Table 3.

Clonal rearrangements obtained from 3 cases of Hodgkin disease

Case no.CellsV gene3-150Functionality3-151Mutation frequency (%)Remarks
HRS  7  × VH3-20 2.7  
   3 × VH3-11 6.2 Deletion beginning in CDRIII and ending in the JH4/5 intron 
   4 × VκO18/O8 1.2  
   15 × VκA17 −  
   11 × Vλ1g − 3.5  
   13 × Vλ3r 5.9 11 × identical, 2 × with nonsense mutation 
 SMALL C1 2 × VH3-23 11.2 and 8.8  
 CD30C1 2 × VκA19/A3  
 EBER+ C1 1 × Vλ1g − 9.8 1 bp del 
  C1 1 × Vλ1c 3.9  
  C2 2 × VH3-20 2.6 and 6.3  
  C2 1 × VκB3 8.1 1 stop, 1 bp ins 
HRS  6 × VH4-31 9.7  
   11 × VH4-34 − 14 11 bp del FRII, large FRIII and CDRIII del 
   6 × VκO14 −  
   6 × Vλ1v117(1b) − 17 5 bp ins, 14 bp dup 
   11 × Vλ3m 12.8  
 SMALL C1 2 × VH4-04 3.7  
 CD30/
 
C2 2 × VH4-34 8.6  
 EBER+ C2 1 × VκA27  
  C2 1 × Vλ3f −  
  C3 1 × VκO18/O8 −  
  C3 3 × Vλ1v117(1b) 1.5  
HRS  2 × VκA19/A3 − 9.5  
   8 × VκB3 −  
   9 × Vλ6a 11 3 stops (1 seq with 1 nt difference) 
 SMALL C1 2 × Vκ014/04 −  
 CD30     
 EBER+      
Case no.CellsV gene3-150Functionality3-151Mutation frequency (%)Remarks
HRS  7  × VH3-20 2.7  
   3 × VH3-11 6.2 Deletion beginning in CDRIII and ending in the JH4/5 intron 
   4 × VκO18/O8 1.2  
   15 × VκA17 −  
   11 × Vλ1g − 3.5  
   13 × Vλ3r 5.9 11 × identical, 2 × with nonsense mutation 
 SMALL C1 2 × VH3-23 11.2 and 8.8  
 CD30C1 2 × VκA19/A3  
 EBER+ C1 1 × Vλ1g − 9.8 1 bp del 
  C1 1 × Vλ1c 3.9  
  C2 2 × VH3-20 2.6 and 6.3  
  C2 1 × VκB3 8.1 1 stop, 1 bp ins 
HRS  6 × VH4-31 9.7  
   11 × VH4-34 − 14 11 bp del FRII, large FRIII and CDRIII del 
   6 × VκO14 −  
   6 × Vλ1v117(1b) − 17 5 bp ins, 14 bp dup 
   11 × Vλ3m 12.8  
 SMALL C1 2 × VH4-04 3.7  
 CD30/
 
C2 2 × VH4-34 8.6  
 EBER+ C2 1 × VκA27  
  C2 1 × Vλ3f −  
  C3 1 × VκO18/O8 −  
  C3 3 × Vλ1v117(1b) 1.5  
HRS  2 × VκA19/A3 − 9.5  
   8 × VκB3 −  
   9 × Vλ6a 11 3 stops (1 seq with 1 nt difference) 
 SMALL C1 2 × Vκ014/04 −  
 CD30     
 EBER+      

bp indicates base pair; del, deletion; ins, insertion; dup, duplication; FR, framework region; CDR, complementarity determining region; C1, C2, C3, clone 1, clone 2, clone 3.

F3-150

Given is the number of cells from which a given rearrangement was amplified and the name of the V gene segment used in the rearrangement.

F3-151

Functionality of the rearrangement before onset of somatic hypermutation.