Figure 2.
Immunoglobulin and TCR profiles of representative samples (donut charts). The immunoglobulin and TCR sequences are clustered according to the amino acid sequence of CDR3. The BCR or TCR origin (green: IgVH (IgH); blue: IgVL (IgL); red: TCR), identified constant, chromosomal origin, and cluster of identical CDR3 sequences are indicated from the inside to the outside. The 3 samples presented correspond to the 3 different types of 5′RACE results, namely (A) a PMBL case with a polyclonal profile with no dominant clonotype identified. The ratio of B-cell to T-cell (B/T) sequences and the percentage of sequences corresponding to the dominant CDR3s are as follows: B/T ratio, 93.64%; most frequent IgVH CDR3, 0.92%; most frequent IgVL CDR3, 1.48%. (B) A PMBL case with confirmed B-cell clonality, not classified as having the HCD (non-HCD). The clonality threshold was defined as 6.04%; the upper outlier of the distribution of sequencing reads coding the most frequent CDR3 from the heavy and light BCR chains in the absence of tumoral populations. The ratio of B/T sequences and the percentage of sequences corresponding to the dominant CDR3s are as follows: B/T ratio, 94.85%; most frequent IgVH CDR3, 44.74%; most frequent IgVL CDR3, 78.44%. (C) A PMBL case with the HCD in which the dominant clonotype represents >81.1% and >78.6% of all CDR3 sequences for IgVH and IgVL, respectively. The ratio of B/T sequences and the percentage of sequences corresponding to the dominant CDR3s are as follows: B/T ratio, 88.5%; most frequent IgVH CDR3, 93.35%; most frequent IgVL CDR3, 94.42%. HCD, highest clonal dominance.