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Massimino L, Palmieri O, Facoetti A, Fuggetta D, Spanò S, Lamparelli LA, D'Alessio S, Cagliani S, Furfaro F, D'Amico F, Zilli A, Fiorino G, Parigi TL, Noviello D, Latiano A, Bossa F, Latiano T, Pirola A, Mologni L, Piazza RG, Abbati D, Perri F, Bonini C, Peyrin-Biroulet L, Malesci A, Jairath V, Danese S, Ungaro F. Gut virome-colonising Orthohepadnavirus genus is associated with ulcerative colitis pathogenesis and induces intestinal inflammation in vivo. Gut 2023; 72:1838-1847. [PMID: 36788014 PMCID: PMC10511988 DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2022-328375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory disorder of unknown aetiology. Gut virome dysbiosis is fundamental in UC progression, although its role in the early phases of the disease is far from fully understood. Therefore, we sought to investigate the role of a virome-associated protein encoded by the Orthohepadnavirus genus, the hepatitis B virus X protein (HBx), in UC aetiopathogenesis. DESIGN HBx positivity of UC patient-derived blood and gut mucosa was assessed by RT-PCR and Sanger sequencing and correlated with clinical characteristics by multivariate analysis. Transcriptomics was performed on HBx-overexpressing endoscopic biopsies from healthy donors.C57BL/6 mice underwent intramucosal injections of liposome-conjugated HBx-encoding plasmids or the control, with or without antibiotic treatment. Multidimensional flow cytometry analysis was performed on colonic samples from HBx-treated and control animals. Transepithelial electrical resistance measurement, proliferation assay, chromatin immunoprecipitation assay with sequencing and RNA-sequencing were performed on in vitro models of the gut barrier. HBx-silencing experiments were performed in vitro and in vivo. RESULTS HBx was detected in about 45% of patients with UC and found to induce colonic inflammation in mice, while its silencing reverted the colitis phenotype in vivo. HBx acted as a transcriptional regulator in epithelial cells, provoking barrier leakage and altering both innate and adaptive mucosal immunity ex vivo and in vivo. CONCLUSION This study described HBx as a contributor to the UC pathogenesis and provides a new perspective on the virome as a target for tailored treatments.
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- Luca Massimino
- Department of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
- Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Disease, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, Fondazione IRCCS "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza", San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy
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- Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Disease, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
- Faculty of Medicine, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Disease, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
- Faculty of Medicine, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
- Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Disease, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- IBD Center, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Italy
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Disease, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
- Faculty of Medicine, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
- Faculty of Medicine, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
- Faculty of Medicine, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milano, Italy
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, Fondazione IRCCS "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza", San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, Fondazione IRCCS "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza", San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, Fondazione IRCCS "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza", San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milan-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milan-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
- Hematology and Clinical Research Unit, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy
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- Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Disease, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, Fondazione IRCCS "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza", San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy
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- Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Disease, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
- Faculty of Medicine, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Inserm NGERE, University of Lorraine, Nancy, France
- Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, University Hospital Centre Nancy, Nancy, France
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
- Faculty of Medicine, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
- Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Disease, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
- Faculty of Medicine, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
- Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Disease, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
- Faculty of Medicine, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
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Noli C, Varina A, Barbieri C, Pirola A, Olivero D. Analysis of Intestinal Microbiota and Metabolic Pathways before and after a 2-Month-Long Hydrolyzed Fish and Rice Starch Hypoallergenic Diet Trial in Pruritic Dogs. Vet Sci 2023; 10:478. [PMID: 37505882 PMCID: PMC10384699 DOI: 10.3390/vetsci10070478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Revised: 07/14/2023] [Accepted: 07/18/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023] Open
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Intestinal microbiota alterations were described in allergic individuals and may improve with diets. Farmina Ultra Hypo (FUH), a hydrolyzed fish/rice starch hypoallergenic diet, is able to improve clinical signs in allergic dogs. Study objectives were to determine microbiota differences in allergic dogs before and after feeding with FUH for eight weeks. Forty skin allergic dogs were evaluated clinically before and after the diet. Unresponsive dogs were classified as canine atopic dermatitis (CAD); responsive dogs relapsing after challenge with previous foods were classified as being food reactive (AFR), and those not relapsing as doubtful (D). Sequencing of feces collected pre- and post-diet was performed, with comparisons between and within groups, pre- and post-diet, and correlations to possible altered metabolic pathways were sought. Microbiota in all dogs was dominated by Bacteroidota, Fusobacteriota, Firmicutes and Proteobacteria, albeit with large interindividual variations and with some prevalence changes after the diet. In general, bacteria producing short-chain fatty acids were increased in all samples. CAD dogs showed pre-and post-diet microbiota patterns different from the other two groups. Bacteria taxa were enriched post-diet only in the AFR group. Changes in metabolic pathways were observed mainly in the CAD group. FUH may be able to improve intestinal microbiota and thus clinical signs of skin allergy.
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- Chiara Noli
- Servizi Dermatologici Veterinari, Strada Bedale della Ressia 2, 12016 Peveragno, Italy
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- Ambulatorio Veterinario Varina-Ghidella-Scarfone, Via Fréjus 54, 10139 Torino, Italy
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- Laboratorio Analisi Veterinarie BiEsseA Scilvet, Via Amedeo d'Aosta 7, 20129 Milano, Italy
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Fontana D, Ramazzotti D, Aroldi A, Redaelli S, Magistroni V, Pirola A, Niro A, Massimino L, Mastini C, Brambilla V, Bombelli S, Bungaro S, Morotti A, Rea D, Stagno F, Martino B, Campiotti L, Caocci G, Usala E, Merli M, Onida F, Bregni M, Elli EM, Fumagalli M, Ciceri F, Perego RA, Pagni F, Mologni L, Piazza R, Gambacorti-Passerini C. Integrated Genomic, Functional, and Prognostic Characterization of Atypical Chronic Myeloid Leukemia. Hemasphere 2020; 4:e497. [PMID: 33196013 PMCID: PMC7655091 DOI: 10.1097/hs9.0000000000000497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Supplemental Digital Content is available for this article. Atypical chronic myeloid leukemia (aCML) is a BCR-ABL1-negative clonal disorder, which belongs to the myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative group. This disease is characterized by recurrent somatic mutations in SETBP1, ASXL1 and ETNK1 genes, as well as high genetic heterogeneity, thus posing a great therapeutic challenge. To provide a comprehensive genomic characterization of aCML we applied a high-throughput sequencing strategy to 43 aCML samples, including both whole-exome and RNA-sequencing data. Our dataset identifies ASXL1, SETBP1, and ETNK1 as the most frequently mutated genes with a total of 43.2%, 29.7 and 16.2%, respectively. We characterized the clonal architecture of 7 aCML patients by means of colony assays and targeted resequencing. The results indicate that ETNK1 variants occur early in the clonal evolution history of aCML, while SETBP1 mutations often represent a late event. The presence of actionable mutations conferred both ex vivo and in vivo sensitivity to specific inhibitors with evidence of strong in vitro synergism in case of multiple targeting. In one patient, a clinical response was obtained. Stratification based on RNA-sequencing identified two different populations in terms of overall survival, and differential gene expression analysis identified 38 significantly overexpressed genes in the worse outcome group. Three genes correctly classified patients for overall survival.
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- Diletta Fontana
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano - Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano - Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano - Bicocca, Monza, Italy.,Hematology and Clinical Research Unit, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano - Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano - Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano - Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano - Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano - Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Pathology, University of Milano - Bicocca, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano - Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Centro Ricerca Tettamanti, Pediatria, University of Milano - Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, San Luigi Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Service d'Hématologie adulte, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
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- Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant, A.O.U. Policlinico - Vittorio Emanuele, Catania, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Azienda Ospedaliera 'Bianchi Melacrino Morelli', Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Ospedale Oncologico A. Businco, Cagliari, Italy
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- Hematology, University Hospital Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, Varese, Italy
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- Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Oncology-Hematology Unit, ASST Valle Olona, Busto Arsizio, Italy
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- Hematology and Clinical Research Unit, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy
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- Hematology and Clinical Research Unit, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano - Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Pathology, University of Milano - Bicocca, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano - Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano - Bicocca, Monza, Italy.,Hematology and Clinical Research Unit, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano - Bicocca, Monza, Italy.,Hematology and Clinical Research Unit, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy
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Sansone VA, Coratti G, Pera MC, Pane M, Messina S, Salmin F, Albamonte E, De Sanctis R, Sframeli M, Di Bella V, Morando S, d'Amico A, Frongia AL, Antonaci L, Pirola A, Pedemonte M, Bertini E, Bruno C, Mercuri E. Sometimes they come back: New and old spinal muscular atrophy adults in the era of nusinersen. Eur J Neurol 2020; 28:602-608. [PMID: 33012052 DOI: 10.1111/ene.14567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Following the commercial availability of nusinersen, there have been a number of new referrals of adults with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) not regularly followed in tertiary-care centers or enrolled in any disease registry. METHODS We compared demographics and disease characteristics, including assessment of motor and respiratory function, in regularly followed patients and newcomers subdivided according to the SMA type. RESULTS The cohort included 166 adult patients (mean age: 37.09 years): one type I, 65 type II, 99 type III, and one type IV. Of these 166, there were 67 newcomers. There was no significant difference between newcomers and regularly followed patients in relation to age and disease duration. The Hammersmith Functional Motor Scale Expanded and Revised Upper Limb Module scores were higher in the regularly followed patients compared to newcomers in the whole cohort and in both SMA II and II. A difference was also found on ventilatory status (p = 0.013) and Cobb's angle >50° (p = 0.039) between the two subgroups. No difference was found in scoliosis surgery prevalence (p > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Our results showed differences between the two subgroups, even if less marked in the type III patients. In the type II patients, there was a higher proportion of newcomers who were in the severe end of the spectrum. Of the newcomers, only approximately a third initiated treatment, as opposed to the 51% in the regularly followed patients. The identification of patients who were not part of the registries will help to redefine the overall prevalence of SMA and the occurrence of different phenotypes.
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- V A Sansone
- The NEMO Center in Milan, Neurorehabilitation Unit, ASST Niguarda Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Pediatric Neurology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.,Centro Clinico Nemo, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Pediatric Neurology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.,Centro Clinico Nemo, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Pediatric Neurology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.,Centro Clinico Nemo, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.,Nemo SUD Clinical Center, University Hospital 'G. Martino', Messina, Italy
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- The NEMO Center in Milan, Neurorehabilitation Unit, ASST Niguarda Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- The NEMO Center in Milan, Neurorehabilitation Unit, ASST Niguarda Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Centro Clinico Nemo, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Nemo SUD Clinical Center, University Hospital 'G. Martino', Messina, Italy
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- Nemo SUD Clinical Center, University Hospital 'G. Martino', Messina, Italy
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- Center of Translational and Experimental Myology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Unit of Neuromuscular and Neurodegenerative Disorders, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Pediatric Neurology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.,Centro Clinico Nemo, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Pediatric Neurology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.,Centro Clinico Nemo, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- The NEMO Center in Milan, Neurorehabilitation Unit, ASST Niguarda Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Center of Translational and Experimental Myology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Unit of Neuromuscular and Neurodegenerative Disorders, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Center of Translational and Experimental Myology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Pediatric Neurology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.,Centro Clinico Nemo, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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Mologni L, Sharma GG, Villa M, Mauri M, Arosio G, Lobello C, Larose H, Pirola A, Bombelli S, Cordani N, Massimino L, Pospíšilová Š, Turner SD, Inghirami G, Pagni F, Piazza R, Perego R, Chiarle R, Gambacorti-Passerini C. Abstract 4715: Characterization of potential co-drivers of pathogenesis in ALK positive ALCL. Cancer Res 2020. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2020-4715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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ALK positive Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) is an aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma characterized by expression of the NPM/ALK fusion tyrosine kinase essential for neoplastic cells growth. When resistant or relapsed to front-line chemotherapy, ALK+ ALCL prognosis is very poor. Although ALK+ ALCL cells are mainly driven by the constitutively active NPM/ALK kinase, presence of additional mutations might affect the disease course and response to treatment, leading to different outcomes in different patients. We employed whole exome sequencing to characterize the co-mutational burden in ALK+ ALCL samples at diagnosis. Diagnosis biopsy and matched healthy control DNA samples from 24 ALK+ ALCL patients were sequenced. Somatic variants present at high frequency within the tumor (at least 25% variant allele frequency), which can be viewed as potential co-drivers, were annotated; the identified mutations were weighed using in silico tools to predict their oncogenic potential and their effects on protein function. All identified variants were confirmed by Sanger sequencing. Gene ontology and pathway analyses identified cell adhesion and actin cytoskeleton among the most enriched biological functions. Using the above-mentioned criteria, we found recurrent somatic variants in 7 genes including PPP1R9A, RUNX1T1, FAT4 and RBBP8. Here we report the initial characterization of the role of FAT4 in ALCL cells. FAT4 is a member of the cadherin superfamily with tumor suppressor functions. In our cohort, 3/24 patients (13%) were found to carry FAT4 mutations, including nonsense mutations and missense changes predicted to be deleterious, suggesting a loss of function effect. To characterize the biological consequences of these mutations, we generated FAT4 knockdown ALCL cell lines. FAT4-silenced cells grew faster and showed increased migratory properties compared to parental cells. They also differed from parental cells in terms of morphology, having bigger size and modulated F-actin rearrangement. Tumor suppressing activity of FAT4 has been linked to Wnt/β-catenin pathway; we found that FAT4-silenced cells had decreased levels of serine/threonine phosphorylated β-catenin and higher nuclear localization, which insinuates activation of Wnt/β-catenin signalling and henceforth, increased cellular proliferation. To explore therapeutic implications of FAT4 mutations, we analyzed the sensitivity of FAT4 silenced cells to chemotherapeutic agents. FAT4 knockdown cells were less sensitive to a CHOP combination treatment as compared to parental cells. No difference was seen in terms of sensitivity to crizotinib. Finally, we investigated the effects of RUNX1T1 somatic variants found in our study. Preliminary luciferase assay results showed that the variants significantly increase the transcriptional repression ability of RUNX1T1. Altogether, our data provides information about genes other than NPM-ALK that might play a role in the pathogenesis of ALCL.
Citation Format: Luca Mologni, Geeta G. Sharma, Matteo Villa, Mario Mauri, Giulia Arosio, Cosimo Lobello, Hugo Larose, Alessandra Pirola, Silvia Bombelli, Nicoletta Cordani, Luca Massimino, Šárka Pospíšilová, Suzanne D. Turner, Giorgio Inghirami, Fabio Pagni, Rocco Piazza, Roberto Perego, Roberto Chiarle, Carlo Gambacorti-Passerini. Characterization of potential co-drivers of pathogenesis in ALK positive ALCL [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research 2020; 2020 Apr 27-28 and Jun 22-24. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2020;80(16 Suppl):Abstract nr 4715.
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- 3University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Colombo F, Pintarelli G, Galvan A, Noci S, Corli O, Skorpen F, Klepstad P, Kaasa S, Pigni A, Brunelli C, Roberto A, Piazza R, Pirola A, Gambacorti-Passerini C, Caraceni AT. Identification of genetic polymorphisms modulating nausea and vomiting in two series of opioid-treated cancer patients. Sci Rep 2020; 10:542. [PMID: 31953506 PMCID: PMC6969029 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-57358-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2019] [Accepted: 11/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Nausea and vomiting are often associated with opioid analgesia in cancer patients; however, only a subset of patients develop such side effects. Here, we tested the hypothesis that the occurrence of nausea and vomiting is modulated by the genetic background of the patients. Whole exome sequencing of DNA pools from patients with either low (n = 937) or high (n = 557) nausea and vomiting intensity, recruited in the European Pharmacogenetic Opioid Study, revealed a preliminary association of 53 polymorphisms. PCR-based genotyping of 45 of these polymorphisms in the individual patients of the same series confirmed the association for six SNPs in AIM1L, CLCC1, MUC16, PDE3A, POM121L2, and ZNF165 genes. Genotyping of the same 45 polymorphisms in 264 patients of the Italian CERP study, also treated with opioids for cancer pain, instead confirmed the association for two SNPs in ZNF568 and PDE3A genes. Only one SNP, rs12305038 in PDE3A, was confirmed in both series, although with opposite effects of the minor allele on the investigated phenotype. Overall, our findings suggest that genetic factors are indeed associated with nausea and vomiting in opioid-treated cancer patients, but the role of individual polymorphisms may be weak.
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- Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Pain and Palliative Care Research Unit, IRCCS Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy
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- European Palliative Care Research Center, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.,Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- European Palliative Care Research Center, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.,Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, St. Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- European Palliative Care Research Center, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.,Department of Oncology, St. Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- Pain and Palliative Care Research Unit, IRCCS Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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Magistroni V, Mauri M, D'Aliberti D, Mezzatesta C, Crespiatico I, Nava M, Fontana D, Sharma N, Parker W, Schreiber A, Yeung D, Pirola A, Readelli S, Massimino L, Wang P, Khandelwal P, Citterio S, Viltadi M, Bombelli S, Rigolio R, Perego R, Boultwood J, Morotti A, Saglio G, Kim DW, Branford S, Gambacorti-Passerini C, Piazza R. De novo UBE2A mutations are recurrently acquired during chronic myeloid leukemia progression and interfere with myeloid differentiation pathways. Haematologica 2019; 104:1789-1797. [PMID: 30819912 PMCID: PMC6717574 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2017.179937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2018] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Despite the advent of tyrosine kinase inhibitors, a proportion of chronic myeloid leukemia patients in chronic phase fail to respond to imatinib or to second-generation inhibitors and progress to blast crisis. Until now, improvements in the understanding of the molecular mechanisms responsible for chronic myeloid leukemia transformation from chronic phase to the aggressive blast crisis remain limited. Here we present a large parallel sequencing analysis of 10 blast crisis samples and of the corresponding autologous chronic phase controls that reveals, for the first time, recurrent mutations affecting the ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2A gene (UBE2A, formerly RAD6A). Additional analyses on a cohort of 24 blast crisis, 41 chronic phase as well as 40 acute myeloid leukemia and 38 atypical chronic myeloid leukemia patients at onset confirmed that UBE2A mutations are specifically acquired during chronic myeloid leukemia progression, with a frequency of 16.7% in advanced phases. In vitro studies show that the mutations here described cause a decrease in UBE2A activity, leading to an impairment of myeloid differentiation in chronic myeloid leukemia cells.
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- Vera Magistroni
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Center for Cancer Biology, SA Pathology, Adelaide, Australia
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- Center for Cancer Biology, SA Pathology, Adelaide, Australia.,University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Center for Cancer Biology, SA Pathology, Adelaide, Australia
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, University of Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Bloodwise Molecular Haematology Unit, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, San Luigi Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, San Luigi Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Catholic University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Center for Cancer Biology, SA Pathology, Adelaide, Australia.,University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy.,Hematology and Clinical Research Unit, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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Piazza R, Magistroni V, Redaelli S, Mauri M, Massimino L, Sessa A, Peronaci M, Lalowski M, Soliymani R, Mezzatesta C, Pirola A, Banfi F, Rubio A, Rea D, Stagno F, Usala E, Martino B, Campiotti L, Merli M, Passamonti F, Onida F, Morotti A, Pavesi F, Bregni M, Broccoli V, Baumann M, Gambacorti-Passerini C. SETBP1 induces transcription of a network of development genes by acting as an epigenetic hub. Nat Commun 2018; 9:2192. [PMID: 29875417 PMCID: PMC5989213 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04462-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2016] [Accepted: 04/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
SETBP1 variants occur as somatic mutations in several hematological malignancies such as atypical chronic myeloid leukemia and as de novo germline mutations in the Schinzel–Giedion syndrome. Here we show that SETBP1 binds to gDNA in AT-rich promoter regions, causing activation of gene expression through recruitment of a HCF1/KMT2A/PHF8 epigenetic complex. Deletion of two AT-hooks abrogates the binding of SETBP1 to gDNA and impairs target gene upregulation. Genes controlled by SETBP1 such as MECOM are significantly upregulated in leukemias containing SETBP1 mutations. Gene ontology analysis of deregulated SETBP1 target genes indicates that they are also key controllers of visceral organ development and brain morphogenesis. In line with these findings, in utero brain electroporation of mutated SETBP1 causes impairment of mouse neurogenesis with a profound delay in neuronal migration. In summary, this work unveils a SETBP1 function that directly affects gene transcription and clarifies the mechanism operating in myeloid malignancies and in the Schinzel–Giedion syndrome caused by SETBP1 mutations. SETBP1 variants occur as somatic mutations in several malignancies and as de novo germline mutations in developmental disorders. Here the authors provide evidence that SETBP1 binds to gDNA in AT-rich promoter regions to promote target gene upregulation, indicating SETBP1 functions directly to regulate transcription.
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- Rocco Piazza
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca and San Gerardo hospital, 20900, Monza, Italy.
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca and San Gerardo hospital, 20900, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca and San Gerardo hospital, 20900, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca and San Gerardo hospital, 20900, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca and San Gerardo hospital, 20900, Monza, Italy
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- Stem Cell and Neurogenesis Unit, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca and San Gerardo hospital, 20900, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry and Developmental Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Meilahti Clinical Proteomics Core Facility, University of Helsinki, 00290, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Developmental Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Meilahti Clinical Proteomics Core Facility, University of Helsinki, 00290, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca and San Gerardo hospital, 20900, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca and San Gerardo hospital, 20900, Monza, Italy
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- Stem Cell and Neurogenesis Unit, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132, Milan, Italy
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- Stem Cell and Neurogenesis Unit, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132, Milan, Italy
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- Service d'Hématologie Adulte, Hôpital Saint-Louis, 75010, Paris, France
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- Chair and Hematology Section, Ferrarotto Hospital, AOU Policlinico, 95123, Catania, Italy
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- Azienda Brotzu U.O. Ematologia e CTMO, Ospedale Businco, 09121, Cagliari, Italy
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- UO Ematologia Azienda Ospedaliera "BIANCHI MELACRINO MORELLI", 89124, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Dipartimento Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, Università Insubria, 21100, Varese, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, University Hospital Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, 21100, Varese, Italy
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- Hematology, Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, University of Varese, 21100, Varese, Italy
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- BMT Center - Oncohematology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, 20122, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, 10043, Orbassano (Torino), Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132, Milan, Italy
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- Oncology Unit, ASST Valle Olona, Ospedale di Circolo di Busto Arsizio, 21052, Busto Arsizio, Italy
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- Stem Cell and Neurogenesis Unit, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132, Milan, Italy.,CNR Institute of Neuroscience, 20129, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry and Developmental Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Meilahti Clinical Proteomics Core Facility, University of Helsinki, 00290, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca and San Gerardo hospital, 20900, Monza, Italy
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Redaelli S, Ceccon M, Antolini L, Rigolio R, Pirola A, Peronaci M, Gambacorti-Passerini C, Mologni L. Synergistic activity of ALK and mTOR inhibitors for the treatment of NPM-ALK positive lymphoma. Oncotarget 2018; 7:72886-72897. [PMID: 27662658 PMCID: PMC5341951 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.12128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2016] [Accepted: 09/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
ALK-positive Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (ALCL) represents a subset of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma whose treatment benefited from crizotinib development, a dual ALK/MET inhibitor. Crizotinib blocks ALK-triggered pathways such as PI3K/AKT/mTOR, indispensable for survival of ALK-driven tumors. Despite the positive impact of targeted treatment in ALCL, resistant clones are often selected during therapy. Strategies to overcome resistance include the design of second generation drugs and the use of combined therapies that simultaneously target multiple nodes essential for cells survival. We investigated the effects of combined ALK/mTOR inhibition. We observed a specific synergistic effect of combining ALK inhibitors with an mTOR inhibitor (temsirolimus), in ALK+ lymphoma cells. The positive cooperation resulted in an increased inhibition of mTOR effectors, compared to single treatments, a block in G0/G1 phase and induction of apoptosis. The combination was able to prevent the selection of resistant clones, while long-term exposure to single agents led to the establishment of resistant cell lines, with either ALK inhibitor or temsirolimus. In vivo, mice injected with Karpas 299 cells and treated with low dose combination showed complete regression of tumors, while only partial inhibition was obtained in single agents-treated mice. Upon treatment stop the combination was able to significantly delay tumor relapses. Re-challenge of relapsed tumors at a higher dose led to full regression of xenografts in the combination group, but not in mice treated with lorlatinib alone. In conclusion, our data suggest that the combination of ALK and mTOR inhibitors could be a valuable therapeutic option for ALK+ ALCL patients.
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- Sara Redaelli
- University of Milano Bicocca, School of Medicine, 20900 Monza, Italy
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- University of Milano Bicocca, School of Medicine, 20900 Monza, Italy
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- Center of Biostatistics for Clinical Epidemiology, University of Milano Bicocca, School of Medicine, 20900 Monza, Italy
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- University of Milano Bicocca, School of Medicine, 20900 Monza, Italy
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- University of Milano Bicocca, School of Medicine, 20900 Monza, Italy
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- University of Milano Bicocca, School of Medicine, 20900 Monza, Italy
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- University of Milano Bicocca, School of Medicine, 20900 Monza, Italy.,San Gerardo Hospital, Hematology-Clinical Research Unit, 20900 Monza, Italy
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- University of Milano Bicocca, School of Medicine, 20900 Monza, Italy
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Pintarelli G, Dassano A, Cotroneo CE, Galvan A, Noci S, Piazza R, Pirola A, Spinelli R, Incarbone M, Palleschi A, Rosso L, Santambrogio L, Dragani TA, Colombo F. Read-through transcripts in normal human lung parenchyma are down-regulated in lung adenocarcinoma. Oncotarget 2017; 7:27889-98. [PMID: 27058892 PMCID: PMC5053695 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.8556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2015] [Accepted: 02/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Read-through transcripts result from the continuous transcription of adjacent, similarly oriented genes, with the splicing out of the intergenic region. They have been found in several neoplastic and normal tissues, but their pathophysiological significance is unclear. We used high-throughput sequencing of cDNA fragments (RNA-Seq) to identify read-through transcripts in the non-involved lung tissue of 64 surgically treated lung adenocarcinoma patients. A total of 52 distinct read-through species was identified, with 24 patients having at least one read-through event, up to a maximum of 17 such transcripts in one patient. Sanger sequencing validated 28 of these transcripts and identified an additional 15, for a total of 43 distinct read-through events involving 35 gene pairs. Expression levels of 10 validated read-through transcripts were measured by quantitative PCR in pairs of matched non-involved lung tissue and lung adenocarcinoma tissue from 45 patients. Higher expression levels were observed in normal lung tissue than in the tumor counterpart, with median relative quantification ratios between normal and tumor varying from 1.90 to 7.78; the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.001, Wilcoxon's signed-rank test for paired samples) for eight transcripts: ELAVL1–TIMM44, FAM162B–ZUFSP, IFNAR2–IL10RB, INMT–FAM188B, KIAA1841–C2orf74, NFATC3–PLA2G15, SIRPB1–SIRPD, and SHANK3–ACR. This report documents the presence of read-through transcripts in apparently normal lung tissue, with inter-individual differences in patterns and abundance. It also shows their down-regulation in tumors, suggesting that these chimeric transcripts may function as tumor suppressors in lung tissue.
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- Giulia Pintarelli
- Department of Predictive and Prevention Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS, Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Predictive and Prevention Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS, Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Predictive and Prevention Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS, Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.,Present Address: UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
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- Formerly, Department of Predictive and Prevention Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS, Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Predictive and Prevention Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS, Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy.,Hematology and Clinical Research Unit, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Formerly, Department of Health Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, San Giuseppe Hospital, Multimedica, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, IRCCS Fondazione Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, IRCCS Fondazione Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, IRCCS Fondazione Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Predictive and Prevention Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS, Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Predictive and Prevention Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS, Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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Mologni L, Piazza R, Khandelwal P, Pirola A, Gambacorti-Passerini C. Somatic mutations identified at diagnosis by exome sequencing can predict response to imatinib in chronic phase chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients. Am J Hematol 2017; 92:E623-E625. [PMID: 28718956 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.24865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2017] [Accepted: 07/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Luca Mologni
- School of Medicine and Surgery; University of Milan-Bicocca; Monza Italy
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- School of Medicine and Surgery; University of Milan-Bicocca; Monza Italy
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- School of Medicine and Surgery; University of Milan-Bicocca; Monza Italy
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- School of Medicine and Surgery; University of Milan-Bicocca; Monza Italy
- San Gerardo Hospital; Hematology and Clinical Research Unit; Monza Italy
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Locasciulli A, Uderzo C, Pirola A, Masera G, Portmann B, Alberti A. Pattern of Liver Disease Following High-Dose Cytosine Arabinoside (HDARAC) Therapy in Children with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Leuk Lymphoma 2016; 2:229-33. [PMID: 27456739 DOI: 10.3109/10428199009053528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
Abstract
The occurrence of liver disease and its relation to HBV markers were investigated in ten children with AML who were given HDARAC as late consolidation therapy. None of them developed jaundice or biochemical evidence of cholestasis. During therapy, SGPT values were normal in 5/10 patients, while in the other 5 a sharp increase was noted. These enzyme elevations followed an unusual timing, peaking just before each infusion of HDARAC. Evidence of long-lasting hepatocellular necrosis after therapy withdrawal was found in 8/8 cases. One child died of fulminant type B hepatitis and HBsAg positivity was found in 2/10 patients during therapy and 3/8 after withdrawal of the drug. Three children developed HBV antibodies during the observation period. We conclude that the use of HDARAC in childhood leukemia is not associated with major evidence of direct drug hepatotoxicity while it clearly affects the natural outcome of viral hepatitis.
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- A Locasciulli
- a Clinica Pediatrica Universita's di Milano, Ospedale "S. Gerardo", Monza, Milan, Italy
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- a Clinica Pediatrica Universita's di Milano, Ospedale "S. Gerardo", Monza, Milan, Italy
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- a Clinica Pediatrica Universita's di Milano, Ospedale "S. Gerardo", Monza, Milan, Italy
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- a Clinica Pediatrica Universita's di Milano, Ospedale "S. Gerardo", Monza, Milan, Italy
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- b Liver Unit, King's College Hospital and Medical School, London, UK
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- c Istituto di Medicina Clinica, Clinica Medica II Universita's di, Padova, Italy
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Mologni L, Ceccon M, Pirola A, Chiriano G, Piazza R, Scapozza L, Gambacorti-Passerini C. NPM/ALK mutants resistant to ASP3026 display variable sensitivity to alternative ALK inhibitors but succumb to the novel compound PF-06463922. Oncotarget 2016; 6:5720-34. [PMID: 25749034 PMCID: PMC4467397 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.3122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2014] [Accepted: 01/09/2015] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
Abstract
ALK is involved in the onset of several tumors. Crizotinib (XalkoriTM), a potent ALK inhibitor, represents the current front-line treatment for ALK+ NSCLC and shows great clinical efficacy. However, resistant disease often develops after initial response. ASP3026 is a novel second-generation ALK inhibitor with activity on crizotinib-resistant ALK-L1196M gatekeeper mutant. As resistance is likely to be a relevant hurdle for any drug, we sought to determine the resistance profile of ASP3026 in the context of NPM/ALK+ ALCL. We selected six ASP3026-resistant cell lines by culturing human ALCL cells in the presence of increasing concentrations of drug. The established resistant cell lines carry several point mutations in the ALK kinase domain (G1128S, C1156F, I1171N/T, F1174I, N1178H, E1210K and C1156F/D1203N were the most frequent) that are shown to confer resistance to ASP3026 in the Ba/F3 cell model. All mutants were profiled for cross-resistance against a panel of clinically relevant inhibitors including ceritinib, alectinib, crizotinib, AP26113 and PF-06463922. Finally, a genetically heterogeneous ASP3026-resistant cell line was exposed to second-line treatment simulations with all inhibitors. The population evolved according to relative sensitivity of its mutant subclones to the various drugs. Compound PF-06463922 did not allow the outgrowth of any resistant clone, at non-toxic doses.
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- Luca Mologni
- University of Milano-Bicocca, Dept. of Health Sciences, Monza, Italy
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- University of Milano-Bicocca, Dept. of Health Sciences, Monza, Italy
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- University of Milano-Bicocca, Dept. of Health Sciences, Monza, Italy
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- University of Geneva, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Geneva, Switzerland
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- University of Milano-Bicocca, Dept. of Health Sciences, Monza, Italy
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- University of Geneva, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Geneva, Switzerland
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- University of Milano-Bicocca, Dept. of Health Sciences, Monza, Italy.,San Gerardo Hospital, Hematology Unit, Monza, Italy
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Piazza R, Cecchetti C, Pirola A, Donandoni C, Fontana D, Mezzatesta C, Magistroni V, Bianchi B, Borin L, Fumagalli M, Gambacorti-Passerini C. RNA-seq is a valuable complement of conventional diagnostic tools in newly diagnosed AML patients. Am J Hematol 2015; 90:E227-8. [PMID: 26440066 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.24210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2015] [Revised: 10/02/2015] [Accepted: 10/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Rocco Piazza
- Department of Medicine and Surgery; University of Milano-Bicocca; Monza Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery; University of Milano-Bicocca; Monza Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery; University of Milano-Bicocca; Monza Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery; University of Milano-Bicocca; Monza Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery; University of Milano-Bicocca; Monza Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery; University of Milano-Bicocca; Monza Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery; University of Milano-Bicocca; Monza Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery; University of Milano-Bicocca; Monza Italy
- Hematology; San Gerardo Hospital; Monza Italy
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Mori S, Vagge E, le Coutre P, Abruzzese E, Martino B, Pungolino E, Elena C, Pierri I, Assouline S, D'Emilio A, Gozzini A, Giraldo P, Stagno F, Iurlo A, Luciani M, De Riso G, Redaelli S, Kim DW, Pirola A, Mezzatesta C, Petroccione A, Lodolo D'Oria A, Crivori P, Piazza R, Gambacorti-Passerini C. Age and dPCR can predict relapse in CML patients who discontinued imatinib: the ISAV study. Am J Hematol 2015; 90:910-4. [PMID: 26178642 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.24120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2015] [Accepted: 07/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Imatinib is effective for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). However even undetectable BCR-ABL1 by Q-RT-PCR does not equate to eradication of the disease. Digital-PCR (dPCR), able to detect 1 BCR-ABL1 positive cell out of 10(7) , has been recently developed. The ISAV study is a multicentre trial aimed at validating dPCR to predict relapses after imatinib discontinuation in CML patients with undetectable Q-RT-PCR. CML patients under imatinib therapy since more than 2 years and with undetectable PCR for at least 18 months were eligible. Patients were monitored by standard Q-RT-PCR for 36 months. Patients losing molecular remission (two consecutive positive Q-RT-PCR with at least 1 BCR-ABL1/ABL1 value above 0.1%) resumed imatinib. The study enrolled 112 patients, with a median follow-up of 21.6 months. Fifty-two of the 108 evaluable patients (48.1%), relapsed; 73.1% relapsed in the first 9 months but 14 late relapses were observed between 10 and 22 months. Among the 56 not-relapsed patients, 40 (37.0% of total) regained Q-RT-PCR positivity but never lost MMR. dPCR results showed a significant negative predictive value ratio of 1.115 [95% CI: 1.013-1.227]. An inverse relationship between patients age and risk of relapse was evident: 95% of patients <45 years relapsed versus 42% in the class ≥45 to <65 years and 33% of patients ≥65 years [P(χ(2) ) < 0.0001]. Relapse rates ranged between 100% (<45 years, dPCR+) and 36% (>45 years, dPCR-). Imatinib can be safely discontinued in the setting of continued PCR negativity; age and dPCR results can predict relapse.
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- Silvia Mori
- Department of Health Sciences; University Of Milano-Bicocca; Monza Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences; University Of Milano-Bicocca; Monza Italy
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- Department of Haematology And Oncology; Charité - Humboldt-Universität; Campus Virchow Berlin Germany
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- Department of Haematology; S. Eugenio Hospital, Tor Vergata University; Roma Italy
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- Department of Haematology; Bianchi Melacrino Morelli Hospital; Reggio Calabria Italy
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- Department of Haematology; Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital; Milano Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy and Department of Haematology Oncology; Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo; Pavia Italy
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- Haematology Clinic, IRCSS AOU S. Martino-IST, University Of Genova; Genova Italy
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- Division of Haematology; Jewish General Hospital, McGill University; Montreal QC Canada
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- Haematology; Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet; Zaragoza Spain
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- Haematology; University Of Catania; Catania Italy
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- Oncohaematology Division, IRCCS Ca' Granda Maggiore Policlinico Hospital Foundation, University Of Milano; Milano Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences; University Of Milano-Bicocca; Monza Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences; University Of Milano-Bicocca; Monza Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences; University Of Milano-Bicocca; Monza Italy
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- Haematology Department; Cancer Research Institute, The Catholic University Of Korea; Seoul South Korea
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- Department of Health Sciences; University Of Milano-Bicocca; Monza Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences; University Of Milano-Bicocca; Monza Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences; University Of Milano-Bicocca; Monza Italy
- Clinical Research Unit; Haematology, San Gerardo Hospital; Monza Italy
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Mologni L, Ceccon M, Fontana D, Pirola A, Piazza R, Gambacorti-Passerini C. Abstract 3583: Drug-resistant NPM/ALK mutants show different sensitivity to second generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Cancer Res 2015. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2015-3583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Rearranged or mutated forms of the Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) are involved in the pathogenesis of various cancers, in particular anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and neuroblastoma. ALK-positive tumors are currently treated with crizotinib (XalkoriTM, Pfizer) or ceritinib (ZykadiaTM, Novartis), two oral ALK inhibitors (ALKi). Additional inhibitors are in clinical trial. Despite high response rates, drug-resistant disease often develops in patients. In order to study the mechanisms that underlie resistance, we generated several ALKi-resistant cell lines in vitro. Here we present the selection of novel NPM/ALK-positive ALCL cells resistant to ASP3026 (Astellas) that grow in the presence of up to 2 μM ASP3026 and show 10 to 60 fold shift in IC50. The established ASP3026-resistant cell lines carry several point mutations in the ALK kinase domain (G1128S, C1156F, I1171N/T, F1174I, N1178H, E1210K, and C1156F/D1203N) that confer resistance to ASP3026 when reintroduced in a Ba/F3 cell model. Furthermore, the activity profile of ASP3026, crizotinib, ceritinib, alectinib, AP26113 and PF-06463922 against a panel of 20 NPM/ALK drug-resistant mutants will be presented. We report for each ALKi the IC50 value against the mutants, the IC50 fold increase over wild-type NPM/ALK (relative resistance, RR) and the IC50 ratio between parental Ba/F3 cells and mutants (therapeutic index, TI). From our screen, the G1202R and C1156F/D1203N mutations appear to be highly resistant to all tested inhibitors, therefore they are predicted to be the most challenging mutants for ALKi therapy.
Citation Format: Luca Mologni, Monica Ceccon, Diletta Fontana, Alessandra Pirola, Rocco Piazza, Carlo Gambacorti-Passerini. Drug-resistant NPM/ALK mutants show different sensitivity to second generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 106th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2015 Apr 18-22; Philadelphia, PA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2015;75(15 Suppl):Abstract nr 3583. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2015-3583
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Sharma N, Magistroni V, Piazza R, Citterio S, Mezzatesta C, Khandelwal P, Pirola A, Gambacorti-Passerini C. BCR/ABL1 and BCR are under the transcriptional control of the MYC oncogene. Mol Cancer 2015; 14:132. [PMID: 26179066 PMCID: PMC4504180 DOI: 10.1186/s12943-015-0407-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2015] [Accepted: 07/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia (CML) is caused by the BCR/ABL1 fusion gene. Both the presence and the levels of BCR/ABL1 expression seem to be critical for CML progression from chronic phase (CP) to blast crisis (BC). After the oncogenic translocation, the BCR/ABL1 gene is under the transcriptional control of BCR promoter but the molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of oncogene expression are mostly unknown. Methods A region of 1443bp of the functional BCR promoter was studied for transcription factor binding sites through in-silico analysis and Chromatin Immunoprecipitation experiments. BCR and BCR/ABL1 expression levels were analysed in CML cell lines after over-expression or silencing of MYC transcription factor. A luciferase reporter assay was used to confirm its activity on BCR promoter. Results In the present study we demonstrate that MYC and its partner MAX bind to the BCR promoter, leading to up-regulation of BCR and BCR/ABL1 at both transcriptional and protein levels. Accordingly, silencing of MYC expression in various BCR/ABL1 positive cell lines causes significant downregulation of BCR and BCR/ABL1, which consequently leads to decreased proliferation and induction of cell death. Conclusions Here we describe a regulatory pathway modulating BCR and BCR/ABL1 expression, showing that the BCR promoter is under the transcriptional control of the MYC/MAX heterodimer. Since MYC is frequently over-expressed in BC, this phenomenon could play a critical role in BCR/ABL1 up-regulation and blast aggressiveness acquired during CML evolution.
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- Nitesh Sharma
- Department of Health Sciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy.
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy.
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy. .,Division of Haematology, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy.
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, University of Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy.
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy.
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy.
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy. .,Division of Haematology, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy.
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Ceccon M, Mologni L, Giudici G, Piazza R, Pirola A, Fontana D, Gambacorti-Passerini C. Treatment Efficacy and Resistance Mechanisms Using the Second-Generation ALK Inhibitor AP26113 in Human NPM-ALK-Positive Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma. Mol Cancer Res 2014; 13:775-83. [PMID: 25421750 DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-14-0157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2014] [Accepted: 11/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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UNLABELLED ALK is a tyrosine kinase receptor involved in a broad range of solid and hematologic tumors. Among 70% to 80% of ALK(+) anaplastic large cell lymphomas (ALCL) are caused by the aberrant oncogenic fusion protein NPM-ALK. Crizotinib was the first clinically relevant ALK inhibitor, now approved for the treatment of late-stage and metastatic cases of lung cancer. However, patients frequently develop drug resistance to Crizotinib, mainly due to the appearance of point mutations located in the ALK kinase domain. Fortunately, other inhibitors are available and in clinical trial, suggesting the potential for second-line therapies to overcome Crizotinib resistance. This study focuses on the ongoing phase I/II trial small-molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) AP26113, by Ariad Pharmaceuticals, which targets both ALK and EGFR. Two NPM-ALK(+) human cell lines, KARPAS-299 and SUP-M2, were grown in the presence of increasing concentrations of AP26113, and eight lines were selected that demonstrated resistance. All lines show IC50 values higher (130 to 1,000-fold) than the parental line. Mechanistically, KARPAS-299 populations resistant to AP26113 show NPM-ALK overexpression, whereas SUP-M2-resistant cells harbor several point mutations spanning the entire ALK kinase domain. In particular, amino acid substitutions: L1196M, S1206C, the double F1174V+L1198F and L1122V+L1196M mutations were identified. The knowledge of the possible appearance of new clinically relevant mechanisms of drug resistance is a useful tool for the management of new TKI-resistant cases. IMPLICATIONS This work defines reliable ALCL model systems of AP26113 resistance and provides a valuable tool in the management of all cases of relapse upon NPM-ALK-targeted therapy.
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- M Ceccon
- Department of Health Science, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy.
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- Department of Health Science, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Tettamanti Research Centre, Pediatric Clinic, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Health Science, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Health Science, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Health Science, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Health Science, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy. Section of Haematology, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy
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Ceccon M, Mologni L, Giudici G, Piazza R, Pirola A, Fontana D, Gambacorti-Passerini C. Abstract 3719: Mechanisms of resistance to the second-generation alk inhibitor ap26113 in human npm-alk-positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma cells. Cancer Res 2014. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2014-3719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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ALK is a tyrosine kinase receptor involved in a broad range of solid and haematological tumors. It has been shown that about 70-80% of ALK+ Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (ALCL) cases, an aggressive Non Hodgkin T-cell lymphoma, are characterized by the traslocation t(2;5), originating the functional, aberrant oncogenic fusion protein NPM-ALK. Crizotinib was the first clinically relevant ALK inhibitor, now approved for the treatment of late stage and metastatic cases of lung cancer. Several patients soon developed Crizotinib resistance, mainly due to the appearance of new point mutations located in ALK kinase domain. Currently, other ALK inhibitors are available and already in clinical trial, hopefully representing the second line therapy able to overcome Crizotinib resistance. In this work we focused our attention on the more potent phase I/II dual ALK/EGFR inhibitor AP26113 (Ariad Pharm.), able to overcome the Crizotinib-resistant gatekeeper mutation L1196M. Two NPM-ALK+ human cell lines, KARPAS-299 and SUP-M2, were grown in four independent flasks in the presence of increasing doses of AP26113, so that eight cell lines able to grow in the presence of high AP26113 doses were selected. All cell lines show an AP26113 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) value substantially higher than the one observed in parental cells, with a 130 to 1000-fold increase. All KARPAS-299 populations resistant to AP26113 show NPM-ALK overexpression, due to oncogene amplification, as the main cause of resistance, while SUP-M2 cells proliferating in the presence of the drug harbour several point mutations spanning the entire ALK kinase domain. In particular, we identified the following aminoacid substitutions: L1122V, , L1196M, S1206C and a double F1174V+L1198F mutation. The knowledge of the possible appearance of new clinically relevant mechanisms of drug resistance is a useful tool for the management of new TKI resistant cases.
Citation Format: Monica Ceccon, Luca Mologni, Giovanni Giudici, Rocco Piazza, Alessandra Pirola, Diletta Fontana, Carlo Gambacorti-Passerini. Mechanisms of resistance to the second-generation alk inhibitor ap26113 in human npm-alk-positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma cells. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 105th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2014 Apr 5-9; San Diego, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2014;74(19 Suppl):Abstract nr 3719. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2014-3719
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- Monica Ceccon
- 1Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- 1Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- 2Tettamanti research centre, pediatric clinic, università Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- 1Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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Piazza R, Magistroni V, Pirola A, Redaelli S, Spinelli R, Redaelli S, Galbiati M, Valletta S, Giudici G, Cazzaniga G, Gambacorti-Passerini C. CEQer: a graphical tool for copy number and allelic imbalance detection from whole-exome sequencing data. PLoS One 2013; 8:e74825. [PMID: 24124457 PMCID: PMC3790773 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2013] [Accepted: 08/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Copy number alterations (CNA) are common events occurring in leukaemias and solid tumors. Comparative Genome Hybridization (CGH) is actually the gold standard technique to analyze CNAs; however, CGH analysis requires dedicated instruments and is able to perform only low resolution Loss of Heterozygosity (LOH) analyses. Here we present CEQer (Comparative Exome Quantification analyzer), a new graphical, event-driven tool for CNA/allelic-imbalance (AI) coupled analysis of exome sequencing data. By using case-control matched exome data, CEQer performs a comparative digital exonic quantification to generate CNA data and couples this information with exome-wide LOH and allelic imbalance detection. This data is used to build mixed statistical/heuristic models allowing the identification of CNA/AI events. To test our tool, we initially used in silico generated data, then we performed whole-exome sequencing from 20 leukemic specimens and corresponding matched controls and we analyzed the results using CEQer. Taken globally, these analyses showed that the combined use of comparative digital exon quantification and LOH/AI allows generating very accurate CNA data. Therefore, we propose CEQer as an efficient, robust and user-friendly graphical tool for the identification of CNA/AI in the context of whole-exome sequencing data.
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- Rocco Piazza
- Department of Health Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences and Biomedical Technologies, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Tettamanti Research Center, University of Milano-Bicocca, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Tettamanti Research Center, University of Milano-Bicocca, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy
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- Tettamanti Research Center, University of Milano-Bicocca, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy
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Galvan A, Frullanti E, Anderlini M, Manenti G, Noci S, Dugo M, Ambrogi F, De Cecco L, Spinelli R, Piazza R, Pirola A, Gambacorti-Passerini C, Incarbone M, Alloisio M, Tosi D, Nosotti M, Santambrogio L, Pastorino U, Dragani TA. Gene expression signature of non-involved lung tissue associated with survival in lung adenocarcinoma patients. Carcinogenesis 2013; 34:2767-73. [PMID: 23978379 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgt294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Lung adenocarcinoma patients of similar clinical stage and undergoing the same treatments often have marked interindividual variations in prognosis. These clinical discrepancies may be due to the genetic background modulating an individual's predisposition to fighting cancer. Herein, we hypothesized that the lung microenvironment, as reflected by its expression profile, may affect lung adenocarcinoma patients' survival. The transcriptome of non-involved lung tissue, excised from a discovery series of 204 lung adenocarcinoma patients, was evaluated using whole-genome expression microarrays (with probes corresponding to 28 688 well-annotated coding sequences). Genes associated with survival status at 60 months were identified by Cox regression analysis (adjusted for gender, age and clinical stage) and retested in a validation series of 78 additional cases. RNA-Seq analysis from non-involved lung tissue of 12 patients was performed to characterize the different isoforms of candidate genes. Ten genes for which the loge-transformed hazard ratios expressed the same direction of effect in the discovery (P < 1.0 × 10(-3)) and validation series comprised the gene expression signature associated with survival: CNTNAP1, PKNOX1, FAM156A, FRMD8, GALNTL1, TXNDC12, SNTB1, PPP3R1, SNX10 and SERPINH1. RNA sequencing highlighted the complex expression pattern of these genes in non-involved lung tissue from different patients and permitted the detection of a read-through gene fusion between PPP3R1 and the flanking gene (CNRIP1) as well as a novel isoform of CNTNAP1. Our findings support the hypothesis that individual genetic characteristics, evidenced by the expression pattern of non-involved tissue, influence the outcome of lung adenocarcinoma patients.
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Spinelli R, Pirola A, Redaelli S, Sharma N, Raman H, Valletta S, Magistroni V, Piazza R, Gambacorti-Passerini C. Identification of novel point mutations in splicing sites integrating whole-exome and RNA-seq data in myeloproliferative diseases. Mol Genet Genomic Med 2013; 1:246-59. [PMID: 24498620 PMCID: PMC3865592 DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2013] [Revised: 05/22/2013] [Accepted: 05/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Point mutations in intronic regions near mRNA splice junctions can affect the splicing process. To identify novel splicing variants from exome sequencing data, we developed a bioinformatics splice-site prediction procedure to analyze next-generation sequencing (NGS) data (SpliceFinder). SpliceFinder integrates two functional annotation tools for NGS, ANNOVAR and MutationTaster and two canonical splice site prediction programs for single mutation analysis, SSPNN and NetGene2. By SpliceFinder, we identified somatic mutations affecting RNA splicing in a colon cancer sample, in eight atypical chronic myeloid leukemia (aCML), and eight CML patients. A novel homozygous splicing mutation was found in APC (NM_000038.4:c.1312+5G>A) and six heterozygous in GNAQ (NM_002072.2:c.735+1C>T), ABCC3 (NM_003786.3:c.1783-1G>A), KLHDC1 (NM_172193.1:c.568-2A>G), HOOK1 (NM_015888.4:c.1662-1G>A), SMAD9 (NM_001127217.2:c.1004-1C>T), and DNAH9 (NM_001372.3:c.10242+5G>A). Integrating whole-exome and RNA sequencing in aCML and CML, we assessed the phenotypic effect of mutations on mRNA splicing for GNAQ, ABCC3, HOOK1. In ABCC3 and HOOK1, RNA-Seq showed the presence of aberrant transcripts with activation of a cryptic splice site or intron retention, validated by the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in the case of HOOK1. In GNAQ, RNA-Seq showed 22% of wild-type transcript and 78% of mRNA skipping exon 5, resulting in a 4–6 frameshift fusion confirmed by RT-PCR. The pipeline can be useful to identify intronic variants affecting RNA sequence by complementing conventional exome analysis.
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- Roberta Spinelli
- Department of Health Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca Monza, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca Monza, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca Monza, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca Monza, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca Monza, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca Monza, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca Monza, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca Monza, Italy ; Hematology and Clinical Research Unit, San Gerardo Hospital Monza, Italy
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Redaelli S, Valletta S, Piazza R, Winkelmann N, Spinelli R, Pirola A, Antolini L, Mologni L, Donadoni C, Papaemmanuil E, Schnittger S, Dong-Wook K, Boultwood J, Rossi F, Gaipa G, De Martini G, Francia di Celle P, Jang HG, Fantin V, Bignell GR, Magistroni V, Haferlach T, Pogliani EM, Campbell P, Chase AJ, Tapper WJ, Cross NC, Gambacorti Passerini C. Abstract 2993: Patterns of recurrent mutations in SETBP1 mutated and wild-type atypical Chronic Myeloid Leukemia patients. Cancer Res 2013. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2013-2993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Atypical Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (aCML) is a heterogeneous disorder belonging to the group of myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative (MDS/MPN) syndromes. The molecular pathogenesis of this disease is still unclear and the outcome is poor with no improvement over the last 20 years.
We applied whole exome sequencing approach in 9 aCML patient samples in order to identify possible recurrent alterations. The analysis revealed the presence of unique mutations in 70 genes with 3 cases of SETBP1 alterations.
Some of the genes identified as mutated in the initial set of 9 patients (IDH2, MTA2, EPHB3, ETNK1, GATA2, IRAK4) and having a score higher than 1 in the oncogenic GeneRanker database were resequenced in a cohort of 40 aCML patients (15 with and 25 without SETBP1 mutations). With the exception of IDH2, no other gene was found mutated in any case apart from the index patient.
Evaluation on a larger cohort of 70 aCML samples revealed recurrent SETBP1 mutations in 24.3% of cases (see designated abstract).
To test the relationship between SETBP1 variants and mutations in oncogenes known to be involved in myeloid malignancies, mutations in ASXL1, CBL, CEBPA, DNMT3A, EED, EZH2, FLT3, IDH1/2, JAK2, JARID2, NPM1, N/KRAS, RBBP4, RUNX1, SF3B1, SUZ12, TET2 and WT1 were evaluated in a population of 61 aCML patients (14 with and 47 without SETBP1 mutations) by Sanger sequencing.
Overall we identified 60 mutations in 14 genes: 28 were missense point mutations, 13 nonsense point mutations, 15 missense ins/del and 4 ins/del leading to a premature stop codon. No mutations were found in IDH1, RBBP4, NPM1, JAK2, FLT3, DNMT3A.
Mutations in ASXL1 were present in 14 patients and appeared more frequent in patients with mutated SETBP1 (36% vs 19%) while the 15 TET2 mutations were more prevalent in patients with SETBP1 WT than in mutated samples(28% vs. 14%). Further associations will be presented at the meeting, although further analysis on larger cohorts of patients will be necessary to determine the significance of this differences. Additional data on epigenetic signature of aCML will clarify the role of epigenetic dysregulation in aCML and related diseases.
Citation Format: Sara Redaelli, Simona Valletta, Rocco Piazza, Nils Winkelmann, Roberta Spinelli, Alessandra Pirola, Laura Antolini, Luca Mologni, Carla Donadoni, Elli Papaemmanuil, Susanne Schnittger, Kim Dong-Wook, Jacqueline Boultwood, Fabio Rossi, Giuseppe Gaipa, Greta De Martini, Paola Francia di Celle, Hyun Gyung Jang, Valeria Fantin, Graham R. Bignell, Vera Magistroni, Torsten Haferlach, Enrico Maria Pogliani, Peter Campbell, Andrew J. Chase, William J. Tapper, Nick C.P. Cross, Carlo Gambacorti Passerini. Patterns of recurrent mutations in SETBP1 mutated and wild-type atypical Chronic Myeloid Leukemia patients. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 104th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2013 Apr 6-10; Washington, DC. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2013;73(8 Suppl):Abstract nr 2993. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2013-2993
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- 2Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Salisbury, United Kingdom
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- 5The Catholic university of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- 3Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Piazza R, Valletta S, Winkelmann N, Redaelli S, Spinelli R, Pirola A, Antolini L, Mologni L, Donadoni C, Papaemmanuil E, Schnittger S, Kim DW, Boultwood J, Rossi F, Gaipa G, De Martini GP, di Celle PF, Jang HG, Fantin V, Bignell GR, Magistroni V, Haferlach T, Pogliani EM, Campbell PJ, Chase AJ, Tapper WJ, Cross NCP, Gambacorti-Passerini C. Recurrent SETBP1 mutations in atypical chronic myeloid leukemia. Nat Genet 2013; 45:18-24. [PMID: 23222956 PMCID: PMC3588142 DOI: 10.1038/ng.2495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 292] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2012] [Accepted: 11/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Atypical chronic myeloid leukemia (aCML) shares clinical and laboratory features with CML, but it lacks the BCR-ABL1 fusion. We performed exome sequencing of eight aCMLs and identified somatic alterations of SETBP1 (encoding a p.Gly870Ser alteration) in two cases. Targeted resequencing of 70 aCMLs, 574 diverse hematological malignancies and 344 cancer cell lines identified SETBP1 mutations in 24 cases, including 17 of 70 aCMLs (24.3%; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 16-35%). Most mutations (92%) were located between codons 858 and 871 and were identical to changes seen in individuals with Schinzel-Giedion syndrome. Individuals with mutations had higher white blood cell counts (P = 0.008) and worse prognosis (P = 0.01). The p.Gly870Ser alteration abrogated a site for ubiquitination, and cells exogenously expressing this mutant exhibited higher amounts of SETBP1 and SET protein, lower PP2A activity and higher proliferation rates relative to those expressing the wild-type protein. In summary, mutated SETBP1 represents a newly discovered oncogene present in aCML and closely related diseases.
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- Rocco Piazza
- Department of Health Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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Piazza R, Pirola A, Spinelli R, Valletta S, Redaelli S, Magistroni V, Gambacorti-Passerini C. FusionAnalyser: a new graphical, event-driven tool for fusion rearrangements discovery. Nucleic Acids Res 2012; 40:e123. [PMID: 22570408 PMCID: PMC3439881 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Gene fusions are common driver events in leukaemias and solid tumours; here we present FusionAnalyser, a tool dedicated to the identification of driver fusion rearrangements in human cancer through the analysis of paired-end high-throughput transcriptome sequencing data. We initially tested FusionAnalyser by using a set of in silico randomly generated sequencing data from 20 known human translocations occurring in cancer and subsequently using transcriptome data from three chronic and three acute myeloid leukaemia samples. in all the cases our tool was invariably able to detect the presence of the correct driver fusion event(s) with high specificity. In one of the acute myeloid leukaemia samples, FusionAnalyser identified a novel, cryptic, in-frame ETS2–ERG fusion. A fully event-driven graphical interface and a flexible filtering system allow complex analyses to be run in the absence of any a priori programming or scripting knowledge. Therefore, we propose FusionAnalyser as an efficient and robust graphical tool for the identification of functional rearrangements in the context of high-throughput transcriptome sequencing data.
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- Rocco Piazza
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, 20900, Italy.
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Llagunes J, Casanova I, Reina C, Carmona P, Pirola A, de Andrés J. [Late-onset postpartum sepsis with septic shock and heart dysfunction]. Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim 2011; 58:387-389. [PMID: 21797090 DOI: 10.1016/s0034-9356(11)70089-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We report a case of late-onset postpartum sepsis from endometritis due to group A streptococci (GAS) in a 37-year-old white woman. The patient developed septic shock, with mitral regurgitation and cardiac dysfunction. Early treatment with broad-spectrum antibiotics and hemodynamic support was essential for a favorable outcome. Because of the resurgence of virulent strains of GAS that can cause fatal infections, these pathogens should be included in the differential diagnosis of postpartum infections in the mother. Although cardiac dysfunction is rare in association with GAS infection, it should be ruled out by echocardiography when the condition of a patient with sepsis does not improve.
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- J Llagunes
- Servicio de Anestesiologia, Cuidados Críticos y Medicina del Dolor, Consorcio Hospital General Universitario, Valencia
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Termine C, Stella G, Capsoni C, Rosso E, Binda A, Pirola A, Conti C, Gruppi E, Lanzi G, Salini S, Tognatti C, Zoppello M, Balottin U. Neuropsychological profile of pre-schoolers with metaphonological difficulties: results from a non-clinical sample. Child Care Health Dev 2007; 33:703-12. [PMID: 17944779 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2007.00732.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND The level of language development reached in pre-school age is considered the most reliable predictor of reading acquisition. In normally developing children, learning to read is strongly related to early language skills, and in particular to phonological processing abilities. In dyslexic children, reading abilities seem to show a correlation with phonological awareness. METHODS A group of 65 children (aged 5-6 years) were recruited and submitted to an in-depth neuropsychological assessment [i.e. metaphonological skills, intelligence, verbal short-term memory (VSTM) and other aspects of receptive and expressive language]. We were able to identify 14 children with significant metaphonological difficulties (MD): 11 children with exclusively MD, and the other three children with specific language impairment. This study compares the neuropsychological profile obtained from children with MD with that of a peer group without any language impairment (N). RESULTS The performances of the MD were within the normal ability range in almost all the administered tests but significantly lower compared with those of their peers without language impairment (N) in some items of the intelligence scale (Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence) and in the tests of VSTM and of receptive/expressive language. Nevertheless, there were not statistically significant differences between MD and N in output phonology. CONCLUSIONS In pre-school age, in a group of non-clinical children, with a range of abilities, those with MD appear to be at the lower end of the normal range in many other verbal skills. These children could be considered at-risk for possible subsequent difficulties learning to read and thus need to be identified and to warrant prompt treatment.
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- C Termine
- Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
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Iacomini M, Casu B, Guerrini M, Naggi A, Pirola A, Torri G. "Linkage region" sequences of heparins and heparan sulfates: detection and quantification by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Anal Biochem 1999; 274:50-8. [PMID: 10527496 DOI: 10.1006/abio.1999.4230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The (13)C NMR spectra of most heparin and heparan sulfate preparations display minor signals not attributable to the glycosaminoglycan chains of these polysaccharides. These signals have been "concentrated" in oligosaccharides isolated from an acid hydrolyzate of heparin and shown to arise from the sequence GlcA-Gal-Gal-Xyl of the "linkage region" (LR) connecting the carbohydrate chains to the peptide chains in the original proteoglycans. Mono- and two-dimensional (1)H and (13)C NMR analysis of the major oligosaccharide (LR-OLIGO) indicated the prevalent structure GlcA-GlcNAc-GlcA-Gal-Gal-Xyl, where GlcNAc is partially 6-O-sulfated. (13)C NMR signals at 84.6 and 85.0 ppm, arising from C-3 of the two Gal residues, lend themselves to easy detection and quantification of the linkage region in heparins and heparan sulfates and can be used to assess the importance of the LR in the modulation of various biological activities of these glycosaminoglycans.
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- M Iacomini
- Istituto di Ricerche Chimiche e Biochimiche "G. Ronzoni,", via G. Colombo, Milan, 81-20133, Italy
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The gene coding for the Bacillus subtilis extracellular neutral protease was isolated from strain BGSC 1A341, an overproducer carrying the nprR2 region, and from strain 168, a normal producer with the nprR1 sequence. The sequence of about 600 nucleotides upstream from the start codon of the protease gene was determined for both strains. The two regions are highly homologous except for a stretch of 66 base pairs close to the promoter region, which is absent in the BGSC 1A341 gene. Northern blot analysis of the in vivo RNAs indicated that the different levels of enzyme secreted by the two strains were due to different amounts of transcripts that accumulated in the cells. Furthermore, at the end of exponential growth, the amount of transcript increased dramatically in the overproducer strain but remained approximately constant in the normal producer strain. The start point(s) for transcription, however, as determined by S1 nuclease mapping of the in vivo transcripts, appeared to be the same for both genes.
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