and it is usually mandatory to have a brain biopsy, but the combination of radiological findings and detectable EBV in cerebrospinal fluid in a severe immunocompromised HIV-positive patient may be sufficient for diagnosis, but only in selected cases(28).

Hodgkin lymphoma in HIV patients is usually associated with unfavorable characteristics like advanced stage and extranodal and bone marrow involvement. It is associated with EBV infection in 80-100% of cases. The mixed cellularity is the most common HL subtype. The incidence of HL in HIV-positive patients remained stable or has even increased after the introduction of cART(12). Low CD4 count is cosidered an independent adverse prognostic factor(28,47).

Multicentric Castleman disease is a very aggressive B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder and has an increased incidence in HIV-positive patients(48). It can have various clinical features, affecting lymph nodes, with spleen enlargements, and is associated with B symptoms. Hemophagocytic syndrome is a complication that can appear in the clinical course of the disease. Almost all MCD cases in HIV-positive patients are associated with HHV-8 infection(49).

Conclusions

The improvement of survival in HIV-positive patients is the consequence of improved antiretroviral therapy, being more accessible and well tolerated, and to improved supportive strategies for these patients. Also, the introduction of antiretroviral therapy is associated with a decrease in incidence of toxicities related to therapy of HIV-associated lymphomas. The treatment of patients with HIV-related lymphomas should be the same as in non-HIV lymphoma patients, and clinical trials that included HIV-positive patients with lymphoma showed that responses are identical in both populations, with the observation that a special attention should be granted to cART interaction with chemotherapeutic agents, to potential cumulative toxicities, and to risk for other infections in HIV-positive patients.   n 

 

Conflict of interests: The authors declare no conflict of interests.

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