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Vujanić GM, Mifsud W. Anaplasia in Wilms tumor: A critical review. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2024; 71:e31000. [PMID: 38605554 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.31000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2024] [Revised: 03/17/2024] [Accepted: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024]
Abstract
Anaplasia in Wilms tumor is recognized as the most important prognostically unfavorable histological feature. It is subtyped as focal anaplastic Wilms tumor (FAWT) and diffuse anaplastic Wilms tumor (DAWT). Outcomes of patients with DAWT remain poor in patients with stage III and IV tumors. Important issues relevant to anaplasia in Wilms tumor, including prevalence, treatment, outcomes, biomarkers, anaplasia, and chemotherapy, and the concept of tumor aggressiveness, are reviewed and discussed here. We also consider the differences in clinical approaches to anaplasia in Wilms tumor between the two major renal tumor clinical research groups: the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) Renal Tumour Study Group and the Children's Oncology Group (COG) Renal Tumor Group. We emphasize the importance and implications of recognizing FAWT and DAWT as separate clinico-pathological entities.
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- Gordan M Vujanić
- Department of Pathology, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar
- Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Pathology, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar
- Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar, Doha, Qatar
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Kommoss FKF, Chong AS, Apellaniz-Ruiz M, Turashvili G, Park KJ, Hanley K, Valera ET, von Deimling A, Vujanic G, McCluggage WG, Foulkes WD. Teratoma-associated and so-called pure Wilms tumour of the ovary represent two separate tumour types with distinct molecular features. Histopathology 2024; 84:683-696. [PMID: 38084641 DOI: 10.1111/his.15116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2023] [Revised: 11/23/2023] [Accepted: 11/26/2023] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
Abstract
AIMS Ovarian Wilms tumour (WT)/nephroblastoma is an extremely rare neoplasm that has been reported to occur in pure form or as a component of a teratomatous neoplasm. We hypothesized that teratoma-associated and pure ovarian WT may represent different tumour types with diverging molecular backgrounds. To test this hypothesis, we comprehensively characterized a series of five tumours originally diagnosed as ovarian WT. METHODS AND RESULTS The five cases comprised three teratoma-associated (two mature and one immature) and two pure WTs. Two of the teratoma-associated WTs consisted of small nodular arrangements of "glandular"/epithelial structures, while the third consisted of both an epithelial and a diffuse spindle cell/blastemal component. The pure WTs consisted of "glandular" structures, which were positive for sex cord markers (including inhibin and SF1) together with a rhabdomyosarcomatous component. The two pure WTs harboured DICER1 pathogenic variants (PVs), while the three associated with teratomas were DICER1 wildtype. Panel-based DNA sequencing of four of the cases did not identify PVs in the other genes investigated. Analysis of the HA19/IGF2 imprinting region showed retention of imprinting in the pure WTs but loss of heterozygosity with hypomethylation of the ICR1 region in two of three teratoma-associated WTs. Furthermore, copy number variation and clustering-based whole-genome DNA methylation analyses identified divergent molecular profiles for pure and teratoma-associated WTs. CONCLUSION Based on the morphological features, immunophenotype, and molecular findings (DICER1 PVs, copy number, and DNA methylation profiles), we suggest that the two cases diagnosed as pure primary ovarian WT represent moderately to poorly differentiated Sertoli Leydig cell tumours (SLCTs), while the tumours arising in teratomas represent true WTs. It is possible that at least some prior cases reported as pure primary ovarian WT represent SLCTs.
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- Felix K F Kommoss
- Department of Pathology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Department of Molecular Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Cancer Axis, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Molecular Mechanisms and Experimental Therapy in Oncology Program (Oncobell), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Genomics Medicine Unit, Navarrabiomed, Hospital Universitario de Navarra (HUN), Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), IdiSNA, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Neuropathology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
- Clinical Cooperation Unit Neuropathology, German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, UK
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- Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Cancer Axis, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Cancer Research Program, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Perotti D, Williams RD, Wegert J, Brzezinski J, Maschietto M, Ciceri S, Gisselsson D, Gadd S, Walz AL, Furtwaengler R, Drost J, Al-Saadi R, Evageliou N, Gooskens SL, Hong AL, Murphy AJ, Ortiz MV, O'Sullivan MJ, Mullen EA, van den Heuvel-Eibrink MM, Fernandez CV, Graf N, Grundy PE, Geller JI, Dome JS, Perlman EJ, Gessler M, Huff V, Pritchard-Jones K. Hallmark discoveries in the biology of Wilms tumour. Nat Rev Urol 2024; 21:158-180. [PMID: 37848532 DOI: 10.1038/s41585-023-00824-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023]
Abstract
The modern study of Wilms tumour was prompted nearly 50 years ago, when Alfred Knudson proposed the 'two-hit' model of tumour development. Since then, the efforts of researchers worldwide have substantially expanded our knowledge of Wilms tumour biology, including major advances in genetics - from cloning the first Wilms tumour gene to high-throughput studies that have revealed the genetic landscape of this tumour. These discoveries improve understanding of the embryonal origin of Wilms tumour, familial occurrences and associated syndromic conditions. Many efforts have been made to find and clinically apply prognostic biomarkers to Wilms tumour, for which outcomes are generally favourable, but treatment of some affected individuals remains challenging. Challenges are also posed by the intratumoural heterogeneity of biomarkers. Furthermore, preclinical models of Wilms tumour, from cell lines to organoid cultures, have evolved. Despite these many achievements, much still remains to be discovered: further molecular understanding of relapse in Wilms tumour and of the multiple origins of bilateral Wilms tumour are two examples of areas under active investigation. International collaboration, especially when large tumour series are required to obtain robust data, will help to answer some of the remaining unresolved questions.
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- Daniela Perotti
- Predictive Medicine: Molecular Bases of Genetic Risk, Department of Experimental Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
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- Developmental Biology and Cancer Research and Teaching Department, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
- Section of Genetics and Genomics, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Theodor-Boveri-Institute/Biocenter, Developmental Biochemistry, Wuerzburg University, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Division of Haematology/Oncology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Research Center, Boldrini Children's Hospital, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Predictive Medicine: Molecular Bases of Genetic Risk, Department of Experimental Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Cancer Cell Evolution Unit, Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Clinical Genetics, Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics, Office of Medical Services, Skåne, Sweden
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- Department of Pathology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Division of Hematology,Oncology, Neuro-Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplant, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital Bern University, Bern, Switzerland
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- Princess Máxima Center for Paediatric Oncology, Utrecht, Netherlands
- Oncode Institute, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Developmental Biology and Cancer Research and Teaching Department, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
- Department of Histopathology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
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- Divisions of Hematology and Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, CHOP Specialty Care Center, Vorhees, NJ, USA
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- Princess Máxima Center for Paediatric Oncology, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Paediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Histology Laboratory, Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland
- Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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- Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Paediatric Hematology Oncology, IWK Health Centre and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Department of Paediatric Oncology and Hematology, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, Germany
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- Department of Paediatrics Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Oncology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Oncology, Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Children's National Hospital and the Department of Paediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Theodor-Boveri-Institute/Biocenter, Developmental Biochemistry, Wuerzburg University, Wuerzburg, Germany
- Comprehensive Cancer Center Mainfranken, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Developmental Biology and Cancer Research and Teaching Department, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
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Uno K, Rastegar B, Jansson C, Durand G, Valind A, Chattopadhyay S, Bertolotti A, Ciceri S, Spreafico F, Collini P, Perotti D, Mengelbier LH, Gisselsson D. A Gradual Transition Toward Anaplasia in Wilms Tumor Through Tolerance to Genetic Damage. Mod Pathol 2024; 37:100382. [PMID: 37951357 DOI: 10.1016/j.modpat.2023.100382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2023] [Revised: 10/23/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
Abstract
Patients with Wilms tumor (WT) in general have excellent survival, but the prognosis of patients belonging to the subgroup of WT with diffuse anaplasia (DA) is poor due to frequent resistance to chemotherapy. We hypothesized that DA WT cells might undergo changes, such as acquiring a persistent tolerance to DNA damage and copy number aberrations (CNAs), which could eventually lead to their resistance to chemotherapy treatment. Tissue sections from chemotherapy-treated DA WTs (n = 12) were compared with chemotherapy-treated nonanaplastic WTs (n = 15) in a tissue microarray system, enabling analysis of 769 tumor regions. All regions were scored for anaplastic features and immunohistochemistry was used to quantify p53 expression, proliferation index (Ki67), and DNA double-strand breaks (γH2AX). CNAs were assessed by array-based genotyping and TP53 mutations using targeted sequencing. Proliferation index and the frequency of DNA double-strand breaks (γH2AX dot expression) increased with higher anaplasia scores. Almost all (95.6%) areas with full-scale anaplasia had TP53 mutations or loss of heterozygosity, along with an increased amount of CNAs. Interestingly, areas with wild-type TP53 with loss of heterozygosity and only one feature of anaplasia (anaplasia score 1) also had significantly higher proliferation indices, more DNA double-strand breaks, and more CNAs than regions without any anaplastic features (score 0); such areas may be preanaplastic cell populations under selective pressure for TP53 mutations. In conclusion, we suggest that chemoresistance of DA WTs may be partly explained by a high proliferative capability of anaplastic cells, which also have a high burden of double-stranded DNA breaks and CNAs, and that there is a gradual emergence of anaplasia in WT.
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- Kaname Uno
- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
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- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; Now with Childhood Cancer Center, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Diagnostic and Molecular Research Lab, Department of Advanced Diagnostics, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Molecular Bases of Genetic Risk and Genetic Testing Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy; Now with Predictive Medicine: Molecular Bases of Genetic Risk, Department of Experimental Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Pediatric Oncology Unit, Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Soft Tissue Tumor Pathology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Molecular Bases of Genetic Risk and Genetic Testing Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy; Now with Predictive Medicine: Molecular Bases of Genetic Risk, Department of Experimental Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; Division of Oncology-Pathology, Department of Clinical Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; Division of Clinical Genetics and Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University Hospital, Skåne Healthcare Region, Lund, Sweden
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Su X, Lu X, Bazai SK, Dainese L, Verschuur A, Dumont B, Mouawad R, Xu L, Cheng W, Yan F, Irtan S, Lindner V, Paillard C, Le Bouc Y, Coulomb A, Malouf GG. Delineating the interplay between oncogenic pathways and immunity in anaplastic Wilms tumors. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7884. [PMID: 38036539 PMCID: PMC10689851 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43290-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Wilms tumors are highly curable in up to 90% of cases with a combination of surgery and radio-chemotherapy, but treatment-resistant types such as diffuse anaplastic Wilms tumors pose significant therapeutic challenges. Our multi-omics profiling unveils a distinct desert-like diffuse anaplastic Wilms tumor subtype marked by immune/stromal cell depletion, TP53 alterations, and cGAS-STING pathway downregulation, accounting for one-third of all diffuse anaplastic cases. This subtype, also characterized by reduced CD8 and CD3 infiltration and active oncogenic pathways involving histone deacetylase and DNA repair, correlates with poor clinical outcomes. These oncogenic pathways are found to be conserved in anaplastic Wilms tumor cell models. We identify histone deacetylase and/or WEE1 inhibitors as potential therapeutic vulnerabilities in these tumors, which might also restore tumor immunogenicity and potentially enhance the effects of immunotherapy. These insights offer a foundation for predicting outcomes and personalizing treatment strategies for aggressive pediatric Wilms tumors, tailored to individual immunological landscapes.
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- Xiaoping Su
- Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Cancer and Functional Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology, CNRS/INSERM/UNISTRA, Illkirch, France
- Research Center of Biostatistics and Computational Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Cancer and Functional Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology, CNRS/INSERM/UNISTRA, Illkirch, France
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- Department of Pathology, Hôpital Armand Trousseau, Assistance-Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
- UF Tumorothèque HUEP, Hôpital Armand Trousseau, Assistance-Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
- Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (CRSA), INSERM, Sorbonne Université, UMR_S .938, Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hôpital d'Enfants de La Timone, F-13005, Marseille, France
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- Centre Léon Bérard, Institut d'Hématologie et d'Oncologie Pédiatrique (IHOPe), Lyon, France
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance-Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Research Center of Biostatistics and Computational Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China
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- Research Center of Biostatistics and Computational Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China
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- Research Center of Biostatistics and Computational Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Pediaric Surgery, AP-HP, Hôpital Armand Trousseau, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatric Onco-hematology, CHRU Strasbourg, Strasbourg Université, Strasbourg, France
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- Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (CRSA), INSERM, Sorbonne Université, UMR_S .938, Paris, France
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- Department of Pathology, Hôpital Armand Trousseau, Assistance-Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.
- UF Tumorothèque HUEP, Hôpital Armand Trousseau, Assistance-Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.
- Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (CRSA), INSERM, Sorbonne Université, UMR_S .938, Paris, France.
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- Department of Cancer and Functional Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology, CNRS/INSERM/UNISTRA, Illkirch, France.
- Department of Medical Oncology, Institut de Cancérologie de Strasbourg, Strasbourg University, Strasbourg, France.
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Zheng H, Liu J, Pan X, Cui X. Biomarkers for patients with Wilms tumor: a review. Front Oncol 2023; 13:1137346. [PMID: 37554168 PMCID: PMC10405734 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1137346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Accepted: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/10/2023] Open
Abstract
Wilms tumor, originating from aberrant fetal nephrogenesis, is the most common renal malignancy in childhood. The overall survival of children is approximately 90%. Although existing risk-stratification systems are helpful in identifying patients with poor prognosis, the recurrence rate of Wilms tumors remains as high as 15%. To resolve this clinical problem, diverse studies on the occurrence and progression of the disease have been conducted, and the results are encouraging. A series of molecular biomarkers have been identified with further studies on the mechanism of tumorigenesis. Some of these show prognostic value and have been introduced into clinical practice. Identification of these biomarkers can supplement the existing risk-stratification systems. In the future, more biomarkers will be discovered, and more studies are required to validate their roles in improving the detection rate of occurrence or recurrence of Wilms tumor and to enhance clinical outcomes.
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- Department of Urology, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Urology, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Rastegar B, Andersson N, Petersson A, Karlsson J, Chattopadhyay S, Valind A, Jansson C, Durand G, Romerius P, Jirström K, Holmquist Mengelbier L, Gisselsson D. Resolving the Pathogenesis of Anaplastic Wilms Tumors through Spatial Mapping of Cancer Cell Evolution. Clin Cancer Res 2023; 29:2668-2677. [PMID: 37140929 PMCID: PMC10345961 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-23-0311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Revised: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
Abstract
PURPOSE While patients with intermediate-risk (IR) Wilms tumors now have an overall survival (OS) rate of almost 90%, those affected by high-stage tumors with diffuse anaplasia have an OS of only around 50%. We here identify key events in the pathogenesis of diffuse anaplasia by mapping cancer cell evolution over anatomic space in Wilms tumors. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN We spatially mapped subclonal landscapes in a retrospective cohort of 20 Wilms tumors using high-resolution copy-number profiling and TP53 mutation analysis followed by clonal deconvolution and phylogenetic reconstruction. Tumor whole-mount sections (WMS) were utilized to characterize the distribution of subclones across anatomically distinct tumor compartments. RESULTS Compared with non-diffuse anaplasia Wilms tumors, tumors with diffuse anaplasia showed a significantly higher number of genetically distinct tumor cell subpopulations and more complex phylogenetic trees, including high levels of phylogenetic species richness, divergence, and irregularity. All regions with classical anaplasia showed TP53 alterations. TP53 mutations were frequently followed by saltatory evolution and parallel loss of the remaining wild-type (WT) allele in different regions. Morphologic features of anaplasia increased with copy-number aberration (CNA) burden and regressive features. Compartments demarcated by fibrous septae or necrosis/regression were frequently (73%) associated with the emergence of new clonal CNAs, although clonal sweeps were rare within these compartments. CONCLUSIONS Wilms tumors with diffuse anaplasia display significantly more complex phylogenies compared with non-diffuse anaplasia Wilms tumors, including features of saltatory and parallel evolution. The subclonal landscape of individual tumors was constrained by anatomic compartments, which should be considered when sampling tissue for precision diagnostics.
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- Bahar Rastegar
- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Department of Pediatrics, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Oncology and Therapeutic Pathology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Department of Pediatrics, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Pediatrics, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Oncology and Therapeutic Pathology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Division of Oncology and Therapeutic Pathology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Walz AL, Maschietto M, Crompton B, Evageliou N, Dix D, Tytgat G, Gessler M, Gisselsson D, Daw NC, Wegert J. Tumor biology, biomarkers, and liquid biopsy in pediatric renal tumors. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2023; 70 Suppl 2:e30130. [PMID: 36592003 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.30130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Revised: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 11/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
The expansion of knowledge regarding driver mutations for Wilms tumor (WT) and malignant rhabdoid tumor of the kidney (MRT) and various translocations for other pediatric renal tumors opens up new possibilities for diagnosis and treatment. In addition, there are growing data surrounding prognostic factors that can be used to stratify WT treatment to improve outcomes. Here, we review the molecular landscape of WT and other pediatric renal tumors as well as WT prognostic factors. We also review incorporation of circulating tumor DNA/liquid biopsies to leverage this molecular landscape, with potential use in the future for distinguishing renal tumors at the time of diagnosis and elucidating intratumor heterogeneity, which is not well evaluated with standard biopsies. Incorporation of liquid biopsies will require longitudinal collection of multiple biospecimens. Further preclinical research, identification and validation of biomarkers, molecular studies, and data sharing among investigators are crucial to inform therapeutic strategies that improve patient outcomes.
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- Amy L Walz
- Division of Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplant, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Research Center, Boldrini Children's Hospital, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, CS Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Comprehensive Cancer Center Mainfranken, Wuerzburg, Germany.,Theodor-Boveri-Institute/Biocenter, Developmental Biochemistry, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Cancer Cell Evolution Unit, Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Pediatrics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Theodor-Boveri-Institute/Biocenter, Developmental Biochemistry, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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Coutinho DF, Mundi PS, Marks LJ, Burke C, Ortiz MV, Diolaiti D, Bird L, Vallance KL, Ibáñez G, You D, Long M, Rosales N, Grunn A, Ndengu A, Siddiquee A, Gaviria ES, Rainey AR, Fazlollahi L, Hosoi H, Califano A, Kung AL, Dela Cruz FS. Validation of a non-oncogene encoded vulnerability to exportin 1 inhibition in pediatric renal tumors. MED 2022; 3:774-791.e7. [PMID: 36195086 PMCID: PMC9669237 DOI: 10.1016/j.medj.2022.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2022] [Revised: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Malignant rhabdoid tumors (MRTs) and Wilms' tumors (WTs) are rare and aggressive renal tumors of infants and young children comprising ∼5% of all pediatric cancers. MRTs are among the most genomically stable cancers, and although WTs are genomically heterogeneous, both generally lack therapeutically targetable genetic mutations. METHODS Comparative protein activity analysis of MRTs (n = 68) and WTs (n = 132) across TCGA and TARGET cohorts, using metaVIPER, revealed elevated exportin 1 (XPO1) inferred activity. In vitro studies were performed on a panel of MRT and WT cell lines to evaluate effects on proliferation and cell-cycle progression following treatment with the selective XPO1 inhibitor selinexor. In vivo anti-tumor activity was assessed in patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models of MRTs and WTs. FINDINGS metaVIPER analysis identified markedly aberrant activation of XPO1 in MRTs and WTs compared with other tumor types. All MRT and most WT cell lines demonstrated baseline, aberrant XPO1 activity with in vitro sensitivity to selinexor via cell-cycle arrest and induction of apoptosis. In vivo, XPO1 inhibitors significantly abrogated tumor growth in PDX models, inducing effective disease control with sustained treatment. Corroborating human relevance, we present a case report of a child with multiply relapsed WTs with prolonged disease control on selinexor. CONCLUSIONS We report on a novel systems-biology-based comparative framework to identify non-genetically encoded vulnerabilities in genomically quiescent pediatric cancers. These results have provided preclinical rationale for investigation of XPO1 inhibitors in an upcoming investigator-initiated clinical trial of selinexor in children with MRTs and WTs and offer opportunities for exploration of inferred XPO1 activity as a potential predictive biomarker for response. FUNDING This work was funded by CureSearch for Children's Cancer, Alan B. Slifka Foundation, NIH (U01 CA217858, S10 OD012351, and S10 OD021764), Michael's Miracle Cure, Hyundai Hope on Wheels, Cannonball Kids Cancer, Conquer Cancer the ASCO Foundation, Cycle for Survival, Paulie Strong Foundation, and the Grayson Fund.
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- Diego F Coutinho
- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Cook Children's Hematology and Oncology, Fort Worth, TX 76104, USA
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- Cook Children's Hematology and Oncology, Fort Worth, TX 76104, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan
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- Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
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Lou L, Chen L, Wu Y, Zhang G, Qiu R, Su J, Zhao Z, Lu Z, Liao M, Deng X. Identification of hub genes and construction of prognostic nomogram for patients with Wilms tumors. Front Oncol 2022; 12:982110. [PMID: 36338682 PMCID: PMC9634477 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.982110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background In children, Wilms' tumors are the most common urological cancer with unsatisfactory prognosis, but few molecular prognostic markers have been discovered for it. With the rapid development of high-throughput quantitative proteomic and transcriptomic approaches, the molecular mechanisms of various cancers have been comprehensively explored. This study aimed to uncover the molecular mechanisms underlying Wilms tumor and build predictive models by use of microarray and RNA-seq data. Methods Gene expression datasets were downloaded from Therapeutically Applicable Research to Generate Effective Treatments (TARGET) and Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) databases. Bioinformatics methods wereutilized to identified hub genes, and these hub genes were validated by experiment. Nomogram predicting OS was developed using genetic risk score model and clinicopathological variables. Results CDC20, BUB1 and CCNB2 were highly expressed in tumor tissues and able to affect cell proliferation and the cell cycle of SK-NEP-1 cells. This may reveal molecular biology features and a new therapeutic target of Wilms tumour.7 genes were selected as prognostic genes after univariate, Lasso, and multivariate Cox regression analyses and had good accuracy, a prognostic nomogram combined gene model with clinical factors was completed with high accuracy. Conclusions The current study discovered CDC20,BUB1 and CCNB2 as hub-genes associated with Wilms tumor, providing references to understand the pathogenesis and be considered a novel candidate to target therapy and construct novel nomogram, incorporating both clinical risk factors and gene model, could be appropriately applied in preoperative individualized prediction of malignancy in patients with Wilms tumor.
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- Lei Lou
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Lizhi L, Rongdong H, Shaohua H, Yingquan K, Huihuang X, Shan L, Kunbin T, Di X. Association Between TP53 Mutation and Prognosis in Wilms Tumor: A Meta-Analysis. Fetal Pediatr Pathol 2021; 40:653-662. [PMID: 32066305 DOI: 10.1080/15513815.2020.1725937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BackgroundTP53 mutation has been suggested to have prognostic value for patients with Wilms tumor (WT), but the results are still controversial. Methods: Relevant studies published until August 1, 2019 were identified by searching PubMed, EMBASE and Cochrane Library. A random-effect model was performed to assess pooled data. Begg's and Egger's test were used to evaluate the potential publication bias. Sensitivity analysis was used to evaluate the stability of results. Results: A total of seven eligible articles were included. There was no significant difference in the risk of death among patients with WT with different TP53 mutation status (odds ratio [OR] = 3.09, 95% confidence interval[CI]: 0.81-11.84). Combined hazard ratio (HR) suggested that TP53 mutation had an unfavorable impact on overall survival (OS) (HR = 4.17, 95% CI: 1.97-6.36) and disease-free survival (DFS) (HR = 2.23, 95% CI: 1.29-3.17) in WT. Conclusions: This meta-analysis demonstrates that TP53 mutations are associated with poorer prognosis in WT.
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- Li Lizhi
- Fujian Provincial Clinical Medical School of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Provincial Health Commission, Fujian Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fuzhou, China
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Valind A, Gisselsson D. Immune checkpoint inhibitors in Wilms' tumor and Neuroblastoma: What now? Cancer Rep (Hoboken) 2021; 4:e1397. [PMID: 33932141 PMCID: PMC8714551 DOI: 10.1002/cnr2.1397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2020] [Revised: 02/13/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Therapeutic activation of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes using monoclonal antibodies targeting PD1 or PD-L1 (immune checkpoint inhibitors-ICIs) has revolutionized treatment of specific solid tumors in adult cancer patients, and much hope has been placed on a similar effect in relapsed or refractory solid pediatric tumors. Recent clinical trials have disappointingly shown an almost nonexistent response rate, while case reports have demonstrated that some pediatric patients do achieve durable responses when treated with this type of drug. AIM To elucidate this paradox, we mapped the landscape of expressed neoantigens as well as the levels of immune cell infiltration in the two most common extracranial solid pediatric tumors: Wilms tumor and neuroblastoma using state-of-the-art in silico analysis of a large cohort of patients with these tumors. METHODS By integration of whole exome sequencing and RNA-sequencing, we mapped the landscape of neoantigens in the TARGET cohorts for these diagnoses and correlated these findings with known genetic prognostic markers. RESULTS Our analysis shows that these tumors typically have much lower levels of expressed neoantigens than commonly seen in adult cancers, but we also identify subgroups with significantly higher levels of neoantigens. For neuroblastomas, the cases with higher levels of neoantigens were confined to the group without MYCN-amplification and for Wilms tumor restricted to the TP53-mutated cases. Furthermore, we demonstrate that neuroblastomas have an unexpectedly high level of CD8+ tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, even when compared to adult tumor types where ICI is an approved treatment. CONCLUSION These results could be important to consider when designing future clinical trials of ICI treatment in pediatric patients with relapsed or refractory solid tumors.
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- Anders Valind
- Division of Clinical GeneticsLund UniversityLundSweden
- Department of PediatricsSkåne University HospitalLundSweden
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- Division of Clinical GeneticsLund UniversityLundSweden
- Department of PathologyLaboratory Medicine SkåneLundSweden
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Spreafico F, Fernandez CV, Brok J, Nakata K, Vujanic G, Geller JI, Gessler M, Maschietto M, Behjati S, Polanco A, Paintsil V, Luna-Fineman S, Pritchard-Jones K. Wilms tumour. Nat Rev Dis Primers 2021; 7:75. [PMID: 34650095 DOI: 10.1038/s41572-021-00308-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/14/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Wilms tumour (WT) is a childhood embryonal tumour that is paradigmatic of the intersection between disrupted organogenesis and tumorigenesis. Many WT genes play a critical (non-redundant) role in early nephrogenesis. Improving patient outcomes requires advances in understanding and targeting of the multiple genes and cellular control pathways now identified as active in WT development. Decades of clinical and basic research have helped to gradually optimize clinical care. Curative therapy is achievable in 90% of affected children, even those with disseminated disease, yet survival disparities within and between countries exist and deserve commitment to change. Updated epidemiological studies have also provided novel insights into global incidence variations. Introduction of biology-driven approaches to risk stratification and new drug development has been slower in WT than in other childhood tumours. Current prognostic classification for children with WT is grounded in clinical and pathological findings and in dedicated protocols on molecular alterations. Treatment includes conventional cytotoxic chemotherapy and surgery, and radiation therapy in some cases. Advanced imaging to capture tumour composition, optimizing irradiation techniques to reduce target volumes, and evaluation of newer surgical procedures are key areas for future research.
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- Filippo Spreafico
- Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Paediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
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- Department of Paediatrics, IWK Health, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Cancer Control Center, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Theodor-Boveri-Institute, Developmental Biochemistry, and Comprehensive Cancer Center Mainfranken, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Research Center, Boldrini Children's Hospital, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- National Cancer Research Institute Children's Group Consumer Representative, London, UK
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- Department of Child Health, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Department of Paediatrics, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Developmental Biology and Cancer Research and Teaching Department, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
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Bennett JA, Ordulu Z, Young RH, Pinto A, Van de Vijver K, Burandt E, Wanjari P, Shah R, de Kock L, Foulkes WD, McCluggage WG, Ritterhouse LL, Oliva E. Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the uterine corpus: a clinicopathological and molecular analysis of 21 cases highlighting a frequent association with DICER1 mutations. Mod Pathol 2021; 34:1750-1762. [PMID: 34017064 DOI: 10.1038/s41379-021-00821-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Revised: 04/20/2021] [Accepted: 04/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Herein we evaluated a series of 21 embryonal rhabdomyosarcomas of the uterine corpus (ucERMS), a rare neoplasm, to characterize their morphology, genomics, and behavior. Patients ranged from 27 to 73 (median 52) years and tumors from 4 to 15 (median 9) cm, with extrauterine disease noted in two. Follow-up (median 16 months) was available for 14/21 patients; nine were alive and well, four died of disease, and one died from other causes. Most tumors (16/21) showed predominantly classic morphology, comprised of alternating hyper- and hypocellular areas of primitive small cells and differentiating rhabdomyoblasts in a loose myxoid/edematous stroma. A cambium layer was noted in all; seven had heterologous elements (six with fetal-type cartilage) and eight displayed focal anaplasia. The remaining five neoplasms showed only a minor component (≤20%) of classic morphology, with anaplasia noted in four and tumor cell necrosis in three. The most frequent mutations detected were in DICER1 (14/21), TP53 (7/20), PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway (7/20), and KRAS/NRAS (5/20). Copy-number alterations were present in 10/19 tumors. Overall, 8/14 DICER1-associated ucERMS showed concurrent loss of function and hotspot mutations in DICER1, which is a feature more likely to be seen in tumors associated with DICER1 syndrome. Germline data were available for two patients, both DICER1 wild type (one with concurrent loss of function and hotspot alterations). DICER1-associated ucERMS were more likely to show a classic histological appearance including heterologous elements than DICER1-independent tumors. No differences in survival were noted between the two groups, but both patients with extrauterine disease at diagnosis and two with recurrences died from disease. As no patients had a known personal or family history of DICER1 syndrome, we favor most DICER1-associated ucERMS to be sporadic.
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- Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute Ghent and University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
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- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Craigavon Area Hospital, Craigavon, Northern Ireland
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- Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Ciceri S, Montalvão-de-Azevedo R, Tajbakhsh A, Bertolotti A, Spagnuolo RD, Boschetti L, Capasso M, D'Angelo P, Serra A, Diomedi-Camassei F, Meli M, Nantron M, Quarello P, Buccoliero AM, Tamburini A, Ciniselli CM, Verderio P, Collini P, Radice P, Spreafico F, Perotti D. Analysis of the mutational status of SIX1/2 and microRNA processing genes in paired primary and relapsed Wilms tumors and association with relapse. Cancer Gene Ther 2021; 28:1016-1024. [PMID: 33281191 DOI: 10.1038/s41417-020-00268-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2020] [Revised: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Whereas 90% of patients with Wilms tumor (WT) reach cure, approximately half of patients developing a recurrent tumor die of the disease. Therefore, to disclose events leading to recurrence represents a clinical need. To study paired primary/recurrent tumor samples, being aware of the intra-tumoral heterogeneity, might help finding these answers. We previously suggested that mutations in SIX1 and DROSHA underlie WT recurrence. With the aim to better investigate this scenario, we collected 19 paired primary/recurrent tumors and 10 primary tumors from relapsing patients and searched for mutations in the SIX1/2 genes and microRNA processing genes (miRNAPGs). We found SIX1 mutation in one case, miRNAPGs mutations in seven cases, and the co-occurrence of SIX1 and miRNAPG mutations in one case. We could observe that, whereas in primary tumors the mutations could be heterogeneously present, in all cases they were positively selected and homogeneously present in the recurrent disease, as also indicated by a "moderate" and "almost perfect" agreement (according to the Landis and Koch classification criteria) between paired samples. Analysis of SIX1/2 genes and miRNAPGs in 50 non-relapsing WTs disclosed SIX2 mutation in one case and miRNAPGs mutations in seven. A borderline statistically significant association was observed between miRNAPGs mutations and the occurrence of relapse (p value: 0.05). These data suggest that SIX1 and miRNAPGs mutations may provide an advantage during tumor progression to recurrence and can represent oncogenic drivers in WT development.
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- Sara Ciceri
- Molecular Bases of Genetic Risk and Genetic Testing Unit, Department of Research, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Molecular Bases of Genetic Risk and Genetic Testing Unit, Department of Research, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.,Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Research Program, Research Center (CPQ), Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Molecular Bases of Genetic Risk and Genetic Testing Unit, Department of Research, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.,Department of Medical Genetic and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.,Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Pediatric Oncology Unit, Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Ospedale Santobono-Pausilipon, Naples, Italy
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- Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Unit, ARNAS Civico, Di Cristina e Benfratelli Hospitals, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital and IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Hospital Policlinico, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Pediatric Onco-Hematology, Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Division, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Division of Pathology, Children's Hospital A. Meyer-University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Hematology Oncology and HSCT Unit, Children's Hospital A.Meyer-University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Unit, Department of Applied Research and Technological Development, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Unit, Department of Applied Research and Technological Development, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Molecular Bases of Genetic Risk and Genetic Testing Unit, Department of Research, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Pediatric Oncology Unit, Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Molecular Bases of Genetic Risk and Genetic Testing Unit, Department of Research, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
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Liu Y, Nelson MV, Bailey C, Zhang P, Zheng P, Dome JS, Liu Y, Wang Y. Targeting the HIF-1α-IGFBP2 axis therapeutically reduces IGF1-AKT signaling and blocks the growth and metastasis of relapsed anaplastic Wilms tumor. Oncogene 2021; 40:4809-4819. [PMID: 34155347 PMCID: PMC8319145 DOI: 10.1038/s41388-021-01907-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2021] [Revised: 05/13/2021] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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For patients with anaplastic Wilms tumor (WiT), metastasis and recurrence are common, and prognosis is generally poor. Novel therapies are needed to improve outcomes for patients with this high-risk WiT. A potential contributor to WiT development is constitutive activation of AKT by insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) and its receptor (IGF1R) signaling pathway, but the complete underlying mechanism remains unclear. Here, we demonstrate that the hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α)-IGF binding protein 2 (IGFBP2) axis and the tumor-specific IGF1A are key players for constitutive activation of IGF1-AKT signaling leading to the tumor malignancy. HIF-1α and IGFBP2 are highly expressed in a majority of WiT patient samples. Deficiency of either HIF-1α or IGFBP2 or IGF1 in the tumor cells significantly impairs tumor growth and nearly abrogates metastasis in xenografted mice. Pharmacologic targeting of HIF-1α by echinomycin delivered via nanoliposomes can efficiently restrain growth and metastasis of patient-derived relapsed anaplastic WiT xenografts. Liposomal echinomycin is more potent and effective in inhibiting WiT growth than vincristine in an anaplastic WiT mouse model, and eliminates metastasis by suppressing HIF-1α targets and the HIF-1α-IGFBP2 axis, which governs IGF1-AKT signaling.
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- Yan Liu
- Division of Cancer and Immunology Research, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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- Center for Cancer and Immunology Research, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
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- Division of Cancer and Immunology Research, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Cancer and Immunology Research, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Cancer and Immunology Research, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- OncoC4, Inc, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Center for Cancer and Immunology Research, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
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- Division of Cancer and Immunology Research, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
- OncoC4, Inc, Rockville, MD, USA.
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- Division of Cancer and Immunology Research, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Zhu M, Wang Y, Qu C, Liu R, Zhang C, Wang J, Zhou D, Gu W, Chen P, Wu B, Zhao Z. Recombinant Chinese Hu191 measles virus exhibits a significant antitumor activity against nephroblastoma mediated by immunogenic form of apoptosis. Am J Transl Res 2021; 13:2077-2093. [PMID: 34017376 PMCID: PMC8129391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 02/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In previous studies oncolytic measles viruses (MVs) have shown significant antitumor activity against various tumors. In our research recombinant MV-Hu191 (rMV-Hu191), established via reverse genetics technology and expressing enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP), was evaluated for its therapeutic effects and related mechanisms against nephroblastoma cell lines. We built three different constructs based on rMV-Hu191 to express EGFP effectively. Our experiments showed that rMV-Hu191 expressing EGFP could efficiently infect and replicate in nephroblastoma cell lines. Caspase-induced apoptosis exerted a significant impact on MV-induced cell death, which was accompanied by emission of cellular ATP and high-mobility group protein 1 (HMGB1) and by translocation of calreticulin (CRT). Intratumoral injection of rMV-Hu191-EGFP resulted in significant regression of tumors in a G401 xenograft model. Our results indicate that the MV-Hu191 strain, which is widely used in China, is an appropriate vector for expression of foreign genes and could serve as a potentially good candidate for nephroblastoma therapy mediated by induction of apoptosis-associated immunogenic cell death (ICD).
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- Mengying Zhu
- Zhejiang University School of MedicineHangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of MedicineHangzhou 310052, Zhejiang, China
- Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of MedicineHangzhou 310052, Zhejiang, China
- Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child HealthHangzhou 310052, Zhejiang, China
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- Zhejiang University School of MedicineHangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Zhejiang University School of MedicineHangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Zhejiang University School of MedicineHangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of MedicineHangzhou 310052, Zhejiang, China
- Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child HealthHangzhou 310052, Zhejiang, China
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- Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of MedicineHangzhou 310052, Zhejiang, China
- Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of MedicineHangzhou 310052, Zhejiang, China
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- Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of MedicineHangzhou 310052, Zhejiang, China
- Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of MedicineHangzhou 310052, Zhejiang, China
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- Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Guangming DistrictShenzhen 518000, Guangdong, China
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- Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Guangming DistrictShenzhen 518000, Guangdong, China
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- Zhejiang University School of MedicineHangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of MedicineHangzhou 310052, Zhejiang, China
- Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child HealthHangzhou 310052, Zhejiang, China
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Duhme C, Busch M, Heine E, de Torres C, Mora J, Royer-Pokora B. WT1-Mutant Wilms Tumor Progression Is Associated With Diverting Clonal Mutations of CTNNB1. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2021; 43:e180-e183. [PMID: 31876779 DOI: 10.1097/mph.0000000000001697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2019] [Accepted: 11/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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WT1-mutant Wilms tumors exhibit a high rate of concomitant CTNNB1 mutations, associated with activated Wnt signaling. Here, we show by laser and manual microdissection of different histologic cell types from 6 WT1-mutant tumor samples that 1 patient's tumor can contain up to 4 distinct mutations in CTNNB1 and/or WTX. Consecutive sections may also harbor different CTNNB1 mutations. The variability of activating CTNNB1 mutations demonstrates the multifocal nature of WT1-mutant Wilms tumors. As multiple independent tumors can occur in patients with constitutional WT1 mutations, they need to be surveyed more closely for tumor development.
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- Constanze Duhme
- Institute of Human Genetics, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Pediatric Cancer Center Barcelona (PCCB), Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pediatric Cancer Center Barcelona (PCCB), Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, Barcelona, Spain
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Characterization of a TP53 Somatic Variant of Unknown Function From an Ovarian Cancer Patient Using Organoid Culture and Computational Modeling. Clin Obstet Gynecol 2021; 63:109-119. [PMID: 31876640 DOI: 10.1097/grf.0000000000000516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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In our proof-of-concept study of 1 patient with stage IIIC carcinosarcoma of the ovary, we discovered a rare mutation in the tumor suppressor, TP53, that results in the deletion of N131. Immunofluorescence imaging of the organoid culture revealed hyperstaining of p53 protein. Computational modeling suggests this residue is important for maintaining protein conformation. Drug screening identified the combination of a proteasome inhibitor with a histone deacetylase inhibitor as the most effective treatment. These data provide evidence for the successful culture of a patient tumor and analysis of drug response ex vivo.
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Brok J, Mavinkurve-Groothuis AMC, Drost J, Perotti D, Geller JI, Walz AL, Geoerger B, Pasqualini C, Verschuur A, Polanco A, Jones KP, van den Heuvel-Eibrink M, Graf N, Spreafico F. Unmet needs for relapsed or refractory Wilms tumour: Mapping the molecular features, exploring organoids and designing early phase trials - A collaborative SIOP-RTSG, COG and ITCC session at the first SIOPE meeting. Eur J Cancer 2020; 144:113-122. [PMID: 33341445 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2020.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2020] [Revised: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Wilms tumour (WT) accounts for about 6% of all childhood cancers and overall survival of WT is about 90% in international protocols. However, for WT subgroups with much poorer prognoses, i.e. typically high-risk (unfavorable) histology and/or relapse, there is an unmet need to better understand the biology of WT and to translate biological findings into clinics through early phase clinical trials that evaluate innovative therapies. The main challenges are the small numbers of children suitable for early phase trials, the genetic heterogeneity of WT and the low number of somatic mutations that are currently considered 'druggable'. Accordingly, a joint meeting between clinical and biology experts from the international cooperative groups of the Renal Tumour Study Group of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology, the Renal Tumour Committee of the Children's Oncology Group and the European Innovative Therapies for Children with Cancer consortium and parents representatives was organised during the first SIOPE meeting in Prague, 2019. We reviewed WT molecular features, ongoing/planned early phase trials and explored available knowledge on organoid technology. The key messages were: (1) relapsed WT should undergo whenever possible thorough molecular characterization and be enrolled in protocols or trials with systematic data collecting and reporting; (2) WT displays few known 'actionable' targets and currently no novel agent has appeared promising; (3) we need to improve the enrolment rate of WT candidates in early phase trials especially for the relatively small subgroup of relapses with an adverse prognostic signature; (4) despite some agnostic early phase trials existing, development of WT-focused trials are warranted; (5) growing organoids with parallel testing of drug panels seems feasible and may direct individual treatment and encourage clinical researchers to incorporate the most promising agents into early phase trials.
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- Jesper Brok
- Developmental Biology and Cancer Research and Teaching Department, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK; Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark Division of Pediatric Oncology, Denmark.
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Oncode Institute, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Molecular Bases of Genetic Risk and Genetic Testing Unit, Department of Research, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Gustave Roussy Cancer Center, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Oncology, INSERM U1015, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France
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- Gustave Roussy Cancer Center, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Oncology, INSERM U1015, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France
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- Dept. of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Hôpital D'Enfants de La Timone, APHM, Marseille, France
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- National Cancer Research Institute Children's Group Consumer Representative, London, UK
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- Developmental Biology and Cancer Research and Teaching Department, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK
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- Dept. Haematology and Oncology, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, Germany
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Pediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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Cao J, Sun L, An J, Zhang H, He X, Shen H. [MicroRNA-200c-3p inhibits proliferation of nephroblastoma cells by targeting CCNE2]. NAN FANG YI KE DA XUE XUE BAO = JOURNAL OF SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY 2020; 40:1246-1252. [PMID: 32990223 DOI: 10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2020.09.04] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To predict and verify the target gene of miR-200c-3p and evaluate the inhibitory effect of miR-200c-3p on the proliferation of nephroblastoma cells. METHODS The putative target genes of miR-200c-3p were predicted by bioinformatics approach. Nephroblastoma cell models with miR-200c-3p overexpression or knockdown were established in SK-NEP-1 and G401 cells with corresponding control groups. The expressions of CCNE2 in SK-NEP-1 and G401 cells in different groups were detected by RT-PCR and Western blotting. A luciferase reporter assay was used to determine the targeting relationship between miR-200c-3p and CCNE2. The effects of miR-200c-3p overexpression or knockdown on cell proliferation was detected by cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) assay and soft agarose assay. RESULTS CCNE2 was one of the target genes of miR-200c-3p as predicted by bioinformatics methods. Transfection of the two nephroblastoma cell lines with miR-200c-3p mimic resulted in significantly lowered CCNE2 mRNA and protein expressions (P < 0.05). The results of dual-luciferase assay confirmed that miR-200c-3p bound to the 3'UTR of CCNE2. CCK-8 assay and soft agarose assay demonstrated that overexpression of miR-200c-3p significantly inhibited the proliferation of the nephroblastoma cells (P < 0.01), and knocking down miR-200c-3p in the cells produced the opposite effects. CONCLUSIONS miR-200c-3p overexpression inhibits the proliferation of nephroblastoma cells by down-regulating its target gene CCNE2.
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- Juan Cao
- Department of Pathology, Shenzhen Children's Hospital, Shenzhen 518038, China.,Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515 China
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- Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515 China
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- Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515 China
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- Department of Pathology, Shenzhen Children's Hospital, Shenzhen 518038, China
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- Department of Pathology, Shenzhen Children's Hospital, Shenzhen 518038, China
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- Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515 China
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Miguez ACK, Barros BDDF, de Souza JES, da Costa CML, Cunha IW, Barbosa PNVP, Apezzato MLP, de Souza SJ, Carraro DM. Assessment of somatic mutations in urine and plasma of Wilms tumor patients. Cancer Med 2020; 9:5948-5959. [PMID: 32592321 PMCID: PMC7433816 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.3236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2019] [Revised: 05/24/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Tumor DNA has been detected in body fluids of cancer patients. Somatic tumor mutations are being used as biomarkers in body fluids to monitor chemotherapy response as a minimally invasive tool. In this study, we evaluated the potential of tracking somatic mutations in free DNA of plasma and urine collected from Wilms tumor (WT) patients for monitoring treatment response. Wilms tumor is a pediatric renal tumor resulting from cell differentiation errors during nephrogenesis. Its mutational repertoire is not completely defined. Thus, for identifying somatic mutations from tumor tissue DNA, we screened matched tumor/leukocyte DNAs using either a panel containing 16 WT‐associated genes or whole‐exome sequencing (WES). The identified somatic tumor mutations were tracked in urine and plasma DNA collected before, during and after treatment. At least one somatic mutation was identified in five out of six WT tissue samples analyzed. Somatic mutations were detected in body fluids before treatment in all five patients (three patients in urine, three in plasma, and one in both body fluids). In all patients, a decrease of the variant allele fraction of somatic mutations was observed in body fluids during neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Interestingly, the persistence of somatic mutations in body fluids was in accordance with clinical parameters. For one patient who progressed to death, it persisted in high levels in serial body fluid samples during treatment. For three patients without disease progression, somatic mutations were not consistently detected in samples throughout monitoring. For one patient with bilateral disease, a somatic mutation was detected at low levels with no support of clinical manifestation. Our results demonstrated the potential of tracking somatic mutations in urine and plasma DNA as a minimally invasive tool for monitoring WT patients. Additional investigation is needed to check the clinical value of insistent somatic mutations in body fluids.
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- Ana Carolina Kerekes Miguez
- Laboratory of Genomics and Molecular Biology, International Research Center/CIPE, A. C. Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Genomics and Molecular Biology, International Research Center/CIPE, A. C. Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Bioinformatics Multidisciplinary Environment, Digital Metropolis Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil
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- Bioinformatics Multidisciplinary Environment, Digital Metropolis Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.,Brain Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.,National Institute of Science and Technology in Oncogenomics and Therapeutic Innovation (INCITO), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Genomics and Molecular Biology, International Research Center/CIPE, A. C. Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil.,National Institute of Science and Technology in Oncogenomics and Therapeutic Innovation (INCITO), São Paulo, Brazil
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Wang J, Wang Y, Han L, Shahen M, Hu C, Li F. Multi-Omics Integration Reveals a Competitive Endogenous RNAs Network for the Identification of Progression Biomarkers and the Stratification of Patients Diagnosed With Nephroblastoma. Front Oncol 2020; 10:444. [PMID: 32318341 PMCID: PMC7154083 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2020.00444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2019] [Accepted: 03/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Specific types of nephroblastoma (Wilms' tumor, WT) are known to associate with poor overall survival. Emerging experimental evidence has demonstrated that competitive endogenous RNA (ceRNA) networks have important roles in regulating cancer occurrence, but the roles of ceRNAs in regulating the WT progression and the patient outcomes remain unclear. Using the multi-omics data of 132 WT patients collected from TARGET database, an integration analysis pipeline was performed to construct a highly reliable ceRNA network. As results, a total of 147 nodes (116 mRNAs, 15 miRNAs, and 16 lncRNAs) were identified and used to explore the underlying mechanism for WT progression. WGCNA analysis further identified several prognostic molecules, including hsa-mir-93, LINC00087 and RP5-1086K13, that significantly associated with the overall survival rate. And, enrichment analysis verified the participation of these molecules in tumor-related pathways, such as those controlling autophagy and cadherin-mediated adhesion. Importantly, the WT patients were classified into three categories according to the ceRNA network, which significantly correlated with the overall survival. In conclusion, the ceRNA network could be a promising tool to further validate the prognostic biomarkers and categories of patients diagnosed with WT.
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- Jingbo Wang
- Translational Medicine Collaborative Innovation Center, The Second Clinical Medical College (Shenzhen People's Hospital), Jinan University, Shenzhen, China.,Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Postdoctoral Research Station, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Nursing, Weinan Vocational and Technical College, Weinan, China
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- Department of Andrology, Fangshan Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
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- Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Postdoctoral Research Station, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Translational Medicine Collaborative Innovation Center, The Second Clinical Medical College (Shenzhen People's Hospital), Jinan University, Shenzhen, China.,Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Postdoctoral Research Station, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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Ooms AH, Vujanić GM, D’Hooghe E, Collini P, L’Herminé-Coulomb A, Vokuhl C, Graf N, van den Heuvel-Eibrink MM, de Krijger RR. Renal Tumors of Childhood-A Histopathologic Pattern-Based Diagnostic Approach. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:cancers12030729. [PMID: 32204536 PMCID: PMC7140051 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12030729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2020] [Revised: 03/04/2020] [Accepted: 03/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Renal tumors comprise approximately 7% of all malignant pediatric tumors. This is a highly heterogeneous group of tumors, each with its own therapeutic management, outcome, and association with germline predispositions. Histopathology is the key in establishing the correct diagnosis, and therefore pathologists with expertise in pediatric oncology are needed for dealing with these rare tumors. While each tumor shows different histologic features, they do have considerable overlap in cell type and histologic pattern, making the diagnosis difficult to establish, if based on routine histology alone. To this end, ancillary techniques, such as immunohistochemistry and molecular analysis, can be of great importance for the correct diagnosis, resulting in appropriate treatment. To use ancillary techniques cost-effectively, we propose a pattern-based approach and provide recommendations to aid in deciding which panel of antibodies, supplemented by molecular characterization of a subset of genes, are required.
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- Ariadne H.A.G. Ooms
- Princess Máxima Center for pediatric oncology, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands (M.M.v.d.H.-E.)
- Pathan B.V., 3045 PM Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, 0372 Oslo, Norway;
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, 20133 Milan, Italy;
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- Sorbonne Université, Department of Pathology, Hôpital Armand Trousseau, Hopitaux Universitaires Est Parisien, 75012 Paris, France;
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- Section of Pediatric Pathology, Department of Pathology, University Hospital Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany;
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology & Hematology, Saarland University, D-66421 Homburg, Germany;
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- Princess Máxima Center for pediatric oncology, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands (M.M.v.d.H.-E.)
- Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +31-088-9727272
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Calandrini C, Schutgens F, Oka R, Margaritis T, Candelli T, Mathijsen L, Ammerlaan C, van Ineveld RL, Derakhshan S, de Haan S, Dolman E, Lijnzaad P, Custers L, Begthel H, Kerstens HHD, Visser LL, Rookmaaker M, Verhaar M, Tytgat GAM, Kemmeren P, de Krijger RR, Al-Saadi R, Pritchard-Jones K, Kool M, Rios AC, van den Heuvel-Eibrink MM, Molenaar JJ, van Boxtel R, Holstege FCP, Clevers H, Drost J. An organoid biobank for childhood kidney cancers that captures disease and tissue heterogeneity. Nat Commun 2020; 11:1310. [PMID: 32161258 PMCID: PMC7066173 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15155-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2019] [Accepted: 02/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Kidney tumours are among the most common solid tumours in children, comprising distinct subtypes differing in many aspects, including cell-of-origin, genetics, and pathology. Pre-clinical cell models capturing the disease heterogeneity are currently lacking. Here, we describe the first paediatric cancer organoid biobank. It contains tumour and matching normal kidney organoids from over 50 children with different subtypes of kidney cancer, including Wilms tumours, malignant rhabdoid tumours, renal cell carcinomas, and congenital mesoblastic nephromas. Paediatric kidney tumour organoids retain key properties of native tumours, useful for revealing patient-specific drug sensitivities. Using single cell RNA-sequencing and high resolution 3D imaging, we further demonstrate that organoid cultures derived from Wilms tumours consist of multiple different cell types, including epithelial, stromal and blastemal-like cells. Our organoid biobank captures the heterogeneity of paediatric kidney tumours, providing a representative collection of well-characterised models for basic cancer research, drug-screening and personalised medicine. Pre-clinical cell culture models capturing the heterogeneity of childhood kidney tumours are limited. Here, the authors establish and characterise an organoid biobank of tumour and matched normal organoid cultures from over 50 children with different subtypes of kidney cancer.
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- Camilla Calandrini
- Oncode Institute, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Heidelberglaan 25, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Oncode Institute, Hubrecht Institute, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and University Medical Center, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,University Medical Center, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Oncode Institute, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Heidelberglaan 25, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Heidelberglaan 25, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Heidelberglaan 25, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Oncode Institute, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Heidelberglaan 25, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Oncode Institute, Hubrecht Institute, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and University Medical Center, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,University Medical Center, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Oncode Institute, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Heidelberglaan 25, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Oncode Institute, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Heidelberglaan 25, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Oncode Institute, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Heidelberglaan 25, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Heidelberglaan 25, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Heidelberglaan 25, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Oncode Institute, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Heidelberglaan 25, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Oncode Institute, Hubrecht Institute, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and University Medical Center, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Heidelberglaan 25, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Heidelberglaan 25, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- University Medical Center, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- University Medical Center, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Heidelberglaan 25, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Heidelberglaan 25, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Heidelberglaan 25, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,University Medical Center, Department of Pathology, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- University College London, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, UK
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- University College London, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, UK
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Heidelberglaan 25, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,Hopp Children's Cancer Center (KiTZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Division of Pediatric Neurooncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and German Cancer Research Consortium (DKTK), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Oncode Institute, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Heidelberglaan 25, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Heidelberglaan 25, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Oncode Institute, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Heidelberglaan 25, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Heidelberglaan 25, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Oncode Institute, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Heidelberglaan 25, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,Oncode Institute, Hubrecht Institute, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and University Medical Center, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Oncode Institute, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Heidelberglaan 25, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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de Sá Pereira BM, Azevedo RMD, Aguirre Neto JCD, Menezes CF, Rodrigues KE, Faria PA, Camargo BD, Maschietto M. Intra-tumor genetic heterogeneity in Wilms tumor samples. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 65:1496-1501. [PMID: 31994632 DOI: 10.1590/1806-9282.65.12.1496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2019] [Accepted: 06/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
Childhood renal tumors account for ~7% of all childhood cancers, and most cases are embryonic Wilms' tumors (WT). Children with WT are usually treated by either COG or SIOP. The later treats the children using preoperative chemotherapy, but both have around 90% of overall survival in five years. WT is a genetically heterogeneous group with a low prevalence of known somatic alterations. Only around 30% of the cases present mutation in known genes, and there is a relatively high degree of intra-tumor genetic heterogeneity (ITGH). Besides potentially having an impact on the clinical outcome of patients, ITGH may interfere with the search for molecular markers that are prospectively being tested by COG and SIOP. In this review, we present the proposal of the current UMBRELLA SIOP Study 2017/Brazilian Renal Tumor Group that requires the multi-sampling collection of each tumor to better evaluate possible molecular markers, as well as to understand WT biology.
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- Bruna M de Sá Pereira
- . Centro de Pesquisas (CPQ), Instituto Nacional de Câncer (Inca), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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- . Divisão de Patologia (Dipat), Instituto Nacional de Câncer (Inca), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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- . Centro de Pesquisas (CPQ), Instituto Nacional de Câncer (Inca), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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- . Laboratório Nacional de Biociências (LNBio), Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM), Campinas, SP, Brasil
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Andersson N, Bakker B, Karlsson J, Valind A, Holmquist Mengelbier L, Spierings DCJ, Foijer F, Gisselsson D. Extensive Clonal Branching Shapes the Evolutionary History of High-Risk Pediatric Cancers. Cancer Res 2020; 80:1512-1523. [PMID: 32041836 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-19-3468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2019] [Revised: 12/18/2019] [Accepted: 02/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Darwinian evolution of tumor cells remains underexplored in childhood cancer. We here reconstruct the evolutionary histories of 56 pediatric primary tumors, including 24 neuroblastomas, 24 Wilms tumors, and 8 rhabdomyosarcomas. Whole-genome copy-number and whole-exome mutational profiling of multiple regions per tumor were performed, followed by clonal deconvolution to reconstruct a phylogenetic tree for each tumor. Overall, 88% of the tumors exhibited genetic variation among primary tumor regions. This variability typically emerged through collateral phylogenetic branching, leading to spatial variability in the distribution of more than 50% (96/173) of detected diagnostically informative genetic aberrations. Single-cell sequencing of 547 individual cancer cells from eight solid pediatric tumors confirmed branching evolution to be a fundamental underlying principle of genetic variation in all cases. Strikingly, cell-to-cell genetic diversity was almost twice as high in aggressive compared with clinically favorable tumors (median Simpson index of diversity 0.45 vs. 0.88; P = 0.029). Similarly, a comparison of multiregional sampling data from a total of 274 tumor regions showed that new phylogenetic branches emerge at a higher frequency per sample and carry a higher mutational load in high-risk than in low-risk tumors. Timelines based on spatial genetic variation showed that the mutations most influencing relapse risk occur at initiation of clonal expansion in neuroblastoma and rhabdomyosarcoma, whereas in Wilms tumor, they are late events. Thus, from an evolutionary standpoint, some high-risk childhood cancers are born bad, whereas others grow worse over time. SIGNIFICANCE: Different pediatric cancers with a high risk of relapse share a common generic pattern of extensively branching evolution of somatic mutations. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT: http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/canres/80/7/1512/F1.large.jpg.
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- Natalie Andersson
- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing (ERIBA), University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.,Department of Pediatrics, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing (ERIBA), University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing (ERIBA), University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. .,Division of Oncology-Pathology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.,Clinical Genetics and Pathology, Laboratory Medicine, Lund University Hospital, Skåne Healthcare Region, Lund, Sweden
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Pérez-Linares FJ, Pérezpeña-Diazconti M, García-Quintana J, Baay-Guzmán G, Cabrera-Muñoz L, Sadowinski-Pine S, Serrano-Bello C, Murillo-Maldonado M, Contreras-Ramos A, Eguía-Aguilar P. MicroRNA Profiling in Wilms Tumor: Identification of Potential Biomarkers. Front Pediatr 2020; 8:337. [PMID: 32766179 PMCID: PMC7378594 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2020.00337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 05/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
Abstract
Wilms tumor (WT) is the most frequently diagnosed malignant renal tumor in children. With current treatments, ~90% of children diagnosed with WT survive and generally present with tumors characterized by favorable histology (FHWT), whereas prognosis is poor for the remaining 10% of cases where the tumors are characterized by cellular diffuse anaplasia (DAWT). Relatively few studies have investigated microRNA-related epigenetic regulation and its relationship with altered gene expression in WT. Here, we aim to identify microRNAs differentially expressed in WT and describe their expression in terms of cellular anaplasia, metastasis, and association with the main genetic alterations in WT to identify potential prognostic biomarkers. Expression profiling using TaqMan low-density array was performed in a discovery cohort consisting of four DAWT and eight FHWT samples. Relative quantification resulted in the identification of 109 (48.7%) microRNAs differentially expressed in both WT types. Of these, miR-10a-5p, miR-29a-3p, miR-181a-5p, miR-200b-3p, and miR-218-5p were selected and tested by RT-qPCR on a validation cohort of 53 patient samples. MiR-29a and miR-218 showed significant differences in FHWT with low (P = 0.0018) and high (P = 0.0131) expression, respectively. To discriminate between miRNA expression FHWTs and healthy controls, the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were obtained; miR-29a AUC was 0.7843. Furthermore, low expression levels of miR-29a and miR-200b (P = 0.0027 and P = 0.0248) were observed in metastatic tumors. ROC curves for miR-29a discriminated metastatic patients (AUC = 0.8529) and miR-200b (AUC = 0.7757). To confirm the differences between cases with poor prognosis, we performed in situ hybridization for three microRNAs in five DAWT and 17 FHWT samples, and only significant differences between adjacent tissues and FHWT tumors were found for miR-181a, miR-200b, and miR-218, in both total pixels and nuclear analyses. Analysis of copy number variation in genes showed that the most prevalent alterations were WTX (47%), IGF2 (21%), 1q (36%) gain, 1p36 (16%), and WTX deletion/1q duplicate (26%). The five microRNAs evaluated are involved in the Hippo signaling pathway and participate in Wilms tumor development through their effects on differentiation, proliferation, angiogenesis, and metastasis.
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- Fabiola Jimena Pérez-Linares
- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular, Departamento de Patología Clínica y Experimental, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Ciudad de México, Mexico.,Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular, Departamento de Patología Clínica y Experimental, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Unidad de Investigación en Enfermedades Oncológicas, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Ciudad de México, México
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular, Departamento de Patología Clínica y Experimental, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular, Departamento de Patología Clínica y Experimental, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular, Departamento de Patología Clínica y Experimental, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Servicio de Onco-Hematología Pediátrica, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Biología del Desarrollo y Teratogénesis Experimental, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular, Departamento de Patología Clínica y Experimental, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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Spreafico F, Dalissier A, Pötschger U, Locatelli F, Michon JM, Peters C, Bader P, Bisogno G, Yeomanson D, Willasch A, van den Heuvel Eibrink M, Graf N, Dallorso S. High dose chemotherapy and autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation for Wilms tumor: a study of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 2019; 55:376-383. [DOI: 10.1038/s41409-019-0661-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2019] [Revised: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 07/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Guerra JVDS, Pereira BMDS, Cruz JGVD, Scherer NDM, Furtado C, Montalvão de Azevedo R, Oliveira PSLD, Faria P, Boroni M, de Camargo B, Maschietto M. Genes Controlled by DNA Methylation Are Involved in Wilms Tumor Progression. Cells 2019; 8:cells8080921. [PMID: 31426508 PMCID: PMC6721649 DOI: 10.3390/cells8080921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2019] [Revised: 08/08/2019] [Accepted: 08/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
Abstract
To identify underlying mechanisms involved with metastasis formation in Wilms tumors (WTs), we performed comprehensive DNA methylation and gene expression analyses of matched normal kidney (NK), WT blastemal component, and metastatic tissues (MT) from patients treated under SIOP 2001 protocol. A linear Bayesian framework model identified 497 differentially methylated positions (DMPs) between groups that discriminated NK from WT, but MT samples were divided in two groups. Accordingly, methylation variance grouped NK and three MT samples tightly together and all WT with four MT samples that showed high variability. WT were hypomethylated compared to NK, and MT had a hypermethylated pattern compared to both groups. The methylation patterns were in agreement with methylases and demethylases expression. Methylation data pointed to the existence of two groups of metastases. While hierarchical clustering analysis based on the expression of all 2569 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) discriminated WT and MT from all NK samples, the hierarchical clustering based on the expression of 44 genes with a differentially methylated region (DMR) located in their promoter region revealed two groups: one containing all NKs and three MTs and one containing all WT and four MTs. Methylation changes might be controlling expression of genes associated with WT progression. The 44 genes are candidates to be further explored as a signature for metastasis formation in WT.
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- João Victor da Silva Guerra
- Brazilian Biosciences National Laboratory (LNBio), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Campinas 13083-970, Brazil
- Graduate Program in Biosciences and Technology of Bioactive Products, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, Campinas 13083-862, Brazil
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- Bioinformatics an Computacional Biology Lab, Brazilian National Cancer Institute (INCa), Rio de Janeiro 20231-050, Brazil
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- Brazilian National Cancer Institute (INCa), Rio de Janeiro 20231-050, Brazil
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- Brazilian Biosciences National Laboratory (LNBio), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Campinas 13083-970, Brazil
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- Brazilian National Cancer Institute (INCa), Rio de Janeiro 20231-050, Brazil
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- Bioinformatics an Computacional Biology Lab, Brazilian National Cancer Institute (INCa), Rio de Janeiro 20231-050, Brazil
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- Brazilian National Cancer Institute (INCa), Rio de Janeiro 20231-050, Brazil
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- Brazilian Biosciences National Laboratory (LNBio), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Campinas 13083-970, Brazil.
- Boldrini Children's Hospital, Campinas 13083-884, Brazil.
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Phelps HM, Pierce JM, Murphy AJ, Correa H, Qian J, Massion PP, Lovvorn HN. FXR1 expression domain in Wilms tumor. J Pediatr Surg 2019; 54:1198-1205. [PMID: 30894247 PMCID: PMC6545243 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2019.02.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2019] [Accepted: 02/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE Wilms tumor (WT) is the most common childhood kidney cancer globally. Our prior unbiased proteomic screen of WT disparities revealed increased expression of Fragile X-Related 1 (FXR1) in Kenyan specimens where survival is dismal. FXR1 is an RNA-binding protein that associates with poor outcomes in multiple adult cancers. The aim of this study therefore was to validate and characterize the FXR1 expression domain in WT. METHODS Quantitative FXR1 gene expression was compared between WT, adjacent, adult, and fetal kidney specimens. The cellular and subcellular expression domain of FXR1 was characterized across these tissues using immunoperoxidase staining. RNA-sequencing of FXR1 was performed from WT and other pediatric malignancies to examine its broader target potential. RESULTS FXR1 was detected in all clinical WT specimens evaluated (n = 82), and as a result appeared independent of demographic, histology, or adverse event. Specific cytosolic staining was strongest in blastema, intermediate and variable in epithelia, and weakest in stroma. When present, areas of skeletal muscle differentiation stained strongly for FXR1. qPCR revealed increased FXR1 expression in WT compared to adult and adjacent kidney (p < 0.0002) but was similar to fetal kidney (p = 0.648). RNA-sequencing revealed expression of FXR1 in multiple pediatric tumors, greatest in rhabdomyosarcoma and WT. CONCLUSIONS FXR1 was expressed consistently across this broad sampling of WT and most robustly in the primitive blastema. Notably, FXR1 labeled a specific self-renewing progenitor population of the fetal kidney.
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nashville, TN
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- St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Department of Surgery, Memphis, TN
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Nashville, TN
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Medicine and Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Medicine and Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nashville, TN
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Anvar Z, Acurzio B, Roma J, Cerrato F, Verde G. Origins of DNA methylation defects in Wilms tumors. Cancer Lett 2019; 457:119-128. [PMID: 31103718 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2019.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2019] [Revised: 05/10/2019] [Accepted: 05/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Wilms tumor is an embryonic renal cancer that typically presents in early childhood and accounts for 7% of all paediatric cancers. Different genetic alterations have been described in this malignancy, however, only a few of them are associated with a majority of Wilms tumors. Alterations in DNA methylation, in contrast, are frequent molecular defects observed in most cases of Wilms tumors. How these epimutations are established in this tumor is not yet completely clear. The recent identification of the molecular actors required for the epigenetic reprogramming during embryogenesis suggests novel possible mechanisms responsible for the DNA methylation defects in Wilms tumor. Here, we provide an overview of the DNA methylation alterations observed in this malignancy and discuss the distinct molecular mechanisms by which these epimutations can arise.
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- Zahra Anvar
- Infertility Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; Institute of Genetics and Biophysics 'A. Buzzati-Traverso', CNR, Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Genetics and Biophysics 'A. Buzzati-Traverso', CNR, Naples, Italy; Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Campania 'Luigi Vanvitelli', Caserta, Italy
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- Vall d'Hebron Research Institute-Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Campania 'Luigi Vanvitelli', Caserta, Italy
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, International University of Catalonia, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain.
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Wilms tumour is the most common renal malignancy of childhood. The disease is curable in the majority of cases, albeit at considerable cost in terms of late treatment-related effects in some children. However, one in ten children with Wilms tumour will die of their disease despite modern treatment approaches. The genetic changes that underpin Wilms tumour have been defined by studies of familial cases and by unbiased DNA sequencing of tumour genomes. Together, these approaches have defined the landscape of cancer genes that are operative in Wilms tumour, many of which are intricately linked to the control of fetal nephrogenesis. Advances in our understanding of the germline and somatic genetic changes that underlie Wilms tumour may translate into better patient outcomes. Improvements in risk stratification have already been seen through the introduction of molecular biomarkers into clinical practice. A host of additional biomarkers are due to undergo clinical validation. Identifying actionable mutations has led to potential new targets, with some novel compounds undergoing testing in early phase trials. Avenues that warrant further exploration include targeting Wilms tumour cancer genes with a non-redundant role in nephrogenesis and targeting the fetal renal transcriptome.
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- Taryn Dora Treger
- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK.
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Haruta M, Arai Y, Okita H, Tanaka Y, Takimoto T, Sugino RP, Yamada Y, Kamijo T, Oue T, Fukuzawa M, Koshinaga T, Kaneko Y. Combined Genetic and Chromosomal Characterization of Wilms Tumors Identifies Chromosome 12 Gain as a Potential New Marker Predicting a Favorable Outcome. Neoplasia 2018; 21:117-131. [PMID: 30530054 PMCID: PMC6288985 DOI: 10.1016/j.neo.2018.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2018] [Revised: 10/29/2018] [Accepted: 10/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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To identify prognostic factors, array CGH (aCGH) patterns and mutations in WT1 and 9 other genes were analyzed in 128 unilateral Wilms tumors (WTs). Twenty patients had no aCGH aberrations, and 31 had WT1 alterations [silent and WT1 types: relapse-free survival (RFS), 95% and 83%, respectively]. Seventy-seven patients had aCGH changes without WT1 alterations (nonsilent/non-WT1 type) and were subtyped into those with or without +12, 11q-, 16q-, or HACE1 loss. RFS was better for those with than those without +12 (P = .010) and worse for those with than those without 11q-, 16q-, or HACE1 loss (P = .001, .025, or 1.2E-04, respectively). Silent and WT1 type and 8 subtype tumors were integrated and classified into 3 risk groups: low risk for the silent type and +12 subgroup; high risk for the no +12 plus 11q-, 16q-, or HACE1 loss subgroup; intermediate risk for the WT1 type and no +12 plus no 11q-, 16q-, or HACE1 loss subgroup. Among the 27 WTs examined, the expression of 146 genes on chromosome 12 was stronger in +12 tumors than in no +12 tumors, while that of 10 genes on 16q was weaker in 16q- tumors than in no 16q- tumors. Overexpression in 75 out of 146 upregulated genes and underexpression in 7 out of 10 downregulated genes correlated with better and worse overall survival, respectively, based on the public database. +12 was identified as a potential new marker predicting a favorable outcome, and chromosome abnormalities may be related to altered gene expression associated with these abnormalities.
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- Masayuki Haruta
- Research Institute for Clinical Oncology, Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama 362-0806, Japan
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- Cancer Genomics Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Keio University, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Kanagawa Children's Medical Center, Kanagawa 232-8555, Japan
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- Clinical Research Center, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
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- Research Institute for Clinical Oncology, Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama 362-0806, Japan
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- Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Research Institute for Clinical Oncology, Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama 362-0806, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan
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- Research Institute for Clinical Oncology, Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama 362-0806, Japan.
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Treger TD, Chagtai T, Butcher R, Cresswell GD, Al-Saadi R, Brok J, Williams RD, Roberts C, Luscombe NM, Pritchard Jones K, Mifsud W. Somatic TP53 Mutations Are Detectable in Circulating Tumor DNA from Children with Anaplastic Wilms Tumors. Transl Oncol 2018; 11:1301-1306. [PMID: 30172241 PMCID: PMC6121832 DOI: 10.1016/j.tranon.2018.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2018] [Revised: 08/12/2018] [Accepted: 08/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Diffuse anaplastic Wilms tumor (DAWT) is a rare, high-risk subtype that is often missed on diagnostic needle biopsy. Somatic mutations in TP53 are associated with the development of anaplasia and with poorer survival, particularly in advanced-stage disease. Early identification of DAWT harboring TP53 abnormalities could improve risk stratification of initial therapy and monitoring for recurrence. METHODS Droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) was used to evaluate 21 samples from 4 patients with DAWT. For each patient, we assessed TP53 status in frozen tumor, matched germline DNA, and circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) from plasma, serum, and urine collected throughout treatment. RESULTS Mutant TP53 was detectable in ctDNA from plasma and serum in all patients. We did not detect variant TP53 in the same volume (200 μl) of urine. One patient displayed heterogeneity of TP53 in the tumor despite both histological sections displaying anaplasia. Concentration of ctDNA from plasma/serum taken prenephrectomy varied significantly between patients, ranging from 0.44 (0.05-0.90) to 125.25 (109.75-140.25) copies/μl. We observed variation in ctDNA throughout treatment, and in all but one patient, ctDNA levels fell significantly following nephrectomy. CONCLUSION We demonstrate for the first time that ddPCR is an effective method for detection of mutant TP53 in ctDNA from children with DAWT even when there is intratumoral somatic heterogeneity. This should be further explored in a larger cohort of patients, as early detection of circulating variant TP53 may have significant clinical impact on future risk stratification and surveillance.
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- Taryn D Treger
- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK; Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
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- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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- Clinical Research Department, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK; Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
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- Clinical Research Department, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Francis Crick Institute, London, UK; UCL Genetics Institute, Department of Genetics, Evolution & Environment, University College London, UK
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- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK; Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
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- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK; Department of Histopathology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK.
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Vujanić GM, Gessler M, Ooms AHAG, Collini P, Coulomb-l'Hermine A, D'Hooghe E, de Krijger RR, Perotti D, Pritchard-Jones K, Vokuhl C, van den Heuvel-Eibrink MM, Graf N. The UMBRELLA SIOP-RTSG 2016 Wilms tumour pathology and molecular biology protocol. Nat Rev Urol 2018; 15:693-701. [PMID: 30310143 PMCID: PMC7136175 DOI: 10.1038/s41585-018-0100-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
On the basis of the results of previous national and international trials and studies, the Renal Tumour Study Group of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP-RTSG) has developed a new study protocol for paediatric renal tumours: the UMBRELLA SIOP-RTSG 2016 protocol (the UMBRELLA protocol). Currently, the overall outcomes of patients with Wilms tumour are excellent, but subgroups with poor prognosis and increased relapse rates still exist. The identification of these subgroups is of utmost importance to improve treatment stratification, which might lead to reduction of the direct and late effects of chemotherapy. The UMBRELLA protocol aims to validate new prognostic factors, such as blastemal tumour volume and molecular markers, to further improve outcome. To achieve this aim, large, international, high-quality databases are needed, which dictate optimization and international harmonization of specimen handling and comprehensive sampling of biological material, refine definitions and improve logistics for expert review. To promote broad implementation of the UMBRELLA protocol, the updated SIOP-RTSG pathology and molecular biology protocol for Wilms tumours has been outlined, which is a consensus from the SIOP-RTSG pathology panel.
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Affiliation(s)
| | - Manfred Gessler
- Theodor-Boveri-Institute/Biocenter, Developmental Biochemistry, Wuerzburg University, Wuerzburg, Germany
- Comprehensive Cancer Center Mainfranken, Wuerzburg University, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
| | - Aurore Coulomb-l'Hermine
- Sorbonne Université, Department of Pathology, Hopitaux Universitaires Est Parisien, Paris, France
| | - Ellen D'Hooghe
- Department of Pathology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
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- Molecular Bases of Genetic Risk and Genetic Testing Unit, Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Kiel Paediatric Tumour Registry, Department of Paediatric Pathology, University Hospital of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
| | | | - Norbert Graf
- Department of Paediatric Oncology & Haematology, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
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Biological Drivers of Wilms Tumor Prognosis and Treatment. CHILDREN-BASEL 2018; 5:children5110145. [PMID: 30373137 PMCID: PMC6262554 DOI: 10.3390/children5110145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2018] [Revised: 10/16/2018] [Accepted: 10/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Prior to the 1950s, survival from Wilms tumor (WT) was less than 10%. Today, a child diagnosed with WT has a greater than 90% chance of survival. These gains in survival rates from WT are attributed largely to improvements in multimodal therapy: Enhanced surgical techniques leading to decreased operative mortality, optimization of more effective chemotherapy regimens (specifically, dactinomycin and vincristine), and inclusion of radiation therapy in treatment protocols. More recent improvements in survival, however, can be attributed to a growing understanding of the molecular landscape of Wilms tumor. Particularly, identification of biologic markers portending poor prognosis has facilitated risk stratification to tailor therapy that achieves the best possible outcome with the least possible toxicity. The aim of this review is to (1) outline the specific biologic markers that have been associated with prognosis in WT and (2) provide an overview of the current use of biologic and other factors to stratify risk and assign treatment accordingly.
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