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Pereira BJA, de Almeida AN, Paiva WS, Tzu WH, Marie SKN. Natural history and neuro-oncological approach in spinal gangliogliomas: a systematic review. Neurosurg Rev 2024; 47:93. [PMID: 38403664 DOI: 10.1007/s10143-024-02327-x] [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: 11/11/2023] [Revised: 02/16/2024] [Accepted: 02/18/2024] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
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To describe the natural history of spinal gangliogliomas (GG) in order to determine the most appropriate neuro-oncological management. A Medline search for relevant publications up to July 2023 using the key phrase "ganglioglioma spinal" and "ganglioglioma posterior fossa" led to the retrieval of 178 studies. This corpus provided the basis for the present review. As an initial selection step, the following inclusion criteria were adopted: (i) series and case reports on spinal GG; (ii) clinical outcomes were reported specifically for GG; (iii) GG was the only pathological diagnosis for the evaluation of the tumor; (iv) papers written only in English was evaluated; and (v) papers describing each case in the series were included. The World Health Organization (WHO) 2021 grading criteria for gangliogliomas were applied. A total of 107 tumors were evaluated (63 from male patients and 44 from female patients; 1.43 male/1.0 female ratio, mean age 18.34 ± 15.84 years). The most common site was the cervical spine, accounting for 43 cases (40.18%); GTR was performed in 35 cases (32.71%) and STR in 71 cases (66.35%), while this information was not reported in 1 case (0.94%). 8 deaths were reported (7.47%) involving 2 males (25%) and 6 females (75%) aged 4-78 years (mean 34.27 ± 18.22) years. GGs located on the spine displayed the same gender ratio as these tumors in general. The most frequent symptom was pain and motor impairment, while the most prevalent location was the cervical spinal cord. GTR of the tumor posed a challenge for neurosurgeons, due to the difficulty of resecting the lesion without damaging the spinal eloquent area, explaining the lower rate of cure for this tumor type.
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- Benedito Jamilson Araújo Pereira
- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology (LIM15), Department of Neurology, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Avenida Dr Arnaldo, 455/ 4º Andar/ sala 4110, São Paulo, SP, Cep: 01246-903, Brazil.
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- Neurosurgery Division, Department of Neurology, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Neurosurgery Division, Department of Neurology, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Neurosurgery Division, Department of Neurology, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology (LIM15), Department of Neurology, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Avenida Dr Arnaldo, 455/ 4º Andar/ sala 4110, São Paulo, SP, Cep: 01246-903, Brazil
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Ali RH, Almanabri M, Ali NY, Alsaber AR, Khalifa NM, Hussein R, Alateeqi M, Mohammed EMA, Jama H, Almarzooq A, Benobaid N, Alqallaf Z, Ahmed AA, Bahzad S, Almurshed M. Clinicopathological analysis of BRAF and non-BRAF MAPK pathway-altered gliomas in paediatric and adult patients: a single-institution study of 40 patients. J Clin Pathol 2024:jcp-2023-209318. [PMID: 38195220 DOI: 10.1136/jcp-2023-209318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2024]
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AIMS Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway alteration is a major oncogenic driver in paediatric low-grade gliomas (LGG) and some adult gliomas, encompassing BRAF (most common) and non-BRAF alterations. The aim was to determine the frequency, molecular spectrum and clinicopathological features of MAPK-altered gliomas in paediatric and adult patients at our neuropathology site in Kuwait. METHODS We retrospectively searched the data of molecularly sequenced gliomas between 2018 and 2023 for MAPK alterations, revised the pathology in view of the 2021 WHO classification and evaluated the clinicopathological data for possible correlations. RESULTS Of 272 gliomas, 40 (15%) harboured a MAPK pathway alteration in 19 paediatric (median 9.6 years; 1.2-17.6) and 21 adult patients (median 37 years; 18.9-89.2), comprising 42% and 9% of paediatric and adult cases, respectively. Pilocytic astrocytoma and glioblastoma were the most frequent diagnoses in children (47%) and adults (43%), respectively. BRAF V600E (n=17, 43%) showed a wide distribution across age groups, locations and pathological diagnoses while KIAA1549::BRAF fusion (n=8, 20%) was spatially and histologically restricted to cerebellar paediatric LGGs. Non-V600E variants and BRAF amplifications accompanied other molecular aberrations in high-grade tumours. Non-BRAF MAPK alterations (n=8) included mutations and gene fusions involving FGFR1, NTRK2, NF1, ROS1 and MYB. Fusions included KANK1::NTRK2, GOPC::ROS1 (both infant hemispheric gliomas), FGFR1::TACC1 (diffuse LGG), MYB::QKI (angiocentric glioma) and BCR::NTRK2 (glioblastoma). Paradoxical H3 K27M/MAPK co-mutations were observed in two LGGs. CONCLUSION The study provided insights into MAPK-altered gliomas in Kuwait highlighting the differences among paediatric and adult patients and providing a framework for planning therapeutic polices.
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- Rola H Ali
- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Kuwait University, Jabriya, Hawalli, Kuwait
- Department of Histopathology, Al Sabah Hospital, Shuwaikh, Al Asimah, Kuwait
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Ibn Sina Hospital, Shuwaikh, Al Asimah, Kuwait
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- Department of Radiology, Ibn Sina Hospital, Shuwaikh, Al Asimah, Kuwait
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- Department of Management, College of Business and Economics, American University of Kuwait, Salmiya, Hawalli, Kuwait
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, NBK Children's Hospital, Shuwaikh, Al Asimah, Kuwait
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Kuwait Cancer Control Center, Shuwaikh, Al Asimah, Kuwait
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- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Kuwait Cancer Control Center, Shuwaikh, Al Asimah, Kuwait
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- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Kuwait Cancer Control Center, Shuwaikh, Al Asimah, Kuwait
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- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Kuwait Cancer Control Center, Shuwaikh, Al Asimah, Kuwait
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- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Kuwait Cancer Control Center, Shuwaikh, Al Asimah, Kuwait
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- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Kuwait Cancer Control Center, Shuwaikh, Al Asimah, Kuwait
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- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Kuwait Cancer Control Center, Shuwaikh, Al Asimah, Kuwait
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- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Kuwait Cancer Control Center, Shuwaikh, Al Asimah, Kuwait
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- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Kuwait Cancer Control Center, Shuwaikh, Al Asimah, Kuwait
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- Department of Histopathology, Al Sabah Hospital, Shuwaikh, Al Asimah, Kuwait
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Jiang B, Zheng Y, She D, Xing Z, Cao D. MRI characteristics predict BRAF V600E status in gangliogliomas and pleomorphic xanthoastrocytomas and provide survival prognostication. Acta Radiol 2024; 65:33-40. [PMID: 37401109 DOI: 10.1177/02841851231183868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND BRAF V600E mutation is a common genomic alteration in gangliogliomas (GGs) and pleomorphic xanthoastrocytomas (PXAs) with prognostic and therapeutic implications. PURPOSE To investigate the ability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features to predict BRAF V600E status in GGs and PXAs and their prognostic values. MATERIAL AND METHODS A cohort of 44 patients with histologically confirmed GGs and PXAs was reviewed retrospectively. BRAF V600E status was determined by immunohistochemistry (IHC) staining and fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Demographics and MRI characteristics of the two groups were evaluated and compared. Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses were performed to identify MRI features that were prognostic for progression-free survival (PFS). RESULTS T1/FLAIR ratio, enhancing margin, and mean relative apparent diffusion coefficient (rADCmea) value showed significant differences between the BRAF V600E-mutant and BRAF V600E-wild groups (all P < 0.05). Binary logistic regression analysis revealed only rADCmea value was the independent predictive factor for BRAF V600E status (P = 0.027). Univariate Cox regression analysis showed age at diagnosis (P = 0.032), WHO grade (P = 0.020), enhancing margin (P = 0.029), and rADCmea value (P = 0.005) were significant prognostic factors for PFS. In multivariate Cox regression analysis, increasing age (P = 0.040, hazard ratio [HR] = 1.04, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.002-1.079) and lower rADCmea values (P = 0.021, HR = 0.036, 95% CI = 0.002-0.602) were associated with poor PFS in GGs and PXAs. CONCLUSION Imaging features are potentially predictive of BRAF V600E status in GGs and PXAs. Furthermore, rADCmea value is a valuable prognostic factor for patients with GGs or PXAs.
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- Bingqing Jiang
- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fujian, PR China
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fujian, PR China
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fujian, PR China
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fujian, PR China
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fujian, PR China
- Department of Radiology, National Regional Medical Center, Binhai Campus of the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fujian, PR China
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Erkan B, Demir S, Akpinar E, Akkurt TS, Tanriverdi O, Gunaldi O. A rare tumor in the sellar region: ganglioglioma, a case report and a general overview. Childs Nerv Syst 2023; 39:3621-3626. [PMID: 37432397 DOI: 10.1007/s00381-023-06073-1] [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: 05/29/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Gangliogliomas are rare mixed neuronal-glial tumors of the central nervous system, accounting for less than 2% of intracranial tumors. CASE DESCRIPTION This report presents a rare case of ganglioglioma in the sellar region of a 3-year-old and 5-month-old pediatric patient. The patient underwent surgical intervention initially through a transnasal transsphenoidal approach and subsequently through a transcranial pterional craniotomy approach. Subsequently, radiotherapy and chemotherapy were administered for residual tumor tissue. The purpose of this report is to highlight the presence of ganglioglioma as a distinct diagnosis in sellar region tumors, discuss the surgical, radiotherapy, and/or chemotherapy treatment options for sellar region gangliogliomas based on the literature, and contribute the patient's follow-up and treatment outcomes to the existing literature. CONCLUSION Complete tumor resection may not be feasible in sellar region gangliogliomas, especially in pediatric cases, due to endocrinological and vision-related complications. In cases where complete resection is not possible, radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy may be considered. However, the optimal treatment approach has not yet been established, and further research is needed.
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- Buruc Erkan
- Department of Neurosurgery, Health Science University, Basaksehir Cam and Sakura City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Health Science University, Basaksehir Cam and Sakura City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Health Science University, Basaksehir Cam and Sakura City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pathology, Health Science University, Basaksehir Cam and Sakura City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Health Science University, Basaksehir Cam and Sakura City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Health Science University, Basaksehir Cam and Sakura City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Liu Z, Hong X, Wang L, Ma Z, Guan F, Wang W, Qiu Y, Zhang X, Duan W, Wang M, Sun C, Zhao Y, Duan J, Sun Q, Liu L, Ding L, Ji Y, Yan D, Liu X, Cheng J, Zhang Z, Li ZC, Yan J. Radiomic features from multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging predict molecular subgroups of pediatric low-grade gliomas. BMC Cancer 2023; 23:848. [PMID: 37697238 PMCID: PMC10496393 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-023-11338-8] [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: 10/25/2022] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/13/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND We aimed to develop machine learning models for prediction of molecular subgroups (low-risk group and intermediate/high-risk group) and molecular marker (KIAA1549-BRAF fusion) of pediatric low-grade gliomas (PLGGs) based on radiomic features extracted from multiparametric MRI. METHODS 61 patients with PLGGs were included in this retrospective study, which were divided into a training set and an internal validation set at a ratio of 2:1 based on the molecular subgroups or the molecular marker. The patients were classified into low-risk and intermediate/high-risk groups, BRAF fusion positive and negative groups, respectively. We extracted 5929 radiomic features from multiparametric MRI. Thereafter, we removed redundant features, trained random forest models on the training set for predicting the molecular subgroups or the molecular marker, and validated their performance on the internal validation set. The performance of the prediction model was verified by 3-fold cross-validation. RESULTS We constructed the classification model differentiating low-risk PLGGs from intermediate/high-risk PLGGs using 4 relevant features, with an AUC of 0.833 and an accuracy of 76.2% in the internal validation set. In the prediction model for predicting KIAA1549-BRAF fusion using 4 relevant features, an AUC of 0.818 and an accuracy of 81.0% were achieved in the internal validation set. CONCLUSIONS The current study demonstrates that MRI radiomics is able to predict molecular subgroups of PLGGs and KIAA1549-BRAF fusion with satisfying sensitivity. TRIAL REGISTRATION This study was retrospectively registered at clinicaltrials.gov (NCT04217018).
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Grants
- 2019YFC0117704 the National Key R&D Program of China
- 202102310136, 202102310138, 202102310113, 202102310083 the Science and Technology Program of Henan Province
- 202102310136, 202102310138, 202102310113, 202102310083 the Science and Technology Program of Henan Province
- 202102310136, 202102310138, 202102310113, 202102310083 the Science and Technology Program of Henan Province
- 82102149, U20A20171, 61901458, 61571432, 81702465, 8217111948, U1804172, U1904148 the National Natural Science Foundation of China
- 82102149, U20A20171, 61901458, 61571432, 81702465, 8217111948, U1804172, U1904148 the National Natural Science Foundation of China
- 82102149, U20A20171, 61901458, 61571432, 81702465, 8217111948, U1804172, U1904148 the National Natural Science Foundation of China
- 82102149, U20A20171, 61901458, 61571432, 81702465, 8217111948, U1804172, U1904148 the National Natural Science Foundation of China
- 2021B0101420006 the Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province
- YXKC2022061 the Excellent Youth Talent Cultivation Program of Innovation in Health Science and Technology of Henan Province
- SBGJ202002062 the Key Program of Medical Science and Technique Foundation of Henan Province
- the National Key R&D Program of China
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- Zhen Liu
- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Jian she Dong Road 1, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Jian she Dong Road 1, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan province, China
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- Yanjing Medical College of Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Jian she Dong Road 1, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Jian she Dong Road 1, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan province, China
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- Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Jian she Dong Road 1, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan province, China
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- Department of MRI, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Jian she Dong Road 1, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Jian she Dong Road 1, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Jian she Dong Road 1, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Jian she Dong Road 1, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan province, China
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- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Jian she Dong Road 1, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Jian she Dong Road 1, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Jian she Dong Road 1, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan province, China
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- Department of MRI, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Jian she Dong Road 1, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Jian she Dong Road 1, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan province, China.
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- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
- Shenzhen United Imaging Research Institute of Innovative Medical Equipment, Shenzhen, 518045, China.
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- Department of MRI, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Jian she Dong Road 1, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan province, China.
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Cipri S, Del Baldo G, Fabozzi F, Boccuto L, Carai A, Mastronuzzi A. Unlocking the power of precision medicine for pediatric low-grade gliomas: molecular characterization for targeted therapies with enhanced safety and efficacy. Front Oncol 2023; 13:1204829. [PMID: 37397394 PMCID: PMC10311254 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1204829] [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: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023] Open
Abstract
In the past decade significant advancements have been made in the discovery of targetable lesions in pediatric low-grade gliomas (pLGGs). These tumors account for 30-50% of all pediatric brain tumors with generally a favorable prognosis. The latest 2021 WHO classification of pLGGs places a strong emphasis on molecular characterization for significant implications on prognosis, diagnosis, management, and the potential target treatment. With the technological advances and new applications in molecular diagnostics, the molecular characterization of pLGGs has revealed that tumors that appear similar under a microscope can have different genetic and molecular characteristics. Therefore, the new classification system divides pLGGs into several distinct subtypes based on these characteristics, enabling a more accurate strategy for diagnosis and personalized therapy based on the specific genetic and molecular abnormalities present in each tumor. This approach holds great promise for improving outcomes for patients with pLGGs, highlighting the importance of the recent breakthroughs in the discovery of targetable lesions.
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- Selene Cipri
- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Cell Therapy, Gene Therapies and Hemopoietic Transplant, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Cell Therapy, Gene Therapies and Hemopoietic Transplant, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Cell Therapy, Gene Therapies and Hemopoietic Transplant, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Healthcare Genetics Program, School of Nursing, College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States
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- Department of Neurosciences, Neurosurgery Unit, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Cell Therapy, Gene Therapies and Hemopoietic Transplant, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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Yashin KS, Yuzhakova DV, Sachkova DA, Kukhnina LS, Kharitonova TM, Zolotova AS, Medyanik IA, Shirmanova MV. Personalized Medicine in Brain Gliomas: Targeted Therapy, Patient-Derived Tumor Models (Review). Sovrem Tekhnologii Med 2023; 15:61-71. [PMID: 38435477 PMCID: PMC10904359 DOI: 10.17691/stm2023.15.3.07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 03/05/2024] Open
Abstract
Gliomas are the most common type of primary malignant brain tumors. The choice of treatments for these tumors was quite limited for many years, and therapy results generally remain still unsatisfactory. Recently, a significant breakthrough in the treatment of many forms of cancer occurred when personalized targeted therapies were introduced which inhibit tumor growth by affecting a specific molecular target. Another trend gaining popularity in oncology is the creation of patient-derived tumor models which can be used for drug screening to select the optimal therapy regimen. Molecular and genetic mechanisms of brain gliomas growth are considered, consisting of individual components which could potentially be exposed to targeted drugs. The results of the literature review show a higher efficacy of the personalized approach to the treatment of individual patients compared to the use of standard therapies. However, many unresolved issues remain in the area of predicting the effectiveness of a particular drug therapy regimen. The main hopes in solving this issue are set on the use of patient-derived tumor models, which can be used in one-stage testing of a wide range of antitumor drugs.
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- K S Yashin
- Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, University Clinic; Privolzhsky Research Medical University, 10/1 Minin and Pozharsky Square, Nizhny Novgorod, 603005, Russia; Assistant, Department of Traumatology and Neurosurgery named after M.V. Kolokoltsev; Privolzhsky Research Medical University, 10/1 Minin and Pozharsky Square, Nizhny Novgorod, 603005, Russia; Oncologist, Polyclinic Department; Nizhny Novgorod Regional Oncologic Dispensary, 11/1 Delovaya St., Nizhny Novgorod, 603126, Russia
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- Researcher, Laboratory of Genomics of Adaptive Antitumor Immunity, Research Institute of Experimental Oncology and Biomedical Technologies; Privolzhsky Research Medical University, 10/1 Minin and Pozharsky Square, Nizhny Novgorod, 603005, Russia
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- Master Student, Department of Biophysics; National Research Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod, 23 Prospekt Gagarina, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Russia Laboratory Assistant, Laboratory of Fluorescent Bioimaging, Research Institute of Experimental Oncology and Biomedical Technologies; Privolzhsky Research Medical University, 10/1 Minin and Pozharsky Square, Nizhny Novgorod, 603005, Russia
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- Student, Faculty of Medicine; Privolzhsky Research Medical University, 10/1 Minin and Pozharsky Square, Nizhny Novgorod, 603005, Russia
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- Student, Faculty of Medicine; Privolzhsky Research Medical University, 10/1 Minin and Pozharsky Square, Nizhny Novgorod, 603005, Russia
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- Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, University Clinic; Privolzhsky Research Medical University, 10/1 Minin and Pozharsky Square, Nizhny Novgorod, 603005, Russia
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- Neurosurgeon, Department Neurosurgery, University Clinic; Privolzhsky Research Medical University, 10/1 Minin and Pozharsky Square, Nizhny Novgorod, 603005, Russia; Professor, Department of Traumatology and Neurosurgery named after M.V. Kolokoltsev; Privolzhsky Research Medical University, 10/1 Minin and Pozharsky Square, Nizhny Novgorod, 603005, Russia; Oncologist, Polyclinic Department; Nizhny Novgorod Regional Oncologic Dispensary, 11/1 Delovaya St., Nizhny Novgorod, 603126, Russia
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- Deputy Director for Science, Research Institute of Experimental Oncology and Biomedical Technologies; Privolzhsky Research Medical University, 10/1 Minin and Pozharsky Square, Nizhny Novgorod, 603005, Russia
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Chan PP, Sabus A, Hemenway MS, Chatfield KC, White CJ, Mirsky DM, Foreman NK, Dahl NA. Thromboembolic toxicity observed with concurrent trametinib and lenalidomide therapy. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2023; 70:e30190. [PMID: 36602034 PMCID: PMC10519171 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.30190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Revised: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Abstract
The event-free survival of pediatric low-grade gliomas is poor, and patients often require multiple treatment strategies. While MEK and RAF inhibitors are efficacious in early-phase trials, not all patients respond, and many experience progression following completion of therapy. Evaluating combination therapies that may enhance efficacy or prolong disease stabilization is warranted. We report our institutional experience using concurrent trametinib and lenalidomide in the treatment of primary pediatric central and peripheral nervous system tumors. Two of four patients using this combination therapy experienced severe thromboembolic events, necessitating discontinuation of therapy. This combination requires further investigation, and we urge caution if used.
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- Priya P Chan
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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Co-dependent regulation of p-BRAF and potassium channel KCNMA1 levels drives glioma progression. Cell Mol Life Sci 2023; 80:61. [PMID: 36763212 PMCID: PMC9918570 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-023-04708-9] [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: 10/07/2022] [Revised: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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BRAF mutations have been found in gliomas which exhibit abnormal electrophysiological activities, implying their potential links with the ion channel functions. In this study, we identified the Drosophila potassium channel, Slowpoke (Slo), the ortholog of human KCNMA1, as a critical factor involved in dRafGOF glioma progression. Slo was upregulated in dRafGOF glioma. Knockdown of slo led to decreases in dRafGOF levels, glioma cell proliferation, and tumor-related phenotypes. Overexpression of slo in glial cells elevated dRaf expression and promoted cell proliferation. Similar mutual regulations of p-BRAF and KCNMA1 levels were then recapitulated in human glioma cells with the BRAF mutation. Elevated p-BRAF and KCNMA1 were also observed in HEK293T cells upon the treatment of 20 mM KCl, which causes membrane depolarization. Knockdown KCNMA1 in these cells led to a further decrease in cell viability. Based on these results, we conclude that the levels of p-BRAF and KCNMA1 are co-dependent and mutually regulated. We propose that, in depolarized glioma cells with BRAF mutations, high KCNMA1 levels act to repolarize membrane potential and facilitate cell growth. Our study provides a new strategy to antagonize the progression of gliomas as induced by BRAF mutations.
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Xie M, Wang X, Duan Z, Luan G. Low-grade epilepsy-associated neuroepithelial tumors: Tumor spectrum and diagnosis based on genetic alterations. Front Neurosci 2023; 16:1071314. [PMID: 36699536 PMCID: PMC9868944 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.1071314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Brain tumors can always result in seizures when involving the cortical neurons or their circuits, and they were found to be one of the most common etiologies of intractable focal seizures. The low-grade epilepsy-associated neuroepithelial tumors (LEAT), as a special group of brain tumors associated with seizures, share common clinicopathological features, such as seizure onsets at a young age, a predilection for involving the temporal lobe, and an almost benign course, including a rather slow growth pattern and thus a long-term history of seizures. Ganglioglioma (GG) and dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DNET) are the typical representatives of LEATs. Surgical treatments with complete resection of tumors and related epileptogenic zones are deemed the optimal way to achieve postoperative seizure control and lifetime recurrence-free survival in patients with LEATs. Although the term LEAT was originally introduced in 2003, debates on the tumor spectrum and the diagnosis or classification of LEAT entities are still confusing among epileptologists and neuropathologists. In this review, we would further discuss these questions, especially based on the updated classification of central nervous system tumors in the WHO fifth edition and the latest molecular genetic findings of tumor entities in LEAT entities.
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- Mingguo Xie
- Department of Neurosurgery, Epilepsy Center, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China,Beijing Key Laboratory of Epilepsy, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Epilepsy Center, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China,Beijing Key Laboratory of Epilepsy, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pathology, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Epilepsy Center, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China,Beijing Key Laboratory of Epilepsy, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China,Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China,Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing, China,*Correspondence: Guoming Luan,
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Xie MG, Wang XF, Qiao J, Zhou J, Guan YG, Li TF, Qi XL, Luan GM. The clinicopathological features of ganglioglioma with CD34 expression and BRAF mutation in patients with epilepsy. Front Mol Neurosci 2023; 16:1022364. [PMID: 36910263 PMCID: PMC9995901 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2023.1022364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 02/25/2023] Open
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Objective The aim of the study was to evaluate the clinicopathological features, as well as the surgical prognosis, of epilepsy-associated gangliogliomas (GG) with CD34 expression and BRAFV600E mutation. Methods Clinical data of patients who underwent epilepsy surgery for GG were retrospectively studied. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to evaluate the correlations of clinical and pathological factors with molecular markers of CD34 expression and BRAFV600E mutation in GG. Results A total of 208 patients with GG had immunohistochemical detection of CD34 expression (positive/negative: 184/24), and among them, 89 patients had immunohistochemical detection of BRAFV600E mutation (positive/negative: 54/35). By univariate and multivariate analyses, seizure aura (p = 0.025), concordance of ictal electroencephalogram (EEG) findings (p = 0.045) and medial temporal tumor (p = 0.030) were found to be related to CD34 expression, but only hospitalization time (p = 0.042) was different for BRAF-mutated status. In addition, drug-resistant epilepsy (p = 0.040) and concordance of interictal EEG findings (p = 0.009) were found to be associated with tumor progression-free survival (PFS) in univariate analysis, but only concordance of interictal EEG findings was with significance in multivariate analysis. However, CD34 expression or BRAFV600E mutation in GG was not found to be associated with surgical outcomes of seizure control and tumor PFS. Conclusion The CD34 expression or BRAFV600E mutation in GG may partly influence the distribution of clinicopathological features of patients with epilepsy, but they may be not able to predict the surgical prognosis of seizure outcome and tumor recurrence.
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- Ming-Guo Xie
- Department of Neurosurgery, Epilepsy Center, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Epilepsy, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Epilepsy Center, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Epilepsy, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Epilepsy Center, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Epilepsy, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Epilepsy Center, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Epilepsy, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Epilepsy Center, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Epilepsy, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Epilepsy, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,Department of Neurology, Epilepsy Center, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neuropathology, Epilepsy Center, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Epilepsy Center, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Epilepsy, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Noureldine MHA, Shimony N, Jallo GI. Benign Spinal Tumors. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2023; 1405:583-606. [PMID: 37452955 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-23705-8_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Benign spinal intradural tumors are relatively rare and include intramedullary tumors with a favorable histology such as low-grade astrocytomas and ependymomas, as well as intradural extramedullary tumors such as meningiomas and schwannomas. The effect on the neural tissue is usually a combination of mass effect and neuronal involvement in cases of infiltrative tumors. The new understanding of molecular profiling of different tumors allowed us to better define central nervous system tumors and tailor treatment accordingly. The mainstay of management of many intradural spinal tumors is maximal safe surgical resection. This goal is more achievable with intradural extramedullary tumors; yet, with a meticulous surgical approach, many of the intramedullary tumors are amenable for safe gross-total or near-total resection. The nature of these tumors is benign; hence, a different way to measure outcome success is pursued and usually depends on functional rather than oncological or survival outcomes.
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- Mohammad Hassan A Noureldine
- Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA
- Institute for Brain Protection Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, Saint Petersburg, FL, USA
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Geisinger Medical Center, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Danville, PA, USA
- Institute for Brain Protections Sciences, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, Saint Petersburg, FL, USA
- Department of Surgery, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, USA
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- Institute for Brain Protections Sciences, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, Saint Petersburg, FL, USA.
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O’Halloran K, Yellapantula V, Christodoulou E, Ostrow D, Bootwalla M, Ji J, Cotter J, Chapman N, Chu J, Margol A, Krieger MD, Chiarelli PA, Gai X, Biegel JA. Low-pass whole-genome and targeted sequencing of cell-free DNA from cerebrospinal fluid in pediatric patients with central nervous system tumors. Neurooncol Adv 2023; 5:vdad077. [PMID: 37461402 PMCID: PMC10349915 DOI: 10.1093/noajnl/vdad077] [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] [Indexed: 07/20/2023] Open
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Background Central nervous system tumors are the most common pediatric solid tumors and the most frequent cause of cancer-related morbidity in childhood. Significant advances in understanding the molecular features of these tumors have facilitated the development of liquid biopsy assays that may aid in diagnosis and monitoring response to therapy. In this report, we describe our comprehensive liquid biopsy platform for detection of genome-wide copy number aberrations, sequence variants, and gene fusions using cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from pediatric patients with brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system tumors. Methods Cell-free DNA was isolated from the CSF from 55 patients, including 47 patients with tumors and 8 controls. Results Abnormalities in cell-free DNA were detected in 24 (51%) patients including 11 with copy number alterations, 9 with sequence variants, and 7 with KIAA1549::BRAF fusions. Positive findings were obtained in patients spanning histologic subtypes, tumor grades, and anatomic locations. Conclusions This study demonstrates the feasibility of employing this platform in routine clinical care in upfront diagnostic and monitoring settings. Future studies are required to determine the utility of this approach for assessing response to therapy and long-term surveillance.
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- Katrina O’Halloran
- Corresponding Author: Katrina O’Halloran, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, 4650 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA ()
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- Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Division of Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Cancer and Blood Disease Institute, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Division of Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Division of Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Jesus-Ribeiro J, Rebelo O, Ribeiro IP, Pires LM, Melo JD, Sales F, Santana I, Freire A, Melo JB. The landscape of common genetic drivers and DNA methylation in low-grade (epilepsy-associated) neuroepithelial tumors: A review. Neuropathology 2022; 42:467-482. [PMID: 35844095 DOI: 10.1111/neup.12846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2022] [Revised: 05/05/2022] [Accepted: 06/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Low-grade neuroepithelial tumors (LNETs) represent an important group of central nervous system neoplasms, some of which may be associated to epilepsy. The concept of long-term epilepsy-associated tumors (LEATs) includes a heterogenous group of low-grade, cortically based tumors, associated to drug-resistant epilepsy, often requiring surgical treatment. LEATs entities can sometimes be poorly discriminated by histological features, precluding a confident classification in the absence of additional diagnostic tools. This study aimed to provide an updated review on the genomic findings and DNA methylation profiling advances in LNETs, including histological entities of LEATs. A comprehensive search strategy was conducted on PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science Core Collection. High-quality peer-reviewed original manuscripts and review articles with full-text in English, published between 2003 and 2022, were included. Results were screened based on titles and abstracts to determine suitability for inclusion, and when addressed the topic of the review was screened by full-text reading. Data extraction was performed through a qualitative content analysis approach. Most LNETs appear to be driven mainly by a single genomic abnormality and respective affected signaling pathway, including BRAF p.V600E mutations in ganglioglioma, FGFR1 abnormalities in dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor, MYB alterations in angiocentric glioma, BRAF fusions in pilocytic astrocytoma, PRKCA fusions in papillary glioneuronal tumor, between others. However, these molecular alterations are not exclusive, with some overlap amongst different tumor histologies. Also, clustering analysis of DNA methylation profiles allowed the identification of biologically similar molecular groups that sometimes transcend conventional histopathological classification. The exciting developments on the molecular basis of these tumors reinforce the importance of an integrative histopathological and (epi)genetic classification, which can be translated into precision medicine approaches.
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- Joana Jesus-Ribeiro
- Neurology Department, Centro Hospitalar de Leiria, Leiria, Portugal.,Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR) and Center of Investigation on Environment Genetics and Oncobiology (CIMAGO), Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Neuropathology Laboratory, Neurology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR) and Center of Investigation on Environment Genetics and Oncobiology (CIMAGO), Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.,Laboratory of Cytogenetics and Genomics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR) and Center of Investigation on Environment Genetics and Oncobiology (CIMAGO), Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.,Laboratory of Cytogenetics and Genomics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Internal Medicine Department, CUF Coimbra Hospital, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Epilepsy and Sleep Monitoring Unit, Neurology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Neurology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.,Neurology Department, Coimbra Luz Hospital, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR) and Center of Investigation on Environment Genetics and Oncobiology (CIMAGO), Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.,Laboratory of Cytogenetics and Genomics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Piccolo G, Verrico A, Morana G, Piatelli G, De Marco P, Iurilli V, Antonelli M, Gaggero G, Ramaglia A, Crocco M, Caruggi S, Milanaccio C, Garrè ML, Pavanello M. Early molecular diagnosis of BRAF status drives the neurosurgical management in BRAF V600E-mutant pediatric low-grade gliomas: a case report. BMC Pediatr 2022; 22:685. [PMID: 36447197 PMCID: PMC9706968 DOI: 10.1186/s12887-022-03711-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 10/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND To date, this is the only report showing with close and consecutive magnetic resonance images the extremely rapid response of two types of pediatric low-grade gliomas (PLGG) to vemurafenib and its impact on the surgical approach. CASES PRESENTATION We report two cases of symptomatic PLGG treated with vemurafenib, a BRAF inhibitor: in a 12-year-old girl it was used as first-line medical treatment, reducing the tumor by 45% within a month and stabilizing to 76% after a year; in a 3-year-old boy with no improvement after SIOP LGG 2004 Protocol, vemurafenib induced in only one week a 34% shrinkage and solved the hydrocephalus, avoiding surgical operation. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: Our cases demonstrate how an early molecular diagnosis of BRAF mutations through the neurosurgical biopsy is essential to promptly start targeted therapies., whose effect can influence both therapeutic and surgical decisions, hopefully reducing the occurrence of second neurosurgery with associated risks of neurological sequelae.
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- Gianluca Piccolo
- grid.5606.50000 0001 2151 3065Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Università Degli Studi Di Genova, Genoa, Italy ,grid.419504.d0000 0004 1760 0109Neuro-Oncology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- grid.419504.d0000 0004 1760 0109Neuro-Oncology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- grid.7605.40000 0001 2336 6580Department of Neuroscience “Rita Levi Montalcini”, University of Turin, Via Cherasco 15, 10126 Turin, Italy
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- grid.419504.d0000 0004 1760 0109Neurosurgery Department, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via G. Gaslini 5, 16147 Genoa, Italy
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- grid.419504.d0000 0004 1760 0109UOC Medical Genetics, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- grid.419504.d0000 0004 1760 0109Pharmacy Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- grid.7841.aDepartment of Radiological, Oncological and Anatomo-Pathological Sciences, University Sapienza, Viale Regina Elena 324, 00161 Rome, Italy
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- grid.419504.d0000 0004 1760 0109Pathology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- grid.419504.d0000 0004 1760 0109Neuroradiology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- grid.5606.50000 0001 2151 3065Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Università Degli Studi Di Genova, Genoa, Italy ,grid.419504.d0000 0004 1760 0109Neuro-Oncology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- grid.5606.50000 0001 2151 3065Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Università Degli Studi Di Genova, Genoa, Italy
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- grid.419504.d0000 0004 1760 0109Neuro-Oncology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- grid.419504.d0000 0004 1760 0109Neuro-Oncology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- grid.419504.d0000 0004 1760 0109Neurosurgery Department, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via G. Gaslini 5, 16147 Genoa, Italy
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The clinical and pathological features of low-grade epilepsy-associated glioneuronal tumors. Sci Rep 2022; 12:18163. [PMID: 36307486 PMCID: PMC9616895 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-22443-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The aim of the study was to evaluate the clinicopathological features, as well as the surgical prognosis, of epilepsy-associated glioneuronal tumors (GNT) with CD34 expression and BRAF mutation. Clinical data of patients who underwent epilepsy surgery for GNT were retrospectively studied. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to evaluate the correlations of clinical and pathological factors with molecular markers of CD34 expression and BRAFV600E mutation in GNT. A total of 247 patients with GNT had immunohistochemical detection of CD34 expression (CD34 positive vs. negative: 198/49), and among them, 102 patients had immunohistochemical detection of BRAFV600E mutation (BRAF positive vs. negative: 59/43). Univariate analysis found that tumor types (P < 0.001), patient population (P = 0.015), seizure aura (P = 0.007), drug-resistant epilepsy (P = 0.036), concordance of ictal electroencephalogram (EEG) findings (P = 0.032), surgical resection extent (P = 0.045), tumor location (P = 0.007) and duration of epilepsy (P = 0.027) were related to CD34 expression, and that concordance of ictal EEG findings (P = 0.031) and age at surgery (P = 0.015) were related to BRAFV600E mutation. In addition, history of generalized tonic-clonic seizure (HR 0.12; P = 0.035), drug-resistant epilepsy (HR 0.13; P = 0.030) and concordance of interictal EEG findings (HR 8.01; P = 0.039) were associated with tumor progression-free survival (PFS). However, CD34 expression or BRAFV600E mutation in GNT was not associated with surgical outcomes of seizure control and tumor PFS. The CD34 expression or BRAFV600E mutation in GNT may partly influence the distribution of clinicopathological features of patients with epilepsy, but they may be not able to predict the surgical prognosis of seizure outcome and tumor recurrence.
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Lin Z, Yang R, Zheng H, Li Z, Yi G, Wu Q, Yang C, Huang G. Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, anaplastic pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, and epithelioid glioblastoma: case series with clinical characteristics, molecular features and progression relationship. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2022; 221:107379. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2022.107379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2021] [Revised: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Huang W, Hao Z, Mao F, Guo D. Small Molecule Inhibitors in Adult High-Grade Glioma: From the Past to the Future. Front Oncol 2022; 12:911876. [PMID: 35785151 PMCID: PMC9247310 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.911876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2022] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Glioblastoma is the most common primary malignant tumor in the brain and has a dismal prognosis despite patients accepting standard therapies. Alternation of genes and deregulation of proteins, such as receptor tyrosine kinase, PI3K/Akt, PKC, Ras/Raf/MEK, histone deacetylases, poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP), CDK4/6, branched-chain amino acid transaminase 1 (BCAT1), and Isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH), play pivotal roles in the pathogenesis and progression of glioma. Simultaneously, the abnormalities change the cellular biological behavior and microenvironment of tumor cells. The differences between tumor cells and normal tissue become the vulnerability of tumor, which can be taken advantage of using targeted therapies. Small molecule inhibitors, as an important part of modern treatment for cancers, have shown significant efficacy in hematologic cancers and some solid tumors. To date, in glioblastoma, there have been more than 200 clinical trials completed or ongoing in which trial designers used small molecules as monotherapy or combination regimens to correct the abnormalities. In this review, we summarize the dysfunctional molecular mechanisms and highlight the outcomes of relevant clinical trials associated with small-molecule targeted therapies. Based on the outcomes, the main findings were that small-molecule inhibitors did not bring more benefit to newly diagnosed glioblastoma, but the clinical studies involving progressive glioblastoma usually claimed “noninferiority” compared with historical results. However, as to the clinical inferiority trial, similar dosing regimens should be avoided in future clinical trials.
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- Wenda Huang
- Department of Neurosurgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing TianTan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- *Correspondence: Dongsheng Guo, ; Feng Mao,
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- *Correspondence: Dongsheng Guo, ; Feng Mao,
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Barinfeld O, Zahavi A, Weiss S, Toledano H, Michowiz S, Goldenberg-Cohen N. Genetic Alteration Analysis of IDH1, IDH2, CDKN2A, MYB and MYBL1 in Pediatric Low-Grade Gliomas. Front Surg 2022; 9:880048. [PMID: 35574540 PMCID: PMC9096721 DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2022.880048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Objective To investigate pediatric low-grade gliomas for alterations in IDH1, IDH2, CDKN2A, MYB, and MYBL1. Materials and Methods DNA and RNA were extracted from 62 pediatric gliomas. Molecular methods included PCR, RT-PCR, and RNA sequencing; Sanger sequencing was used for validation. Results Analysis for hotspot genetic alterations in IDH1 R132 and IDH2 R172 (45 and 33 samples) was negative in all cases. CDKN2A deletions were detected in exons 1 and 2 in 1 (pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma) sample of 9 samples analyzed. Of 10 samples analyzed for MYB translocation, 4 each were positive for translocations with exon 2 and exon 3 of PCDHGA1. Six samples showed MYBL rearrangement. The lack of IDH1/2 genetic alterations is in accordance with the literature in pediatric tumors. Alterations in MYB, MYBL were recently reported to characterize diffuse grade II, but not grade I, gliomas. Conclusion We optimized methods for analyzing gene variations and correlated the findings to pathological grade. The high incidence of MYB and MYBL need further evaluation. We also compared DNA, RNA, and RNA sequencing results for fusion, translocation, and genetic alterations. More accurate identification of the underlying biology of pediatric gliomas has implications for the development of targeted treatment.
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- Orit Barinfeld
- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- The Krieger Eye Research Laboratory, Bruce and Ruth Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- The Krieger Eye Research Laboratory, Bruce and Ruth Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
- Ophthalmology Department, Rabin Medical Center – Beilinson Hospital, Petach Tikva, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- The Krieger Eye Research Laboratory, Bruce and Ruth Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Department of Neurosurgery, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel
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- The Krieger Eye Research Laboratory, Bruce and Ruth Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
- Department of Ophthalmology, Bnai-Zion Medical Center of Israel, Haifa, Israel
- Correspondence: Nitza Goldenberg-Cohen
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Ebrahimi A, Korshunov A, Reifenberger G, Capper D, Felsberg J, Trisolini E, Pollo B, Calatozzolo C, Prinz M, Staszewski O, Schweizer L, Schittenhelm J, Harter PN, Paulus W, Thomas C, Kohlhof-Meinecke P, Seiz-Rosenhagen M, Milde T, Casalini BM, Suwala A, Wefers AK, Reinhardt A, Sievers P, Kramm CM, Etminam N, Unterberg A, Wick W, Herold-Mende C, Sturm D, Pfister SM, Sill M, Jones DTW, Schrimpf D, Reuss DE, Aldape K, Abdullaev Z, Sahm F, von Deimling A, Stichel D. Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma is a heterogeneous entity with pTERT mutations prognosticating shorter survival. Acta Neuropathol Commun 2022; 10:5. [PMID: 35012690 PMCID: PMC8751269 DOI: 10.1186/s40478-021-01308-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2021] [Accepted: 12/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma (PXA) in its classic manifestation exhibits distinct morphological features and is assigned to CNS WHO grade 2 or grade 3. Distinction from glioblastoma variants and lower grade glial and glioneuronal tumors is a common diagnostic challenge. We compared a morphologically defined set of PXA (histPXA) with an independent set, defined by DNA methylation analysis (mcPXA). HistPXA encompassed 144 tumors all subjected to DNA methylation array analysis. Sixty-two histPXA matched to the methylation class mcPXA. These were combined with the cases that showed the mcPXA signature but had received a histopathological diagnosis other than PXA. This cohort constituted a set of 220 mcPXA. Molecular and clinical parameters were analyzed in these groups. Morphological parameters were analyzed in a subset of tumors with FFPE tissue available. HistPXA revealed considerable heterogeneity in regard to methylation classes, with methylation classes glioblastoma and ganglioglioma being the most frequent mismatches. Similarly, the mcPXA cohort contained tumors of diverse histological diagnoses, with glioblastoma constituting the most frequent mismatch. Subsequent analyses demonstrated the presence of canonical pTERT mutations to be associated with unfavorable prognosis among mcPXA. Based on these data, we consider the tumor type PXA to be histologically more varied than previously assumed. Histological approach to diagnosis will predominantly identify cases with the established archetypical morphology. DNA methylation analysis includes additional tumors in the tumor class PXA that share similar DNA methylation profile but lack the typical morphology of a PXA. DNA methylation analysis also assist in separating other tumor types with morphologic overlap to PXA. Our data suggest the presence of canonical pTERT mutations as a robust indicator for poor prognosis in methylation class PXA.
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Lang SS, Kumar NK, Madsen P, Gajjar AA, Gajjar E, Resnick AC, Storm PB. Neurotrophic Tyrosine Receptor Kinase Fusion in Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumors. Cancer Genet 2022; 262-263:64-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergen.2022.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Revised: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Cases-Cunillera S, van Loo KMJ, Pitsch J, Quatraccioni A, Sivalingam S, Salomoni P, Borger V, Dietrich D, Schoch S, Becker AJ. Heterogeneity and excitability of BRAF V600E-induced tumors is determined by Akt/mTOR-signaling state and Trp53-loss. Neuro Oncol 2021; 24:741-754. [PMID: 34865163 PMCID: PMC9071348 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noab268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Background Developmental brain tumors harboring BRAFV600E somatic mutation are diverse. Here, we describe molecular factors that determine BRAFV600E-induced tumor biology and function. Methods Intraventricular in utero electroporation in combination with the piggyBac transposon system was utilized to generate developmental brain neoplasms, which were comprehensively analyzed with regard to growth using near-infrared in-vivo imaging, transcript signatures by RNA sequencing, and neuronal activity by multielectrode arrays. Results BRAF
V600E expression in murine neural progenitors elicits benign neoplasms composed of enlarged dysmorphic neurons and neoplastic astroglia recapitulating ganglioglioma (GG) only in concert with active Akt/mTOR-signaling. Purely glial tumors resembling aspects of polymorphous low-grade neuroepithelial tumors of the young (PLNTYs) emerge from BRAFV600E alone. Additional somatic Trp53-loss is sufficient to generate anaplastic GGs (aGGs) with glioneuronal clonality. Functionally, only BRAFV600E/pAkt tumors intrinsically generate substantial neuronal activity and show enhanced relay to adjacent tissue conferring high epilepsy propensity. In contrast, PLNTY- and aGG models lack significant spike activity, which appears in line with the glial differentiation of the former and a dysfunctional tissue structure combined with reduced neuronal transcript signatures in the latter. Conclusion mTOR-signaling and Trp53-loss critically determine the biological diversity and electrical activity of BRAFV600E-induced tumors.
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- Silvia Cases-Cunillera
- Institute of Neuropathology, Section for Translational Epilepsy Research, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Neuropathology, Section for Translational Epilepsy Research, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Department of Epileptology, Neurology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Epileptology, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Neuropathology, Section for Translational Epilepsy Research, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Neuropathology, Section for Translational Epilepsy Research, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Department of Human Genetics, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Nuclear Function Group, German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Epileptology, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Corresponding Author: Albert J. Becker, MD, Institute of Neuropathology, Section for Translational Epilepsy Research, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, D-53127 Bonn, Germany ()
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Kilmister EJ, Robinson B, De Tommasi C. Treatment of BRAF V600E mutated ganglioglioma of the third ventricle with dabrafenib. Surg Neurol Int 2021; 12:529. [PMID: 34754579 PMCID: PMC8571360 DOI: 10.25259/sni_788_2021] [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: 08/08/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background: Ganglioglioma (GG) of the third ventricle is rare. Surgical excision of tumors in this location is associated with high morbidity due to nearby eloquent brain centers. Alternative treatments, when available, should be considered to reduce risks of surgical treatment. Case Description: We present the case of a 21-year-old female diagnosed with a BRAF V600E mutated GG of the third ventricle. After an endoscopic biopsy and insertion of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt, the patient was started on the BRAF inhibitor dabrafenib, as an alternative to surgery or radiation. Nearly 2 years after starting dabrafenib, her tumor appearance on serial magnetic resonance imaging is stable, and she has maintained a good quality of life with no new neurological symptoms. Conclusion: The disease control thus far suggests targeted medical therapy of GG of the third ventricle with BRAF inhibitors may have efficacy and should be a considered treatment modality.
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- Department of Medicine Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Medeiros M, Candido MF, Valera ET, Brassesco MS. The multifaceted NF-kB: are there still prospects of its inhibition for clinical intervention in pediatric central nervous system tumors? Cell Mol Life Sci 2021; 78:6161-6200. [PMID: 34333711 PMCID: PMC11072991 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-021-03906-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2021] [Revised: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Despite advances in the understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the basic biology and pathogenesis of pediatric central nervous system (CNS) malignancies, patients still have an extremely unfavorable prognosis. Over the years, a plethora of natural and synthetic compounds has emerged for the pharmacologic intervention of the NF-kB pathway, one of the most frequently dysregulated signaling cascades in human cancer with key roles in cell growth, survival, and therapy resistance. Here, we provide a review about the state-of-the-art concerning the dysregulation of this hub transcription factor in the most prevalent pediatric CNS tumors: glioma, medulloblastoma, and ependymoma. Moreover, we compile the available literature on the anti-proliferative effects of varied NF-kB inhibitors acting alone or in combination with other therapies in vitro, in vivo, and clinical trials. As the wealth of basic research data continues to accumulate, recognizing NF-kB as a therapeutic target may provide important insights to treat these diseases, hopefully contributing to increase cure rates and lower side effects related to therapy.
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- Mariana Medeiros
- Department of Cell Biology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Cell Biology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatrics, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters at Ribeirão Preto, FFCLRP-USP, University of São Paulo, Av. Bandeirantes, 3900, Bairro Monte Alegre, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, CEP 14040-901, Brazil.
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Wang Y, Wang L, Blümcke I, Zhang W, Fu Y, Shan Y, Piao Y, Zhao G. Integrated genotype-phenotype analysis of long-term epilepsy-associated ganglioglioma. Brain Pathol 2021; 32:e13011. [PMID: 34355449 PMCID: PMC8713530 DOI: 10.1111/bpa.13011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Revised: 07/01/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The BRAF p.V600E mutation is the most common genetic alteration in ganglioglioma (GG). Herein, we collected a consecutive series of 30 GG specimens from Xuanwu Hospital in order to corroborate the genetic landscape and genotype–phenotype correlation of this enigmatic and often difficult‐to‐classify epilepsy‐associated brain tumor entity. All specimens with histopathologically confirmed lesions were submitted to targeted next‐generation sequencing using a panel of 131 genes. Genetic alterations in three cases with histologically distinct tumor components, that is, GG plus pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma (PXA), dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DNT), or an oligodendroglioma (ODG)‐like tumor component, were separately studied. A mean post‐surgical follow‐up time‐period of 23 months was available in 24 patients. Seventy seven percent of GG in our series can be explained by genetic alterations, with BRAF p.V600E mutations being most prevalent (n = 20). Three additional cases showed KRAS p.Q22R and KRAS p.G13R, IRS2 copy number gain (CNG) and a KIAA1549‐BRAF fusion. When genetically studying different histopathology patterns from the same tumor we identified composite features with BRAF p.V600E plus CDKN2A/B homozygous deletion in a GG with PXA features, IRS2 CNG in a GG with DNT features, and a BRAF p.V600E plus CNG of chromosome 7 in a GG with ODG‐like features. Follow‐up revealed no malignant tumor progression but nine patients had seizure recurrence. Eight of these nine GG were immunoreactive for CD34, six patients were male, five were BRAF wildtype, and atypical histopathology features were encountered in four patients, that is, ki‐67 proliferation index above 5% or with PXA component. Our results strongly point to activation of the MAP kinase pathway in the vast majority of GG and their molecular‐genetic differentiation from the cohort of low‐grade pediatric type diffuse glioma remains, however, to be further clarified. In addition, histopathologically distinct tumor components accumulated different genetic alterations suggesting collision or composite glio‐neuronal GG variants. Our results strongly point to activation of the MAP kinase pathway in the vast majority of ganglioglioma (GG). Composite genetic alterations were found in cases with histologically distinct tumor components firstly, i.e. GG plus pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma (PXA), dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor, or an oligodendroglioma‐like tumor. Seizure recurrence is inclined to ganglioglioma with atypical histopathology features (i.e. GG containing a ki‐67 proliferation index above 5% or GG with PXA component).
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- Yujiao Wang
- Department of PathologyXuanwu HospitalCapital Medical UniversityBeijingChina
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- Department of PathologyXuanwu HospitalCapital Medical UniversityBeijingChina
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- Department of NeuropathologyUniversity Hospital ErlangenErlangenGermany
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- Department of PathologyXuanwu HospitalCapital Medical UniversityBeijingChina
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- Department of PathologyXuanwu HospitalCapital Medical UniversityBeijingChina
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- Department of NeurosurgeryXuanwu HospitalCapital Medical UniversityBeijingChina
- Clinical Research Center for Epilepsy Capital Medical UniversityBeijingChina
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- Department of PathologyXuanwu HospitalCapital Medical UniversityBeijingChina
- Clinical Research Center for Epilepsy Capital Medical UniversityBeijingChina
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- Department of NeurosurgeryXuanwu HospitalCapital Medical UniversityBeijingChina
- Clinical Research Center for Epilepsy Capital Medical UniversityBeijingChina
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Lisievici AC, Pasov D, Georgescu TA, Lisievici MG, Sajin M. A novel histopathological grading system for ganglioglioma. J Med Life 2021; 14:170-175. [PMID: 34104239 PMCID: PMC8169146 DOI: 10.25122/jml-2021-0054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Gangliogliomas are central nervous system tumors located in the temporal lobe of young patients, frequently associated with epilepsy. In this paper, we propose a grading system based solely on histopathological criteria. We reevaluated all cases of ganglioglioma, atypical ganglioglioma, and anaplastic ganglioglioma diagnosed between 2011 and 2020 in the Pathology Department of the Emergency Clinical Hospital Bagdasar-Arseni, based on the type of glial mitoses, the number of neuronal and glial mitoses, presence of necrosis, microvascular proliferation, eosinophilic granular bodies, hypercellularity, presence and disposition of inflammatory infiltrate and atypical pleomorphism. Based on the proposed grading system, a score of 0–4 corresponded to a benign ganglioglioma, 5–9 to an atypical ganglioglioma, and 10–18 to an anaplastic ganglioglioma. The survival rates were 90% for benign ganglioglioma, 71.43% for atypical ganglioglioma, and 62.54% for anaplastic ganglioglioma. One case of benign ganglioglioma underwent a malignant transformation into anaplastic ganglioglioma, and recurrences were noticed in 28.57% of atypical ganglioglioma cases and 30.7% of all anaplastic gangliogliomas. The presence of rare glial mitoses and hypercellularity was correlated with mortality in cases of atypical ganglioglioma. We believe this histopathological scoring system could be used as a three-tier system to identify atypical ganglioglioma cases that are bound to have an aggressive course of evolution and require close follow-up. The other option would be to convert it to a two-tier grading system that can separate low-grade gangliogliomas from high-grade ones. The latter category can encompass both atypical and anaplastic ganglioglioma due to the high mortality of both entities.
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- Department of Pathology, Bagdasar-Arseni Emergency Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Pathology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania.,Department of Pathology, National Institute for Mother and Child Health Alessandrescu-Rusescu, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Pathology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania.,Department of Pathology, Emergency University Hospital Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
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Nizolin DV, Fedorov EV, Kim AV, Mitrofanova LB, Khachatryan VA. [Combination of tumors of different histogenesis in pediatric neurosurgery]. ZHURNAL VOPROSY NEĬROKHIRURGII IMENI N. N. BURDENKO 2021; 85:80-90. [PMID: 33864672 DOI: 10.17116/neiro20218502180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Multiple gliomas are determined by synchronous two or more tumors located in different brain regions. It is important to distinguish multiple primary tumors and metastatic brain lesion. In the first case, tumor spread can`t be explained by dissemination along the cerebrospinal fluid pathways, commissural fibers or local metastases. Multiple primary tumors with different histological structures are called bidermal neoplasms. Surgery is preferred in these patients with severe symptoms. The purpose of surgery is maximum resection of tumor. Follow-up may be advisable for small tumors without clinical manifestations. Treatment of multiple gliomas includes surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Multiple tumor process in children is much more severe compared to a single neoplasia that requires neurological and neuroimaging control and determines treatment strategy. The authors report 3 children with multicentric gliomas, discuss the various aspects of diagnosis and treatment of multiple gliomas and formulate the recommendations for the treatment based on own clinical experience and literature data.
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- D V Nizolin
- Almazov National Medical Research Center, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Almazov National Medical Research Center, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Almazov National Medical Research Center, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Almazov National Medical Research Center, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Almazov National Medical Research Center, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Talley MJ, Nardini D, Qin S, Prada CE, Ehrman LA, Waclaw RR. A role for sustained MAPK activity in the mouse ventral telencephalon. Dev Biol 2021; 476:137-147. [PMID: 33775695 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2021.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Revised: 03/14/2021] [Accepted: 03/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The MAPK pathway is a major growth signal that has been implicated during the development of progenitors, neurons, and glia in the embryonic brain. Here, we show that the MAPK pathway plays an important role in the generation of distinct cell types from progenitors in the ventral telencephalon. Our data reveal that phospho-p44/42 (called p-ERK1/2) and the ETS transcription factor Etv5, both downstream effectors in the MAPK pathway, show a regional bias in expression during ventral telencephalic development, with enriched expression in the dorsal region of the LGE and ventral region of the MGE at E13.5 and E15.5. Interestingly, expression of both factors becomes more uniform in ventricular zone (VZ) progenitors by E18.5. To gain insight into the role of MAPK activity during progenitor cell development, we used a cre inducible constitutively active MEK1 allele (RosaMEK1DD/+) in combination with a ventral telencephalon enriched cre (Gsx2e-cre) or a dorsal telencephalon enriched cre (Emx1cre/+). Sustained MEK/MAPK activity in the ventral telencephalon (Gsx2e-cre; RosaMEK1DD/+) expanded dorsal lateral ganglionic eminence (dLGE) enriched genes (Gsx2 and Sp8) and oligodendrocyte progenitor cell (OPC) markers (Olig2, Pdgfrα, and Sox10), and also reduced markers in the ventral (v) LGE domain (Isl1 and Foxp1). Activation of MEK/MAPK activity in the dorsal telencephalon (Emx1cre/+; RosaMEK1DD/+) did not initially activate the expression of dLGE or OPC genes at E15.5 but ectopic expression of Gsx2 and OPC markers were observed at E18.5. These results support the idea that MAPK activity as readout by p-ERK1/2 and Etv5 expression is enriched in distinct subdomains of ventral telencephalic progenitors during development. In addition, sustained activation of the MEK/MAPK pathway in the ventral or dorsal telencephalon influences dLGE and OPC identity from progenitors.
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- Mary Jo Talley
- Graduate Program in Molecular and Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Division of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Division of Human Genetics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Division of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Division of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA.
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Well-circumscribed intra-axial CNS tumors encompass a wide variety of gliomas and glioneuronal tumors, usually corresponding to WHO grades I and II. Nonetheless, sometimes high-grade 'diffuse' gliomas such as gliosarcoma and giant cell glioblastoma can be relatively circumscribed but are often found to have foci of diffuse infiltration on careful examination, harboring distinct molecular alterations. These tumors are excluded from the discussion in this chapter with the current review emphasizing on lower-grade entities to include a brief description of their histology and associated molecular findings. Like elsewhere in brain biopsy evaluation, imaging is crucial and acts as a surrogate to gross examination. Given the circumscribed nature of these tumors, surgery alone is the mainstay treatment in most entities.
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Recent Advances in Understanding the Role of Autophagy in Paediatric Brain Tumours. Diagnostics (Basel) 2021; 11:diagnostics11030481. [PMID: 33803216 PMCID: PMC8000899 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics11030481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2021] [Revised: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Autophagy is a degradative process occurring in eukaryotic cells to maintain homeostasis and cell survival. After stressful conditions including nutrient deprivation, hypoxia or drugs administration, autophagy is induced to counteract pathways that could lead to cell death. In cancer, autophagy plays a paradoxical role, acting both as tumour suppressor—by cleaning cells from damaged organelles and inhibiting inflammation or, alternatively, by promoting genomic stability and tumour adaptive response—or as a pro-survival mechanism to protect cells from stresses such as chemotherapy. Neural-derived paediatric solid tumours represent a variety of childhood cancers with unique anatomical location, cellular origins, and clinical presentation. These tumours are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among children and new molecular diagnostics and therapies are necessary for longer survival and reduced morbidity. Here, we review advances in our understanding of how autophagy modulation exhibits antitumor properties in experimental models of paediatric brain tumours, i.e., medulloblastoma (MB), ependymoma (EPN), paediatric low-grade and high-grade gliomas (LGGs, HGGs), atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumours (ATRTs), and retinoblastoma (RB). We also discuss clinical perspectives to consider how targeting autophagy may be relevant in these specific paediatric tumours.
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Jean-Quartier C, Jeanquartier F, Ridvan A, Kargl M, Mirza T, Stangl T, Markaĉ R, Jurada M, Holzinger A. Mutation-based clustering and classification analysis reveals distinctive age groups and age-related biomarkers for glioma. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 2021; 21:77. [PMID: 33639927 PMCID: PMC7913451 DOI: 10.1186/s12911-021-01420-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2020] [Accepted: 01/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Malignant brain tumor diseases exhibit differences within molecular features depending on the patient's age. METHODS In this work, we use gene mutation data from public resources to explore age specifics about glioma. We use both an explainable clustering as well as classification approach to find and interpret age-based differences in brain tumor diseases. We estimate age clusters and correlate age specific biomarkers. RESULTS Age group classification shows known age specifics but also points out several genes which, so far, have not been associated with glioma classification. CONCLUSIONS We highlight mutated genes to be characteristic for certain age groups and suggest novel age-based biomarkers and targets.
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- Claire Jean-Quartier
- Human-Centered AI Lab (Holzinger Group), Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Documentation, Medical University Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 2/V, 8036 Graz, Austria
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- Human-Centered AI Lab (Holzinger Group), Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Documentation, Medical University Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 2/V, 8036 Graz, Austria
- Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
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CNS Low-grade Diffusely Infiltrative Tumors With INI1 Deficiency, Possessing a High Propensity to Progress to Secondary INI1-deficient Rhabdoid Tumors. Am J Surg Pathol 2020; 44:1459-1468. [PMID: 33045149 DOI: 10.1097/pas.0000000000001520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors (AT/RTs) are highly malignant tumors of the central nervous system that predominantly occur in infants, and are characterized by the presence of rhabdoid cells and inactivation of INI1 or (rarely) BRG1. Most AT/RT are identified as primary tumors; however, rare AT/RT or INI1-deficient RTs arising from other primary tumors have been reported. Here, we report 3 cases of hitherto unclassifiable low-grade tumors with loss of INI1 nuclear expression, for which we propose the designation of central nervous system low-grade diffusely infiltrative tumors with INI1 deficiency (CNS LGDIT-INI1), 2 of which progressed to secondary RT. All 3 CNS LGDIT-INI1 exhibited a similar histology: diffusely distributed small tumor cells with round to oval or irregular nuclei and scant cytoplasm were admixed with degenerative neurons and large reactive astrocytes in an edematous, myxoid, or collagenous background. Mitotic figures were absent. Immunohistochemistry revealed that the tumor cells in all 3 CNS LGDIT-INI1 and 2 RT were negative for INI1. Genetically, total or partial homozygous deletions of the INI1 gene were detected in all CNS LGDIT-INI1 and RT excluding 1 CNS LGDIT-INI1 without sufficient DNA quality and quantity. Despite the loss of INI1 expression, these low-grade lesions were clearly distinguishable from AT/RT by their low proliferative activity, diffusely infiltrative growth pattern, and lack of rhabdoid cells and polyphenotypic immunoreactivity. In conclusion, CNS LGDIT-INI1 may represent a rare group of tumors that are clinically indolent but have a high propensity to progress to RT.
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Hargrave DR, Bouffet E, Tabori U, Broniscer A, Cohen KJ, Hansford JR, Geoerger B, Hingorani P, Dunkel IJ, Russo MW, Tseng L, Dasgupta K, Gasal E, Whitlock JA, Kieran MW. Efficacy and Safety of Dabrafenib in Pediatric Patients with BRAF V600 Mutation-Positive Relapsed or Refractory Low-Grade Glioma: Results from a Phase I/IIa Study. Clin Cancer Res 2020; 25:7303-7311. [PMID: 31811016 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-19-2177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2019] [Revised: 09/19/2019] [Accepted: 10/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE Pediatric low-grade glioma (pLGG) is the most prevalent childhood brain tumor. Patients with BRAF V600 mutation-positive pLGG may benefit from treatment with dabrafenib. Part 2 of a phase I/IIa study, open-label study (NCT01677741) explores the activity and safety of dabrafenib treatment in these patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients ages 1 to <18 years who had BRAF V600-mutant solid tumors (≥1 evaluable lesion) with recurrent, refractory, or progressive disease after ≥1 standard therapy were treated with oral dabrafenib 3.0 to 5.25 mg/kg/day (part 1) or at the recommended phase II dose (RP2D; part 2). Primary objectives were to determine the RP2D (part 1, results presented in a companion paper) and assess clinical activity (part 2). Here, we report the clinical activity, including objective response rates (ORRs) using Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology criteria and safety across parts 1 and 2. RESULTS Overall, 32 patients with pLGG were enrolled (part 1, n = 15; part 2, n = 17). Minimum follow-up was 26.2 months. Among all patients, the ORR was 44% [95% confidence interval (CI), 26-62] by independent review. The 1-year progression-free survival rate was 85% (95% CI, 64-94). Treatment-related adverse events (AE) were reported in 29 patients (91%); the most common was fatigue (34%). Grade 3/4 treatment-related AEs were reported in 9 patients (28%). CONCLUSIONS Dabrafenib demonstrated meaningful clinical activity and acceptable tolerability in patients with BRAF V600-mutant pLGG.
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- Darren R Hargrave
- Pediatric Oncology Unit, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumor Research Center, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Division of Pediatric Oncology, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Royal Children's Hospital, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Childhood and Adolescent Oncology, Gustave Roussy Cancer Center, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France
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- Phoenix Children's Hospital, Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Phoenix, Arizona
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- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, New Jersey
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- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, New Jersey
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- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, New Jersey
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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Qin C, Long W, Zhang C, Xie Y, Wu C, Li Y, Xiao Q, Ji N, Liu Q. Multidisciplinary Therapy Managed Recurrent Glioblastoma in a BRAF-V600E Mutant Pregnant Female: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Front Oncol 2020; 10:522816. [PMID: 33117675 PMCID: PMC7550879 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2020.522816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background: Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most malignant intracranial tumor in adults. However, the overall management of GBM in pregnancy is rarely reported. How to balance the therapeutic benefits to the mother and risks to the fetus remains hugely challenging for clinicians. The application of specific targeting therapy combined with conventional treatment sheds light on a longer lifetime for the patients suffering from GBM. Case Presentation: We present a pregnant female at 20 weeks gestation diagnosed with GBM. Surgical resection was initially performed without adjuvant therapy, and the tumor recurred de novo 2 months later. A secondary craniotomy and cesarean section were performed simultaneously at 32 weeks gestation, both the patient and infant were survived. She was subsequently treated with traditional chemo-radiotherapy. No other identified genetic alterations indicating an optimistic prognosis were detected except for BRAF V600E mutation. Thus, the BRAF inhibitor was placed on her with achieving a good clinical outcome of more than 2-year survival without recurrence. Conclusion: Personalized multidisciplinary therapy should be considered when GBMs occur in pregnancy. Response to the therapy in this presenting case suggests that BRAF V600E mutation is a favorable biomarker for GBM. The mortality of GBM might be reduced through genetic testing and targeted treatment. However, more studies must be conducted to confirm our observation.
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- Chaoying Qin
- Department of Neurosurgery in Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery in Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery in Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery in Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery in Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery in Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery in Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery in Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery in Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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Detection of BRAF V600E Mutation in Ganglioglioma and Pilocytic Astrocytoma by Immunohistochemistry and Real-Time PCR-Based Idylla Test. DISEASE MARKERS 2020; 2020:8880548. [PMID: 32879641 PMCID: PMC7448243 DOI: 10.1155/2020/8880548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Revised: 06/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The BRAF V600E mutation is an important oncological target in certain central nervous system (CNS) tumors, for which a possible application of BRAF-targeted therapy grows continuously. In the present study, we aim to determine the prevalence of BRAF V600E mutations in a series of ganglioglioma (GG) and pilocytic astrocytoma (PA) cases. Simultaneously, we decided to verify whether the combination of fully automated tests—BRAF-VE1 immunohistochemistry (IHC) and Idylla BRAF mutation assay—may be useful to accurately predict it in the case of specified CNS tumors. The study included 49 formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues, of which 15 were GG and 34 PA. Immunohistochemistry with anti-BRAF V600E (VE1) antibody was performed on tissue sections using the VentanaBenchMark ULTRA platform. All positive or equivocal cases on IHC and selected negative ones were further assessed using the Idylla BRAF mutation assay coupled with the Idylla platform. The BRAF-VE1 IHC was positive in 6 (6/49; 12.3%) and negative in 39 samples (39/49; 79.6%). The interpretation of immunostaining results was complicated in 4 cases, of which 1 tested positive for the Idylla BRAF mutation assay. Therefore, the overall positivity rate was 14.3%. This included 2 cases of GG and 5 cases of PA. Our study found that BRAF V600E mutations are moderately frequent in PA and GG and that for these tumor entities, IHC VE1 is suitable for screening purposes, but all negative, equivocal, and weak positive cases should be further tested with molecular biology techniques, of which the Idylla system seems to be a promising tool.
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Grob ST, Nobre L, Campbell KR, Davies KD, Ryall S, Aisner DL, Hoffman L, Zahedi S, Morin A, Crespo M, Nellan A, Green AL, Foreman N, Vibhakar R, Hankinson TC, Handler MH, Hawkins C, Tabori U, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK, Mulcahy Levy JM. Clinical and molecular characterization of a multi-institutional cohort of pediatric spinal cord low-grade gliomas. Neurooncol Adv 2020; 2:vdaa103. [PMID: 33063010 PMCID: PMC7542983 DOI: 10.1093/noajnl/vdaa103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Background The mitogen-activated protein kinases/extracelluar signal-regulated kinases pathway is involved in cell growth and proliferation, and mutations in BRAF have made it an oncogene of interest in pediatric cancer. Previous studies found that BRAF mutations as well as KIAA1549–BRAF fusions are common in intracranial low-grade gliomas (LGGs). Fewer studies have tested for the presence of these genetic changes in spinal LGGs. The aim of this study was to better understand the prevalence of BRAF and other genetic aberrations in spinal LGG. Methods We retrospectively analyzed 46 spinal gliomas from patients aged 1–25 years from Children’s Hospital Colorado (CHCO) and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). CHCO utilized a 67-gene panel that assessed BRAF and additionally screened for other possible genetic abnormalities of interest. At SickKids, BRAFV600E was assessed by droplet digital polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemistry. BRAF fusions were detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization, reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, or NanoString platform. Data were correlated with clinical information. Results Of 31 samples with complete fusion analysis, 13 (42%) harbored KIAA1549–BRAF. All 13 (100%) patients with confirmed KIAA1549–BRAF survived the entirety of the study period (median [interquartile range] follow-up time: 47 months [27–85 months]) and 15 (83.3%) fusion-negative patients survived (follow-up time: 37.5 months [19.8–69.5 months]). Other mutations of interest were also identified in this patient cohort including BRAFV600E, PTPN11, H3F3A, TP53, FGFR1, and CDKN2A deletion. Conclusion KIAA1549–BRAF was seen in higher frequency than BRAFV600E or other genetic aberrations in pediatric spinal LGGs and experienced lower death rates compared to KIAA1549–BRAF negative patients, although this was not statistically significant.
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- Sydney T Grob
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, USA.,The Morgan Adams Foundation Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Program, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- The Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, USA.,The Morgan Adams Foundation Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Program, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, USA.,The Morgan Adams Foundation Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Program, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, USA.,The Morgan Adams Foundation Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Program, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, USA.,The Morgan Adams Foundation Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Program, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, USA.,The Morgan Adams Foundation Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Program, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, USA.,The Morgan Adams Foundation Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Program, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, USA.,The Morgan Adams Foundation Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Program, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- The Morgan Adams Foundation Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Program, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA.,Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- The Morgan Adams Foundation Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Program, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA.,Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- The Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Pediatric Laboratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,The Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, USA.,The Morgan Adams Foundation Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Program, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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Cacciotti C, Fleming A, Ramaswamy V. Advances in the molecular classification of pediatric brain tumors: a guide to the galaxy. J Pathol 2020; 251:249-261. [PMID: 32391583 DOI: 10.1002/path.5457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2020] [Revised: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Central nervous system (CNS) tumors are the most common solid tumor in pediatrics, accounting for approximately 25% of all childhood cancers, and the second most common pediatric malignancy after leukemia. CNS tumors can be associated with significant morbidity, even those classified as low grade. Mortality from CNS tumors is disproportionately high compared to other childhood malignancies, although surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy have improved outcomes in these patients over the last few decades. Current therapeutic strategies lead to a high risk of side effects, especially in young children. Pediatric brain tumor survivors have unique sequelae compared to age-matched patients who survived other malignancies. They are at greater risk of significant impairment in cognitive, neurological, endocrine, social, and emotional domains, depending on the location and type of the CNS tumor. Next-generation genomics have shed light on the broad molecular heterogeneity of pediatric brain tumors and have identified important genes and signaling pathways that serve to drive tumor proliferation. This insight has impacted the research field by providing potential therapeutic targets for these diseases. In this review, we highlight recent progress in understanding the molecular basis of common pediatric brain tumors, specifically low-grade glioma, high-grade glioma, ependymoma, embryonal tumors, and atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (ATRT). © 2020 Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Chantel Cacciotti
- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, McMaster Children's Hospital, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,Dana Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorder Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, McMaster Children's Hospital, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Division of Haematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Programme in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumor Research Centre, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Medical Biophysics and Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Hennani S, Dehbi H, Nadifi S, Karkouri M. Detection of KIAA1549/BRAF fusion in Moroccan patients with Pediatric Low-Grade Gliomas. GENE REPORTS 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.genrep.2020.100634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Fukuoka K, Mamatjan Y, Ryall S, Komosa M, Bennett J, Zapotocky M, Keith J, Myrehaug S, Hazrati L, Aldape K, Laperriere N, Bouffet E, Tabori U, Hawkins C. BRAF V600E mutant oligodendroglioma-like tumors with chromosomal instability in adolescents and young adults. Brain Pathol 2020; 30:515-523. [PMID: 31630459 PMCID: PMC8018140 DOI: 10.1111/bpa.12799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2019] [Accepted: 10/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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We performed genome-wide methylation analysis on 136 pediatric low-grade gliomas, identifying a unique cluster consisting of three tumors with oligodendroglioma-like histology, BRAF p.V600E mutations and recurrent whole chromosome gains of 7 and loss of 10. Morphologically, all showed similar features, including a diffusely infiltrative glioma composed of round nuclei with perinuclear halos, a chicken-wire pattern of branching capillaries and microcalcification. None showed astrocytic features or characteristics suggestive of high-grade tumors including necrosis or mitotic figures. All tumors harbored multiple chromosomal copy number abnormalities (>10 chromosomes altered), but none showed 1p/19q co-deletion or IDH1 p.R132H mutation. Hierarchical clustering and t-stochastic neighbor embedding analyses from DNA methylation data cluster them more closely to previously described pediatric-type low-grade gliomas and separate from adult gliomas. These tumors exhibit distinct clinical features; they are temporal lobe lesions occurring in adolescents and young adults with a prolonged history of seizures and all are alive with no recurrence (follow-up 3.2 to 13.2 years). We encountered another young adult case with quite similar pathological appearance and molecular status except for TERT promoter mutation. Although the series is small, these may represent a new category of IDH wild-type low-grade gliomas which may be confused with "molecular GBM." Further, they highlight the heterogeneity of IDH wild-type gliomas and the relatively indolent behavior of "pediatric-type" gliomas.
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- Kohei Fukuoka
- Division of Haematology/OncologyDepartment of PaediatricsThe Hospital for Sick ChildrenTorontoONCanada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and MacFeetersHamilton Centre for Neuro‐Oncology ResearchTorontoONCanada
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and PathobiologyUniversity of TorontoTorontoONCanada
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- Program in Genetics and Genome BiologyThe Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research CentreThe Hospital for Sick ChildrenTorontoONCanada
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- Division of Haematology/OncologyDepartment of PaediatricsThe Hospital for Sick ChildrenTorontoONCanada
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- Division of Haematology/OncologyDepartment of PaediatricsThe Hospital for Sick ChildrenTorontoONCanada
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- Department of PathologySunnybrook Health Sciences CentreTorontoONCanada
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- Department of Radiation OncologySunnybrook Health Sciences CentreTorontoONCanada
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- Division of PathologyThe Hospital for Sick ChildrenTorontoONCanada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and MacFeetersHamilton Centre for Neuro‐Oncology ResearchTorontoONCanada
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- Department of Radiation OncologyPrincess Margaret HospitalTorontoONCanada
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- Division of Haematology/OncologyDepartment of PaediatricsThe Hospital for Sick ChildrenTorontoONCanada
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- Division of Haematology/OncologyDepartment of PaediatricsThe Hospital for Sick ChildrenTorontoONCanada
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- Division of PathologyThe Hospital for Sick ChildrenTorontoONCanada
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Ryall S, Zapotocky M, Fukuoka K, Nobre L, Guerreiro Stucklin A, Bennett J, Siddaway R, Li C, Pajovic S, Arnoldo A, Kowalski PE, Johnson M, Sheth J, Lassaletta A, Tatevossian RG, Orisme W, Qaddoumi I, Surrey LF, Li MM, Waanders AJ, Gilheeney S, Rosenblum M, Bale T, Tsang DS, Laperriere N, Kulkarni A, Ibrahim GM, Drake J, Dirks P, Taylor MD, Rutka JT, Laughlin S, Shroff M, Shago M, Hazrati LN, D'Arcy C, Ramaswamy V, Bartels U, Huang A, Bouffet E, Karajannis MA, Santi M, Ellison DW, Tabori U, Hawkins C. Integrated Molecular and Clinical Analysis of 1,000 Pediatric Low-Grade Gliomas. Cancer Cell 2020; 37:569-583.e5. [PMID: 32289278 PMCID: PMC7169997 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2020.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 230] [Impact Index Per Article: 57.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2020] [Revised: 01/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Pediatric low-grade gliomas (pLGG) are frequently driven by genetic alterations in the RAS-mitogen-activated protein kinase (RAS/MAPK) pathway yet show unexplained variability in their clinical outcome. To address this, we characterized a cohort of >1,000 clinically annotated pLGG. Eighty-four percent of cases harbored a driver alteration, while those without an identified alteration also often exhibited upregulation of the RAS/MAPK pathway. pLGG could be broadly classified based on their alteration type. Rearrangement-driven tumors were diagnosed at a younger age, enriched for WHO grade I histology, infrequently progressed, and rarely resulted in death as compared with SNV-driven tumors. Further sub-classification of clinical-molecular correlates stratified pLGG into risk categories. These data highlight the biological and clinical differences between pLGG subtypes and opens avenues for future treatment refinement.
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- Scott Ryall
- Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada; Department of Haematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada; Department of Haematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada; Department of Haematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada; Department of Haematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada; Department of Haematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada
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- Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada
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- Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada; Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada; Department of Haematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Hospital Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Department of Genomic Diagnostics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Genomic Diagnostics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Center for Data Driven Discovery in Biomedicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Department of Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplant, Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto ON, Canada
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- Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto ON, Canada
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- Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto ON, Canada
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- Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto ON, Canada
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- Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto ON, Canada
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- Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto ON, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto ON, Canada; Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto ON, Canada; Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Pathology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Pathology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Anatomical Pathology, The Alfred Hospital, Prahran, VIC, Australia
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- Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada; Department of Haematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Haematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Haematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Haematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Department of Genomic Diagnostics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada; Department of Haematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Pathology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Ryall S, Tabori U, Hawkins C. Pediatric low-grade glioma in the era of molecular diagnostics. Acta Neuropathol Commun 2020; 8:30. [PMID: 32164789 PMCID: PMC7066826 DOI: 10.1186/s40478-020-00902-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2020] [Accepted: 02/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Low grade gliomas are the most frequent brain tumors in children and encompass a spectrum of histologic entities which are currently assigned World Health Organisation grades I and II. They differ substantially from their adult counterparts in both their underlying genetic alterations and in the infrequency with which they transform to higher grade tumors. Nonetheless, children with low grade glioma are a therapeutic challenge due to the heterogeneity in their clinical behavior – in particular, those with incomplete surgical resection often suffer repeat progressions with resultant morbidity and, in some cases, mortality. The identification of up-regulation of the RAS–mitogen-activated protein kinase (RAS/MAPK) pathway as a near universal feature of these tumors has led to the development of targeted therapeutics aimed at improving responses while mitigating patient morbidity. Here, we review how molecular information can help to further define the entities which fall under the umbrella of pediatric-type low-grade glioma. In doing so we discuss the specific molecular drivers of pediatric low grade glioma and how to effectively test for them, review the newest therapeutic agents and their utility in treating this disease, and propose a risk-based stratification system that considers both clinical and molecular parameters to aid clinicians in making treatment decisions.
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Slegers RJ, Blumcke I. Low-grade developmental and epilepsy associated brain tumors: a critical update 2020. Acta Neuropathol Commun 2020; 8:27. [PMID: 32151273 PMCID: PMC7063704 DOI: 10.1186/s40478-020-00904-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Accepted: 02/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Brain tumors represent the second most frequent etiology in patients with focal seizure onset before 18 years of age and submitted to epilepsy surgery. Hence, this category of brain tumors, herein defined as low-grade, developmental, epilepsy-associated brain tumors (LEAT) is different from those frequently encountered in adults as (A): 77% of LEAT occur in the temporal lobe; (B): the vast majority of LEAT are of low malignancy and classified as WHO I°; (C): LEAT are often composed of mixed glial and neuronal cell components and present with variable growth patterns including small cysts or nodules; (D): LEAT do not share common gene driving mutations, such as IDH1 or 1p/19q co-deletions. Characteristic entities comprise the ganglioglioma (GG), the dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DNT), the angiocentric glioma (AG), the isomorphic diffuse glioma (IDG) and the papillary glio-neuronal tumor (PGNT), representing 73.2% of 1680 tumors collected in a large German series of 6747 patients submitted to epilepsy surgery. In the realm of exciting discoveries of genetic drivers of brain tumors new genes have been also reported for LEAT. BRAF V600E mutations were linked to GG with CD34 expression, FGFR1 mutations to DNT, MYB alterations to AG and also IDG and PRKCA fusions to PGNT, suggesting the possibility to also develop a genetically driven tumor classification scheme for LEAT. Rare availability of LEAT in a single center is a challenging obstacle, however, to systematically unravel the neurobiological nature and clinical behavior of LEAT. Other challenges in need of clarification include malignant tumor progression of LEAT entities, seizure relapse in patients following bulk tumor resection and the controversial issue of associated focal cortical dysplasia as additional pathomechanism. In order to advance our understanding and promote reliable diagnostic work-up of LEAT, we recommend, therefore, international collaboration to achieve our goals.
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Detection of BRAF V600E mutation by immunohistochemistry and PCR-RFLP in Moroccan patients with Pediatric Low-Grade Gliomas. GENE REPORTS 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.genrep.2019.100572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Merlin MS, Gilson P, Rouyer M, Chastagner P, Doz F, Varlet P, Leroux A, Gauchotte G, Merlin JL. Rapid fully-automated assay for routine molecular diagnosis of BRAF mutations for personalized therapy of low grade gliomas. Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2020; 37:29-40. [PMID: 31642744 DOI: 10.1080/08880018.2019.1679304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Background: BRAF mutation analysis is important to personalize the management with low-grade gliomas (LGG) in children and adults, with therapeutic and prognostic impacts. In recurrent tumors, targeted therapies such as BRAF inhibitors had been reported to induce disease stabilization and significant radiographic responses. This highlights the potential interest of BRAF mutation to stratify patients for targeted therapy. Standard operating procedures (SOP) for BRAF V600E mutation detection can be time-consuming and consequently delay treatment choice in patients with acute deterioration. Here, we evaluated IdyllaTM fully automated PCR (FA-PCR) assay for the rapid determination of BRAF mutational status in children and adult LGG.Methods: Formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples from three histological LGG subtypes (ganglioglioma, pleomorphic xantoastrocytoma, and dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor) with previous SOP-characterized BRAF mutational status were re-analyzed using the FA-PCR. Overall concordance with the mutational status determined using SOP, as well as sensitivity and specificity of FA-PCR technique were assessed.Results: All 14 samples gave interpretable results with FA-PCR. Overall concordance of BRAF mutational status between FA-PCR and SOP was 100%. Sensitivity and specificity were 100%.Conclusion: This study confirms the reliability of FA-PCR for BRAF mutations analysis in children and adult LGG. Considering the short time to results enabled by FA-PCR, providing results in less than 90 minutes, this technique represents an interesting option for the molecular diagnosis of LGG and personalization of treatment.
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- Marie-Sophie Merlin
- Université de Lorraine, CNRS UMR7039 CRAN, Institut de Cancérologie de Lorraine, Service de Biopathologie, Vandoeuvre-lès- Nancy, France.,Université de Lorraine, CNRS UMR7039 CRAN, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire (CHRU), Hôpital d'enfants, Service d'Oncologie Pédiatrique, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS UMR7039 CRAN, Institut de Cancérologie de Lorraine, Service de Biopathologie, Vandoeuvre-lès- Nancy, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS UMR7039 CRAN, Institut de Cancérologie de Lorraine, Service de Biopathologie, Vandoeuvre-lès- Nancy, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS UMR7039 CRAN, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire (CHRU), Hôpital d'enfants, Service d'Oncologie Pédiatrique, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Service d'Oncologie Pédiatrique, Institut Curie, Paris, France
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- Service de Neuropathologie, Centre Hospitalier St Anne, Paris, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS UMR7039 CRAN, Institut de Cancérologie de Lorraine, Service de Biopathologie, Vandoeuvre-lès- Nancy, France
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- Université de Lorraine, INSERM UMRS954 NGERE, Service d'Anatomie Pathologique, CHRU Nancy, Vandoeuvre-lès- Nancy, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS UMR7039 CRAN, Institut de Cancérologie de Lorraine, Service de Biopathologie, Vandoeuvre-lès- Nancy, France
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Martin AM, Bell WR, Yuan M, Harris L, Poore B, Arnold A, Engle EL, Asnaghi L, Lim M, Raabe EH, Eberhart CG. PD-L1 Expression in Pediatric Low-Grade Gliomas Is Independent of BRAF V600E Mutational Status. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2020; 79:74-85. [PMID: 31819973 PMCID: PMC8660581 DOI: 10.1093/jnen/nlz119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2019] [Revised: 10/04/2019] [Accepted: 11/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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To evaluate a potential relationship between BRAF V600E mutation and PD-L1 expression, we examined the expression of PD-L1 in pediatric high- and low-grade glioma cell lines as well as a cohort of pediatric low-grade glioma patient samples. Half of the tumors in our patient cohort were V600-wildtype and half were V600E mutant. All tumors expressed PD-L1. In most tumors, PD-L1 expression was low (<5%), but in some cases over 50% of cells were positive. Extent of PD-L1 expression and immune cell infiltration was independent of BRAF V600E mutational status. All cell lines evaluated, including a BRAF V600E mutant xenograft, expressed PD-L1. Transient transfection of cell lines with a plasmid expressing mutant BRAF V600E had minimal effect on PD-L1 expression. These findings suggest that the PD-1 pathway is active in subsets of pediatric low-grade glioma as a mechanism of immune evasion independent of BRAF V600E mutational status. Low-grade gliomas that are unresectable and refractory to traditional therapy are associated with significant morbidity and continue to pose a treatment challenge. PD-1 pathway inhibitors may offer an alternative treatment approach. Clinical trials will be critical in determining whether PD-L1 expression indicates likely therapeutic benefit with immune checkpoint inhibitors.
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- Allison M Martin
- Division of Pediatric Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland (AMM, EHR); Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota (WRB); Department of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (MY, BP, AA, LA, EHR, CGE); Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, The Johns Hopkins University, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland (LH); Department of Oncology, Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (ELE); and Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Neurosurgical Oncology (ML), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Pediatric Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland (AMM, EHR); Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota (WRB); Department of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (MY, BP, AA, LA, EHR, CGE); Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, The Johns Hopkins University, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland (LH); Department of Oncology, Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (ELE); and Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Neurosurgical Oncology (ML), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Pediatric Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland (AMM, EHR); Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota (WRB); Department of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (MY, BP, AA, LA, EHR, CGE); Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, The Johns Hopkins University, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland (LH); Department of Oncology, Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (ELE); and Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Neurosurgical Oncology (ML), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Pediatric Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland (AMM, EHR); Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota (WRB); Department of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (MY, BP, AA, LA, EHR, CGE); Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, The Johns Hopkins University, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland (LH); Department of Oncology, Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (ELE); and Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Neurosurgical Oncology (ML), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Pediatric Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland (AMM, EHR); Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota (WRB); Department of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (MY, BP, AA, LA, EHR, CGE); Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, The Johns Hopkins University, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland (LH); Department of Oncology, Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (ELE); and Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Neurosurgical Oncology (ML), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Pediatric Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland (AMM, EHR); Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota (WRB); Department of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (MY, BP, AA, LA, EHR, CGE); Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, The Johns Hopkins University, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland (LH); Department of Oncology, Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (ELE); and Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Neurosurgical Oncology (ML), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Pediatric Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland (AMM, EHR); Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota (WRB); Department of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (MY, BP, AA, LA, EHR, CGE); Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, The Johns Hopkins University, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland (LH); Department of Oncology, Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (ELE); and Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Neurosurgical Oncology (ML), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Pediatric Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland (AMM, EHR); Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota (WRB); Department of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (MY, BP, AA, LA, EHR, CGE); Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, The Johns Hopkins University, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland (LH); Department of Oncology, Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (ELE); and Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Neurosurgical Oncology (ML), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Pediatric Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland (AMM, EHR); Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota (WRB); Department of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (MY, BP, AA, LA, EHR, CGE); Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, The Johns Hopkins University, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland (LH); Department of Oncology, Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (ELE); and Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Neurosurgical Oncology (ML), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Pediatric Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland (AMM, EHR); Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota (WRB); Department of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (MY, BP, AA, LA, EHR, CGE); Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, The Johns Hopkins University, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland (LH); Department of Oncology, Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (ELE); and Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Neurosurgical Oncology (ML), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Pediatric Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland (AMM, EHR); Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota (WRB); Department of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (MY, BP, AA, LA, EHR, CGE); Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, The Johns Hopkins University, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland (LH); Department of Oncology, Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (ELE); and Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Neurosurgical Oncology (ML), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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Kieran MW, Geoerger B, Dunkel IJ, Broniscer A, Hargrave D, Hingorani P, Aerts I, Bertozzi AI, Cohen KJ, Hummel TR, Shen V, Bouffet E, Pratilas CA, Pearson ADJ, Tseng L, Nebot N, Green S, Russo MW, Whitlock JA. A Phase I and Pharmacokinetic Study of Oral Dabrafenib in Children and Adolescent Patients with Recurrent or Refractory BRAF V600 Mutation-Positive Solid Tumors. Clin Cancer Res 2019; 25:7294-7302. [PMID: 31506385 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-17-3572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2017] [Revised: 04/02/2018] [Accepted: 09/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE The 2-part, phase I/IIa, open-label study (NCT01677741) sought to determine the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and preliminary activity of dabrafenib in pediatric patients with advanced BRAF V600-mutated cancers. PATIENTS AND METHODS This phase I dose-finding part treated patients ages 1 to <18 years with BRAF V600 mutation-positive tumors with oral dabrafenib 3 to 5.25 mg/kg/day to determine the RP2D based on safety and drug exposure target. RESULTS Between May 2013 and November 2014, 27 patients [12 male; median age, 9 years (range, 1-17 years)] with BRAF V600-mutant solid tumors recurrent/refractory to treatment (low- or high-grade glioma, Langerhans cell histiocytosis, neuroblastoma, or thyroid cancer) were enrolled. The median treatment duration was 75.6 weeks (range, 5.6-148.7 weeks), with 63% treated for >52 weeks and 52% undergoing treatment at data cutoff date. The most common grade 3/4 adverse events suspected to be related to study drug were maculopapular rash and arthralgia (2 patients each). No dose-limiting toxicities were observed. Pharmacokinetic analyses showed a dose-dependent increase in AUC0-12 and achievement of adult exposure levels at the recommended phase II doses of 5.25 mg/kg/day (age <12 years) and 4.5 mg/kg/day (age ≥12 years) divided into 2 equal doses daily, not exceeding 300 mg daily. CONCLUSIONS In this first clinical trial in pediatric patients with pretreated BRAF V600-mutant tumors, dabrafenib was well tolerated while achieving target exposure levels; the average treatment duration was >1 year with many patients still on treatment. The phase II component is also closed and will be reported separately.
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- Mark W Kieran
- Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Childhood and Adolescent Oncology, Gustave Roussy Cancer Center, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, New York
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, Pediatric Oncology Unit, London, United Kingdom
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- Phoenix Children's Hospital, Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Phoenix, Arizona
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Oncology Center SIREDO, Paris, France
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- The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Cancer and Blood Disorder Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, California
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- The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Department of Pediatrics, Toronto, Ontario
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- The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Paediatric Drug Development, Children and Young People's Unit, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, and The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, United Kingdom
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- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, New Jersey
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- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, New Jersey
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- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, New Jersey
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- The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Department of Pediatrics, Toronto, Ontario
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Nobusawa S, Nakata S, Yoshida Y, Yamazaki T, Ueki K, Amano K, Yamamoto J, Miyahara M, Sugai T, Nakazato Y, Hirato J, Yokoo H. Secondary INI1-deficient rhabdoid tumors of the central nervous system: analysis of four cases and literature review. Virchows Arch 2019; 476:763-772. [PMID: 31707588 DOI: 10.1007/s00428-019-02686-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2019] [Revised: 09/09/2019] [Accepted: 10/09/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors (AT/RT) are rare, highly malignant neoplasms of the central nervous system that predominantly occur in infants, and are characterized by the presence of rhabdoid cells and inactivation of INI1 or (extremely rarely) BRG1. The vast majority of AT/RT are recognized as primary tumors; however, rare AT/RT or INI1-deficient RT arising from other primary tumors have been reported. To better characterize secondary RT, we performed a histological and molecular analysis of four RT arising from pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma (PXA), anaplastic PXA, low-grade astrocytoma, or ependymoma. Histologically, although conventional AT/RT are usually not largely composed of rhabdoid cells, three secondary RT were composed mainly of rhabdoid cells, two of which arising from (anaplastic) PXA exhibited marked nuclear pleomorphism reminiscent of that in the precursor lesions. Regarding INI1 alterations, although mutations including small indels are frequent in conventional AT/RT, only in one secondary RT had a mutation. Moreover, together with previously reported cases, biallelic INI1 inactivation in secondary RT was mostly due to biallelic focal and/or broad deletions. Although conventional AT/RT have stable chromosomal profiles, i.e., the frequency of copy number changes involving chromosomes other than chromosome 22 is remarkably low, our array comparative genomic hybridization analysis revealed numerous copy number changes in the secondary RT. In conclusion, secondary RT of the central nervous system are clinicopathologically and molecularly different from conventional pediatric AT/RT, and a nosological issue is whether these secondary RT should be called secondary "AT/RT" as most of the reported cases were.
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- Sumihito Nobusawa
- Department of Human Pathology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-39-22, Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan.
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Human Pathology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-39-22, Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan
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- Department of Human Pathology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-39-22, Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital, Mibu, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamagata, Japan
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- Department of Human Pathology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-39-22, Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan.,Department of Pathology, Public Tomioka General Hospital, Tomioka, Japan
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- Department of Human Pathology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-39-22, Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan
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Sali AP, Chaubey V, Kodare D, Sahay A, Epari S. The Rare Phenomenon of Loss of INI1 Expression at Recurrence/Progression of Primary Central Nervous System Tumors: Report of 3 Cases. Int J Surg Pathol 2019; 28:341-347. [DOI: 10.1177/1066896919883942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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It is extremely rare for loss of immunohistochemical expression of INI1 to occur primarily at recurrence/progression with retained expression at the primary/initial presentation of central nervous system (CNS) tumor. In this article, we present 3 such cases showing loss of INI1 expression primarily at recurrence. All patients were males, aged 7 years (case 1), 11 years (case 2), and 35 years (case 3), diagnosed with low-grade glial/glioneuronal tumor, not otherwise specified (case 1), craniopharyngioma (case 2), and glioblastoma (case 3); all showed retained INI1 protein expression. Case 1 at 12 months recurrence showed a high-grade tumor with relative undifferentiated morphology, case 2 after 104 months showed a sarcomatous progression, and case 3 recurred after 4 months with the presence of relative undifferentiated round cells. All these recurrences showed loss of INI1 expression. Loss of SMARCB1/INI1 gene function resulting in complete loss of INI1 protein expression is not a well-accepted genetic mechanism for transformation/progression as this series emphasizes.
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- Akash Pramod Sali
- Tata Memorial Hospital, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Hospital, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Hospital, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Hospital, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Hospital, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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Oushy S, Perry A, Graffeo CS, Raghunathan A, Carlstrom LP, Daniels DJ. Pediatric ganglioglioma of the brainstem and cervicomedullary junction: a retrospective cohort study. J Neurosurg Pediatr 2019; 25:30-36. [PMID: 31585412 DOI: 10.3171/2019.7.peds1961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2019] [Accepted: 07/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Ganglioglioma is a low-grade central nervous system neoplasm with a pediatric predominance, accounting for 10% of all brain tumors in children. Gangliogliomas of the cervicomedullary junction (GGCMJs) and brainstem (GGBSs) present a host of management challenges, including a significant risk of surgical morbidity. At present, understanding of the prognostic factors-including BRAF V600E status-is incomplete. Here, the authors report a single-institution GGCMJ and GGBS experience and review the pertinent literature. METHODS A prospectively maintained neurosurgical database at a large tertiary care academic referral center was retrospectively queried for cases of GGCMJ pathologically confirmed in the period from 1995 to 2015; appropriate cases were defined by diagnosis codes and keywords. Secondary supplemental chart review was conducted to confirm or capture relevant data. The primary study outcome was treatment failure as defined by evidence of radiographic recurrence or progression and/or clinical or functional decline. A review of the literature was conducted as well. RESULTS Five neurosurgically managed GGBS patients were identified, and the neoplasms in 4 were classified as GGCMJ. All 5 patients were younger than 18 years old (median 15 years, range 4-16 years) and 3 (60%) were female. One patient underwent gross-total resection, 2 underwent aggressive subtotal resection (STR), and 2 underwent stereotactic biopsy only. All patients who had undergone STR or biopsy required repeat resection for tumor control or progression. Progressive disease was treated with radiotherapy in 2 patients, chemotherapy in 2, and chemoradiotherapy alone in 1. Immunostaining for BRAF V600E was positive in 3 patients (60%). All 5 patients experienced at least one major complication, including wound infection, foot drop, hemiparesis, quadriparesis, cranial neuropathy, C2-3 subluxation, syringomyelia, hydrocephalus, aspiration, and coma. Overall mortality was 20%, with 1 death observed over 11 years of follow-up. CONCLUSIONS GGBS and GGCMJ are rare, benign posterior fossa tumors that carry significant perioperative morbidity. Contemporary management strategies are heterogeneous and include combinations of resection, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy. The BRAF V600E mutation is frequently observed in GGBS and GGCMJ and appears to have both prognostic and therapeutic significance with targeted biological agents.
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Rossi S, Brenca M, Zanatta L, Trincia E, Guerriero A, Pizzato C, Fiorindi A, Viscardi E, Giangaspero F, Maestro R, Dei Tos AP, Giannini C. A Pediatric Intra-Axial Malignant SMARCB1-Deficient Desmoplastic Tumor Arising in Meningioangiomatosis. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2019; 77:883-889. [PMID: 30169623 DOI: 10.1093/jnen/nly075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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SMARCB1 inactivation is a well-established trigger event in atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor. Recently, a role for SMARCB1 inactivation has emerged as a mechanism of clonal evolution in other tumor types, including rare brain tumors. We describe an unusual malignant intra-axial SMARCB1-deficient spindle cell desmoplastic neoplasm, occurring in a 6-year-old child with meningioangiomatosis and a long history of seizures. Striking features of the tumor were a storiform pattern and strong CD34 expression. Undifferentiated round cell areas with isolated rhabdoid cells showing high mitotic index and focal necrosis with INI1 expression loss were present. The meningioangiomatosis component showed few chromosomal imbalances, including chromosomal 22 monosomy (where SMARCB1 maps) and gain at 6q14.3. In addition to these abnormalities, the spindle cell desmoplastic neoplasm and its dedifferentiated SMARCB1-deficient component shared several other aberrations, including homozygous deletion at 9p21.3, losses at 1p, 3p, 3q, 10p, and 13q, gains and losses at 5p and 11p. In line with INI1 loss, the dedifferentiated component showed remarkably decreased levels of SMARCB1 transcript. The residual SMARCB1 allele was wildtype. Our findings suggest progression from the meningioangiomatosis to the malignant desmoplastic neoplasm through the occurrence of complex chromosomal abnormalities, and point to functional silencing of SMARCB1 in the dedifferentiation component.
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- Sabrina Rossi
- Department of Pathology and Molecular Genetics, Treviso General Hospital, Treviso, Italy
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- Experimental Oncology, CRO Aviano IRCCS National Cancer Institute, Aviano, Italy
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Genetics, Treviso General Hospital, Treviso, Italy
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Genetics, Treviso General Hospital, Treviso, Italy
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- Department of Paediatrics, Treviso General Hospital, Treviso, Italy
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Treviso General Hospital - Padova University, Italy
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- Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Radiology, Oncology and Anatomic Pathology, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.,Department of Neuropathology, IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Isernia, Italy
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- Experimental Oncology, CRO Aviano IRCCS National Cancer Institute, Aviano, Italy
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Genetics, Treviso General Hospital, Treviso, Italy.,Department of Medicine, University of Padova School of Medicine, Padova, Italy
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- Anatomic Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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