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Liu ZS, Sinha S, Bannister M, Song A, Arriaga-Gomez E, McKeeken AJ, Bonner EA, Hanson BK, Sarchi M, Takashima K, Zong D, Corral VM, Nguyen E, Yoo J, Chiraphapphaiboon W, Leibson C, McMahon MC, Rai S, Swisher EM, Sachs Z, Chatla S, Stirewalt DL, Deeg HJ, Skorski T, Papapetrou EP, Walter MJ, Graubert TA, Doulatov S, Lee SC, Nguyen HD. R-Loop Accumulation in Spliceosome Mutant Leukemias Confers Sensitivity to PARP1 Inhibition by Triggering Transcription-Replication Conflicts. Cancer Res 2024; 84:577-597. [PMID: 37967363 PMCID: PMC10922727 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-23-3239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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: 10/16/2023] [Revised: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/17/2023]
Abstract
RNA splicing factor (SF) gene mutations are commonly observed in patients with myeloid malignancies. Here we showed that SRSF2- and U2AF1-mutant leukemias are preferentially sensitive to PARP inhibitors (PARPi), despite being proficient in homologous recombination repair. Instead, SF-mutant leukemias exhibited R-loop accumulation that elicited an R-loop-associated PARP1 response, rendering cells dependent on PARP1 activity for survival. Consequently, PARPi induced DNA damage and cell death in SF-mutant leukemias in an R-loop-dependent manner. PARPi further increased aberrant R-loop levels, causing higher transcription-replication collisions and triggering ATR activation in SF-mutant leukemias. Ultimately, PARPi-induced DNA damage and cell death in SF-mutant leukemias could be enhanced by ATR inhibition. Finally, the level of PARP1 activity at R-loops correlated with PARPi sensitivity, suggesting that R-loop-associated PARP1 activity could be predictive of PARPi sensitivity in patients harboring SF gene mutations. This study highlights the potential of targeting different R-loop response pathways caused by spliceosome gene mutations as a therapeutic strategy for treating cancer. SIGNIFICANCE Spliceosome-mutant leukemias accumulate R-loops and require PARP1 to resolve transcription-replication conflicts and genomic instability, providing rationale to repurpose FDA-approved PARP inhibitors for patients carrying spliceosome gene mutations.
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Affiliation(s)
- Zhiyan Silvia Liu
- Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics Graduate Program, Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- These authors contributed equally
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- Translational Science and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
- These authors contributed equally
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- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Translational Science and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Translational Science and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Translational Science and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
- Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics Graduate Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia PV, Italy
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- Department of Oncological Sciences, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Center for Advancement of Blood Cancer Therapies, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics Graduate Program, Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics Graduate Program, Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Translational Science and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics Graduate Program, Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Charlestown, MA
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195
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- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Fels Cancer Institute for Personalized Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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- Translational Science and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Fels Cancer Institute for Personalized Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
- Department of Cancer and Cellular Biology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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- Department of Oncological Sciences, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Center for Advancement of Blood Cancer Therapies, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Institute of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Translational Science and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Biernacki MA, Lok J, Black RG, Foster KA, Cummings C, Woodward KB, Monahan T, Oehler VG, Stirewalt DL, Wu D, Rongvaux A, Deeg HJ, Bleakley M. Discovery of U2AF1 neoantigens in myeloid neoplasms. J Immunother Cancer 2023; 11:e007490. [PMID: 38164756 PMCID: PMC10729103 DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2023-007490] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) arise from somatic mutations acquired in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells, causing cytopenias and predisposing to transformation into secondary acute myeloid leukemia (sAML). Recurrent mutations in spliceosome genes, including U2AF1, are attractive therapeutic targets as they are prevalent in MDS and sAML, arise early in neoplastic cells, and are generally absent from normal cells, including normal hematopoietic cells. MDS and sAML are susceptible to T cell-mediated killing, and thus engineered T-cell immunotherapies hold promise for their treatment. We hypothesized that targeting spliceosome mutation-derived neoantigens with transgenic T-cell receptor (TCR) T cells would selectively eradicate malignant cells in MDS and sAML. METHODS We identified candidate neoantigen epitopes from recurrent protein-coding mutations in the spliceosome genes SRSF2 and U2AF1 using a multistep in silico process. Candidate epitopes predicted to bind human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I, be processed and presented from the parent protein, and not to be subject to tolerance then underwent in vitro immunogenicity screening. CD8+ T cells recognizing immunogenic neoantigen epitopes were evaluated in in vitro assays to assess functional avidity, confirm the predicted HLA restriction, the potential for recognition of similar peptides, and the ability to kill neoplastic cells in an antigen-specific manner. Neoantigen-specific TCR were sequenced, cloned into lentiviral vectors, and transduced into third-party T cells after knock-out of endogenous TCR, then tested in vitro for specificity and ability to kill neoplastic myeloid cells presenting the neoantigen. The efficacy of neoantigen-specific T cells was evaluated in vivo in a murine cell line-derived xenograft model. RESULTS We identified two neoantigens created from a recurrent mutation in U2AF1, isolated CD8+ T cells specific for the neoantigens, and demonstrated that transferring their TCR to third-party CD8+ T cells is feasible and confers specificity for the U2AF1 neoantigens. Finally, we showed that these neoantigen-specific TCR-T cells do not recognize normal hematopoietic cells but efficiently kill malignant myeloid cells bearing the specific U2AF1 mutation, including primary cells, in vitro and in vivo. CONCLUSIONS These data serve as proof-of-concept for developing precision medicine approaches that use neoantigen-directed T-cell receptor-transduced T cells to treat MDS and sAML.
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MESH Headings
- Humans
- Mice
- Animals
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes
- Splicing Factor U2AF/genetics
- Splicing Factor U2AF/metabolism
- Antigens, Neoplasm
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/metabolism
- Myelodysplastic Syndromes/genetics
- Myelodysplastic Syndromes/therapy
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/genetics
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/therapy
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/metabolism
- Epitopes/metabolism
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- Melinda Ann Biernacki
- Translational Sciences and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Translational Sciences and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Translational Sciences and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Translational Sciences and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Translational Sciences and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Translational Sciences and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Translational Sciences and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Translational Sciences and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Translational Sciences and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Translational Sciences and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Translational Sciences and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Termini CM, Moseley A, Othus M, Appelbaum FR, Chauncey TR, Erba HP, Fang M, Lee SC, Naru J, Pogosova-Agadjanyan EL, Radich JP, Willman CL, Wu F, Meshinchi S, Stirewalt DL. Examining the impact of age on the prognostic value of ELN-2017 and ELN-2022 acute myeloid leukemia risk stratifications: a report from the SWOG Cancer Research Network. Haematologica 2023; 108:3148-3151. [PMID: 37021537 PMCID: PMC10620555 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2023.282733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 04/07/2023] Open
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- Christina M Termini
- Translational Science and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
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- SWOG Statistical Center, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- SWOG Statistical Center, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Departments of Oncology and Hematology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Departments of Oncology and Hematology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Translational Science and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Translational Science and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Translational Science and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Translational Science and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA; Departments of Oncology and Hematology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Genomics and Bioinformatics Shared Resource, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Translational Science and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Translational Science and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA; Departments of Oncology and Hematology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Zarnegar-Lumley S, Alonzo TA, Gerbing RB, Othus M, Sun Z, Ries RE, Wang J, Leonti A, Kutny MA, Ostronoff F, Radich JP, Appelbaum FR, Pogosova-Agadjanyan EL, O’Dwyer K, Tallman MS, Litzow M, Atallah E, Cooper TM, Aplenc RA, Abdel-Wahab O, Gamis AS, Luger S, Erba H, Levine R, Kolb EA, Stirewalt DL, Meshinchi S, Tarlock K. Characteristics and prognostic impact of IDH mutations in AML: a COG, SWOG, and ECOG analysis. Blood Adv 2023; 7:5941-5953. [PMID: 37267439 PMCID: PMC10562769 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022008282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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: 12/05/2022] [Revised: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Somatic mutations in isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) genes occur frequently in adult acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and less commonly in pediatric AML. The objective of this study was to describe the prevalence, mutational profile, and prognostic significance of IDH mutations in AML across age. Our cohort included 3141 patients aged between <1 month and 88 years treated on Children's Cancer Group/Children's Oncology Group (n = 1872), Southwest Oncology Group (n = 359), Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (n = 397) trials, and in Beat AML (n = 333) and The Cancer Genome Atlas (n = 180) genomic characterization cohorts. We retrospectively analyzed patients in 4 age groups (age range, n): pediatric (0-17, 1744), adolescent/young adult (18-39, 444), intermediate-age (40-59, 640), older (≥60, 309). IDH mutations (IDHmut) were identified in 9.2% of the total cohort (n = 288; IDH1 [n = 123, 42.7%]; IDH2 [n = 165, 57.3%]) and were strongly correlated with increased age: 3.4% pediatric vs 21% older, P < .001. Outcomes were similar in IDHmut and IDH-wildtype (IDHWT) AML (event-free survival [EFS]: 35.6% vs 40.0%, P = .368; overall survival [OS]: 50.3% vs 55.4%, P = .196). IDH mutations frequently occurred with NPM1 (47.2%), DNMT3A (29.3%), and FLT3-internal tandem duplication (ITD) (22.4%) mutations. Patients with IDHmut AML with NPM1 mutation (IDHmut/NPM1mut) had significantly improved survival compared with the poor outcomes experienced by patients without (IDHmut/NPM1WT) (EFS: 55.1% vs 17.0%, P < .001; OS: 66.5% vs 35.2%, P < .001). DNTM3A or FLT3-ITD mutations in otherwise favorable IDHmut/NPM1mut AML led to inferior outcomes. Age group analysis demonstrated that IDH mutations did not abrogate the favorable prognostic impact of NPM1mut in patients aged <60 years; older patients had poor outcomes regardless of NPM1 status. These trials were registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as #NCT00070174, #NCT00372593, #NCT01371981, #NCT00049517, and #NCT00085709.
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- Sara Zarnegar-Lumley
- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Children’s Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA
- University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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- Children’s Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Intermountain Blood and Marrow Transplant and Acute Leukemia Program, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
- Departments of Oncology and Hematology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
- Departments of Oncology and Hematology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Medicine, Wilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
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- Department of Medicine, Leukemia Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Seattle Children’s Hospital Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Medicine, Leukemia Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplantation, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Division of Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapies, Department of Medicine, Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, NC
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- Department of Medicine, Leukemia Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Nemours Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
- Departments of Oncology and Hematology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Seattle Children’s Hospital Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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Farrar JE, Smith JL, Othus M, Huang BJ, Wang YC, Ries R, Hylkema T, Pogosova-Agadjanyan EL, Challa S, Leonti A, Shaw TI, Triche TJ, Gamis AS, Aplenc R, Kolb EA, Ma X, Stirewalt DL, Alonzo TA, Meshinchi S. Long Noncoding RNA Expression Independently Predicts Outcome in Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia. J Clin Oncol 2023; 41:2949-2962. [PMID: 36795987 PMCID: PMC10414715 DOI: 10.1200/jco.22.01114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [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: 05/09/2022] [Revised: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2023] Open
Abstract
PURPOSE Optimized strategies for risk classification are essential to tailor therapy for patients with biologically distinctive disease. Risk classification in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (pAML) relies on detection of translocations and gene mutations. Long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) transcripts have been shown to associate with and mediate malignant phenotypes in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) but have not been comprehensively evaluated in pAML. METHODS To identify lncRNA transcripts associated with outcomes, we evaluated the annotated lncRNA landscape by transcript sequencing of 1,298 pediatric and 96 adult AML specimens. Upregulated lncRNAs identified in the pAML training set were used to establish a regularized Cox regression model of event-free survival (EFS), yielding a 37 lncRNA signature (lncScore). Discretized lncScores were correlated with initial and postinduction treatment outcomes using Cox proportional hazards models in validation sets. Predictive model performance was compared with standard stratification methods by concordance analysis. RESULTS Training set cases with positive lncScores had 5-year EFS and overall survival rates of 26.7% and 42.7%, respectively, compared with 56.9% and 76.3% with negative lncScores (hazard ratio, 2.48 and 3.16; P < .001). Pediatric validation cohorts and an adult AML group yielded comparable results in magnitude and significance. lncScore remained independently prognostic in multivariable models, including key factors used in preinduction and postinduction risk stratification. Subgroup analysis suggested that lncScores provide additional outcome information in heterogeneous subgroups currently classified as indeterminate risk. Concordance analysis showed that lncScore adds to overall classification accuracy with at least comparable predictive performance to current stratification methods that rely on multiple assays. CONCLUSION Inclusion of the lncScore enhances predictive power of traditional cytogenetic and mutation-defined stratification in pAML with potential, as a single assay, to replace these complex stratification schemes with comparable predictive accuracy.
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- Jason E. Farrar
- Department of Pediatrics, Arkansas Children's Research Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL
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- Center for Epigenetics, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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- Nemours Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders and Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE
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- Department of Computational Biology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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- Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA
- Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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Nguyen DH, Sinha S, Liu ZS, Bannister MH, Arriaga-Gomez E, Song A, Zong D, Sarchi M, Corral V, Chiraphapphaiboon W, Yoo J, McMahon M, Leibson C, Stirewalt DL, Deeg HJ, Rai S, Walter M, Graubert TA, Doulatov S, Lee SC. Abstract 6183: PARP inhibitors preferentially sensitize splicing factor mutant myeloid neoplasms. Cancer Res 2023. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2023-6183] [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: 04/07/2023]
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Somatic heterozygous mutations in genes encoding for RNA splicing factors (SF) SRSF2, U2AF1, and SF3B1 are frequently mutated in patients with hematologic malignancies, representing a unique genetic vulnerability for targeted therapy. In the current study, we performed a focused drug screen with inhibitors targeting different DNA damage response and DNA metabolic pathways to identify novel therapeutic vulnerabilities generated by SF mutations. We generated a murine leukemia model by overexpressing the MLL-AF9 fusion oncogene on an Srsf2P95H/+ background, a mutational combination that is found in ~10% of MLL-rearranged leukemias. We surprisingly found that MLL-AF9 Srsf2P95H/+ mutant leukemias are sensitive to inhibitors targeting ADP-ribosyltransferases (PARP). PARP inhibitor sensitivity was also observed in isogenic murine MLL-AF9 U2af1s34/+ cells compared to MLL-AF9 U2af1+/+ cells. Second, murine Srsf2P95H leukemias showed improved prolonged survival when treated with olaparib (PARPi) compared to vehicle treatment in vivo. Third, human primary AML patient samples that harbor SF mutations are sensitive to PARPi compared to non-SF mutant samples. These data highlight that both SRSF2P95H and U2AF1S34F mutations create a common vulnerability that is dependent on PARP activity for survival. To evaluate PARP activity, we used isogenic K562 leukemia cells expressing SRSF2P95H and U2AF1S34F mutations from their endogenous loci and monitored ADP-ribosylation (ADPr) levels, a marker of PARP activity. Both SRSF2P95H and U2AF1S34F cells exhibited elevated levels of ADPr compared to wildtype cells in a PARP1- dependent manner. PARPi preferentially induced DNA damage and cell death in SF mutant cells. Surprisingly, we found that SRSF2P95H and U2AF1S34F cells are not defective in homologous recombination repair. Instead, the increased PARP1-mediated ADPr in SF-mutant cells is caused by accumulated R loops, a group of transcription intermediates containing RNA:DNA hybrids and displaced single-stranded DNA. To determine whether PARPi sensitivity is due to R-loop accumulation, we overexpressed RNase H1, an enzyme that specifically cleaves the RNA moiety within RNA:DNA hybrids in U2AF1S34F cells. Overexpression of RNase H1 significantly reduced ADPr levels and suppressed the PARPi-induced U2AF1S34F cell growth inhibition. Collectively, these results suggest that spliceosome mutants induce R-loop accumulation and elicit an R-loop-associated PARP1 response to promote cell survival. In summary, our data establish a previously unknown link between R-loop-induced PARP1 response and RNA splicing perturbation and provide a mechanistic rationale to evaluate the clinical efficacy of PARP inhibitors in spliceosome-mutant malignancies. Furthermore, our study highlights a new therapeutic potential of targeting the R-loop tolerance pathways caused by different spliceosome gene mutations.
Citation Format: Dang Hai Nguyen, Sayantani Sinha, Zhiyan Silvia Liu, Maxwell Henry Bannister, Erica Arriaga-Gomez, Axia Song, Dawei Zong, Martina Sarchi, Victor Corral, Wannasiri Chiraphapphaiboon, Jennifer Yoo, Matthew McMahon, Cassandra Leibson, Derek L. Stirewalt, H Joachim Deeg, Sumit Rai, Matthew Walter, Timothy A. Graubert, Sergei Doulatov, Stanley C. Lee. PARP inhibitors preferentially sensitize splicing factor mutant myeloid neoplasms. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2023; Part 1 (Regular and Invited Abstracts); 2023 Apr 14-19; Orlando, FL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2023;83(7_Suppl):Abstract nr 6183.
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- 2Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA
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- 1University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- 4Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Charlestown, MA
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Pogosova-Agadjanyan EL, Hua X, Othus M, Appelbaum FR, Chauncey TR, Erba HP, Fitzgibbon MP, Jenkins IC, Fang M, Lee SC, Moseley A, Naru J, Radich JP, Smith JL, Willborg BE, Willman CL, Wu F, Meshinchi S, Stirewalt DL. Verification of prognostic expression biomarkers is improved by examining enriched leukemic blasts rather than mononuclear cells from acute myeloid leukemia patients. Biomark Res 2023; 11:31. [PMID: 36927800 PMCID: PMC10022072 DOI: 10.1186/s40364-023-00461-0] [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: 10/26/2022] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Studies have not systematically compared the ability to verify performance of prognostic transcripts in paired bulk mononuclear cells versus viable CD34-expressing leukemic blasts from patients with acute myeloid leukemia. We hypothesized that examining the homogenous leukemic blasts will yield different biological information and may improve prognostic performance of expression biomarkers. METHODS To assess the impact of cellular heterogeneity on expression biomarkers in acute myeloid leukemia, we systematically examined paired mononuclear cells and viable CD34-expressing leukemic blasts from SWOG diagnostic specimens. After enrichment, patients were assigned into discovery and validation cohorts based on availability of extracted RNA. Analyses of RNA sequencing data examined how enrichment impacted differentially expressed genes associated with pre-analytic variables, patient characteristics, and clinical outcomes. RESULTS Blast enrichment yielded significantly different expression profiles and biological pathways associated with clinical characteristics (e.g., cytogenetics). Although numerous differentially expressed genes were associated with clinical outcomes, most lost their prognostic significance in the mononuclear cells and blasts after adjusting for age and ELN risk, with only 11 genes remaining significant for overall survival in both cell populations (CEP70, COMMD7, DNMT3B, ECE1, LNX2, NEGR1, PIK3C2B, SEMA4D, SMAD2, TAF8, ZNF444). To examine the impact of enrichment on biomarker verification, these 11 candidate biomarkers were examined by quantitative RT/PCR in the validation cohort. After adjusting for ELN risk and age, expression of 4 genes (CEP70, DNMT3B, ECE1, and PIK3CB) remained significantly associated with overall survival in the blasts, while none met statistical significance in mononuclear cells. CONCLUSIONS This study provides insights into biological information gained/lost by examining viable CD34-expressing leukemic blasts versus mononuclear cells from the same patient and shows an improved verification rate for expression biomarkers in blasts.
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Affiliation(s)
- Era L Pogosova-Agadjanyan
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, D5-112, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
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- SWOG Statistical Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- SWOG Statistical Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, D5-112, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
- Departments of Oncology and Hematology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Departments of Oncology and Hematology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, D5-112, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
- Clinical Biostatistics, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, D5-112, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, D5-112, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
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- SWOG Statistical Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, D5-112, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, D5-112, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
- Departments of Oncology and Hematology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, D5-112, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, D5-112, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Bioinformatics Shared Resource, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, D5-112, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, D5-112, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA.
- Departments of Oncology and Hematology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Clough CA, Pangallo J, Sarchi M, Ilagan JO, North K, Bergantinos R, Stolla MC, Naru J, Nugent P, Kim E, Stirewalt DL, Subramaniam AR, Abdel-Wahab O, Abkowitz JL, Bradley RK, Doulatov S. Coordinated missplicing of TMEM14C and ABCB7 causes ring sideroblast formation in SF3B1-mutant myelodysplastic syndrome. Blood 2022; 139:2038-2049. [PMID: 34861039 PMCID: PMC8972092 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2021012652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [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: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
SF3B1 splicing factor mutations are near-universally found in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) with ring sideroblasts (RS), a clonal hematopoietic disorder characterized by abnormal erythroid cells with iron-loaded mitochondria. Despite this remarkably strong genotype-to-phenotype correlation, the mechanism by which mutant SF3B1 dysregulates iron metabolism to cause RS remains unclear due to an absence of physiological models of RS formation. Here, we report an induced pluripotent stem cell model of SF3B1-mutant MDS that for the first time recapitulates robust RS formation during in vitro erythroid differentiation. Mutant SF3B1 induces missplicing of ∼100 genes throughout erythroid differentiation, including proposed RS driver genes TMEM14C, PPOX, and ABCB7. All 3 missplicing events reduce protein expression, notably occurring via 5' UTR alteration, and reduced translation efficiency for TMEM14C. Functional rescue of TMEM14C and ABCB7, but not the non-rate-limiting enzyme PPOX, markedly decreased RS, and their combined rescue nearly abolished RS formation. Our study demonstrates that coordinated missplicing of mitochondrial transporters TMEM14C and ABCB7 by mutant SF3B1 sequesters iron in mitochondria, causing RS formation.
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- Courtnee A Clough
- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program and
- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program and
- Computational Biology Program, Public Health Sciences Division and
- Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Computational Biology Program, Public Health Sciences Division and
- Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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- Computational Biology Program, Public Health Sciences Division and
- Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, WA
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program and
- Computational Biology Program, Public Health Sciences Division and
- Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Information-Bio Convergence Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
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- Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, WA
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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- Computational Biology Program, Public Health Sciences Division and
- Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York; and
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
- Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle WA
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- Computational Biology Program, Public Health Sciences Division and
- Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
- Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle WA
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Lahman MC, Schmitt TM, Paulson KG, Vigneron N, Buenrostro D, Wagener FD, Voillet V, Martin L, Gottardo R, Bielas J, McElrath JM, Stirewalt DL, Pogosova-Agadjanyan EL, Yeung CC, Pierce RH, Egan DN, Bar M, Hendrie PC, Kinsella S, Vakil A, Butler J, Chaffee M, Linton J, McAfee MS, Hunter DS, Bleakley M, Rongvaux A, Van den Eynde BJ, Chapuis AG, Greenberg PD. Targeting an alternate Wilms' tumor antigen 1 peptide bypasses immunoproteasome dependency. Sci Transl Med 2022; 14:eabg8070. [PMID: 35138909 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abg8070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Designing effective antileukemic immunotherapy will require understanding mechanisms underlying tumor control or resistance. Here, we report a mechanism of escape from immunologic targeting in an acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patient, who relapsed 1 year after immunotherapy with engineered T cells expressing a human leukocyte antigen A*02 (HLA-A2)-restricted T cell receptor (TCR) specific for a Wilms' tumor antigen 1 epitope, WT1126-134 (TTCR-C4). Resistance occurred despite persistence of functional therapeutic T cells and continuous expression of WT1 and HLA-A2 by the patient's AML cells. Analysis of the recurrent AML revealed expression of the standard proteasome, but limited expression of the immunoproteasome, specifically the beta subunit 1i (β1i), which is required for presentation of WT1126-134. An analysis of a second patient treated with TTCR-C4 demonstrated specific loss of AML cells coexpressing β1i and WT1. To determine whether the WT1 protein continued to be processed and presented in the absence of immunoproteasome processing, we identified and tested a TCR targeting an alternative, HLA-A2-restricted WT137-45 epitope that was generated by immunoproteasome-deficient cells, including WT1-expressing solid tumor lines. T cells expressing this TCR (TTCR37-45) killed the first patients' relapsed AML resistant to WT1126-134 targeting, as well as other primary AML, in vitro. TTCR37-45 controlled solid tumor lines lacking immunoproteasome subunits both in vitro and in an NSG mouse model. As proteasome composition can vary in AML, defining and preferentially targeting these proteasome-independent epitopes may maximize therapeutic efficacy and potentially circumvent AML immune evasion by proteasome-related immunoediting.
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- Miranda C Lahman
- Program in Immunology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
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- Program in Immunology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Program in Immunology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, 1200 Brussels, Belgium.,de Duve Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Program in Immunology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Program in Immunology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,Hutchinson Centre Research Institute of South Africa, Cape Town 8001, South Africa
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- Program in Immunology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98115, USA.,Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,Human Biology Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98115, USA.,Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98115, USA.,University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
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- Program in Immunology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
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- University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
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- Program in Immunology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Program in Immunology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Program in Immunology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Program in Immunology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Program in Immunology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Program in Immunology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Program in Immunology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Program in Immunology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
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- Program in Immunology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
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- de Duve Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.,Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK.,Walloon Excellence in Life Sciences and Biotechnology (WELBIO), 1300 Wavre, Belgium
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- Program in Immunology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98115, USA.,University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
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- Program in Immunology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98115, USA.,Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
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Zhao H, Pomicter AD, Eiring AM, Franzini A, Ahmann J, Hwang JY, Senina A, Helton B, Iyer S, Yan D, Khorashad JS, Zabriskie MS, Agarwal A, Redwine HM, Bowler AD, Clair PM, McWeeney SK, Druker BJ, Tyner JW, Stirewalt DL, Oehler VG, Varambally S, Berrett KC, Vahrenkamp JM, Gertz J, Varley KE, Radich JP, Deininger MW. MS4A3 promotes differentiation in chronic myeloid leukemia by enhancing common β-chain cytokine receptor endocytosis. Blood 2022; 139:761-778. [PMID: 34780648 PMCID: PMC8814676 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2021011802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
The chronic phase of chronic myeloid leukemia (CP-CML) is characterized by the excessive production of maturating myeloid cells. As CML stem/progenitor cells (LSPCs) are poised to cycle and differentiate, LSPCs must balance conservation and differentiation to avoid exhaustion, similar to normal hematopoiesis under stress. Since BCR-ABL1 tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) eliminate differentiating cells but spare BCR-ABL1-independent LSPCs, understanding the mechanisms that regulate LSPC differentiation may inform strategies to eliminate LSPCs. Upon performing a meta-analysis of published CML transcriptomes, we discovered that low expression of the MS4A3 transmembrane protein is a universal characteristic of LSPC quiescence, BCR-ABL1 independence, and transformation to blast phase (BP). Several mechanisms are involved in suppressing MS4A3, including aberrant methylation and a MECOM-C/EBPε axis. Contrary to previous reports, we find that MS4A3 does not function as a G1/S phase inhibitor but promotes endocytosis of common β-chain (βc) cytokine receptors upon GM-CSF/IL-3 stimulation, enhancing downstream signaling and cellular differentiation. This suggests that LSPCs downregulate MS4A3 to evade βc cytokine-induced differentiation and maintain a more primitive, TKI-insensitive state. Accordingly, knockdown (KD) or deletion of MS4A3/Ms4a3 promotes TKI resistance and survival of CML cells ex vivo and enhances leukemogenesis in vivo, while targeted delivery of exogenous MS4A3 protein promotes differentiation. These data support a model in which MS4A3 governs response to differentiating myeloid cytokines, providing a unifying mechanism for the differentiation block characteristic of CML quiescence and BP-CML. Promoting MS4A3 reexpression or delivery of ectopic MS4A3 may help eliminate LSPCs in vivo.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cell Cycle Proteins/genetics
- Cell Cycle Proteins/metabolism
- Down-Regulation
- Endocytosis
- Gene Expression Regulation, Leukemic
- Humans
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/genetics
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/metabolism
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/pathology
- Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism
- Mice
- Receptors, Cytokine/metabolism
- Transcriptome
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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Affiliation(s)
- Helong Zhao
- Versiti Blood Research Institute, Milwaukee, WI
- Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
- Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies and
- Huntsman Cancer Institute, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Department of Oncological Sciences, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Department of Immunology and Inflammation, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute, Portland, OR
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute, Portland, OR
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- Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute, Portland, OR
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- Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute, Portland, OR
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- Department of Oncological Sciences, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Department of Oncological Sciences, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Versiti Blood Research Institute, Milwaukee, WI
- Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
- Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies and
- Huntsman Cancer Institute, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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Dotan E, Walter LC, Browner IS, Clifton K, Cohen HJ, Extermann M, Gross C, Gupta S, Hollis G, Hubbard J, Jagsi R, Keating NL, Kessler E, Koll T, Korc-Grodzicki B, McKoy JM, Misra S, Moon D, O'Connor T, Owusu C, Rosko A, Russell M, Sedrak M, Siddiqui F, Stella A, Stirewalt DL, Subbiah IM, Tew WP, Williams GR, Hollinger L, George GV, Sundar H. NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Older Adult Oncology, Version 1.2021. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2021; 19:1006-1019. [PMID: 34551388 DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2021.0043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
The NCCN Guidelines for Older Adult Oncology address specific issues related to the management of cancer in older adults, including screening and comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA), assessing the risks and benefits of treatment, preventing or decreasing complications from therapy, and managing patients deemed to be at high risk for treatment-related toxicity. CGA is a multidisciplinary, in-depth evaluation that assesses the objective health of the older adult while evaluating multiple domains, which may affect cancer prognosis and treatment choices. These NCCN Guidelines Insights focus on recent updates to the NCCN Guidelines providing specific practical framework for the use of CGA when evaluating older adults with cancer.
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- The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
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- Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine
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- Yale Cancer Center/Smilow Cancer Hospital
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah
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- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
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- UT Southwestern Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
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- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center/University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center and Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
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- University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center
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Pogosova-Agadjanyan EL, Moseley A, Othus M, Appelbaum FR, Chauncey TR, Chen IML, Erba HP, Godwin JE, Fang M, Kopecky KJ, List AF, Pogosov GL, Radich JP, Willman CL, Wood BL, Meshinchi S, Stirewalt DL. Impact of Specimen Heterogeneity on Biomarkers in Repository Samples from Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A SWOG Report. Biopreserv Biobank 2017; 16:42-52. [PMID: 29172682 DOI: 10.1089/bio.2017.0079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 12/27/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Current prognostic models for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are inconsistent at predicting clinical outcomes for individual patients. Variability in the quality of specimens utilized for biomarker discovery and validation may contribute to this prognostic inconsistency. METHODS We evaluated the impact of sample heterogeneity on prognostic biomarkers and methods to mitigate any adverse effects of this heterogeneity in 240 cryopreserved bone marrow and peripheral blood specimens from AML patients enrolled on SWOG (Southwest Oncology Group) trials. RESULTS Cryopreserved samples displayed a broad range in viability (37% with viabilities ≤60%) and nonleukemic cell contamination (13% with lymphocyte percentages >20%). Specimen viability was impacted by transport time, AML immunophenotype, and, potentially, patients' age. The viability and cellular heterogeneity in unsorted samples significantly altered biomarker results. Enriching for viable AML blasts improved the RNA quality from specimens with poor viability and refined results for both DNA and RNA biomarkers. For example, FLT3-ITD allelic ratio, which is currently utilized to risk-stratify AML patients, was on average 1.49-fold higher in the viable AML blasts than in the unsorted specimens. CONCLUSION To our knowledge, this is the first study to provide evidence that using cryopreserved specimens can introduce uncontrollable variables that may impact biomarker results and enrichment for viable AML blasts may mitigate this impact.
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- 2 SWOG Statistical Center , Fred Hutch, Seattle, Washington
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- 2 SWOG Statistical Center , Fred Hutch, Seattle, Washington
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- 1 Clinical Research Division , Fred Hutch, Seattle, Washington.,3 Departments of Oncology and Hematology, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington
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- 1 Clinical Research Division , Fred Hutch, Seattle, Washington.,3 Departments of Oncology and Hematology, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington.,4 VA Puget Sound Health Care System , Seattle, Washington
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- 5 Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico , UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- 6 Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama
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- 7 Providence Cancer Center, Earle A. Chiles Research Institute , Portland, Oregon
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- 8 Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington
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- 9 Malignant Hematology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute , Tampa, Florida
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- 1 Clinical Research Division , Fred Hutch, Seattle, Washington.,3 Departments of Oncology and Hematology, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington
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- 5 Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico , UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- 8 Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington
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- 1 Clinical Research Division , Fred Hutch, Seattle, Washington.,10 Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington
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- 1 Clinical Research Division , Fred Hutch, Seattle, Washington.,3 Departments of Oncology and Hematology, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington
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Halpern AB, Othus M, Huebner EM, Buckley SA, Pogosova-Agadjanyan EL, Orlowski KF, Scott BL, Becker PS, Hendrie PC, Chen TL, Percival MEM, Estey EH, Stirewalt DL, Walter RB. Mitoxantrone, etoposide and cytarabine following epigenetic priming with decitabine in adults with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia or other high-grade myeloid neoplasms: a phase 1/2 study. Leukemia 2017; 31:2560-2567. [PMID: 28555084 PMCID: PMC5709258 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2017.165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [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: 03/21/2017] [Revised: 05/06/2017] [Accepted: 05/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
DNA methyltransferase inhibitors sensitize leukemia cells to chemotherapeutics. We therefore conducted a phase 1/2 study of mitoxantrone, etoposide, and cytarabine following “priming” with 5-10 days of decitabine (dec/MEC) in 52 adults (median age 55 [range: 19-72] years) with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or other high-grade myeloid neoplasms. During dose escalation in cohorts of 6-12 patients, all dose levels were well-tolerated. As response rates appeared similar with 7 and 10-days of decitabine, a 7-day course was defined as the recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D). Among 46 patients treated at/above the RP2D, 10 (22%) achieved a complete remission (CR), 8 without measurable residual disease; five additional patients achieved CR with incomplete platelet recovery, for an overall response rate of 33%. Seven patients (15%) died within 28 days of treatment initiation. Infection/neutropenic fever, nausea, and mucositis were the most common adverse events. While the CR rate compared favorably to a matched historic control population (observed/expected CR ratio=1.77), CR rate and survival were similar to two contemporary salvage regimens used at our institution (G-CLAC and G-CLAM). Thus, while meeting the pre-specified efficacy goal, we found no evidence that dec/MEC is substantially better than other cytarabine-based regimens currently used for relapsed/refractory AML.
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- A B Halpern
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA.,Division of Hematology/Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program, University of Washington/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA.,Department of Medicine/Division of Hematology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA.,Division of Hematology/Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Hematology/Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy Services, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA.,Division of Hematology/Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA.,Division of Hematology/Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA.,Department of Medicine/Division of Hematology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA.,Division of Hematology/Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.,Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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VanderWalde N, Jagsi R, Dotan E, Baumgartner J, Browner IS, Burhenn P, Cohen HJ, Edil BH, Edwards B, Extermann M, Ganti AKP, Gross C, Hubbard J, Keating NL, Korc-Grodzicki B, McKoy JM, Medeiros BC, Mrozek E, O'Connor T, Rugo HS, Rupper RW, Shepard D, Silliman RA, Stirewalt DL, Tew WP, Walter LC, Wildes T, Bergman MA, Sundar H, Hurria A. NCCN Guidelines Insights: Older Adult Oncology, Version 2.2016. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2016; 14:1357-1370. [DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2016.0146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Qu X, Davison J, Du L, Storer B, Stirewalt DL, Heimfeld S, Estey E, Appelbaum FR, Fang M. Identification of differentially methylated markers among cytogenetic risk groups of acute myeloid leukemia. Epigenetics 2016; 10:526-35. [PMID: 25996682 DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2015.1048060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Aberrant DNA methylation is known to occur in cancer, including hematological malignancies such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML). However, less is known about whether specific methylation profiles characterize specific subcategories of AML. We examined this issue by using comprehensive high-throughput array-based relative methylation analysis (CHARM) to compare methylation profiles among patients in different AML cytogenetic risk groups. We found distinct profiles in each group, with the high-risk group showing overall increased methylation compared with low- and mid-risk groups. The differentially methylated regions (DMRs) distinguishing cytogenetic risk groups of AML were enriched in the CpG island shores. Specific risk-group associated DMRs were located near genes previously known to play a role in AML or other malignancies, such as MN1, UHRF1, HOXB3, and HOXB4, as well as TRIM71, the function of which in cancer is not well characterized. These findings were verified by quantitative bisulfite pyrosequencing and by comparison with results available at the TCGA cancer genome browser. To explore the potential biological significance of the observed methylation changes, we correlated our findings with gene expression data available through the TCGA database. The results showed that decreased methylation at HOXB3 and HOXB4 was associated with increased gene expression of both HOXB genes specific to the mid-risk AML, while increased DNA methylation at DCC distinctive to the high-risk AML was associated with increased gene expression. Our results suggest that the differential impact of cytogenetic changes on AML prognosis may, in part, be mediated by changes in methylation.
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- Xiaoyu Qu
- a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ; Seattle , WA , USA
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Kennedy JJ, Yan P, Zhao L, Ivey RG, Voytovich UJ, Moore HD, Lin C, Pogosova-Agadjanyan EL, Stirewalt DL, Reding KW, Whiteaker JR, Paulovich AG. Immobilized Metal Affinity Chromatography Coupled to Multiple Reaction Monitoring Enables Reproducible Quantification of Phospho-signaling. Mol Cell Proteomics 2015; 15:726-39. [PMID: 26621847 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.o115.054940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [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: 08/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
A major goal in cell signaling research is the quantification of phosphorylation pharmacodynamics following perturbations. Traditional methods of studying cellular phospho-signaling measure one analyte at a time with poor standardization, rendering them inadequate for interrogating network biology and contributing to the irreproducibility of preclinical research. In this study, we test the feasibility of circumventing these issues by coupling immobilized metal affinity chromatography (IMAC)-based enrichment of phosphopeptides with targeted, multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mass spectrometry to achieve precise, specific, standardized, multiplex quantification of phospho-signaling responses. A multiplex immobilized metal affinity chromatography- multiple reaction monitoring assay targeting phospho-analytes responsive to DNA damage was configured, analytically characterized, and deployed to generate phospho-pharmacodynamic curves from primary and immortalized human cells experiencing genotoxic stress. The multiplexed assays demonstrated linear ranges of ≥3 orders of magnitude, median lower limit of quantification of 0.64 fmol on column, median intra-assay variability of 9.3%, median inter-assay variability of 12.7%, and median total CV of 16.0%. The multiplex immobilized metal affinity chromatography- multiple reaction monitoring assay enabled robust quantification of 107 DNA damage-responsive phosphosites from human cells following DNA damage. The assays have been made publicly available as a resource to the community. The approach is generally applicable, enabling wide interrogation of signaling networks.
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- Jacob J Kennedy
- From the ‡ Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave. N., Seattle, Washington 98109
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- From the ‡ Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave. N., Seattle, Washington 98109
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- From the ‡ Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave. N., Seattle, Washington 98109
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- From the ‡ Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave. N., Seattle, Washington 98109
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- From the ‡ Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave. N., Seattle, Washington 98109
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- From the ‡ Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave. N., Seattle, Washington 98109
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- From the ‡ Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave. N., Seattle, Washington 98109
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- From the ‡ Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave. N., Seattle, Washington 98109
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- §University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific St., Seattle, Washington 98195
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- From the ‡ Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave. N., Seattle, Washington 98109
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- From the ‡ Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave. N., Seattle, Washington 98109;
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Hsu CH, Nguyen C, Yan C, Ries RE, Chen QR, Hu Y, Ostronoff F, Stirewalt DL, Komatsoulis G, Levy S, Meerzaman D, Meshinchi S. Transcriptome Profiling of Pediatric Core Binding Factor AML. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0138782. [PMID: 26397705 PMCID: PMC4580636 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2015] [Accepted: 09/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
The t(8;21) and Inv(16) translocations disrupt the normal function of core binding factors alpha (CBFA) and beta (CBFB), respectively. These translocations represent two of the most common genomic abnormalities in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients, occurring in approximately 25% pediatric and 15% of adult with this malignancy. Both translocations are associated with favorable clinical outcomes after intensive chemotherapy, and given the perceived mechanistic similarities, patients with these translocations are frequently referred to as having CBF-AML. It remains uncertain as to whether, collectively, these translocations are mechanistically the same or impact different pathways in subtle ways that have both biological and clinical significance. Therefore, we used transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq) to investigate the similarities and differences in genes and pathways between these subtypes of pediatric AMLs. Diagnostic RNA from patients with t(8;21) (N = 17), Inv(16) (N = 14), and normal karyotype (NK, N = 33) were subjected to RNA-seq. Analyses compared the transcriptomes across these three cytogenetic subtypes, using the NK cohort as the control. A total of 1291 genes in t(8;21) and 474 genes in Inv(16) were differentially expressed relative to the NK controls, with 198 genes differentially expressed in both subtypes. The majority of these genes (175/198; binomial test p-value < 10−30) are consistent in expression changes among the two subtypes suggesting the expression profiles are more similar between the CBF cohorts than in the NK cohort. Our analysis also revealed alternative splicing events (ASEs) differentially expressed across subtypes, with 337 t(8;21)-specific and 407 Inv(16)-specific ASEs detected, the majority of which were acetylated proteins (p = 1.5x10-51 and p = 1.8x10-54 for the two subsets). In addition to known fusions, we identified and verified 16 de novo fusions in 43 patients, including three fusions involving NUP98 in six patients. Clustering of differentially expressed genes indicated that the homeobox (HOX) gene family, including two transcription factors (MEIS1 and NKX2-3) were down-regulated in CBF compared to NK samples. This finding supports existing data that the dysregulation of HOX genes play a central role in biology CBF-AML hematopoiesis. These data provide comprehensive transcriptome profiling of CBF-AML and delineate genes and pathways that are differentially expressed, providing insights into the shared biology as well as differences in the two CBF subsets.
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MESH Headings
- Acetylation
- Alternative Splicing
- Binding Sites
- Chromosome Inversion
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8
- Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit/metabolism
- Core Binding Factor alpha Subunits/metabolism
- Core Binding Factor beta Subunit/metabolism
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Gene Regulatory Networks
- Homeodomain Proteins/metabolism
- Humans
- Karyotyping
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/genetics
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/pathology
- Myeloid Ecotropic Viral Integration Site 1 Protein
- Neoplasm Proteins/metabolism
- Principal Component Analysis
- Protein Binding
- Sequence Analysis, RNA
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
- Transcriptome
- Translocation, Genetic
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- Chih-Hao Hsu
- Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, 20850, United States of America
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- Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, 20850, United States of America
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- Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, 20850, United States of America
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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- Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, 20850, United States of America
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- Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, 20850, United States of America
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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- Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, 20850, United States of America
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- Hudson Alpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL, United States of America
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- Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, 20850, United States of America
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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Ostronoff F, Othus M, Lazenby M, Estey E, Appelbaum FR, Evans A, Godwin J, Gilkes A, Kopecky KJ, Burnett A, List AF, Fang M, Oehler VG, Petersdorf SH, Pogosova-Agadjanyan EL, Radich JP, Willman CL, Meshinchi S, Stirewalt DL. Prognostic significance of NPM1 mutations in the absence of FLT3-internal tandem duplication in older patients with acute myeloid leukemia: a SWOG and UK National Cancer Research Institute/Medical Research Council report. J Clin Oncol 2015; 33:1157-64. [PMID: 25713434 PMCID: PMC4372852 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2014.58.0571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [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] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
PURPOSE Younger patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) harboring NPM1 mutations without FLT3-internal tandem duplications (ITDs; NPM1-positive/FLT3-ITD-negative genotype) are classified as better risk; however, it remains uncertain whether this favorable classification can be applied to older patients with AML with this genotype. Therefore, we examined the impact of age on the prognostic significance of NPM1-positive/FLT3-ITD-negative status in older patients with AML. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients with AML age ≥ 55 years treated with intensive chemotherapy as part of Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) and UK National Cancer Research Institute/Medical Research Council (NCRI/MRC) trials were evaluated. A comprehensive analysis first examined 156 patients treated in SWOG trials. Validation analyses then examined 1,258 patients treated in MRC/NCRI trials. Univariable and multivariable analyses were used to determine the impact of age on the prognostic significance of NPM1 mutations, FLT3-ITDs, and the NPM1-positive/FLT3-ITD-negative genotype. RESULTS Patients with AML age 55 to 65 years with NPM1-positive/FLT3-ITD-negative genotype treated in SWOG trials had a significantly improved 2-year overall survival (OS) as compared with those without this genotype (70% v 32%; P < .001). Moreover, patients age 55 to 65 years with NPM1-positive/FLT3-ITD-negative genotype had a significantly improved 2-year OS as compared with those age > 65 years with this genotype (70% v 27%; P < .001); any potential survival benefit of this genotype in patients age > 65 years was marginal (27% v 16%; P = .33). In multivariable analysis, NPM1-positive/FLT3-ITD-negative genotype remained independently associated with an improved OS in patients age 55 to 65 years (P = .002) but not in those age > 65 years (P = .82). These results were confirmed in validation analyses examining the NCRI/MRC patients. CONCLUSION NPM1-positive/FLT3-ITD-negative genotype remains a relatively favorable prognostic factor for patients with AML age 55 to 65 years but not in those age > 65 years.
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- Fabiana Ostronoff
- Fabiana Ostronoff, Megan Othus, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Kenneth J. Kopecky, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Era L. Pogosova-Agadjanyan, Jerald P. Radich, Soheil Meshinchi, and Derek L. Stirewalt, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Fabiana Ostronoff, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Jerald P. Radich, and Derek L. Stirewalt, University of Washington; Stephen H. Petersdorf, Seattle Genetics, Seattle, WA; Michelle Lazenby, Anna Evans, Amanda Gilkes, and Alan Burnett, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom; John Godwin, Providence Cancer Center Group and Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, Portland, OR; Alan F. List, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL; and Cheryl L. Willman, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
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- Fabiana Ostronoff, Megan Othus, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Kenneth J. Kopecky, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Era L. Pogosova-Agadjanyan, Jerald P. Radich, Soheil Meshinchi, and Derek L. Stirewalt, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Fabiana Ostronoff, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Jerald P. Radich, and Derek L. Stirewalt, University of Washington; Stephen H. Petersdorf, Seattle Genetics, Seattle, WA; Michelle Lazenby, Anna Evans, Amanda Gilkes, and Alan Burnett, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom; John Godwin, Providence Cancer Center Group and Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, Portland, OR; Alan F. List, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL; and Cheryl L. Willman, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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- Fabiana Ostronoff, Megan Othus, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Kenneth J. Kopecky, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Era L. Pogosova-Agadjanyan, Jerald P. Radich, Soheil Meshinchi, and Derek L. Stirewalt, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Fabiana Ostronoff, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Jerald P. Radich, and Derek L. Stirewalt, University of Washington; Stephen H. Petersdorf, Seattle Genetics, Seattle, WA; Michelle Lazenby, Anna Evans, Amanda Gilkes, and Alan Burnett, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom; John Godwin, Providence Cancer Center Group and Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, Portland, OR; Alan F. List, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL; and Cheryl L. Willman, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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- Fabiana Ostronoff, Megan Othus, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Kenneth J. Kopecky, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Era L. Pogosova-Agadjanyan, Jerald P. Radich, Soheil Meshinchi, and Derek L. Stirewalt, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Fabiana Ostronoff, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Jerald P. Radich, and Derek L. Stirewalt, University of Washington; Stephen H. Petersdorf, Seattle Genetics, Seattle, WA; Michelle Lazenby, Anna Evans, Amanda Gilkes, and Alan Burnett, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom; John Godwin, Providence Cancer Center Group and Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, Portland, OR; Alan F. List, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL; and Cheryl L. Willman, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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- Fabiana Ostronoff, Megan Othus, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Kenneth J. Kopecky, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Era L. Pogosova-Agadjanyan, Jerald P. Radich, Soheil Meshinchi, and Derek L. Stirewalt, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Fabiana Ostronoff, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Jerald P. Radich, and Derek L. Stirewalt, University of Washington; Stephen H. Petersdorf, Seattle Genetics, Seattle, WA; Michelle Lazenby, Anna Evans, Amanda Gilkes, and Alan Burnett, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom; John Godwin, Providence Cancer Center Group and Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, Portland, OR; Alan F. List, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL; and Cheryl L. Willman, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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- Fabiana Ostronoff, Megan Othus, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Kenneth J. Kopecky, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Era L. Pogosova-Agadjanyan, Jerald P. Radich, Soheil Meshinchi, and Derek L. Stirewalt, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Fabiana Ostronoff, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Jerald P. Radich, and Derek L. Stirewalt, University of Washington; Stephen H. Petersdorf, Seattle Genetics, Seattle, WA; Michelle Lazenby, Anna Evans, Amanda Gilkes, and Alan Burnett, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom; John Godwin, Providence Cancer Center Group and Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, Portland, OR; Alan F. List, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL; and Cheryl L. Willman, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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- Fabiana Ostronoff, Megan Othus, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Kenneth J. Kopecky, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Era L. Pogosova-Agadjanyan, Jerald P. Radich, Soheil Meshinchi, and Derek L. Stirewalt, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Fabiana Ostronoff, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Jerald P. Radich, and Derek L. Stirewalt, University of Washington; Stephen H. Petersdorf, Seattle Genetics, Seattle, WA; Michelle Lazenby, Anna Evans, Amanda Gilkes, and Alan Burnett, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom; John Godwin, Providence Cancer Center Group and Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, Portland, OR; Alan F. List, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL; and Cheryl L. Willman, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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- Fabiana Ostronoff, Megan Othus, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Kenneth J. Kopecky, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Era L. Pogosova-Agadjanyan, Jerald P. Radich, Soheil Meshinchi, and Derek L. Stirewalt, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Fabiana Ostronoff, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Jerald P. Radich, and Derek L. Stirewalt, University of Washington; Stephen H. Petersdorf, Seattle Genetics, Seattle, WA; Michelle Lazenby, Anna Evans, Amanda Gilkes, and Alan Burnett, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom; John Godwin, Providence Cancer Center Group and Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, Portland, OR; Alan F. List, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL; and Cheryl L. Willman, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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- Fabiana Ostronoff, Megan Othus, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Kenneth J. Kopecky, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Era L. Pogosova-Agadjanyan, Jerald P. Radich, Soheil Meshinchi, and Derek L. Stirewalt, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Fabiana Ostronoff, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Jerald P. Radich, and Derek L. Stirewalt, University of Washington; Stephen H. Petersdorf, Seattle Genetics, Seattle, WA; Michelle Lazenby, Anna Evans, Amanda Gilkes, and Alan Burnett, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom; John Godwin, Providence Cancer Center Group and Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, Portland, OR; Alan F. List, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL; and Cheryl L. Willman, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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- Fabiana Ostronoff, Megan Othus, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Kenneth J. Kopecky, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Era L. Pogosova-Agadjanyan, Jerald P. Radich, Soheil Meshinchi, and Derek L. Stirewalt, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Fabiana Ostronoff, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Jerald P. Radich, and Derek L. Stirewalt, University of Washington; Stephen H. Petersdorf, Seattle Genetics, Seattle, WA; Michelle Lazenby, Anna Evans, Amanda Gilkes, and Alan Burnett, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom; John Godwin, Providence Cancer Center Group and Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, Portland, OR; Alan F. List, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL; and Cheryl L. Willman, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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- Fabiana Ostronoff, Megan Othus, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Kenneth J. Kopecky, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Era L. Pogosova-Agadjanyan, Jerald P. Radich, Soheil Meshinchi, and Derek L. Stirewalt, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Fabiana Ostronoff, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Jerald P. Radich, and Derek L. Stirewalt, University of Washington; Stephen H. Petersdorf, Seattle Genetics, Seattle, WA; Michelle Lazenby, Anna Evans, Amanda Gilkes, and Alan Burnett, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom; John Godwin, Providence Cancer Center Group and Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, Portland, OR; Alan F. List, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL; and Cheryl L. Willman, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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- Fabiana Ostronoff, Megan Othus, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Kenneth J. Kopecky, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Era L. Pogosova-Agadjanyan, Jerald P. Radich, Soheil Meshinchi, and Derek L. Stirewalt, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Fabiana Ostronoff, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Jerald P. Radich, and Derek L. Stirewalt, University of Washington; Stephen H. Petersdorf, Seattle Genetics, Seattle, WA; Michelle Lazenby, Anna Evans, Amanda Gilkes, and Alan Burnett, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom; John Godwin, Providence Cancer Center Group and Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, Portland, OR; Alan F. List, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL; and Cheryl L. Willman, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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- Fabiana Ostronoff, Megan Othus, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Kenneth J. Kopecky, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Era L. Pogosova-Agadjanyan, Jerald P. Radich, Soheil Meshinchi, and Derek L. Stirewalt, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Fabiana Ostronoff, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Jerald P. Radich, and Derek L. Stirewalt, University of Washington; Stephen H. Petersdorf, Seattle Genetics, Seattle, WA; Michelle Lazenby, Anna Evans, Amanda Gilkes, and Alan Burnett, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom; John Godwin, Providence Cancer Center Group and Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, Portland, OR; Alan F. List, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL; and Cheryl L. Willman, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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- Fabiana Ostronoff, Megan Othus, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Kenneth J. Kopecky, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Era L. Pogosova-Agadjanyan, Jerald P. Radich, Soheil Meshinchi, and Derek L. Stirewalt, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Fabiana Ostronoff, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Jerald P. Radich, and Derek L. Stirewalt, University of Washington; Stephen H. Petersdorf, Seattle Genetics, Seattle, WA; Michelle Lazenby, Anna Evans, Amanda Gilkes, and Alan Burnett, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom; John Godwin, Providence Cancer Center Group and Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, Portland, OR; Alan F. List, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL; and Cheryl L. Willman, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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- Fabiana Ostronoff, Megan Othus, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Kenneth J. Kopecky, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Era L. Pogosova-Agadjanyan, Jerald P. Radich, Soheil Meshinchi, and Derek L. Stirewalt, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Fabiana Ostronoff, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Jerald P. Radich, and Derek L. Stirewalt, University of Washington; Stephen H. Petersdorf, Seattle Genetics, Seattle, WA; Michelle Lazenby, Anna Evans, Amanda Gilkes, and Alan Burnett, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom; John Godwin, Providence Cancer Center Group and Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, Portland, OR; Alan F. List, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL; and Cheryl L. Willman, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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- Fabiana Ostronoff, Megan Othus, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Kenneth J. Kopecky, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Era L. Pogosova-Agadjanyan, Jerald P. Radich, Soheil Meshinchi, and Derek L. Stirewalt, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Fabiana Ostronoff, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Jerald P. Radich, and Derek L. Stirewalt, University of Washington; Stephen H. Petersdorf, Seattle Genetics, Seattle, WA; Michelle Lazenby, Anna Evans, Amanda Gilkes, and Alan Burnett, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom; John Godwin, Providence Cancer Center Group and Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, Portland, OR; Alan F. List, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL; and Cheryl L. Willman, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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- Fabiana Ostronoff, Megan Othus, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Kenneth J. Kopecky, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Era L. Pogosova-Agadjanyan, Jerald P. Radich, Soheil Meshinchi, and Derek L. Stirewalt, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Fabiana Ostronoff, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Jerald P. Radich, and Derek L. Stirewalt, University of Washington; Stephen H. Petersdorf, Seattle Genetics, Seattle, WA; Michelle Lazenby, Anna Evans, Amanda Gilkes, and Alan Burnett, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom; John Godwin, Providence Cancer Center Group and Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, Portland, OR; Alan F. List, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL; and Cheryl L. Willman, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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- Fabiana Ostronoff, Megan Othus, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Kenneth J. Kopecky, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Era L. Pogosova-Agadjanyan, Jerald P. Radich, Soheil Meshinchi, and Derek L. Stirewalt, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Fabiana Ostronoff, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Jerald P. Radich, and Derek L. Stirewalt, University of Washington; Stephen H. Petersdorf, Seattle Genetics, Seattle, WA; Michelle Lazenby, Anna Evans, Amanda Gilkes, and Alan Burnett, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom; John Godwin, Providence Cancer Center Group and Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, Portland, OR; Alan F. List, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL; and Cheryl L. Willman, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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- Fabiana Ostronoff, Megan Othus, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Kenneth J. Kopecky, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Era L. Pogosova-Agadjanyan, Jerald P. Radich, Soheil Meshinchi, and Derek L. Stirewalt, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Fabiana Ostronoff, Elihu Estey, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Min Fang, Vivian G. Oehler, Jerald P. Radich, and Derek L. Stirewalt, University of Washington; Stephen H. Petersdorf, Seattle Genetics, Seattle, WA; Michelle Lazenby, Anna Evans, Amanda Gilkes, and Alan Burnett, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom; John Godwin, Providence Cancer Center Group and Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, Portland, OR; Alan F. List, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL; and Cheryl L. Willman, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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Wildes TM, Stirewalt DL, Medeiros B, Hurria A. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for hematologic malignancies in older adults: geriatric principles in the transplant clinic. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2014; 12:128-36. [PMID: 24453296 DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2014.0010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) provides a life-prolonging or potentially curative treatment option for patients with hematologic malignancies. Given the high transplant-related morbidity, these treatment strategies were initially restricted to younger patients, but are increasingly being used in older adults. The incidence of most hematologic malignancies increases with age; with the aging of the population, the number of potential older candidates for HCT increases. Autologous HCT (auto-HCT) in older patients may confer a slightly increased risk of specific toxicities (such as cardiac toxicities and mucositis) and have modestly lower effectiveness (in the case of lymphoma). However, auto-HCT remains a feasible, safe, and effective therapy for selected older adults with multiple myeloma and lymphoma. Similarly, allogeneic transplant (allo-HCT) is a potential therapeutic option for selected older adults, although fewer data exist on allo-HCT in older patients. Based on currently available data, age alone is not the best predictor of toxicity and outcomes; rather, the comorbidities and functional status of the older patient are likely better predictors of toxicity than chronologic age in both the autologous and allogeneic setting. A comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) in older adults being considered for either an auto-HCT or allo-HCT may identify additional problems or geriatric syndromes, which may not be detected during the standard pretransplant evaluation. Further research is needed to establish the utility of CGA in predicting toxicity and to evaluate the quality of survival in older adults undergoing HCT.
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- Tanya M Wildes
- From aWashington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; bFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington; cStanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California; and dCity of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, California
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Stirewalt DL, Pogosova-Agadjanyan EL, Tsuchiya K, Joaquin J, Meshinchi S. Copy-neutral loss of heterozygosity is prevalent and a late event in the pathogenesis of FLT3/ITD AML. Blood Cancer J 2014; 4:e208. [PMID: 24786392 PMCID: PMC4042297 DOI: 10.1038/bcj.2014.27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [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: 02/23/2014] [Accepted: 03/14/2014] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Patients with high FLT3 internal tandem duplication allelic ratios (FLT3/ITD-ARs) have a poor prognosis. Single-nucleotide polymorphism/comparative genomic hybridization, single-cell PCR and colony-forming assays were used to evaluate genotypic evolution of high FLT3/ITD-ARs in 85 acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients. Microarrays were used to examine molecular pathways disrupted in leukemic blasts with high FLT3/ITD-ARs. Copy-neutral loss of heterozygosity (CN-LOH) was identified at the FLT3 locus in diagnostic samples with high FLT3/ITD-ARs (N=11), but not in samples with low FLT3/ITD-ARs (N=24), FLT3-activating loop mutations (N=11) or wild-type FLT3 (N=39). Single-cell assays showed that homozygous FLT3/ITD genotype was present in subsets of leukemic blasts at diagnosis but became the dominant clone at relapse. Less differentiated CD34+/CD33− progenitor colonies were heterozygous for FLT3/ITD, whereas more differentiated CD34+/CD33+ progenitor colonies were homozygous for FLT3/ITD. Expression profiling revealed that samples harboring high FLT3/ITD-ARs aberrantly expressed genes within the recombination/DNA repair pathway. Thus, the development of CN-LOH at the FLT3 locus, which results in high FLT3/ITD-ARs, likely represents a late genomic event that occurs after the acquisition of the FLT3/ITD. Although the etiology underlying the development of CN-LOH remains to be clarified, the disruption in recombination/DNA repair pathway, which is present before the development of LOH, may have a role.
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- D L Stirewalt
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- 1] Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA [2] Department of Pathology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA [3] Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- 1] Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA [2] Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA [3] Children's Oncology Group, Arcadia, CA, USA [4] Department of Hematology-Oncology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA
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Moore HD, Ivey RG, Voytovich UJ, Lin C, Stirewalt DL, Pogosova-Agadjanyan EL, Paulovich AG. The human salivary proteome is radiation responsive. Radiat Res 2014; 181:521-30. [PMID: 24720749 DOI: 10.1667/rr13586.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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In the event of a nuclear incident in a heavily populated area, the surge in demand for medical evaluation will likely overwhelm our emergency care system, compromising our ability to care for victims with life-threatening injuries or exposures. Therefore, there exists a need for a rapidly deployable biological assay for radiation exposure that can be performed in the field by individuals with little to no medical training. Saliva is an attractive biofluid for this purpose, due to the relative ease of its collection and the wide array of biomolecules it contains. To determine whether the human salivary proteome is responsive to ionizing radiation exposure, we characterized the abundances of salivary proteins in humans before and after total body irradiation. Using an assay panel targeting 90 analytes (growth factors, chemokines and cytokines), we identified proteins that were significantly radiation responsive in human saliva. The responses of three proteins (monocyte chemo-attractant protein 1, interleukin 8 and intercellular adhesion molecule 1) were confirmed using independent immunoassay platforms and then verified and further characterized in 130 saliva samples from a completely independent set of 38 patients undergoing total body irradiation. The results demonstrate the potential for detecting radiation exposure based on analysis of human saliva.
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- Heather D Moore
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109-1024
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Hurria A, Wildes T, Blair SL, Browner IS, Cohen HJ, deShazo M, Dotan E, Edil BH, Extermann M, Ganti AKP, Holmes HM, Jagsi R, Karlekar MB, Keating NL, Korc-Grodzicki B, McKoy JM, Medeiros BC, Mrozek E, O’Connor T, Rugo HS, Rupper RW, Silliman RA, Stirewalt DL, Tew WP, Walter LC, Weir AB, Bergman MA, Sundar H. Senior Adult Oncology, Version 2.2014. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2014; 12:82-126. [DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2014.0009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Genetic lesions found in acute leukemia drive the pathology of the disease in addition to forming reliable classifications of prognosis. However, there is still a reasonable heterogeneity of response among cases with the same genetic lesion. Moreover, many leukemia cases have no detectable genetic marker and these cases have marked heterogeneity of response. How can we learn more about the genes and pathways involved with leukemogenesis and response in the midst of such complexity? Gene expression microarrays are experimental platforms that allow for the simultaneous evaluation of the thousands of mRNA transcripts (the 'transcriptome'). This technology has revolutionized the study of leukemia, giving insight into genes and pathways involved in disease response and the biology involved in specific translocations.
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- Mar Bellido
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Clinical Research Division, Public Health Sciences Division, 1100 Fairview Ave N., Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
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Ostronoff F, Othus M, Kantarjian HM, Meshinchi S, Ravandi F, Hendrie PC, Faderl S, Becker PS, Cortes JE, Pagel JM, Petersdorf SH, Godwin JE, Willman CL, Pierce SA, List AF, Sandhu RK, Walter RB, Stirewalt DL, Appelbaum FR, Estey EH. A model for prediction of FLT3-ITD and NPM1(without FLT3-ITD) positivity in patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukaemia. Br J Haematol 2013; 163:130-2. [DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Department of Leukemia; The University of Texas; M. D. Anderson Cancer Center; Houston; TX; USA
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- Department of Leukemia; The University of Texas; M. D. Anderson Cancer Center; Houston; TX; USA
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- Department of Leukemia; The University of Texas; M. D. Anderson Cancer Center; Houston; TX; USA
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- Department of Leukemia; The University of Texas; M. D. Anderson Cancer Center; Houston; TX; USA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology; Simmons Cancer Institute of Southern Illinois University; Springfield; IL; USA
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- Cancer Center; University of New Mexico; Albuquerque; NM Southwest Oncology Group; Albuquerque; New Mexico; NM; USA
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- Department of Leukemia; The University of Texas; M. D. Anderson Cancer Center; Houston; TX; USA
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- Malignant Hematology; Moffitt Cancer Center; Tampa; FL; USA
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Morris VA, Zhang A, Yang T, Stirewalt DL, Ramamurthy R, Meshinchi S, Oehler VG. MicroRNA-150 expression induces myeloid differentiation of human acute leukemia cells and normal hematopoietic progenitors. PLoS One 2013; 8:e75815. [PMID: 24086639 PMCID: PMC3782459 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2013] [Accepted: 08/21/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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In acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and blast crisis (BC) chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) normal differentiation is impaired. Differentiation of immature stem/progenitor cells is critical for normal blood cell function. MicroRNAs (miRNAs or miRs) are small non-coding RNAs that interfere with gene expression by degrading messenger RNAs (mRNAs) or blocking protein translation. Aberrant miRNA expression is a feature of leukemia and miRNAs also play a significant role in normal hematopoiesis and differentiation. We have identified miRNAs differentially expressed in AML and BC CML and identified a new role for miR-150 in myeloid differentiation. Expression of miR-150 is low or absent in BC CML and AML patient samples and cell lines. We have found that expression of miR-150 in AML cell lines, CD34+ progenitor cells from healthy individuals, and primary BC CML and AML patient samples at levels similar to miR-150 expression in normal bone marrow promotes myeloid differentiation of these cells. MYB is a direct target of miR-150, and we have identified that the observed phenotype is partially mediated by MYB. In AML cell lines, differentiation of miR-150 expressing cells occurs independently of retinoic acid receptor α (RARA) signaling. High-throughput gene expression profiling (GEP) studies of the AML cell lines HL60, PL21, and THP-1 suggest that activation of CEPBA, CEBPE, and cytokines associated with myeloid differentiation in miR-150 expressing cells as compared to control cells contributes to myeloid differentiation. These data suggest that miR-150 promotes myeloid differentiation, a previously uncharacterized role for this miRNA, and that absent or low miR-150 expression contributes to blocked myeloid differentiation in acute leukemia cells.
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- Valerie A. Morris
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Pogosova-Agadjanyan EL, Kopecky KJ, Ostronoff F, Appelbaum FR, Godwin J, Lee H, List AF, May JJ, Oehler VG, Petersdorf S, Pogosov GL, Radich JP, Willman CL, Meshinchi S, Stirewalt DL. The prognostic significance of IRF8 transcripts in adult patients with acute myeloid leukemia. PLoS One 2013; 8:e70812. [PMID: 23967110 PMCID: PMC3743845 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070812] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2013] [Accepted: 06/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Interferon regulatory factor 8 (IRF8) is a transcription factor that plays a critical role in normal hematopoiesis, such that disruption of IRF8 activity promotes leukemogenesis. We and others have identified aberrant expression of IRF8 transcripts, including novel splice variants, in acute myeloid leukemia (AML), but studies have not investigated the prognostic significance of these transcripts. Therefore, we developed and optimized quantitative expression assays for both, the wild type, or the reference sequence (WT-IRF8) and novel splice variants (SV-IRF8). These assays were used to quantify IRF8 transcript levels in 194 adult patients with AML, and multivariate analyses investigated the prognostic significance of these expression levels. After adjusting for known prognostic factors, expression levels of WT- or SV-IRF8 transcripts were not significantly associated with complete responses or overall survival. However, increased expression of WT-IRF8 was associated with decreased relapse-free survival (RFS) in both univariate (P = 0.010) and multivariate (P = 0.019) analyses. Similarly, increased expression of SV-IRF8 was associated with a decreased RFS (univariate, P = 0.026 and multivariate, P = 0.021). These studies show for the first time that WT-IRF8 and SV-IRF8 are independent adverse prognostic factors for patients with AML. Additional studies are planned to examine the prognostic significance of IRF8 transcripts in other populations of AML patients.
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- Era L. Pogosova-Agadjanyan
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Southwest Oncology Group Statistical Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Department of Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Department of Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Providence Cancer Center Group, Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, Portland, Oregon, United States of America
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, United States of America
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Department of Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Seattle Genetics, Inc., Bothell, Washington, United States of America
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Department of Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- University of New Mexico Cancer Research and Treatment Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Department of Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Foss EJ, Radulovic D, Stirewalt DL, Radich J, Sala-Torra O, Pogosova-Agadjanyan EL, Hengel SM, Loeb KR, Deeg HJ, Meshinchi S, Goodlett DR, Bedalov A. Proteomic classification of acute leukemias by alignment-based quantitation of LC-MS/MS data sets. J Proteome Res 2012; 11:5005-10. [PMID: 22900933 DOI: 10.1021/pr300567r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Despite immense interest in the proteome as a source of biomarkers in cancer, mass spectrometry has yet to yield a clinically useful protein biomarker for tumor classification. To explore the potential of a particular class of mass spectrometry-based quantitation approaches, label-free alignment of liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) data sets, for the identification of biomarkers for acute leukemias, we asked whether a label-free alignment algorithm could distinguish known classes of leukemias on the basis of their proteomes. This approach to quantitation involves (1) computational alignment of MS1 peptide peaks across large numbers of samples; (2) measurement of the relative abundance of peptides across samples by integrating the area under the curve of the MS1 peaks; and (3) assignment of peptide IDs to those quantified peptide peaks on the basis of the corresponding MS2 spectra. We extracted proteins from blasts derived from four patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML, acute leukemia of myeloid lineage) and five patients with acute lymphoid leukemia (ALL, acute leukemia of lymphoid lineage). Mobilized CD34+ cells purified from peripheral blood of six healthy donors and mononuclear cells (MNC) from the peripheral blood of two healthy donors were used as healthy controls. Proteins were analyzed by LC-MS/MS and quantified with a label-free alignment-based algorithm developed in our laboratory. Unsupervised hierarchical clustering of blinded samples separated the samples according to their known biological characteristics, with each sample group forming a discrete cluster. The four proteins best able to distinguish CD34+, AML, and ALL were all either known biomarkers or proteins whose biological functions are consistent with their ability to distinguish these classes. We conclude that alignment-based label-free quantitation of LC-MS/MS data sets can, at least in some cases, robustly distinguish known classes of leukemias, thus opening the possibility that large scale studies using such algorithms can lead to the identification of clinically useful biomarkers.
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- Eric J Foss
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109, United States
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Ochsenreither S, Majeti R, Loeb K, Stirewalt DL, Keilholz U, Weissman IL, Greenberg PD. Cyclin-A1 expression in acute myeloid leukemia stem cells and its representation as an immunogenic antigen that can be targeted by cytotoxic T cells. J Clin Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2012.30.15_suppl.2523] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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2523 Background: Targeted T-cell therapy represents a more specific and less toxic alternative to allogeneic stem cell transplantation for providing a cytotoxic anti-leukemic response to eliminate the leukemic stem cell (LSC) compartment in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The aim of this study was to identify a leukemia-associated antigen that is both immunogenic and exhibits selective high expression in AML LSCs. Methods: Expression microarrays of leukemic and normal cells were used to identify suitable candidate genes. Cyclin-A1 appeared to be differentially expressed, and was further analyzed by quantitative RT-PCR, intracellular FACS staining, and immunofluorescence microscopy. T-cell clones specific for cyclin-A1 were generated by stimulation in vitro with an overlapping peptide library, followed by cloning of responding cells. Specificity of the clones was documented by intracellular IFNg and tetramer staining. Cytotoxicity was determined by chromium release and caspase-3 cleavage assays. Results: To identify target candidates with a suitable expression pattern, microarray data from LSCs, hematopoietic cells and healthy tissues were compared. Cyclin-A1 was found to be selectively expressed in LSCs of >50% of AML patients, but minimally expressed in normal tissues with exception of testis. Using dendritic cells and monocytes pulsed with a cyclin-A1 peptide library, T-cells were generated against eight cyclin-A1 oligopeptides. Two HLA A2-restricted epitopes were further characterized, and specific T-cell clones recognized both peptide-pulsed target cells and the HLA A2-positive AML line THP-1. Furthermore, cyclin-A1-specific CD8 T-cells lysed primary AML cells. Conclusions: Cyclin-A1, known to be important in meiosis, is expressed in AML LSCs and testis and can be targeted by T-cells. Thus, cyclin-A1 is the first prototypic LSC-associated leukemia-testis-antigen. Cyclin-A1 already has been shown to be leukemogenic in mice and to promote proliferation and survival in AML blasts. This pro-oncogenic activity, together with high expression levels and a multitude of immunogenic epitopes, make it a promising target for T-cell based therapy approaches.
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- Cancer Center and Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Charité, CBF, Berlin, Germany
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- Cancer Center and Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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Fan W, Stirewalt DL, Radich JP, Zhao L. Comparison of Two Methods for Detecting Alternative Splice Variants Using GeneChip(®) Exon Arrays. Int J Biomed Sci 2011; 7:172-80. [PMID: 23675234 PMCID: PMC3614835] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2011] [Accepted: 02/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The Affymetrix GeneChip Exon Array can be used to detect alternative splice variants. Microarray Detection of Alternative Splicing (MIDAS) and Partek(®) Genomics Suite (Partek(®) GS) are among the most popular analytical methods used to analyze exon array data. While both methods utilize statistical significance for testing, MIDAS and Partek(®) GS could produce somewhat different results due to different underlying assumptions. Comparing MIDAS and Partek(®) GS is quite difficult due to their substantially different mathematical formulations and assumptions regarding alternative splice variants. For meaningful comparison, we have used the previously published generalized probe model (GPM) which encompasses both MIDAS and Partek(®) GS under different assumptions. We analyzed a colon cancer exon array data set using MIDAS, Partek(®) GS and GPM. MIDAS and Partek(®) GS produced quite different sets of genes that are considered to have alternative splice variants. Further, we found that GPM produced results similar to MIDAS as well as to Partek(®) GS under their respective assumptions. Within the GPM, we show how discoveries relating to alternative variants can be quite different due to different assumptions. MIDAS focuses on relative changes in expression values across different exons within genes and tends to be robust but less efficient. Partek(®) GS, however, uses absolute expression values of individual exons within genes and tends to be more efficient but more sensitive to the presence of outliers. From our observations, we conclude that MIDAS and Partek(®) GS produce complementary results, and discoveries from both analyses should be considered.
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- Wenhong Fan
- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98109, USA;
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98109, USA;
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Becker PS, Kantarjian HM, Appelbaum FR, Petersdorf SH, Storer B, Pierce S, Shan J, Hendrie PC, Pagel JM, Shustov AR, Stirewalt DL, Faderl S, Harrington E, Estey EH. Clofarabine with high dose cytarabine and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) priming for relapsed and refractory acute myeloid leukaemia. Br J Haematol 2011; 155:182-9. [PMID: 21848522 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08831.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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This phase I/II study was conducted to determine the maximum tolerated dose, toxicity, and efficacy of clofarabine in combination with high dose cytarabine and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) priming (GCLAC), in the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). Dose escalation of clofarabine occurred without dose-limiting toxicity, so most patients were treated at the maximum dose, 25 mg/m(2) per day with cytarabine 2 g/m(2) per day, each for 5 d, and G-CSF 5 μg/kg, beginning the day before chemotherapy and continuing daily until neutrophil recovery. The complete remission (CR) rate among the 46 evaluable patients was 46% (95% confidence interval [CI] 31-61%) and the CR + CR but with a platelet count <100 × 10(9)/l rate was 61% (95% CI 45-75%). Multivariate analysis showed that responses to GCLAC were independent of age, cytogenetic risk category, and number of prior salvage regimens. GCLAC is highly active in relapsed and refractory AML and warrants prospective comparison to other regimens, as well as study in untreated patients.
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- Pamela S Becker
- Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
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Ivey RG, Moore HD, Voytovich UJ, Thienes CP, Lorentzen TD, Pogosova-Agadjanyan EL, Frayo S, Izaguirre VK, Lundberg SJ, Hedin L, Badiozamani KR, Hoofnagle AN, Stirewalt DL, Wang P, Georges GE, Gopal AK, Paulovich AG. Blood-based detection of radiation exposure in humans based on novel phospho-Smc1 ELISA. Radiat Res 2010; 175:266-81. [PMID: 21388270 DOI: 10.1667/rr2402.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The structural maintenance of chromosome 1 (Smc1) protein is a member of the highly conserved cohesin complex and is involved in sister chromatid cohesion. In response to ionizing radiation, Smc1 is phosphorylated at two sites, Ser-957 and Ser-966, and these phosphorylation events are dependent on the ATM protein kinase. In this study, we describe the generation of two novel ELISAs for quantifying phospho-Smc1(Ser-957) and phospho-Smc1(Ser-966). Using these novel assays, we quantify the kinetic and biodosimetric responses of human cells of hematological origin, including immortalized cells, as well as both quiescent and cycling primary human PBMC. Additionally, we demonstrate a robust in vivo response for phospho-Smc1(Ser-957) and phospho-Smc1(Ser-966) in lymphocytes of human patients after therapeutic exposure to ionizing radiation, including total-body irradiation, partial-body irradiation, and internal exposure to (131)I. These assays are useful for quantifying the DNA damage response in experimental systems and potentially for the identification of individuals exposed to radiation after a radiological incident.
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- Richard G Ivey
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Clinical Research Division, Seattle, Washington 98109-1024, USA
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Pogosova-Agadjanyan EL, Fan W, Georges GE, Schwartz JL, Kepler CM, Lee H, Suchanek AL, Cronk MR, Brumbaugh A, Engel JH, Yukawa M, Zhao LP, Heimfeld S, Stirewalt DL. Identification of radiation-induced expression changes in nonimmortalized human T cells. Radiat Res 2010; 175:172-84. [PMID: 21268710 DOI: 10.1667/rr1977.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In the event of a radiation accident or attack, it will be imperative to quickly assess the amount of radiation exposure to accurately triage victims for appropriate care. RNA-based radiation dosimetry assays offer the potential to rapidly screen thousands of individuals in an efficient and cost-effective manner. However, prior to the development of these assays, it will be critical to identify those genes that will be most useful to delineate different radiation doses. Using global expression profiling, we examined expression changes in nonimmortalized T cells across a wide range of doses (0.15-12 Gy). Because many radiation responses are highly dependent on time, expression changes were examined at three different times (3, 8, and 24 h). Analyses identified 61, 512 and 1310 genes with significant linear dose-dependent expression changes at 3, 8 and 24 h, respectively. Using a stepwise regression procedure, a model was developed to estimate in vitro radiation exposures using the expression of three genes (CDKN1A, PSRC1 and TNFSF4) and validated in an independent test set with 86% accuracy. These findings suggest that RNA-based expression assays for a small subset of genes can be employed to develop clinical biodosimetry assays to be used in assessments of radiation exposure and toxicity.
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- Era L Pogosova-Agadjanyan
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue N., Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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Ho PA, Alonzo TA, Kopecky KJ, Miller KL, Kuhn J, Zeng R, Gerbing RB, Raimondi SC, Hirsch BA, Oehler V, Hurwitz CA, Franklin JL, Gamis AS, Petersdorf SH, Anderson JE, Reaman GH, Baker LH, Willman CL, Bernstein ID, Radich JP, Appelbaum FR, Stirewalt DL, Meshinchi S. Molecular alterations of the IDH1 gene in AML: a Children's Oncology Group and Southwest Oncology Group study. Leukemia 2010; 24:909-13. [PMID: 20376086 PMCID: PMC2945692 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2010.56] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [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: 11/10/2022]
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Recent whole-genome sequencing efforts led to the identification of IDH1R132 mutations in AML patients. We studied the prevalence and clinical implications of IDH1 genomic alterations in pediatric and adult AML. Diagnostic DNA from 531 AML patients treated on Children’s Oncology Group trial COG-AAML03P1 (N=257), and Southwest Oncology Group trials SWOG-9031, SWOG-9333, and SWOG-9500 (N=274), were tested for IDH1 mutations. Codon R132 mutations were absent in the pediatric cohort, but were found in 12/274 adult patients (4.4%, 95% CI 2.3-7.5%). IDH1R132 mutations occurred most commonly in patients with normal karyotype, and those with FLT3/ITD and NPMc mutations. Patients with IDH1R132 mutations trended towards higher median diagnostic WBC counts (59.2 × 109/L vs. 29.1 × 109/L, P=0.19) than those without mutations, but the two groups did not differ significantly in age, bone marrow blast percentage, overall survival, or relapse-free survival. Eleven patients (2.1%) harbored a novel V71I sequence alteration, which was found to be a germline polymorphism. IDH1 mutations were not detected in pediatric AML, and are uncommon in adult AML.
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- P A Ho
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is the most common form of leukemia in adults, and despite some recent progress in understanding the biology of the disease, AML remains the leading cause of leukemia-related deaths in adults and children. AML is a complex and heterogeneous disease, often involving multiple genetic defects that promote leukemic transformation and drug resistance. The cooperativity model suggests that an initial genetic event leads to maturational arrest in a myeloid progenitor cell, and subsequent genetic events induce proliferation and block apoptosis. Together, these genetic abnormalities lead to clonal expansion and frank leukemia. The purpose of this chapter is to review the biology of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) in AML, exploring how RTKs are being used as novel prognostic factors and potential therapeutic targets.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Antineoplastic Agents/therapeutic use
- Drug Delivery Systems
- Forecasting
- Gene Duplication
- Humans
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/drug therapy
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/enzymology
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/genetics
- Models, Biological
- Mutation
- Neoplasm Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- Neoplasm Proteins/genetics
- Neoplasm Proteins/physiology
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/antagonists & inhibitors
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/genetics
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/physiology
- Protein Kinase Inhibitors/therapeutic use
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit/antagonists & inhibitors
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit/genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit/physiology
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/genetics
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/physiology
- Signal Transduction/drug effects
- Signal Transduction/physiology
- fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3/antagonists & inhibitors
- fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3/genetics
- fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3/physiology
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- Derek L Stirewalt
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Stirewalt DL, Choi YE, Sharpless NE, Pogosova-Agadjanyan EL, Cronk MR, Yukawa M, Larson EB, Wood BL, Appelbaum FR, Radich JP, Heimfeld S. Erratum: Decreased IRF8 expression found in aging hematopoietic progenitor/stem cells. Leukemia 2009. [DOI: 10.1038/leu.2008.293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Stirewalt DL, Meshinchi S, Kopecky KJ, Fan W, Pogosova-Agadjanyan EL, Engel JH, Cronk MR, Dorcy KS, McQuary AR, Hockenbery D, Wood B, Heimfeld S, Radich JP. Identification of genes with abnormal expression changes in acute myeloid leukemia. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2008; 47:8-20. [PMID: 17910043 DOI: 10.1002/gcc.20500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [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] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is one of the most common and deadly forms of hematopoietic malignancies. We hypothesized that microarray studies could identify previously unrecognized expression changes that occur only in AML blasts. We were particularly interested in those genes with increased expression in AML, believing that these genes may be potential therapeutic targets. To test this hypothesis, we compared gene expression profiles between normal hematopoietic cells from 38 healthy donors and leukemic blasts from 26 AML patients. Normal hematopoietic samples included CD34+ selected cells (N = 18), unselected bone marrows (N = 10), and unselected peripheral bloods (N = 10). Twenty genes displayed AML-specific expression changes that were not found in the normal hematopoietic cells. Subsequent analyses using microarray data from 285 additional AML patients confirmed expression changes for 13 of the 20 genes. Seven genes (BIK, CCNA1, FUT4, IL3RA, HOMER3, JAG1, WT1) displayed increased expression in AML, while 6 genes (ALDHA1A, PELO, PLXNC1, PRUNE, SERPINB9, TRIB2) displayed decreased expression. Quantitative RT/PCR studies for the 7 over-expressed genes were performed in an independent set of 9 normal and 21 pediatric AML samples. All 7 over-expressed genes displayed an increased expression in the AML samples compared to normals. Three of the 7 over-expressed genes (WT1, CCNA1, and IL3RA) have already been linked to leukemogenesis and/or AML prognosis, while little is known about the role of the other 4 over-expressed genes in AML. Future studies will determine their potential role in leukemogenesis and their clinical significance.
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- Derek L Stirewalt
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
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Stirewalt DL, Mhyre AJ, Marcondes M, Pogosova-Agadjanyan E, Abbasi N, Radich JP, Deeg HJ. Tumour necrosis factor-induced gene expression in human marrow stroma: clues to the pathophysiology of MDS? Br J Haematol 2007; 140:444-53. [PMID: 18162123 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2007.06923.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Aberrant regulation of the tumour necrosis factor alpha gene (TNF) and stroma-derived signals are involved in the pathophysiology of myelodysplasia. Therefore, KG1a, a myeloid leukaemia cell line, was exposed to Tnf in the absence or presence of either HS-5 or HS-27a cells, two human stroma cell lines. While KG1a cells were resistant to Tnf-induced apoptosis in the absence of stroma cells, Tnf-promoted apoptosis of KG1a cells in co-culture experiments with stroma cells. To investigate the Tnf-induced signals from the stroma cells, we examined expression changes in HS-5 and HS-27a cells after Tnf exposure. DNA microarray studies found both discordant and concordant Tnf-induced expression responses in the two stroma cell lines. Tnf promoted an increased mRNA expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines [e.g. interleukin (IL)6, IL8 and IL32]. At the same time, Tnf decreased the mRNA expression of anti-apoptotic genes (e.g. BCL2L1) and increased the mRNA expression of pro-apoptotic genes (e.g. BID). Overall, the results suggested that Tnf induced a complex set of pro-inflammatory and pro-apoptotic signals in stroma cells that promote apoptosis in malignant myeloid clones. Additional studies will be required to determine which of these signals are critical for the induction of apoptosis in the malignant clones. Those insights, in turn, may point the way to novel therapeutic approaches.
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- Derek L Stirewalt
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Kerbauy DMB, Gooley TA, Sale GE, Flowers MED, Doney KC, Georges GE, Greene JE, Linenberger M, Petersdorf E, Sandmaier BM, Scott BL, Sorror M, Stirewalt DL, Stewart FM, Witherspoon RP, Storb R, Appelbaum FR, Deeg HJ. Hematopoietic cell transplantation as curative therapy for idiopathic myelofibrosis, advanced polycythemia vera, and essential thrombocythemia. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2007; 13:355-65. [PMID: 17317589 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2006.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [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: 08/16/2006] [Accepted: 11/01/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A total of 104 patients, aged 18 to 70 years, with a diagnosis of chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis (CIMF), polycythemia vera (PV), or essential thrombocythemia (ET) with marrow fibrosis were transplanted from allogeneic (56 related and 45 unrelated) or syngeneic (n = 3) donors. Busulfan (BU) or total body irradiation (TBI)-based myeloablative conditioning regimens were used in 95 patients, and a nonmyeloablative regimen of fludarabine plus TBI was used in 9 patients. The source of stem cells was bone marrow in 43 patients and peripheral blood in 61 patients. A total of 63 patients were alive at a follow-up of 1.3-15.2 years (median, 5.3 years), for an estimated 7-year actuarial survival rate of 61%. Eleven patients had recurrent/persistent disease, of whom 8 died. Nonrelapse mortality was 34% at 5 years. Patients conditioned with targeted BU (plasma levels 800-900 ng/mL) plus cyclophosphamide (tBUCY) had a higher probability of survival (68%) than other patients. Dupriez score, platelet count, patient age, and comorbidity score were statistically significantly associated with mortality in univariate models. In a multivariable regression model, use of tBUCY (P = .03), high platelet count at transplantation (P = .01 for PV/ET; P = .39 for other diagnoses), younger patient age (P = .04), and decreased comorbidity score (P = .03) remained statistically significant for improved survival. Our findings show that hematopoietic cell transplantation offers potentially curative treatment for patients with ICMF, PV, or ET.
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- Daniella M B Kerbauy
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98109-1024, USA
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Sala-Torra O, Gundacker HM, Stirewalt DL, Ladne PA, Pogosova-Agadjanyan EL, Slovak ML, Willman CL, Heimfeld S, Boldt DH, Radich JP. Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) expression and outcome in adult patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Blood 2007; 109:3080-3. [PMID: 17170128 PMCID: PMC1852221 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-06-031096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [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] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We compared the gene expression profile of adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) to normal hematopoietic and non-ALL samples using oligonucleotide arrays. Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) was the highest overexpressed gene in B-cell ALL compared with the other groups, and displayed heterogeneous expression, suggesting it might have prognostic relevance. CTGF expression was examined by quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (ORT-PCR) on 79 adult ALL specimens. CTGF expression levels were significantly increased in ALL cases with B-lineage (P < .001), unfavorable cytogenetics (P < .001), and blasts expressing CD34 (P < .001). In a multivariate proportional hazards model, higher CTGF expression levels corresponded to worsening of overall survival (OS; hazard ratio 1.36, for each 10-fold increase in expression; P = .019). Further studies are ongoing to confirm the prognostic value of CTGF expression in ALL and to investigate its role in normal and abnormal lymphocyte biology.
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- Olga Sala-Torra
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Meshinchi S, Alonzo TA, Stirewalt DL, Zwaan M, Zimmerman M, Reinhardt D, Kaspers GJL, Heerema NA, Gerbing R, Lange BJ, Radich JP. Clinical implications of FLT3 mutations in pediatric AML. Blood 2006; 108:3654-61. [PMID: 16912228 PMCID: PMC1895470 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-03-009233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 273] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [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] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Activating mutations of the FLT3 gene occur because of an internal tandem duplication of the juxta-membrane domain (FLT3/ITD) or point mutation of the activation loop domain (FLT3/ALM). The presence of FLT3 mutations as well as the allelic ratio of FLT3/ITD (ITD-AR, mutant-wild type ratio) may have prognostic significance. FLT3 mutation status of 630 children with de novo acute myeloid leukemia (AML) treated on CCG-2941 and -2961 was determined, and ITD-AR was calculated for patients with FLT3/ITD. Clinical characteristics and outcomes for patients with FLT3/ALM and FLT3/ITD at varying ITD-ARs was determined and compared with those without FLT3 mutations (FLT3/WT). FLT3/ITD and FLT3/ALM were detected in 77 (12%) and 42 (6.7%) of the patients. Progression-free survival (PFS) was similar in patients with FLT3/ALM and FLT3/WT (51% versus 55%, P = .862). In contrast, PFS at 4 years from study entry for patients with FLT3/ITD was inferior to that of patients with FLT3/WT (31% versus 55%, P < .001). PFS decreased with increasing FLT3/ITD-AR (P < .001), and those with ITD-AR greater than 0.4 had a significantly worse PFS than those with lower ITD-AR (16% versus 72%, P = .001) or with FLT3/WT (55%, P < .001). ITD-AR defines the prognostic significance in FLT3/ITD-positive AML, and ITD-AR greater than 0.4 is a significant and independent prognostic factor for relapse in pediatric AML.
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- Soheil Meshinchi
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Clinical Research Division, D5-380, 1100 Fairview Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103, USA.
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Slovak ML, Gundacker H, Bloomfield CD, Dewald G, Appelbaum FR, Larson RA, Tallman MS, Bennett JM, Stirewalt DL, Meshinchi S, Willman CL, Ravindranath Y, Alonzo TA, Carroll AJ, Raimondi SC, Heerema NA. A retrospective study of 69 patients with t(6;9)(p23;q34) AML emphasizes the need for a prospective, multicenter initiative for rare ‘poor prognosis’ myeloid malignancies. Leukemia 2006; 20:1295-7. [PMID: 16628187 DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2404233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Wilson CS, Davidson GS, Martin SB, Andries E, Potter J, Harvey R, Ar K, Xu Y, Kopecky KJ, Ankerst DP, Gundacker H, Slovak ML, Mosquera-Caro M, Chen IM, Stirewalt DL, Murphy M, Schultz FA, Kang H, Wang X, Radich JP, Appelbaum FR, Atlas SR, Godwin J, Willman CL. Gene expression profiling of adult acute myeloid leukemia identifies novel biologic clusters for risk classification and outcome prediction. Blood 2006; 108:685-96. [PMID: 16597596 PMCID: PMC1895492 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2004-12-4633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [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] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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To determine whether gene expression profiling could improve risk classification and outcome prediction in older acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients, expression profiles were obtained in pretreatment leukemic samples from 170 patients whose median age was 65 years. Unsupervised clustering methods were used to classify patients into 6 cluster groups (designated A to F) that varied significantly in rates of resistant disease (RD; P < .001), complete response (CR; P = .023), and disease-free survival (DFS; P = .023). Cluster A (n = 24), dominated by NPM1 mutations (78%), normal karyotypes (75%), and genes associated with signaling and apoptosis, had the best DFS (27%) and overall survival (OS; 25% at 5 years). Patients in clusters B (n = 22) and C (n = 31) had the worst OS (5% and 6%, respectively); cluster B was distinguished by the highest rate of RD (77%) and multidrug resistant gene expression (ABCG2, MDR1). Cluster D was characterized by a "proliferative" gene signature with the highest proportion of detectable cytogenetic abnormalities (76%; including 83% of all favorable and 34% of unfavorable karyotypes). Cluster F (n = 33) was dominated by monocytic leukemias (97% of cases), also showing increased NPM1 mutations (61%). These gene expression signatures provide insights into novel groups of AML not predicted by traditional studies that impact prognosis and potential therapy.
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- Carla S Wilson
- Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico (UNM), Albuquerque, 87131, USA
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Stirewalt DL, Kopecky KJ, Meshinchi S, Engel JH, Pogosova-Agadjanyan EL, Linsley J, Slovak ML, Willman CL, Radich JP. Size of FLT3 internal tandem duplication has prognostic significance in patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Blood 2005; 107:3724-6. [PMID: 16368883 PMCID: PMC1895777 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2005-08-3453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [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] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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FLT3 internal tandem duplications (FLT3/ITDs) in the juxtamembrane domain are found in approximately 25% of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients, ranging in size from 3 to hundreds of nucleotides. We examined whether the sizes of FLT3/ITDs were associated with clinical outcomes in 151 AML patients enrolled in Southwest Oncology Group studies: S9333 and S9500. FLT3/ITDs were identified in 32% of patients (median ITD size = 39 nucleotides; range, 15-153 nucleotides). The CR rates were 35%, 67%, and 52% for patients with large (>or= 40), small (< 40), and no ITDs, respectively (P = .19). Increasing ITD size was associated with decreasing OS (estimated 5-year OS: large = 13%, small = 26%, and no ITD = 21%, P = .072) and RFS (estimated 5-year RFS: large = 13%, small = 27%, and no ITD = 34%, P = .017). These studies suggest that ITD size may have prognostic significance.
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- Derek L Stirewalt
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, D5-380, 1100 Fairview Ave N. Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
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Stirewalt DL, Pogosova-Agadjanyan EL, Khalid N, Hare DR, Ladne PA, Sala-Torra O, Zhao LP, Radich JP. Single-stranded linear amplification protocol results in reproducible and reliable microarray data from nanogram amounts of starting RNA. Genomics 2004; 83:321-31. [PMID: 14706461 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2003.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The range of scientific questions utilizing DNA microarray techniques is limited by the fact that these methods require 5-40 microg of high-quality total RNA. Thus, methods that reliably amplify the starting RNA amount could expand the applicability of DNA microarray technology. We developed a single-stranded linear amplification protocol (SLAP) that combines the reproducibility of in vitro transcription and the amplification robustness of polymerase chain reactions. We compared SLAP to the NIH-IVT amplification protocol. SLAP displayed excellent conservation of the 5'/3' signal and demonstrated the most robust amplification, producing the recommended amounts of biotin-labeled RNA with as little as 0.002 microg of starting RNA. Both SLAP and NIH-IVT methods demonstrated good reproducibility, but SLAP maintained the highest level of reliability with RNA starting amounts of <0.05 microg. These results suggest that SLAP is an excellent alternative to IVT-based amplification protocols when RNA is limited by small sample size.
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- Derek L Stirewalt
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
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Tse W, Meshinchi S, Alonzo TA, Stirewalt DL, Gerbing RB, Woods WG, Appelbaum FR, Radich JP. Elevated expression of the AF1q gene, an MLL fusion partner, is an independent adverse prognostic factor in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia. Blood 2004; 104:3058-63. [PMID: 15217837 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2003-12-4347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [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] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The AF1q gene, a mixed-lineage leukemia fusion partner, is highly expressed in hematopoietic progenitor cells but has low expression in differentiated cells. We determined the expression of the AF1q gene by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction in 64 pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients treated on Children's Cancer Group clinical trial CCG-2891 and correlated its expression level to clinical characteristics and outcome. AF1q expression in patients varied from 0- to 154-fold compared with normal marrow, and increasing expression level was associated with worsening survival, with a hazard ratio of 1.02 per fold increase in AF1q expression (P = .032). We divided patients into tertile groups based on AF1q expression level. Patients with high AF1q expression (top tertile) had a higher predominance of French-American-British M1 compared to patients with lower 2 tertiles of AF1q expression (43% vs 9%, P = .003). High AF1q expression was associated with poor survival in univariate and multivariate models. Overall survival at 8 years for patients with the high AF1q expression was 19% versus 50% in patients with low AF1q expression, (P = .01). AF1q expression may correlate with clinical outcome in pediatric AML, although it is not clear if AF1q is simply a marker of a more primitive phenotype or contributes directly to leukemogenesis.
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- William Tse
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA.
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Stirewalt DL, Meshinchi S, Kussick SJ, Sheets KM, Pogosova-Agadjanyan E, Willman CL, Radich JP. Novel FLT3
point mutations within exon 14 found in patients with acute myeloid leukaemia. Br J Haematol 2004; 124:481-4. [PMID: 14984498 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2004.04808.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Internal tandem duplications in FLT3 are the most common mutation in acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), with agarose gel electrophoresis of polymerase chain reaction products (PCR/agarose) being the screening method of choice for these mutations. As PCR/agarose screening does not detect small mutations, single-stranded conformational polymorphism analyses (PCR/SSCP) were used in an attempt to identify previously unrecognized point mutations in FLT3 exons 14 and 15 of 140 AML patients, using newly designed primers that anneal within intron sequences. Novel missense point mutations were found in exon 14, suggesting additional investigations should be performed in AML and other haematopoietic malignancies, using this sensitive technique.
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- Derek L Stirewalt
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and Division of Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
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Normal haematopoietic cells use complex systems to control proliferation, differentiation and cell death. The control of proliferation is, in part, accomplished through the ligand-induced stimulation of receptor tyrosine kinases, which signal to downstream effectors through the RAS pathway. Recently, mutations in the FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) gene, which encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase, have been found to be the most common genetic lesion in acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), occurring in approximately 25% of cases. Exploring the mechanism by which these FLT3 mutations cause uncontrolled proliferation might lead to a better understanding of how cells become cancerous and provide insights for the development of new drugs.
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- Derek L Stirewalt
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
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Meshinchi S, Stirewalt DL, Alonzo TA, Zhang Q, Sweetser DA, Woods WG, Bernstein ID, Arceci RJ, Radich JP. Activating mutations of RTK/ras signal transduction pathway in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia. Blood 2003; 102:1474-9. [PMID: 12702504 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2003-01-0137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [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] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Activating mutations of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) and their downstream affectors are common in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). We performed mutational analysis of FLT3, c-kit, c-fms, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptors (Flt-1, KDR [kinase domain receptor]), and ras genes in a group of 91 pediatric patients with AML treated on Children's Cancer Group clinical trial CCG-2891. Forty-six percent of patients had activating mutations of FLT3 (24.5%), c-kit (3%), or ras (21%) genes. Mutation-positive patients had a higher median diagnostic white blood cell (WBC) count (71.5 vs 19.6 x 10(9)/L; P =.005) and lower complete remission rate (55% versus 76%; P =.046) than mutation-negative patients. The Kaplan-Meier estimate of overall survival (OS) for patients with and without an activating mutation was 34% versus 57%, respectively (P =.035). However, within this group, patients with FLT3/ALM (activation loop mutation) had good outcomes (OS, 86%). Exclusion of the FLT3/ALM from analysis decreased the OS for the remaining mutation-positive patients to 26% (P =.003). Ten of the 23 mutation-positive and 11 of the 34 mutation-negative patients received an allogeneic bone marrow transplant (BMT) in first complete remission (CR). In the mutation-positive group, the disease-free survival (DFS) for the allogeneic BMT recipients was 72% versus 23% for the 13 patients who received chemotherapy or autologous BMT (P =.01). DFS for the mutation-free patients with and without allogeneic BM transplantation was 55% and 40%, respectively (P =.38). Activating mutations in the RTK/ras signaling pathway are common in pediatric AML, and their presence may identify a population at higher risk of poor outcome who may benefit from allogeneic BM transplantation.
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- Soheil Meshinchi
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Division of Clinical Research, D4-100, 1100 Fairview Ave N, PO Box 19024, Seattle, WA 98109-1024, USA.
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Stirewalt DL, Guthrie KA, Beppu L, Bryant EM, Doney K, Gooley T, Appelbaum FR, Radich JP. Predictors of relapse and overall survival in Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia after transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2003; 9:206-12. [PMID: 12652472 DOI: 10.1053/bbmt.2003.50025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Allogeneic transplantation offers a potential cure for patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph+ ALL). We performed a retrospective analysis examining pretransplantation and posttransplantation prognostic factors in 90 patients with Ph+ ALL. The median age of the patients was 33 years, with slightly more than half of the patients (58%) in clinical remission at the time of transplantation. Overall, patients had a nonrelapse mortality rate of 30%, a relapse percentage of 34%, and an estimated 5-year disease-free survival rate of 30%. Pretransplantation risk factors for relapse included the expression of the p190 transcript (relative risk [RR] = 5.1; P =.037), evidence of morphologic disease at the time of transplantation (RR = 3.9; P <.001), and type of donor (RR = 2.5; P =.015), with patients receiving autologous or matched related transplants having the highest risk of relapse. The detection of minimal residual disease by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction for bcr-abl transcripts was a significant posttransplantation risk factor for relapse (RR = 4.4; P =.001), with posttransplantation patients expressing the p190 transcript having the highest risk of relapse (RR = 8.7; P =.0001). In addition, patients with chronic extensive graft-versus-host disease showed a significantly lower risk of relapse (RR = 0.33; P =.038). Thus, these findings indicate that several pretransplantation and posttransplantation risk factors exist for patients with Ph+ ALL. Together, these factors can be used to improve our risk stratification of patients with Ph+ ALL who undergo transplantation, which will greatly enhance our ability to counsel these patients and potentially lead to the development of more specific treatment plans for them.
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- Derek L Stirewalt
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Division of Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA.
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