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Gress V, Roussy M, Boulianne L, Bilodeau M, Cardin S, El-Hachem N, Lisi V, Khakipoor B, Rouette A, Farah A, Théret L, Aubert L, Fatima F, Audemard É, Thibault P, Bonneil É, Chagraoui J, Laramée L, Gendron P, Jouan L, Jammali S, Paré B, Simpson SM, Tran TH, Duval M, Teira P, Bittencourt H, Santiago R, Barabé F, Sauvageau G, Smith MA, Hébert J, Roux PP, Gruber TA, Lavallée VP, Wilhelm BT, Cellot S. CBFA2T3::GLIS2 pediatric acute megakaryoblastic leukemia is sensitive to BCL-XL inhibition by navitoclax and DT2216. Blood Adv 2024; 8:112-129. [PMID: 37729615 PMCID: PMC10787250 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022008899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2022] [Revised: 07/25/2023] [Accepted: 09/02/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023] Open
Abstract
ABSTRACT Acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (AMKL) is a rare, developmentally restricted, and highly lethal cancer of early childhood. The paucity and hypocellularity (due to myelofibrosis) of primary patient samples hamper the discovery of cell- and genotype-specific treatments. AMKL is driven by mutually exclusive chimeric fusion oncogenes in two-thirds of the cases, with CBFA2T3::GLIS2 (CG2) and NUP98 fusions (NUP98r) representing the highest-fatality subgroups. We established CD34+ cord blood-derived CG2 models (n = 6) that sustain serial transplantation and recapitulate human leukemia regarding immunophenotype, leukemia-initiating cell frequencies, comutational landscape, and gene expression signature, with distinct upregulation of the prosurvival factor B-cell lymphoma 2 (BCL2). Cell membrane proteomic analyses highlighted CG2 surface markers preferentially expressed on leukemic cells compared with CD34+ cells (eg, NCAM1 and CD151). AMKL differentiation block in the mega-erythroid progenitor space was confirmed by single-cell profiling. Although CG2 cells were rather resistant to BCL2 genetic knockdown or selective pharmacological inhibition with venetoclax, they were vulnerable to strategies that target the megakaryocytic prosurvival factor BCL-XL (BCL2L1), including in vitro and in vivo treatment with BCL2/BCL-XL/BCL-W inhibitor navitoclax and DT2216, a selective BCL-XL proteolysis-targeting chimera degrader developed to limit thrombocytopenia in patients. NUP98r AMKL were also sensitive to BCL-XL inhibition but not the NUP98r monocytic leukemia, pointing to a lineage-specific dependency. Navitoclax or DT2216 treatment in combination with low-dose cytarabine further reduced leukemic burden in mice. This work extends the cellular and molecular diversity set of human AMKL models and uncovers BCL-XL as a therapeutic vulnerability in CG2 and NUP98r AMKL.
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- Verena Gress
- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division, Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine Research Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division, Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine Research Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division, Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine Research Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Department of Pathology, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division, Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine Research Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division, Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine Research Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division, Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine Research Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division, Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine Research Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division, Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine Research Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division, Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine Research Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division, Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine Research Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Department of Pathology, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Molecular Genetics of Stem Cells Laboratory, Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division, Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine Research Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division, Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine Research Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division, Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine Research Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division, Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine Research Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division, Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine Research Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division, Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine Research Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division, Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine Research Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division, Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine Research Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec-Université Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada
- Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec-Université Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada
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- Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec-Université Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Molecular Genetics of Stem Cells Laboratory, Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Division of Hematology, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division, Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine Research Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Division of Hematology-Oncology and Quebec Leukemia Cell Bank, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
- Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division, Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine Research Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division, Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine Research Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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Pan F, Sarno J, Jeong J, Yang X, Jager A, Gruber TA, Davis KL, Cleary ML. Genome editing-induced t(4;11) chromosomal translocations model B cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemias with KMT2A-AFF1 fusion. J Clin Invest 2024; 134:e171030. [PMID: 37917159 PMCID: PMC10760968 DOI: 10.1172/jci171030] [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] [Indexed: 11/03/2023] Open
Abstract
A t(4;11) leukemia model established from CRISPR-engineered chromosomal translocations between the KMT2A and AFF1 genes recapitulate proteomic, epigenomic, and transcriptomic features of primary patient leukemias.
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- Feng Pan
- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
- Department of Molecular Medicine, the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, Stem Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
- Stanford Center for Cancer Cell Therapy, Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, Stem Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
- Stanford Center for Cancer Cell Therapy, Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, Stem Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, Stem Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
- Stanford Center for Cancer Cell Therapy, Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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Neault M, Lebert-Ghali CÉ, Fournier M, Capdevielle C, Garfinkle EAR, Obermayer A, Cotton A, Boulay K, Sawchyn C, St-Amand S, Nguyen KH, Assaf B, Mercier FE, Delisle JS, Drobetsky EA, Hulea L, Shaw TI, Zuber J, Gruber TA, Melichar HJ, Mallette FA. CBFA2T3-GLIS2-dependent pediatric acute megakaryoblastic leukemia is driven by GLIS2 and sensitive to navitoclax. Cell Rep 2023; 42:113084. [PMID: 37716355 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113084] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Revised: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 08/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Pediatric acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (AMKL) is an aggressive blood cancer associated with poor therapeutic response and high mortality. Here we describe the development of CBFA2T3-GLIS2-driven mouse models of AMKL that recapitulate the phenotypic and transcriptional signatures of the human disease. We show that an activating Ras mutation that occurs in human AMKL increases the penetrance and decreases the latency of CBF2AT3-GLIS2-driven AMKL. CBFA2T3-GLIS2 and GLIS2 modulate similar transcriptional networks. We identify the dominant oncogenic properties of GLIS2 that trigger AMKL in cooperation with oncogenic Ras. We find that both CBFA2T3-GLIS2 and GLIS2 alter the expression of a number of BH3-only proteins, causing AMKL cell sensitivity to the BCL2 inhibitor navitoclax both in vitro and in vivo, suggesting a potential therapeutic option for pediatric patients suffering from CBFA2T3-GLIS2-driven AMKL.
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- Mathieu Neault
- Immunology-Oncology Unit, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada; Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Immunology-Oncology Unit, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada; Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Immunology-Oncology Unit, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Immunology-Oncology Unit, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada; Département de Biochimie et Médecine Moléculaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology, Oncology, Stem Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Immunology-Oncology Unit, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada; Département de Biochimie et Médecine Moléculaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Immunology-Oncology Unit, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada; Département de Biochimie et Médecine Moléculaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Immunology-Oncology Unit, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada; Département de Biochimie et Médecine Moléculaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Immunology-Oncology Unit, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Immunology-Oncology Unit, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Immunology-Oncology Unit, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada; Département de Médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Immunology-Oncology Unit, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada; Département de Médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Immunology-Oncology Unit, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada; Département de Biochimie et Médecine Moléculaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada; Département de Médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology, Oncology, Stem Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Immunology-Oncology Unit, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada; Département de Médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
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- Immunology-Oncology Unit, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada; Département de Biochimie et Médecine Moléculaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada; Département de Médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
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Kamens JL, Nance S, Koss C, Xu B, Cotton A, Lam JW, Garfinkle EAR, Nallagatla P, Smith AMR, Mitchell S, Ma J, Currier D, Wright WC, Kavdia K, Pagala VR, Kim W, Wallace LM, Cho JH, Fan Y, Seth A, Twarog N, Choi JK, Obeng EA, Hatley ME, Metzger ML, Inaba H, Jeha S, Rubnitz JE, Peng J, Chen T, Shelat AA, Guy RK, Gruber TA. Author Correction: Proteasome inhibition targets the KMT2A transcriptional complex in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Nat Commun 2023; 14:1297. [PMID: 36894563 PMCID: PMC10063615 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37141-4] [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: 03/11/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Jennifer L Kamens
- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.,Department of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.,Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. .,Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
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Kamens JL, Nance S, Koss C, Xu B, Cotton A, Lam JW, Garfinkle EAR, Nallagatla P, Smith AMR, Mitchell S, Ma J, Currier D, Wright WC, Kavdia K, Pagala VR, Kim W, Wallace LM, Cho JH, Fan Y, Seth A, Twarog N, Choi JK, Obeng EA, Hatley ME, Metzger ML, Inaba H, Jeha S, Rubnitz JE, Peng J, Chen T, Shelat AA, Guy RK, Gruber TA. Proteasome inhibition targets the KMT2A transcriptional complex in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Nat Commun 2023; 14:809. [PMID: 36781850 PMCID: PMC9925443 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36370-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 01/26/2023] [Indexed: 02/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Rearrangments in Histone-lysine-N-methyltransferase 2A (KMT2Ar) are associated with pediatric, adult and therapy-induced acute leukemias. Infants with KMT2Ar acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have a poor prognosis with an event-free-survival of 38%. Herein we evaluate 1116 FDA approved compounds in primary KMT2Ar infant ALL specimens and identify a sensitivity to proteasome inhibition. Upon exposure to this class of agents, cells demonstrate a depletion of histone H2B monoubiquitination (H2Bub1) and histone H3 lysine 79 dimethylation (H3K79me2) at KMT2A target genes in addition to a downregulation of the KMT2A gene expression signature, providing evidence that it targets the KMT2A transcriptional complex and alters the epigenome. A cohort of relapsed/refractory KMT2Ar patients treated with this approach on a compassionate basis had an overall response rate of 90%. In conclusion, we report on a high throughput drug screen in primary pediatric leukemia specimens whose results translate into clinically meaningful responses. This innovative treatment approach is now being evaluated in a multi-institutional upfront trial for infants with newly diagnosed ALL.
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- Jennifer L Kamens
- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.,Department of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.,Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. .,Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
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Kamens JL, Dang J, Shaw TI, Gout AM, Newman S, Hagiwara K, Smith AMR, Obermayer AN, Aldridge S, Ma J, Zhang Y, Wu G, Leventaki V, Santiago T, Raimondi S, Nakitandwe J, Pappo A, Li C, Zhang J, Gruber TA. Malignant Progression of an Ancestral Bone Marrow Clone Harboring a CIC-NUTM2A Fusion in Isolated Myeloid Sarcoma. Mol Cancer Res 2023; 21:301-306. [PMID: 36637394 DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-22-0544] [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] [Received: 07/08/2022] [Revised: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
Abstract
Myeloid sarcoma is a rare condition consisting of extramedullary myeloid blasts found in association with acute myeloid leukemia or, in the absence of bone marrow involvement. We identified an infant with isolated myeloid sarcoma whose bone marrow was negative for involvement by flow cytometry. Sequencing revealed the fusion oncogene CIC-NUTM2A and identified the sarcoma to be clonally evolved from the bone marrow, which carried the fusion despite the absence of pathology. Murine modeling confirmed the ability of the fusion to transform hematopoietic cells and identified receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) signaling activation consistent with disruption of the CIC transcriptional repressor. These findings extend the definition of CIC-rearranged malignancies to include hematologic disease, provide insight into the mechanism of oncogenesis, and demonstrate the importance of molecular analysis and tracking of bone marrow involvement over the course of treatment in myeloid sarcoma, including patients that lack flow cytometric evidence of leukemia at diagnosis. IMPLICATIONS This study illustrates molecular involvement of phenotypically normal bone marrow in myeloid sarcoma, which has significant implications in clinical care. Further, it extends the definition of CIC-rearrangements to include hematologic malignancies and shows evidence of RTK activation that may be exploited therapeutically in cancer(s) driven by these fusions.
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- Jennifer L Kamens
- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Tumor Cell Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Center for Applied Bioinformatics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Tumor Cell Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
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Lasry A, Nadorp B, Fornerod M, Nicolet D, Wu H, Walker CJ, Sun Z, Witkowski MT, Tikhonova AN, Guillamot-Ruano M, Cayanan G, Yeaton A, Robbins G, Obeng EA, Tsirigos A, Stone RM, Byrd JC, Pounds S, Carroll WL, Gruber TA, Eisfeld AK, Aifantis I. An inflammatory state remodels the immune microenvironment and improves risk stratification in acute myeloid leukemia. Nat Cancer 2023; 4:27-42. [PMID: 36581735 PMCID: PMC9986885 DOI: 10.1038/s43018-022-00480-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a hematopoietic malignancy with poor prognosis and limited treatment options. Here we provide a comprehensive census of the bone marrow immune microenvironment in adult and pediatric patients with AML. We characterize unique inflammation signatures in a subset of AML patients, associated with inferior outcomes. We identify atypical B cells, a dysfunctional B-cell subtype enriched in patients with high-inflammation AML, as well as an increase in CD8+GZMK+ and regulatory T cells, accompanied by a reduction in T-cell clonal expansion. We derive an inflammation-associated gene score (iScore) that associates with poor survival outcomes in patients with AML. Addition of the iScore refines current risk stratifications for patients with AML and may enable identification of patients in need of more aggressive treatment. This work provides a framework for classifying patients with AML based on their immune microenvironment and a rationale for consideration of the inflammatory state in clinical settings.
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- Audrey Lasry
- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Applied Bioinformatics Laboratories, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Clara D. Bloomfield Center for Leukemia Outcomes Research, Columbus, OH, USA
- Alliance Statistics and Data Center, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Clara D. Bloomfield Center for Leukemia Outcomes Research, Columbus, OH, USA
- Alliance Statistics and Data Center, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Applied Bioinformatics Laboratories, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Clara D. Bloomfield Center for Leukemia Outcomes Research, Columbus, OH, USA.
- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
- Pelotonia Institute for Immuno-Oncology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
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- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
- Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
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Noort S, van Oosterwijk J, Ma J, Garfinkle EA, Nance S, Walsh M, Song G, Reinhardt D, Pigazzi M, Locatelli F, Hasle H, Abrahamsson J, Jarosova M, Kelaidi C, Polychronopoulou S, van den Heuvel-Eibrink MM, Fornerod M, Gruber TA, Zwaan CM. Analysis of rare driving events in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia. Haematologica 2022; 108:48-60. [PMID: 35899387 PMCID: PMC9827169 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2021.280250] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Elucidating genetic aberrations in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (AML) provides insight in biology and may impact on risk-group stratification and clinical outcome. This study aimed to detect such aberrations in a selected series of samples without known (cyto)genetic aberration using molecular profiling. A cohort of 161 patients was selected from various study groups: DCOG, BFM, SJCRH, NOPHO and AEIOP. Samples were analyzed using RNA sequencing (n=152), whole exome (n=135) and/or whole genome sequencing (n=100). In 70 of 156 patients (45%), of whom RNA sequencing or whole genome sequencing was available, rearrangements were detected, 22 of which were novel; five involving ERG rearrangements and four NPM1 rearrangements. ERG rearrangements showed self-renewal capacity in vitro, and a distinct gene expression pattern. Gene set enrichment analysis of this cluster showed upregulation of gene sets derived from Ewing sarcoma, which was confirmed comparing gene expression profiles of AML and Ewing sarcoma. Furthermore, NPM1-rearranged cases showed cytoplasmic NPM1 localization and revealed HOXA/B gene overexpression, as described for NPM1 mutated cases. Single-gene mutations as identified in adult AML were rare. Patients had a median of 24 coding mutations (range, 7-159). Novel recurrent mutations were detected in UBTF (n=10), a regulator of RNA transcription. In 75% of patients an aberration with a prognostic impact could be detected. Therefore, we suggest these techniques need to become standard of care in diagnostics.
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- Sanne Noort
- Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- AML-BFM Study Group, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Essen, Germany
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- Women and Child Health Department, Hematology-Oncology Clinic and Lab, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Italian Association of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Nordic Society for Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Institution for Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Center of Molecular Biology and Gene Therapy, Department of Internal Hematology and Oncology, Masaryk University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, “Aghia Sophia” Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, “Aghia Sophia” Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands,Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cell Biology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands,Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands,C. M. Zwaan
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Wintering A, Smith S, Fuh B, Rangaswami A, Dahl G, Chien M, Gruber TA, Dang J, Li LS, Lenzen A, Savelli S, Dvorak CC, Agrawal AK, Stieglitz E. Therapy-related myeloid neoplasms resembling juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia: a case series and review of the literature. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2022; 69:e29499. [PMID: 34939322 PMCID: PMC8957526 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.29499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Revised: 11/09/2021] [Accepted: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
Therapy-related myeloid neoplasms (t-MN) are a distinct subgroup of myeloid malignancies with a poor prognosis that include cases of therapy-related myelodysplastic syndrome (t-MDS), therapy-related myeloproliferative neoplasms (t-MPN) and therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia (t-AML). Here, we report a series of patients with clinical features consistent with juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML), an overlap syndrome of MDS and myeloproliferative neoplasms that developed after treatment for another malignancy.
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- Astrid Wintering
- Department of Pediatrics, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, Oakland, CA 94609, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94304, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94304, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94304, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94304, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Akron Children’s Hospital, Akron, OH 44308, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA,Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, Oakland, CA 94609, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA,Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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Fornerod M, Ma J, Noort S, Liu Y, Walsh MP, Shi L, Nance S, Liu Y, Wang Y, Song G, Lamprecht T, Easton J, Mulder HL, Yergeau D, Myers J, Kamens JL, Obeng EA, Pigazzi M, Jarosova M, Kelaidi C, Polychronopoulou S, Lamba JK, Baker SD, Rubnitz JE, Reinhardt D, van den Heuvel-Eibrink MM, Locatelli F, Hasle H, Klco JM, Downing JR, Zhang J, Pounds S, Zwaan CM, Gruber TA. Integrative Genomic Analysis of Pediatric Myeloid-Related Acute Leukemias Identifies Novel Subtypes and Prognostic Indicators. Blood Cancer Discov 2021; 2:586-599. [PMID: 34778799 PMCID: PMC8580615 DOI: 10.1158/2643-3230.bcd-21-0049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [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: 03/17/2021] [Revised: 07/04/2021] [Accepted: 09/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Integrating somatic mutation analysis and gene expression profiling distinguishes pediatric AML subtypes with differential prognoses and clinical risks. Genomic characterization of pediatric patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) has led to the discovery of somatic mutations with prognostic implications. Although gene-expression profiling can differentiate subsets of pediatric AML, its clinical utility in risk stratification remains limited. Here, we evaluate gene expression, pathogenic somatic mutations, and outcome in a cohort of 435 pediatric patients with a spectrum of pediatric myeloid-related acute leukemias for biological subtype discovery. This analysis revealed 63 patients with varying immunophenotypes that span a T-lineage and myeloid continuum designated as acute myeloid/T-lymphoblastic leukemia (AMTL). Within AMTL, two patient subgroups distinguished by FLT3-ITD and PRC2 mutations have different outcomes, demonstrating the impact of mutational composition on survival. Across the cohort, variability in outcomes of patients within isomutational subsets is influenced by transcriptional identity and the presence of a stem cell–like gene-expression signature. Integration of gene expression and somatic mutations leads to improved risk stratification.
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- Maarten Fornerod
- Department of Cell Biology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.,Department of Pediatric Oncology Hematology, Erasmus Medical Center-Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology Hematology, Erasmus Medical Center-Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Pediatric Translational Medicine Institute, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Hematology Oncology Clinic and Lab, University of Padova, IRP, Padova, Italy.,Department of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Sapienza, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine Hematology and Oncology Center of Molecular Biology and Gene Therapy, Masaryk University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Division of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology Hematology, Erasmus Medical Center-Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.,Department of Pediatric Oncology, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Sapienza, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology Hematology, Erasmus Medical Center-Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.,Department of Pediatric Oncology, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.,Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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Klairmont MM, Zhou Y, Cheng C, Pui CH, Jeha S, Gruber TA, Liu Y, Inaba H, Choi JK. Clinicopathologic and prognostic features of TdT-negative pediatric B-lymphoblastic leukemia. Mod Pathol 2021; 34:2050-2054. [PMID: 34148065 PMCID: PMC9770053 DOI: 10.1038/s41379-021-00853-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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] [Received: 04/03/2021] [Revised: 06/01/2021] [Accepted: 06/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Little is known about B-lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) that lacks expression of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT). To address this, we performed the largest study to date of TdT-negative B-ALL using data from St. Jude Total XV and XVI clinical trials. Compared to TdT-positive B-ALL (n = 896), TdT-negative B-ALL (n = 21) was associated with younger age (median, 1.4 versus 6.8 years, P < 0.001), higher white blood cell count (median, 52.8 versus 9.9 × 109/L, P < 0.001), absence of hyperdiploidy (0 versus 27.8%, P = 0.002), KMT2A rearrangement (100 versus 1.9%, P < 0.001), and inferior 5-year event-free survival (EFS) (76.2 versus 90.3%, P = 0.047). In the context of KMT2A-rearranged B-ALL (n = 38), TdT-negativity was significantly associated with the MLLT1 rearrangement partner (P = 0.026) but was not independently predictive of survival, suggesting that the high-risk features of TdT-negative B-ALL are secondary to underlying KMT2A rearrangements. Finally, we compared the sensitivity of TdT-negativity to neuron-glial antigen 2 (NG.2) expression for the detection of KMT2A rearrangements and found that 63% of KMT2A-rearranged B-ALL cases not identified by NG.2 were TdT-negative. The results of this study expand the spectrum of immunophenotypic features that are specific for high-risk KMT2A rearrangements in pediatric B-ALL and can be readily implemented using existing standard acute leukemia flow cytometry panels.
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- Matthew M. Klairmont
- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA,Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA. .,Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
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Karol SE, Pei D, Smith CA, Liu Y, Yang W, Kornegay NM, Panetta JC, Crews KR, Cheng C, Finch ER, Inaba H, Metzger ML, Rubnitz JE, Ribeiro RC, Gruber TA, Yang JJ, Evans WE, Jeha S, Pui CH, Relling MV. Comprehensive analysis of dose intensity of acute lymphoblastic leukemia chemotherapy. Haematologica 2021; 107:371-380. [PMID: 34196166 PMCID: PMC8804576 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2021.278411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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] [Received: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Chemotherapy dosages are often compromised, but most reports lack data on dosages that are actually delivered. In two consecutive acute lymphoblastic leukemia trials that differed in their asparaginase formulation, native E. coli L-asparaginase in St. Jude Total 15 (T15, n=365) and pegaspargase in Total 16 (T16, n=524), we tallied the dose intensities for all drugs on the low-risk or standard-risk arms, analyzing 504,039 dosing records. The median dose intensity for each drug ranged from 61-100%. Dose intensities for several drugs were more than 10% higher on T15 than on T16: cyclophosphamide (P<0.0001 for the standard- risk arm), cytarabine (P<0.0001 for the standard-risk arm), and mercaptopurine (P<0.0001 for the low-risk arm and P<0.0001 for the standardrisk arm). We attributed the lower dosages on T16 to the higher asparaginase dosages on T16 than on T15 (P<0.0001 for both the low-risk and standard-risk arms), with higher dose-intensity for mercaptopurine in those with anti-asparaginase antibodies than in those without (P=5.62x10- 3 for T15 standard risk and P=1.43x10-4 for T16 standard risk). Neutrophil count did not differ between protocols for low-risk patients (P=0.18) and was actually lower for standard-risk patients on T16 than on T15 (P<0.0001) despite lower dosages of most drugs on T16. Patients with low asparaginase dose intensity had higher methotrexate dose intensity with no impact on prognosis. The only dose intensity measure predicting a higher risk of relapse on both studies was higher mercaptopurine dose intensity, but this did not reach statistical significance (P=0.03 T15; P=0.07 T16). In these intensive multiagent trials, higher dosages of asparaginase compromised the dosing of other drugs for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, particularly mercaptopurine, but lower chemotherapy dose intensity was not associated with relapse.
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- Seth E Karol
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Department of Global Pediatric Medicine, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Department of Global Pediatric Medicine, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN.
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Jeha S, Choi JK, Pei D, Coustan-Smith E, Inaba H, Rubnitz JE, Ribiero RC, Gruber TA, Raimondi SC, Karol SE, Roberts KG, Yang JJ, Cheng C, Downing JR, Evans WE, Relling MV, Campana D, Mullighan CG, Pui CH. Abstract CT146: Prognostic and therapeutic significance of leukemia subtypes in the context of risk-directed therapy based on minimal residual disease levels in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cancer Res 2021. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2021-ct146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Determination of prognostic and therapeutic implications of novel leukemia subtypes in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treated with contemporary minimal residual disease (MRD)-directed therapy can improve outcome. In this study, we evaluated the clinical impact of identification of the full genomic spectrum of leukemia subtypes and MRD assessment to guide risk-directed therapy. A retrospective cohort study was conducted in 598 consecutive patients enrolled on Total Therapy Study 16 in a single center from October 29, 2007 to March 26, 2017, with a median follow-up of 7 years. High-hyperdiploid and ETV6-RUNX1 ALL were provisionally classified to be low-risk; TCF3-PBX1, hypodiploid<44 chromosomes and T-ALL standard-risk; and BCR-ABL1, infant KMT2A-rearranged and ETP ALL high-risk. Single nucleotide polymorphism arrays, exome and transcriptome sequencing were used to identify novel leukemia subtypes. Final risk assignment was based on MRD levels measured in bone marrow samples on day 15 of induction and day 42 (end of induction). Patients with MRD≥1% on day 15 or 0.01% to <1% on day 42 were assigned to standard-risk and those with MRD≥1% to high-risk group. MRD was determined in blood samples on day 8 for a research aim. The primary outcome was event-free survival. The secondary outcomes were relapse and overall survival. We identified 17 genetic subtypes, 8 of which were novel. Patients with ETV6-RUNX1, high-hyperdiploid and DUX4-rearranged B-ALL had the best 5-year event-free survival: 98.4%, 95.3%, and 95.0%, respectively. Those with TCF3-PBX1, PAX5alt, ETP, iAMP21, hypodiploid and T-ALL had intermediate rates (80.0% to 88.2%), while those with KMT2A-rearranged, BCR-ABL1, BCR-ABL1-like and ETV6-RUNX1-like ALL had the worst rates (64.1% to 76.2%). All but three of the 142 patients with day-8 blood MRD<0.01% remained in continuous remission. Among novel subtypes, intensified therapy based on day-15 MRD≥1% improved outcome of patients with DUX4-rearranged, BCR-ABL1-like, and ZNF384-rearranged ALL, and achievement of day-42 MRD<0.01% did not preclude relapse of those with PAX5alt, MEF2D-rearranged and ETV6-RUNX1-like ALL. Comprehensive genomic analyses identify novel subtypes, such as DUX4-rearranged, PAX5alt, BCR-ABL1-like, ETV6-RUNX1-like, M2F2D-rearranged and ZNF384-rearranged ALL, which have prognostic and therapeutic implications.
Citation Format: Sima Jeha, John K. Choi, Deqing Pei, Elaine Coustan-Smith, Hiroto Inaba, Jeffrey E. Rubnitz, Raul C. Ribiero, Tanja A. Gruber, Susana C. Raimondi, Seth E. Karol, Kathryn G. Roberts, Jun J. Yang, Cheng Cheng, James R. Downing, William E. Evans, Mary V. Relling, Dario Campana, Charles G. Mullighan, Ching-Hon Pui. Prognostic and therapeutic significance of leukemia subtypes in the context of risk-directed therapy based on minimal residual disease levels in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2021; 2021 Apr 10-15 and May 17-21. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2021;81(13_Suppl):Abstract nr CT146.
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- Sima Jeha
- 1St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- 2University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- 1St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- 1St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- 1St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- 1St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- 3National University Of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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Jeha S, Choi J, Roberts KG, Pei D, Coustan-Smith E, Inaba H, Rubnitz JE, Ribeiro RC, Gruber TA, Raimondi SC, Karol SE, Qu C, Brady SW, Gu Z, Yang JJ, Cheng C, Downing JR, Evans WE, Relling MV, Campana D, Mullighan CG, Pui CH. Clinical significance of novel subtypes of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in the context of minimal residual disease-directed therapy. Blood Cancer Discov 2021; 2:326-337. [PMID: 34250504 DOI: 10.1158/2643-3230.bcd-20-0229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
We evaluate clinical significance of recently identified subtypes of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in 598 children treated with minimal residual disease (MRD)-directed therapy. Among the 16 B-ALL and 8 T-ALL subtypes identified by next generation sequencing, ETV6-RUNX1, high-hyperdiploid and DUX4-rearranged B-ALL had the best five-year event-free survival rates (95% to 98.4%); TCF3-PBX1, PAX5alt, T-cell, ETP, iAMP21, and hypodiploid ALL intermediate rates (80.0% to 88.2%); and BCR-ABL1, BCR-ABL1-like and ETV6-RUNX1-like and KMT2A-rearranged ALL the worst rates (64.1% to 76.2%). All but three of the 142 patients with day-8 blood MRD <0.01% remained in remission. Among new subtypes, intensified therapy based on day-15 MRD≥1% improved outcome of DUX4-rearranged, BCR-ABL1-like, and ZNF384-rearranged ALL, and achievement of day-42 MRD<0.01% did not preclude relapse of PAX5alt, MEF2D-rearranged and ETV6-RUNX1-like ALL. Thus, new subtypes including DUX4-rearranged, PAX5alt, BCR-ABL1-like, ETV6-RUNX1-like, MEF2D-rearranged and ZNF384-rearranged ALL have important prognostic and therapeutic implications.
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- Sima Jeha
- Department of Oncology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.,Department of Pediatric Global Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Pathology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Pathology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biostatistics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Oncology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Oncology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Oncology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Oncology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Pathology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Oncology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Pathology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Pathology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Biostatistics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Pathology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Pathology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Oncology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.,Department of Pediatric Global Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.,Department of Pathology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Brivio E, Chantrain CF, Gruber TA, Thano A, Rialland F, Contet A, Elitzur S, Dalla-Pozza L, Kállay KM, Li CK, Kato M, Markova I, Schmiegelow K, Bodmer N, Breese EH, Hoogendijk R, Pieters R, Zwaan CM. Inotuzumab ozogamicin in infants and young children with relapsed or refractory acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: a case series. Br J Haematol 2021; 193:1172-1177. [PMID: 33529389 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.17333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/27/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
No data on inotuzumab ozogamicin (InO) in infant acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) have been published to date. We collected data internationally on infants/young children (<3 years) with ALL treated with InO. Fifteen patients (median 4.4 months at diagnosis) received InO due to relapsed or refractory (R/R) disease. Median percentage of CD22+ blasts was 72% (range 40-100%, n = 9). The median dose in the first course was 1.74 mg/m2 (fractionated). Seven patients (47%) achieved complete remission; one additional minimal residual disease (MRD)-positive patient became MRD-negative. Six-month overall survival was 47% (95% confidence interval [CI] 27-80%). Two patients developed veno-occlusive disease after transplant. Further evaluation of InO in this subgroup of ALL is justified.
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- Erica Brivio
- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands.,Department of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, CHC-Clinique du MontLégia - Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.,Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Oncology and Hematology, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Department of Oncology and Hematology, Children's Hospital, CHRU Nancy, Vandoeuvre Lès Nancy, France
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- Pediatric Hematology -Oncology, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Cancer Centre for Children, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia
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- Pediatric Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Department, Central Hospital of Southern Pest - National Institute of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Paediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Research, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- R.M. Gorbacheva Memorial Institute of Children Oncology, Hematology and Transplantation, Pavlov University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Rigshospitalet Copenhagen University Hospital; Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department Oncology, University Children's Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Division of Oncology, Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands.,Department of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Goemans BF, Noort S, Blink M, Wang YD, Peters STCJ, van Wouwe JP, Kaspers G, de Haas V, Kollen WJ, van der Velden VHJ, Gruber TA, Zwaan CM. Sensitive GATA1 mutation screening reliably identifies neonates with Down syndrome at risk for myeloid leukemia. Leukemia 2021; 35:2403-2406. [PMID: 33483616 PMCID: PMC8324475 DOI: 10.1038/s41375-021-01128-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Revised: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Bianca F. Goemans
- grid.487647.ePrincess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- grid.487647.ePrincess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands ,grid.416135.4Department of Pediatric oncology, Sophia Children’s hospital, Erasmus medical center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- grid.509540.d0000 0004 6880 3010Department of Pediatrics, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- grid.240871.80000 0001 0224 711XDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN USA
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- grid.487647.ePrincess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Child Health, Netherlands Organization of Applied Scientific Research TNO, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- grid.487647.ePrincess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands ,grid.12380.380000 0004 1754 9227Pediatric Oncology, Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands ,Dutch Childhood Oncology Group (DCOG), Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- grid.487647.ePrincess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands ,Dutch Childhood Oncology Group (DCOG), Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- grid.487647.ePrincess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands ,Dutch Childhood Oncology Group (DCOG), Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- grid.5645.2000000040459992XDepartment of Immunology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- grid.168010.e0000000419368956Department of Pediatrics, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA USA
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- grid.487647.ePrincess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands ,grid.416135.4Department of Pediatric oncology, Sophia Children’s hospital, Erasmus medical center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands ,Dutch Childhood Oncology Group (DCOG), Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Lamba JK, Cao X, Raimondi S, Downing J, Ribeiro R, Gruber TA, Rubnitz J, Pounds S. DNA Methylation Clusters and Their Relation to Cytogenetic Features in Pediatric AML. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:cancers12103024. [PMID: 33080932 PMCID: PMC7603219 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12103024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2020] [Accepted: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) is characterized by recurrent genetic and cytogenetic lesions that are utilized for risk stratification and for making treatment decisions. In recent years, methylation dysregulation has been extensively studied and associated with risk groups and prognosis in adult AML, however, such studies in pediatric AML are limited. Moreover, the mutations in epigenetic genes such as DNMT3A, IDH1 or IDH2 are almost absent or rare in pediatric patients as compared to their abundance in adult AML. In the current study, we evaluated methylation patterns that occur with or independent of the well-defined cytogenetic features in pediatric AML patients enrolled on multi-site AML02 clinical trial (NCT00136084). Our results demonstrate that unlike adult AML, cytosine DNA methylation does not result in significant unique clusters in pediatric AML, however, DNA methylation signatures correlated significantly with the most common and recurrent cytogenetic features. Paired evaluation of DNA methylation and expression identified genes and pathways of biological relevance that hold promise for novel therapeutic strategies. Our results further demonstrate that epigenetic signatures occur complimentary to the well-established chromosomal/mutational landscape, implying that dysregulation of oncogenes or tumor suppressors might be leveraging both genetic and epigenetic mechanisms to impact biological pathways critical for leukemogenesis.
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- Jatinder K. Lamba
- Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Acute and Tertiary Care, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA;
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA; (S.R.); (J.D.)
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA; (S.R.); (J.D.)
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA; (R.R.); (J.R.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA;
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA; (R.R.); (J.R.)
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA;
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- Elizabeth A R Garfinkle
- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis TN.,Integrated Biomedical Sciences Program, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis TN
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Jeha S, Pei D, Choi J, Cheng C, Sandlund JT, Coustan-Smith E, Campana D, Inaba H, Rubnitz JE, Ribeiro RC, Gruber TA, Raimondi SC, Khan RB, Yang JJ, Mullighan CG, Downing JR, Evans WE, Relling MV, Pui CH. Improved CNS Control of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Without Cranial Irradiation: St Jude Total Therapy Study 16. J Clin Oncol 2019; 37:3377-3391. [PMID: 31657981 PMCID: PMC7351342 DOI: 10.1200/jco.19.01692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.6] [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] [Accepted: 09/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Despite contemporary treatment, up to 10% of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia still experience relapse. We evaluated whether a higher dosage of PEG-asparaginase and early intensification of triple intrathecal therapy would improve systemic and CNS control. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between 2007 and 2017, 598 consecutive patients age 0 to 18 years received risk-directed chemotherapy without prophylactic cranial irradiation in the St Jude Total Therapy Study 16. Patients were randomly assigned to receive PEG-asparaginase 3,500 U/m2 versus the conventional 2,500 U/m2. Patients presenting features that were associated with increased risk of CNS relapse received two extra doses of intrathecal therapy during the first 2 weeks of remission induction. RESULTS The 5-year event-free survival and overall survival rates for the 598 patients were 88.2% (95% CI, 84.9% to 91.5%) and 94.1% (95% CI, 91.7% to 96.5%), respectively. Cumulative risk of any-isolated or combined-CNS relapse was 1.5% (95% CI, 0.5% to 2.5%). Higher doses of PEG-asparaginase did not affect treatment outcome. T-cell phenotype was the only independent risk factor for any CNS relapse (hazard ratio, 5.15; 95% CI, 1.3 to 20.6; P = . 021). Among 359 patients with features that were associated with increased risk for CNS relapse, the 5-year rate of any CNS relapse was significantly lower than that among 248 patients with the same features treated in the previous Total Therapy Study 15 (1.8% [95% CI, 0.4% to 3.3%] v 5.7% [95% CI, 2.8% to 8.6%]; P = .008). There were no significant differences in the cumulative risk of seizure or infection during induction between patients who did or did not receive the two extra doses of intrathecal treatment. CONCLUSION Higher doses of PEG-asparaginase failed to improve outcome, but additional intrathecal therapy during early induction seemed to contribute to improved CNS control without excessive toxicity for high-risk patients.
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- Sima Jeha
- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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Gruber TA. Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals a Developmental Hierarchy in Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis. Cancer Discov 2019; 9:1343-1345. [PMID: 31575563 DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-19-0820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In this issue of Cancer Discovery, Halbritter and colleagues utilize single-cell RNA sequencing to dissect the cellular hierarchy in Langerhans cell histiocytosis. They identified a remarkably consistent composition of 14 cellular subsets across all patients with a range of clinical spectrums consistent with a shared developmental hierarchy driven by key transcriptional regulators.See related article by Halbritter et al., p. 1406.
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- Tanja A Gruber
- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.
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Inaba H, Panetta JC, Pounds SB, Wang L, Li L, Navid F, Federico SM, Eisenmann ED, Vasilyeva A, Wang YD, Shurtleff S, Pui CH, Gruber TA, Ribeiro RC, Rubnitz JE, Baker SD. Sorafenib Population Pharmacokinetics and Skin Toxicities in Children and Adolescents with Refractory/Relapsed Leukemia or Solid Tumor Malignancies. Clin Cancer Res 2019; 25:7320-7330. [PMID: 31455680 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-19-0470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2019] [Revised: 06/07/2019] [Accepted: 08/22/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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PURPOSE To determine the pharmacokinetics and skin toxicity profile of sorafenib in children with refractory/relapsed malignancies. PATIENTS AND METHODS Sorafenib was administered concurrently or sequentially with clofarabine and cytarabine to patients with leukemia or with bevacizumab and cyclophosphamide to patients with solid tumor malignancies. The population pharmacokinetics (PPK) of sorafenib and its metabolites and skin toxicities were evaluated. RESULTS In PPK analysis, older age, bevacizumab and cyclophosphamide regimen, and higher creatinine were associated with decreased sorafenib apparent clearance (CL/f; P < 0.0001 for all), and concurrent clofarabine and cytarabine administration was associated with decreased sorafenib N-oxide CL/f (P = 7e-4). Higher bilirubin was associated with decreased sorafenib N-oxide and glucuronide CL/f (P = 1e-4). Concurrent use of organic anion-transporting polypeptide 1B1 inhibitors was associated with increased sorafenib and decreased sorafenib glucuronide CL/f (P < 0.003). In exposure-toxicity analysis, a shorter time to development of grade 2-3 hand-foot skin reaction (HFSR) was associated with concurrent (P = 0.0015) but not with sequential (P = 0.59) clofarabine and cytarabine administration, compared with bevacizumab and cyclophosphamide, and with higher steady-state concentrations of sorafenib (P = 0.0004) and sorafenib N-oxide (P = 0.0275). In the Bayes information criterion model selection, concurrent clofarabine and cytarabine administration, higher sorafenib steady-state concentrations, larger body surface area, and previous occurrence of rash appeared in the four best two-predictor models of HFSR. Pharmacokinetic simulations showed that once-daily and every-other-day sorafenib schedules would minimize exposure to sorafenib steady-state concentrations associated with HFSR. CONCLUSIONS Sorafenib skin toxicities can be affected by concurrent medications and sorafenib steady-state concentrations. The described PPK model can be used to refine exposure-response relations for alternative dosing strategies to minimize skin toxicity.
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- Hiroto Inaba
- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. .,Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Cancer Center Administration, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee.,Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee.,Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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Buelow DR, Pounds SB, Wang YD, Shi L, Li Y, Finkelstein D, Shurtleff S, Neale G, Inaba H, Ribeiro RC, Palumbo R, Garrison D, Orwick SJ, Blachly JS, Kroll K, Byrd JC, Gruber TA, Rubnitz JE, Baker SD. Uncovering the Genomic Landscape in Newly Diagnosed and Relapsed Pediatric Cytogenetically Normal FLT3-ITD AML. Clin Transl Sci 2019; 12:641-647. [PMID: 31350825 PMCID: PMC6853146 DOI: 10.1111/cts.12669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [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: 05/01/2019] [Accepted: 06/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) internal tandem duplication (ITD) mutations, common in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (AML), associate with early relapse and poor prognosis. Past studies have suggested additional cooperative mutations are required for leukemogenesis in FLT3-ITD+ AML. Using RNA sequencing and a next-generation targeted gene panel, we broadly characterize the co-occurring genomic alterations in pediatric cytogenetically normal (CN) FLT3-ITD+ AML to gain a deeper understanding of the clonal patterns and heterogeneity at diagnosis and relapse. We show that chimeric transcripts were present in 21 of 34 (62%) of de novo samples, 2 (6%) of these samples included a rare reoccurring fusion partner BCL11B. At diagnosis, the median number of mutations other than FLT3 per patient was 1 (range 0-3), which involved 8 gene pathways; WT1 and NPM1 mutations were frequently observed (35% and 24%, respectively). Fusion transcripts and high variant allele frequency (VAF) mutants, which included WT1, NPM1, SMARCA2, RAD21, and TYK2, were retained from diagnosis to relapse. We did observe reduction in VAF of simple or single mutation clones, but VAFs were preserved or expanded in more complex clones with multiple mutations. Our data provide the first insight into the genomic complexity of pediatric CN FLT3-ITD+ AML and could help stratify future targeted treatment strategies.
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- Daelynn R Buelow
- Division of Pharmaceutics, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Hartwell Center, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutics, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutics, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Hematology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Hematology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Hematology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutics, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.,Division of Hematology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutics, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.,Division of Hematology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Drenberg CD, Shelat A, Dang J, Cotton A, Orwick SJ, Li M, Jeon JY, Fu Q, Buelow DR, Pioso M, Hu S, Inaba H, Ribeiro RC, Rubnitz JE, Gruber TA, Guy RK, Baker SD. A high-throughput screen indicates gemcitabine and JAK inhibitors may be useful for treating pediatric AML. Nat Commun 2019; 10:2189. [PMID: 31097698 PMCID: PMC6522510 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09917-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2018] [Accepted: 04/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Improvement in survival has been achieved for children and adolescents with AML but is largely attributed to enhanced supportive care as opposed to the development of better treatment regimens. High risk subtypes continue to have poor outcomes with event free survival rates <40% despite the use of high intensity chemotherapy in combination with hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Here we combine high-throughput screening, intracellular accumulation assays, and in vivo efficacy studies to identify therapeutic strategies for pediatric AML. We report therapeutics not currently used to treat AML, gemcitabine and cabazitaxel, have broad anti-leukemic activity across subtypes and are more effective relative to the AML standard of care, cytarabine, both in vitro and in vivo. JAK inhibitors are selective for acute megakaryoblastic leukemia and significantly prolong survival in multiple preclinical models. Our approach provides advances in the development of treatment strategies for pediatric AML.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Animals
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/pharmacology
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use
- Bone Marrow/pathology
- Bone Marrow/radiation effects
- Bone Marrow Transplantation
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Cytarabine/pharmacology
- Cytarabine/therapeutic use
- Deoxycytidine/analogs & derivatives
- Deoxycytidine/pharmacology
- Deoxycytidine/therapeutic use
- Disease-Free Survival
- Female
- High-Throughput Screening Assays/methods
- Humans
- Infant
- Janus Kinase Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Janus Kinase Inhibitors/therapeutic use
- Leukemia, Experimental/drug therapy
- Leukemia, Experimental/etiology
- Leukemia, Experimental/mortality
- Leukemia, Experimental/pathology
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/drug therapy
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/mortality
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/pathology
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Transgenic
- Taxoids/pharmacology
- Taxoids/therapeutic use
- Whole-Body Irradiation/adverse effects
- Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
- Young Adult
- Gemcitabine
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- Christina D Drenberg
- Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
- Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
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- Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
- Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
- Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
- Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
- Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
- Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
- Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40506, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
- Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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Hyrenius-Wittsten A, Pilheden M, Sturesson H, Hansson J, Walsh MP, Song G, Kazi JU, Liu J, Ramakrishan R, Garcia-Ruiz C, Nance S, Gupta P, Zhang J, Rönnstrand L, Hultquist A, Downing JR, Lindkvist-Petersson K, Paulsson K, Järås M, Gruber TA, Ma J, Hagström-Andersson AK. De novo activating mutations drive clonal evolution and enhance clonal fitness in KMT2A-rearranged leukemia. Nat Commun 2018; 9:1770. [PMID: 29720585 PMCID: PMC5932012 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04180-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2017] [Accepted: 04/11/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Activating signaling mutations are common in acute leukemia with KMT2A (previously MLL) rearrangements (KMT2A-R). These mutations are often subclonal and their biological impact remains unclear. Using a retroviral acute myeloid mouse leukemia model, we demonstrate that FLT3ITD, FLT3N676K, and NRASG12D accelerate KMT2A-MLLT3 leukemia onset. Further, also subclonal FLT3N676K mutations accelerate disease, possibly by providing stimulatory factors. Herein, we show that one such factor, MIF, promotes survival of mouse KMT2A-MLLT3 leukemia initiating cells. We identify acquired de novo mutations in Braf, Cbl, Kras, and Ptpn11 in KMT2A-MLLT3 leukemia cells that favored clonal expansion. During clonal evolution, we observe serial genetic changes at the KrasG12D locus, consistent with a strong selective advantage of additional KrasG12D. KMT2A-MLLT3 leukemias with signaling mutations enforce Myc and Myb transcriptional modules. Our results provide new insight into the biology of KMT2A-R leukemia with subclonal signaling mutations and highlight the importance of activated signaling as a contributing driver. In acute leukemia with KMT2A rearrangements (KMT2A-R), activating signaling mutations are common. Here, the authors use a retroviral acute myeloid mouse leukemia model to show that subclonal de novo activating mutations drive clonal evolution in acute leukemia with KMT2A-R and enhance clonal fitness.
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- Axel Hyrenius-Wittsten
- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, 221 84, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, 221 84, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, 221 84, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Molecular Hematology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, 221 84, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children´s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children´s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
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- Division of Translational Cancer Research, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, 223 63, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, 221 84, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, 221 84, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, 221 84, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children´s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children´s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children´s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
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- Division of Translational Cancer Research, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, 223 63, Lund, Sweden.,Lund Stem Cell Center, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, 221 84, Lund, Sweden.,Division of Oncology, Skane University Hospital, Lund University, 221 85, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Pathology, Skane University Hospital, Lund University, 221 85, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children´s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
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- Medical Structural Biology, Department of Experimental Medical Science, 221 84 Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, 221 84, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, 221 84, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children´s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA.,Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children´s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children´s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
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- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, 221 84, Lund, Sweden.
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Roussy M, Bilodeau M, Jouan L, Tibout P, Laramée L, Lemyre E, Léveillé F, Tihy F, Cardin S, Sauvageau C, Couture F, Louis I, Choblet A, Patey N, Gendron P, Duval M, Teira P, Hébert J, Wilhelm BT, Choi JK, Gruber TA, Bittencourt H, Cellot S. NUP98-BPTF
gene fusion identified in primary refractory acute megakaryoblastic leukemia of infancy. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2018; 57:311-319. [DOI: 10.1002/gcc.22532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2018] [Revised: 02/07/2018] [Accepted: 02/08/2018] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Mathieu Roussy
- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division; Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center; Montréal Québec Canada
- Department of Biomedical Sciences; Université de Montréal; Montréal Québec Canada
- Faculty of Medicine; Université de Montréal; Montréal Québec Canada
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division; Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center; Montréal Québec Canada
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- Integrated Centre for Pediatric Clinical Genomics; CHU Sainte-Justine; Montréal Québec Canada
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division; Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center; Montréal Québec Canada
- Faculty of Medicine; Université de Montréal; Montréal Québec Canada
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division; Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center; Montréal Québec Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine; Université de Montréal; Montréal Québec Canada
- Cytogenetics laboratory, genetics division; CHU Sainte-Justine; Montréal Québec Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine; Université de Montréal; Montréal Québec Canada
- Cytogenetics laboratory, genetics division; CHU Sainte-Justine; Montréal Québec Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine; Université de Montréal; Montréal Québec Canada
- Cytogenetics laboratory, genetics division; CHU Sainte-Justine; Montréal Québec Canada
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division; Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center; Montréal Québec Canada
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division; Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center; Montréal Québec Canada
- Faculty of Medicine; Université de Montréal; Montréal Québec Canada
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- Molecular diagnostic laboratory; CHU Sainte-Justine; Montréal Québec Canada
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division; Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center; Montréal Québec Canada
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division; Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center; Montréal Québec Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine; Université de Montréal; Montréal Québec Canada
- Department of Pathology; CHU Sainte-Justine; Montréal Québec Canada
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- Bioinformatics Core Facility, Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC), Université de Montréal; Montréal Québec Canada
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division; Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center; Montréal Québec Canada
- Faculty of Medicine; Université de Montréal; Montréal Québec Canada
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division; Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center; Montréal Québec Canada
- Faculty of Medicine; Université de Montréal; Montréal Québec Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine; Université de Montréal; Montréal Québec Canada
- Division of Hematology; Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital; Montréal Québec Canada
- Québec Leukemia Cell Bank; Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital; Montréal Québec Canada
- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC), Université de Montréal; Montréal Québec Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine; Université de Montréal; Montréal Québec Canada
- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC), Université de Montréal; Montréal Québec Canada
- Laboratory for high throughput biology; IRIC, Université de Montréal; Montréal Québec Canada
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- Department of Pathology; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital; Memphis Tennessee
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- Department of Pathology; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital; Memphis Tennessee
- Department of Oncology; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital; Memphis Tennessee
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division; Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center; Montréal Québec Canada
- Faculty of Medicine; Université de Montréal; Montréal Québec Canada
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division; Charles-Bruneau Cancer Center, CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center; Montréal Québec Canada
- Faculty of Medicine; Université de Montréal; Montréal Québec Canada
- Québec Leukemia Cell Bank; Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital; Montréal Québec Canada
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Gruber TA, Rubnitz JE. Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Children. Hematology 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-35762-3.00062-7] [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: 11/15/2022] Open
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Abdel-Wahab O, Abrahm JL, Adams S, Adewoye AH, Allen C, Ambinder RF, Anasetti C, Anastasi J, Anderson JA, Antin JH, Antony AC, Araten DJ, Armand P, Armstrong G, Armstrong SA, Arnold DM, Artz AS, Awan FT, Baglin TP, Benson DM, Benz EJ, Berliner N, Bhagat G, Bhardwaj N, Bhatia R, Bhatia S, Bhatt MD, Bhatt VR, Bitan M, Blinderman CD, Bollard CM, Braun BS, Brenner MK, Brittenham GM, Brodsky RA, Brown M, Broxmeyer HE, Brummel-Ziedins K, Brunner AM, Buadi FK, Burkhardt B, Burns M, Byrd JC, Caimi PF, Caligiuri MA, Canavan M, Cantor AB, Carcao M, Carroll MC, Carty SA, Castillo JJ, Chan AK, Chapin J, Chiu A, Chute JP, Clark DB, Coates TD, Cogle CR, Connell NT, Cooke E, Cooley S, Corradini P, Creager MA, Creger RJ, Cromwell C, Crowther MA, Cushing MM, Cutler C, Dang CV, Danial NN, Dave SS, DeCaprio JA, Dinauer MC, Dinner S, Diz-Küçükkaya R, Dodd RY, Donato ML, Dorshkind K, Dotti G, Dror Y, Dunleavy K, Dvorak CC, Ebert BL, Eck MJ, Eikelboom JW, Epperla N, Ershler WB, Evans WE, Faderl S, Ferrara JL, Filipovich AH, Fischer M, Fredenburgh JC, Friedman KD, Fuchs E, Fuller SJ, Gailani D, Galipeau J, Gallagher PG, Ganapathi KA, Gardner LB, Gee AP, Gerson SL, Gertz MA, Giardina PJ, Gibson CJ, Golan K, Golub TR, Gonzales MJ, Gotlib J, Gottschalk S, Grant MA, Graubert TA, Gregg XT, Gribben JG, Gross DM, Gruber TA, Guitart J, Gurbuxani S, Gur-Cohen S, Gutierrez A, Hamadani M, Hari PN, Hartwig JH, Hayman SR, Hayward CP, Hebbel RP, Heslop HE, Hillis C, Hillyer CD, Ho K, Hockenbery DM, Hoffman R, Hogg KE, Holtan SG, Horny HP, Hsu YMS, Hunter ZR, Huntington JA, Iancu-Rubin C, Iqbal A, Isenman DE, Israels SJ, Italiano JE, Jaffe ES, Jaffer IH, Jagannath S, Jäger U, Jain N, James P, Jeha S, Jordan MB, Josephson CD, Jung M, Kager L, Kambayashi T, Kanakry JA, Kantarjian HM, Kaplan J, Karafin MS, Karsan A, Kaufman RJ, Kaufman RM, Keller FG, Kelly KM, Kessler CM, Key NS, Keyzner A, Khandoga AG, Khanna-Gupta A, Khatib-Massalha E, Klein HG, Knoechel B, Kollet O, Konkle BA, Kontoyiannis DP, Koreth J, Koretzky GA, Kotecha D, Kremyanskaya M, Kumari A, Kuzel TM, Küppers R, Lacy MQ, Ladas E, Landier W, Lapid K, Lapidot T, Larson PJ, Levi M, Lewis RE, Liebman HA, Lillicrap D, Lim W, Lin JC, Lindblad R, Lip GY, Little JA, Lohr JG, López JA, Luscinskas FW, Maciejewski JP, Majhail NS, Manches O, Mandle RJ, Mann KG, Manno CS, Marcogliese AN, Mariani G, Marincola FM, Mascarenhas J, Massberg S, McEver RP, McGrath E, McKinney MS, Mehta RS, Mentzer WC, Merlini G, Merryman R, Michel M, Migliaccio AR, Miller JS, Mims MP, Mondoro TH, Moorehead P, Muniz LR, Munshi NC, Najfeld V, Nayak L, Nazy I, Neff AT, Ness PM, Notarangelo LD, O'Brien SH, O'Connor OA, O'Donnell M, Olson A, Orkin SH, Pai M, Pai SY, Paidas M, Panch SR, Pande RL, Papayannopoulou T, Parikh R, Petersdorf EW, Peterson SE, Pittaluga S, Ponce DM, Popolo L, Prchal JT, Pui CH, Puigserver P, Rak J, Ramos CA, Rand JH, Rand ML, Rao DS, Ravandi F, Rawlings DJ, Reddy P, Reding MT, Reiter A, Rice L, Riese MJ, Ritchey AK, Roberts DJ, Roman E, Rooney CM, Rosen ST, Rosenthal DS, Rossmann MP, Rot A, Rowley SD, Rubnitz JE, Rydz N, Salama ME, Sauk S, Saunthararajah Y, Savage W, Scadden D, Schaefer KG, Schiffman F, Schneidewend R, Schrier SL, Schuchman EH, Scullion BF, Selvaggi KJ, Senoo K, Shaheen M, Shaz BH, Shelburne SA, Shpall EJ, Shurin SB, Siegal D, Silberstein LE, Silberstein L, Silverstein RL, Sloan SR, Smith FO, Smith JW, Smith K, Steensma DP, Steinberg MH, Stock W, Storry JR, Stramer SL, Strauss RG, Stroncek DF, Taylor J, Thota S, Treon SP, Tulpule A, Valdes RF, Valent P, Vedantham S, Vercellotti GM, Verneris MR, Vichinsky EP, von Andrian UH, Vose JM, Wagner AJ, Wang E, Wang JH, Warkentin TE, Wasserstein MP, Webster A, Weisdorf DJ, Weitz JI, Westhoff CM, Wheeler AP, Widick P, Wiley JS, William BM, Williams DA, Wilson WH, Wolfe J, Wolgast LR, Wood D, Wu J, Yahalom J, Yee DL, Younes A, Young NS, Zeller MP. Contributors. Hematology 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-35762-3.00168-2] [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: 10/18/2022] Open
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- Tanja A Gruber
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Erasmus MC-Sophia, Wytemaweg 80, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Drenberg CD, Gibson AA, Pounds SB, Shi L, Rhinehart DP, Li L, Hu S, Du G, Nies AT, Schwab M, Pabla N, Blum W, Gruber TA, Baker SD, Sparreboom A. OCTN1 Is a High-Affinity Carrier of Nucleoside Analogues. Cancer Res 2017; 77:2102-2111. [PMID: 28209616 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-16-2548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2016] [Revised: 01/06/2017] [Accepted: 01/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Resistance to xenobiotic nucleosides used to treat acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and other cancers remains a major obstacle to clinical management. One process suggested to participate in resistance is reduced uptake into tumor cells via nucleoside transporters, although precise mechanisms are not understood. Through transcriptomic profiling, we determined that low expression of the ergothioneine transporter OCTN1 (SLC22A4; ETT) strongly predicts poor event-free survival and overall survival in multiple cohorts of AML patients receiving treatment with the cytidine nucleoside analogue cytarabine. Cell biological studies confirmed OCTN1-mediated transport of cytarabine and various structurally related cytidine analogues, such as 2'deoxycytidine and gemcitabine, occurs through a saturable process that is highly sensitive to inhibition by the classic nucleoside transporter inhibitors dipyridamole and nitrobenzylmercaptopurine ribonucleoside. Our findings have immediate clinical implications given the potential of the identified transport system to help refine strategies that could improve patient survival across multiple cancer types where nucleoside analogues are used in cancer treatment. Cancer Res; 77(8); 2102-11. ©2017 AACR.
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- Christina D Drenberg
- Division of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Division of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Division of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart, Germany.,University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart, Germany.,Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital, Tübingen, Germany
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- Division of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Division of Hematology, The Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Division of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
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- Division of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
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Dang J, Nance S, Ma J, Cheng J, Walsh MP, Vogel P, Easton J, Song G, Rusch M, Gedman AL, Koss C, Downing JR, Gruber TA. AMKL chimeric transcription factors are potent inducers of leukemia. Leukemia 2017; 31:2228-2234. [PMID: 28174417 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2017.51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2017] [Accepted: 01/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Acute megakaryoblastic leukemia in patients without Down syndrome is a rare malignancy with a poor prognosis. RNA sequencing of fourteen pediatric cases previously identified novel fusion transcripts that are predicted to be pathological including CBFA2T3-GLIS2, GATA2-HOXA9, MN1-FLI and NIPBL-HOXB9. In contrast to CBFA2T3-GLIS2, which is insufficient to induce leukemia, we demonstrate that the introduction of GATA2-HOXA9, MN1-FLI1 or NIPBL-HOXB9 into murine bone marrow induces overt disease in syngeneic transplant models. With the exception of MN1, full penetrance was not achieved through the introduction of fusion partner genes alone, suggesting that the chimeric transcripts possess a unique gain-of-function phenotype. Leukemias were found to exhibit elements of the megakaryocyte erythroid progenitor gene expression program, as well as unique leukemia-specific signatures that contribute to transformation. Comprehensive genomic analyses of resultant murine tumors revealed few cooperating mutations confirming the strength of the fusion genes and their role as pathological drivers. These models are critical for both the understanding of the biology of disease as well as providing a tool for the identification of effective therapeutic agents in preclinical studies.
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- J Dang
- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology Core, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.,Department of Pathology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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Pomeroy EJ, Lee LA, Lee RDW, Schirm DK, Temiz NA, Ma J, Gruber TA, Diaz-Flores E, Moriarity BS, Downing JR, Shannon KM, Largaespada DA, Eckfeldt CE. Ras oncogene-independent activation of RALB signaling is a targetable mechanism of escape from NRAS(V12) oncogene addiction in acute myeloid leukemia. Oncogene 2016; 36:3263-3273. [PMID: 27991934 PMCID: PMC5464975 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2016.471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 07/26/2016] [Revised: 10/17/2016] [Accepted: 11/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Somatic mutations that lead to constitutive activation of NRAS and KRAS proto-oncogenes are among the most common in human cancer and frequently occur in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). An inducible NRAS(V12)-driven AML mouse model has established a critical role for continued NRAS(V12) expression in leukemia maintenance. In this model genetic suppression of NRAS(V12) expression results in rapid leukemia remission, but some mice undergo spontaneous relapse with NRAS(V12)-independent (NRI) AMLs providing an opportunity to identify mechanisms that bypass the requirement for Ras oncogene activity and drive leukemia relapse. We found that relapsed NRI AMLs are devoid of NRAS(V12) expression and signaling through the major oncogenic Ras effector pathways, phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase and mitogen-activated protein kinase, but express higher levels of an alternate Ras effector, Ralb, and exhibit NRI phosphorylation of the RALB effector TBK1, implicating RALB signaling in AML relapse. Functional studies confirmed that inhibiting CDK5-mediated RALB activation with a clinically relevant experimental drug, dinaciclib, led to potent RALB-dependent antileukemic effects in human AML cell lines, induced apoptosis in patient-derived AML samples in vitro and led to a 2-log reduction in the leukemic burden in patient-derived xenograft mice. Furthermore, dinaciclib potently suppressed the clonogenic potential of relapsed NRI AMLs in vitro and prevented the development of relapsed AML in vivo. Our findings demonstrate that Ras oncogene-independent activation of RALB signaling is a therapeutically targetable mechanism of escape from NRAS oncogene addiction in AML.
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- E J Pomeroy
- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, University of Minnesota Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, University of Minnesota Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, University of Minnesota Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, University of Minnesota Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.,Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Minneapolis, MN, USA.,Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, University of Minnesota Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.,Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Zhang J, Rusch M, Nakitandwe J, Zhang Z, Edmonson MN, Parker M, Ma X, Becksfort J, Thrasher A, Gu J, Li Y, Hedlund E, Patel A, Easton J, Yergeau D, Vadodaria B, Chen X, Gruber TA, McGee R, Ellison D, Shurtleff S, Downing JR. Abstract 2628: Molecular diagnosis for pediatric cancer through integrative analysis of whole-genome, whole-exome and transcriptome sequencing. Cancer Res 2016. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2016-2628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Next-generation sequencing (NGS) of the whole genome, whole exome, and transcriptome has enabled characterization of genetic landscapes of multiple cancers. By analyzing over 2,000 pediatric cancer patients, we have developed a comprehensive database for recurrent somatic alterations and pathogenic germline mutations as part of the St. Jude/Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project. However, there is no systematic evaluation on whether NGS is able to identify germline and somatic lesions reported by existing molecular diagnostic assays and what combination of NGS platforms is best suited for clinical sequencing. Here we report the first comprehensive study that employs whole-genome sequencing at 30-45X coverage, whole-exome sequencing at 100X coverage and transcriptome sequencing using matched tumor/normal samples from cancer patients. A pilot study was carried out to perform NGS analysis on 78 children of leukemia, solid tumor or brain tumor with a total of 112 diagnostic or prognostic biomarkers previously characterized by multiple molecular diagnostic assays. We implemented an analysis pipeline that integrates the genetic lesions detected by all three NGS platforms to characterize somatic and germline single nucleotide variations (SNVs), short insertions and deletions (indels), structural variations including fusions, karyotypes, copy number alterations, loss of heterozygosity, tumor purity and tumor-in-normal contamination. The turn-around time for data analysis is 2 weeks with an overall sensitivity of 99% on detecting known biomarkers. Extensive validation of >3,000 somatic sequence mutations or structural variations from 38 cases shows that the specificity for somatic SNV, indel and structural variation is at 98%, 95% and 84% across the genome. We demonstrate that in addition to providing cross-validation, multi-platform NGS is required for detecting all genetic lesions of pathological significance including complex re-arrangements such as chromothripsis. In addition to known pathogenic or likely pathogenic mutations, our analysis has also unveiled novel pathogenic mutations (e.g. a germline deletion in TP53 in one patient with medulloblastoma) and identified multiple variants of unknown significance that may be worth further exploration (e.g. an in-frame deletion of exons 3-9 of DNMT3A in one neuroblastoma). Our study demonstrates that NGS is able to detect a wide range of genetic lesions currently characterized by multiple molecular diagnostic assays, providing critical insight into the design of clinical sequencing for ongoing studies.
Citation Format: Jinghui Zhang, Michael Rusch, Joy Nakitandwe, Zhaojie Zhang, Michael N. Edmonson, Matthew Parker, Xiaotu Ma, Jared Becksfort, Andrew Thrasher, Jiali Gu, Yongjin Li, Erin Hedlund, Aman Patel, John Easton, Donald Yergeau, Bhavin Vadodaria, Xiang Chen, Tanja A. Gruber, Rose McGee, David Ellison, Sheila Shurtleff, James R. Downing. Molecular diagnosis for pediatric cancer through integrative analysis of whole-genome, whole-exome and transcriptome sequencing. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 107th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2016 Apr 16-20; New Orleans, LA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2016;76(14 Suppl):Abstract nr 2628.
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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Drenberg CD, Shelat A, Orwick SJ, Inaba H, Ribeiro RC, Rubnitz JE, Gruber TA, Guy RK, Baker SD. Abstract 4786: Integrated high-throughput screen to identify treatment leads for pediatric AML. Cancer Res 2016. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2016-4786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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While dramatic improvements in survival have been achieved for children and adolescents with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), some subtypes are associated with event free survival of <40%. Given that significant improvements in long-term outcome are not expected with conventional therapy alone, new therapeutic strategies are urgently needed. Therefore, we conducted a high-throughput screen (HTS) to identify novel therapeutics for the treatment of pediatric AML. We selected a panel of 8 AML cell lines representing subtypes with the poorest prognosis. An initial primary screen was performed at a single concentration (10μM) with >8000 compounds. Compounds with >50% activity (N = 285) in the primary screen and known clinical candidates were prioritized for a secondary HTS performed in a dose-response manner (10 point curve, 0-10μM). Screening was performed using a 348-well plate format and a Biomek automation workstation for drug delivery. At 72 h cell viability was determined using Cell Titer Glo and automated Envision plate reader. Multiple drug classes had broad activity including: anti-malarials, cytotoxics (antimicrotubules, purine/pyrimidine antimetabolites, floxuridine, trimetrexate, topoI/II inhibitors), epigenetic modifiers (BET, DNMT and HDAC inhibitors), and agents targeting Bcl-2, Chk1, Parp, Hsp90, NF-êB, NAMPT, p53, proteasome, and Wee1. We validated 13 compounds from select drug classes (artesunate, cytarabine, gemcitabine, cabazitaxel, depsipeptide, panobinostat, vorinostat, ABT-199, RG117, bortezomib, carfilizomab, BMN673, MK-1775) using primary blast samples representing 3 high-risk groups (FLT3-ITD-positive, MLL-rearranged, FAB M7). Given the broad activity of gemcitabine and cabazitaxel across AML subtypes and the ability for repurposing in childhood AML, we further evaluated these agents alone and in combination in vitro. After 72h exposure, cabazitaxel was a potent inhibitor of viability in AML cell lines (IC50, 3-11nM) and primary blast samples (IC50, 3.4nM to >10μM); gemcitabine had similar activity (IC50, 3-62nM and 102nM to >10μM, respectively). The combination was evaluated using continuous and sequential administration schedules for up to 72h of treatment in several cell lines; simultaneous treatments were synergistic (CI, 0.2-0.45) and sequential treatments were additive to synergistic (CI, 0.82-0.95). Tolerable combination regimens were identified in NSG mice (5mg/kg cabazitaxel + 50mg/kg gemcitabine q3d x 4 weeks or q4d x 3 weeks) and efficacy studies in AML xenografts and primagrafts are ongoing. Further studies will aim to determine the underlying mechanisms of AML sensitivity to gemcitabine, cabazitaxel, and the combination. Our comprehensive approach to identify treatment leads provide advances in understanding the biology of a heterogeneous disease and development of novel treatment strategies with potential clinical benefit for pediatric AML.
Citation Format: Christina D. Drenberg, Anang Shelat, Shelley J. Orwick, Hiroto Inaba, Raul C. Ribeiro, Jeffrey E. Rubnitz, Tanja A. Gruber, R K. Guy, Sharyn D. Baker. Integrated high-throughput screen to identify treatment leads for pediatric AML. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 107th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2016 Apr 16-20; New Orleans, LA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2016;76(14 Suppl):Abstract nr 4786.
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- 2St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- 3The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH
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- 2St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- 2St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- 1The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy, Columbus, OH
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Drenberg CD, Buelow DR, Pounds SB, Wang YD, Finkelstein D, Rahija RJ, Shurtleff SA, Rubnitz JE, Inaba H, Gruber TA, Klco JM, Baker SD. Transcriptome profiling of patient derived xenograft models established from pediatric acute myeloid leukemia patients confirm maintenance of FLT3-ITD mutation. Leuk Lymphoma 2016; 58:247-250. [PMID: 27248844 DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2016.1187272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Christina D Drenberg
- a Division of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy , The Ohio State University , Columbus , OH , USA.,b Comprehensive Cancer Center , The Ohio State University , Columbus , OH , USA
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- a Division of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy , The Ohio State University , Columbus , OH , USA.,b Comprehensive Cancer Center , The Ohio State University , Columbus , OH , USA
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- c Department of Biostatics , St. Jude Children's Research Hospital , Memphis , TN , USA
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- d Department of Computational Biology , St. Jude Children's Research Hospital , Memphis , TN , USA
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- d Department of Computational Biology , St. Jude Children's Research Hospital , Memphis , TN , USA
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- e Animal Resource Center , St. Jude Children's Research Hospital , Memphis , TN , USA
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- f Department of Pathology , St. Jude Children's Research Hospital , Memphis , TN , USA
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- f Department of Pathology , St. Jude Children's Research Hospital , Memphis , TN , USA
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- f Department of Pathology , St. Jude Children's Research Hospital , Memphis , TN , USA
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- f Department of Pathology , St. Jude Children's Research Hospital , Memphis , TN , USA
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- g Department of Oncology , St. Jude Children's Research Hospital , Memphis , TN , USA
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- a Division of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy , The Ohio State University , Columbus , OH , USA.,b Comprehensive Cancer Center , The Ohio State University , Columbus , OH , USA
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Stieglitz E, Taylor-Weiner AN, Chang TY, Gelston LC, Wang YD, Mazor T, Esquivel E, Yu A, Seepo S, Olsen SR, Rosenberg M, Archambeault SL, Abusin G, Beckman K, Brown PA, Briones M, Carcamo B, Cooper T, Dahl GV, Emanuel PD, Fluchel MN, Goyal RK, Hayashi RJ, Hitzler J, Hugge C, Liu YL, Messinger YH, Mahoney DH, Monteleone P, Nemecek ER, Roehrs PA, Schore RJ, Stine KC, Takemoto CM, Toretsky JA, Costello JF, Olshen AB, Stewart C, Li Y, Ma J, Gerbing RB, Alonzo TA, Getz G, Gruber TA, Golub TR, Stegmaier K, Loh ML. Corrigendum: The genomic landscape of juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia. Nat Genet 2016; 48:101. [PMID: 26711114 DOI: 10.1038/ng0116-101a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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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Zhang J, Walsh MF, Wu G, Edmonson MN, Gruber TA, Easton J, Hedges D, Ma X, Zhou X, Yergeau DA, Wilkinson MR, Vadodaria B, Chen X, McGee RB, Hines-Dowell S, Nuccio R, Quinn E, Shurtleff SA, Rusch M, Patel A, Becksfort JB, Wang S, Weaver MS, Ding L, Mardis ER, Wilson RK, Gajjar A, Ellison DW, Pappo AS, Pui CH, Nichols KE, Downing JR. Germline Mutations in Predisposition Genes in Pediatric Cancer. N Engl J Med 2015; 373:2336-2346. [PMID: 26580448 PMCID: PMC4734119 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1508054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 775] [Impact Index Per Article: 86.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The prevalence and spectrum of predisposing mutations among children and adolescents with cancer are largely unknown. Knowledge of such mutations may improve the understanding of tumorigenesis, direct patient care, and enable genetic counseling of patients and families. METHODS In 1120 patients younger than 20 years of age, we sequenced the whole genomes (in 595 patients), whole exomes (in 456), or both (in 69). We analyzed the DNA sequences of 565 genes, including 60 that have been associated with autosomal dominant cancer-predisposition syndromes, for the presence of germline mutations. The pathogenicity of the mutations was determined by a panel of medical experts with the use of cancer-specific and locus-specific genetic databases, the medical literature, computational predictions, and second hits identified in the tumor genome. The same approach was used to analyze data from 966 persons who did not have known cancer in the 1000 Genomes Project, and a similar approach was used to analyze data from an autism study (from 515 persons with autism and 208 persons without autism). RESULTS Mutations that were deemed to be pathogenic or probably pathogenic were identified in 95 patients with cancer (8.5%), as compared with 1.1% of the persons in the 1000 Genomes Project and 0.6% of the participants in the autism study. The most commonly mutated genes in the affected patients were TP53 (in 50 patients), APC (in 6), BRCA2 (in 6), NF1 (in 4), PMS2 (in 4), RB1 (in 3), and RUNX1 (in 3). A total of 18 additional patients had protein-truncating mutations in tumor-suppressor genes. Of the 58 patients with a predisposing mutation and available information on family history, 23 (40%) had a family history of cancer. CONCLUSIONS Germline mutations in cancer-predisposing genes were identified in 8.5% of the children and adolescents with cancer. Family history did not predict the presence of an underlying predisposition syndrome in most patients. (Funded by the American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities and the National Cancer Institute.).
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Affiliation(s)
- Jinghui Zhang
- Departments of Computational Biology (J.Z., G.W., M.N.E., D.H., X.M., X.Z., M.R.W., X.C., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W.), Oncology (M.F.W., T.A.G., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., A.G., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N.), and Pathology (T.A.G., M.R.W., S.A.S., D.W.E., C.-H.P., J.R.D.) and the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (J.Z., M.F.W., G.W., M.N.E., T.A.G., J.E., X.M., D.A.Y., B.V., X.C., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., S.A.S., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W., M.S.W., A.G., D.W.E., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N., J.R.D.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and the Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (L.D., E.R.M., R.K.W.)
| | - Michael F Walsh
- Departments of Computational Biology (J.Z., G.W., M.N.E., D.H., X.M., X.Z., M.R.W., X.C., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W.), Oncology (M.F.W., T.A.G., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., A.G., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N.), and Pathology (T.A.G., M.R.W., S.A.S., D.W.E., C.-H.P., J.R.D.) and the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (J.Z., M.F.W., G.W., M.N.E., T.A.G., J.E., X.M., D.A.Y., B.V., X.C., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., S.A.S., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W., M.S.W., A.G., D.W.E., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N., J.R.D.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and the Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (L.D., E.R.M., R.K.W.)
| | - Gang Wu
- Departments of Computational Biology (J.Z., G.W., M.N.E., D.H., X.M., X.Z., M.R.W., X.C., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W.), Oncology (M.F.W., T.A.G., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., A.G., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N.), and Pathology (T.A.G., M.R.W., S.A.S., D.W.E., C.-H.P., J.R.D.) and the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (J.Z., M.F.W., G.W., M.N.E., T.A.G., J.E., X.M., D.A.Y., B.V., X.C., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., S.A.S., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W., M.S.W., A.G., D.W.E., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N., J.R.D.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and the Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (L.D., E.R.M., R.K.W.)
| | - Michael N Edmonson
- Departments of Computational Biology (J.Z., G.W., M.N.E., D.H., X.M., X.Z., M.R.W., X.C., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W.), Oncology (M.F.W., T.A.G., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., A.G., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N.), and Pathology (T.A.G., M.R.W., S.A.S., D.W.E., C.-H.P., J.R.D.) and the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (J.Z., M.F.W., G.W., M.N.E., T.A.G., J.E., X.M., D.A.Y., B.V., X.C., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., S.A.S., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W., M.S.W., A.G., D.W.E., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N., J.R.D.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and the Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (L.D., E.R.M., R.K.W.)
| | - Tanja A Gruber
- Departments of Computational Biology (J.Z., G.W., M.N.E., D.H., X.M., X.Z., M.R.W., X.C., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W.), Oncology (M.F.W., T.A.G., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., A.G., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N.), and Pathology (T.A.G., M.R.W., S.A.S., D.W.E., C.-H.P., J.R.D.) and the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (J.Z., M.F.W., G.W., M.N.E., T.A.G., J.E., X.M., D.A.Y., B.V., X.C., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., S.A.S., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W., M.S.W., A.G., D.W.E., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N., J.R.D.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and the Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (L.D., E.R.M., R.K.W.)
| | - John Easton
- Departments of Computational Biology (J.Z., G.W., M.N.E., D.H., X.M., X.Z., M.R.W., X.C., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W.), Oncology (M.F.W., T.A.G., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., A.G., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N.), and Pathology (T.A.G., M.R.W., S.A.S., D.W.E., C.-H.P., J.R.D.) and the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (J.Z., M.F.W., G.W., M.N.E., T.A.G., J.E., X.M., D.A.Y., B.V., X.C., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., S.A.S., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W., M.S.W., A.G., D.W.E., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N., J.R.D.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and the Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (L.D., E.R.M., R.K.W.)
| | - Dale Hedges
- Departments of Computational Biology (J.Z., G.W., M.N.E., D.H., X.M., X.Z., M.R.W., X.C., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W.), Oncology (M.F.W., T.A.G., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., A.G., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N.), and Pathology (T.A.G., M.R.W., S.A.S., D.W.E., C.-H.P., J.R.D.) and the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (J.Z., M.F.W., G.W., M.N.E., T.A.G., J.E., X.M., D.A.Y., B.V., X.C., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., S.A.S., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W., M.S.W., A.G., D.W.E., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N., J.R.D.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and the Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (L.D., E.R.M., R.K.W.)
| | - Xiaotu Ma
- Departments of Computational Biology (J.Z., G.W., M.N.E., D.H., X.M., X.Z., M.R.W., X.C., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W.), Oncology (M.F.W., T.A.G., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., A.G., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N.), and Pathology (T.A.G., M.R.W., S.A.S., D.W.E., C.-H.P., J.R.D.) and the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (J.Z., M.F.W., G.W., M.N.E., T.A.G., J.E., X.M., D.A.Y., B.V., X.C., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., S.A.S., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W., M.S.W., A.G., D.W.E., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N., J.R.D.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and the Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (L.D., E.R.M., R.K.W.)
| | - Xin Zhou
- Departments of Computational Biology (J.Z., G.W., M.N.E., D.H., X.M., X.Z., M.R.W., X.C., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W.), Oncology (M.F.W., T.A.G., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., A.G., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N.), and Pathology (T.A.G., M.R.W., S.A.S., D.W.E., C.-H.P., J.R.D.) and the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (J.Z., M.F.W., G.W., M.N.E., T.A.G., J.E., X.M., D.A.Y., B.V., X.C., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., S.A.S., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W., M.S.W., A.G., D.W.E., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N., J.R.D.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and the Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (L.D., E.R.M., R.K.W.)
| | - Donald A Yergeau
- Departments of Computational Biology (J.Z., G.W., M.N.E., D.H., X.M., X.Z., M.R.W., X.C., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W.), Oncology (M.F.W., T.A.G., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., A.G., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N.), and Pathology (T.A.G., M.R.W., S.A.S., D.W.E., C.-H.P., J.R.D.) and the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (J.Z., M.F.W., G.W., M.N.E., T.A.G., J.E., X.M., D.A.Y., B.V., X.C., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., S.A.S., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W., M.S.W., A.G., D.W.E., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N., J.R.D.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and the Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (L.D., E.R.M., R.K.W.)
| | - Mark R Wilkinson
- Departments of Computational Biology (J.Z., G.W., M.N.E., D.H., X.M., X.Z., M.R.W., X.C., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W.), Oncology (M.F.W., T.A.G., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., A.G., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N.), and Pathology (T.A.G., M.R.W., S.A.S., D.W.E., C.-H.P., J.R.D.) and the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (J.Z., M.F.W., G.W., M.N.E., T.A.G., J.E., X.M., D.A.Y., B.V., X.C., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., S.A.S., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W., M.S.W., A.G., D.W.E., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N., J.R.D.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and the Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (L.D., E.R.M., R.K.W.)
| | - Bhavin Vadodaria
- Departments of Computational Biology (J.Z., G.W., M.N.E., D.H., X.M., X.Z., M.R.W., X.C., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W.), Oncology (M.F.W., T.A.G., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., A.G., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N.), and Pathology (T.A.G., M.R.W., S.A.S., D.W.E., C.-H.P., J.R.D.) and the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (J.Z., M.F.W., G.W., M.N.E., T.A.G., J.E., X.M., D.A.Y., B.V., X.C., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., S.A.S., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W., M.S.W., A.G., D.W.E., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N., J.R.D.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and the Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (L.D., E.R.M., R.K.W.)
| | - Xiang Chen
- Departments of Computational Biology (J.Z., G.W., M.N.E., D.H., X.M., X.Z., M.R.W., X.C., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W.), Oncology (M.F.W., T.A.G., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., A.G., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N.), and Pathology (T.A.G., M.R.W., S.A.S., D.W.E., C.-H.P., J.R.D.) and the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (J.Z., M.F.W., G.W., M.N.E., T.A.G., J.E., X.M., D.A.Y., B.V., X.C., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., S.A.S., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W., M.S.W., A.G., D.W.E., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N., J.R.D.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and the Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (L.D., E.R.M., R.K.W.)
| | - Rose B McGee
- Departments of Computational Biology (J.Z., G.W., M.N.E., D.H., X.M., X.Z., M.R.W., X.C., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W.), Oncology (M.F.W., T.A.G., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., A.G., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N.), and Pathology (T.A.G., M.R.W., S.A.S., D.W.E., C.-H.P., J.R.D.) and the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (J.Z., M.F.W., G.W., M.N.E., T.A.G., J.E., X.M., D.A.Y., B.V., X.C., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., S.A.S., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W., M.S.W., A.G., D.W.E., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N., J.R.D.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and the Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (L.D., E.R.M., R.K.W.)
| | - Stacy Hines-Dowell
- Departments of Computational Biology (J.Z., G.W., M.N.E., D.H., X.M., X.Z., M.R.W., X.C., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W.), Oncology (M.F.W., T.A.G., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., A.G., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N.), and Pathology (T.A.G., M.R.W., S.A.S., D.W.E., C.-H.P., J.R.D.) and the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (J.Z., M.F.W., G.W., M.N.E., T.A.G., J.E., X.M., D.A.Y., B.V., X.C., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., S.A.S., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W., M.S.W., A.G., D.W.E., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N., J.R.D.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and the Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (L.D., E.R.M., R.K.W.)
| | - Regina Nuccio
- Departments of Computational Biology (J.Z., G.W., M.N.E., D.H., X.M., X.Z., M.R.W., X.C., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W.), Oncology (M.F.W., T.A.G., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., A.G., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N.), and Pathology (T.A.G., M.R.W., S.A.S., D.W.E., C.-H.P., J.R.D.) and the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (J.Z., M.F.W., G.W., M.N.E., T.A.G., J.E., X.M., D.A.Y., B.V., X.C., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., S.A.S., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W., M.S.W., A.G., D.W.E., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N., J.R.D.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and the Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (L.D., E.R.M., R.K.W.)
| | - Emily Quinn
- Departments of Computational Biology (J.Z., G.W., M.N.E., D.H., X.M., X.Z., M.R.W., X.C., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W.), Oncology (M.F.W., T.A.G., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., A.G., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N.), and Pathology (T.A.G., M.R.W., S.A.S., D.W.E., C.-H.P., J.R.D.) and the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (J.Z., M.F.W., G.W., M.N.E., T.A.G., J.E., X.M., D.A.Y., B.V., X.C., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., S.A.S., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W., M.S.W., A.G., D.W.E., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N., J.R.D.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and the Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (L.D., E.R.M., R.K.W.)
| | - Sheila A Shurtleff
- Departments of Computational Biology (J.Z., G.W., M.N.E., D.H., X.M., X.Z., M.R.W., X.C., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W.), Oncology (M.F.W., T.A.G., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., A.G., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N.), and Pathology (T.A.G., M.R.W., S.A.S., D.W.E., C.-H.P., J.R.D.) and the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (J.Z., M.F.W., G.W., M.N.E., T.A.G., J.E., X.M., D.A.Y., B.V., X.C., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., S.A.S., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W., M.S.W., A.G., D.W.E., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N., J.R.D.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and the Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (L.D., E.R.M., R.K.W.)
| | - Michael Rusch
- Departments of Computational Biology (J.Z., G.W., M.N.E., D.H., X.M., X.Z., M.R.W., X.C., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W.), Oncology (M.F.W., T.A.G., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., A.G., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N.), and Pathology (T.A.G., M.R.W., S.A.S., D.W.E., C.-H.P., J.R.D.) and the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (J.Z., M.F.W., G.W., M.N.E., T.A.G., J.E., X.M., D.A.Y., B.V., X.C., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., S.A.S., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W., M.S.W., A.G., D.W.E., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N., J.R.D.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and the Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (L.D., E.R.M., R.K.W.)
| | - Aman Patel
- Departments of Computational Biology (J.Z., G.W., M.N.E., D.H., X.M., X.Z., M.R.W., X.C., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W.), Oncology (M.F.W., T.A.G., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., A.G., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N.), and Pathology (T.A.G., M.R.W., S.A.S., D.W.E., C.-H.P., J.R.D.) and the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (J.Z., M.F.W., G.W., M.N.E., T.A.G., J.E., X.M., D.A.Y., B.V., X.C., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., S.A.S., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W., M.S.W., A.G., D.W.E., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N., J.R.D.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and the Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (L.D., E.R.M., R.K.W.)
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- Departments of Computational Biology (J.Z., G.W., M.N.E., D.H., X.M., X.Z., M.R.W., X.C., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W.), Oncology (M.F.W., T.A.G., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., A.G., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N.), and Pathology (T.A.G., M.R.W., S.A.S., D.W.E., C.-H.P., J.R.D.) and the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (J.Z., M.F.W., G.W., M.N.E., T.A.G., J.E., X.M., D.A.Y., B.V., X.C., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., S.A.S., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W., M.S.W., A.G., D.W.E., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N., J.R.D.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and the Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (L.D., E.R.M., R.K.W.)
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- Departments of Computational Biology (J.Z., G.W., M.N.E., D.H., X.M., X.Z., M.R.W., X.C., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W.), Oncology (M.F.W., T.A.G., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., A.G., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N.), and Pathology (T.A.G., M.R.W., S.A.S., D.W.E., C.-H.P., J.R.D.) and the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (J.Z., M.F.W., G.W., M.N.E., T.A.G., J.E., X.M., D.A.Y., B.V., X.C., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., S.A.S., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W., M.S.W., A.G., D.W.E., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N., J.R.D.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and the Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (L.D., E.R.M., R.K.W.)
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- Departments of Computational Biology (J.Z., G.W., M.N.E., D.H., X.M., X.Z., M.R.W., X.C., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W.), Oncology (M.F.W., T.A.G., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., A.G., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N.), and Pathology (T.A.G., M.R.W., S.A.S., D.W.E., C.-H.P., J.R.D.) and the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (J.Z., M.F.W., G.W., M.N.E., T.A.G., J.E., X.M., D.A.Y., B.V., X.C., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., S.A.S., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W., M.S.W., A.G., D.W.E., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N., J.R.D.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and the Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (L.D., E.R.M., R.K.W.)
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- Departments of Computational Biology (J.Z., G.W., M.N.E., D.H., X.M., X.Z., M.R.W., X.C., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W.), Oncology (M.F.W., T.A.G., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., A.G., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N.), and Pathology (T.A.G., M.R.W., S.A.S., D.W.E., C.-H.P., J.R.D.) and the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (J.Z., M.F.W., G.W., M.N.E., T.A.G., J.E., X.M., D.A.Y., B.V., X.C., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., S.A.S., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W., M.S.W., A.G., D.W.E., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N., J.R.D.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and the Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (L.D., E.R.M., R.K.W.)
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- Departments of Computational Biology (J.Z., G.W., M.N.E., D.H., X.M., X.Z., M.R.W., X.C., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W.), Oncology (M.F.W., T.A.G., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., A.G., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N.), and Pathology (T.A.G., M.R.W., S.A.S., D.W.E., C.-H.P., J.R.D.) and the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (J.Z., M.F.W., G.W., M.N.E., T.A.G., J.E., X.M., D.A.Y., B.V., X.C., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., S.A.S., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W., M.S.W., A.G., D.W.E., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N., J.R.D.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and the Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (L.D., E.R.M., R.K.W.)
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- Departments of Computational Biology (J.Z., G.W., M.N.E., D.H., X.M., X.Z., M.R.W., X.C., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W.), Oncology (M.F.W., T.A.G., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., A.G., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N.), and Pathology (T.A.G., M.R.W., S.A.S., D.W.E., C.-H.P., J.R.D.) and the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (J.Z., M.F.W., G.W., M.N.E., T.A.G., J.E., X.M., D.A.Y., B.V., X.C., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., S.A.S., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W., M.S.W., A.G., D.W.E., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N., J.R.D.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and the Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (L.D., E.R.M., R.K.W.)
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- Departments of Computational Biology (J.Z., G.W., M.N.E., D.H., X.M., X.Z., M.R.W., X.C., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W.), Oncology (M.F.W., T.A.G., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., A.G., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N.), and Pathology (T.A.G., M.R.W., S.A.S., D.W.E., C.-H.P., J.R.D.) and the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (J.Z., M.F.W., G.W., M.N.E., T.A.G., J.E., X.M., D.A.Y., B.V., X.C., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., S.A.S., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W., M.S.W., A.G., D.W.E., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N., J.R.D.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and the Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (L.D., E.R.M., R.K.W.)
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- Departments of Computational Biology (J.Z., G.W., M.N.E., D.H., X.M., X.Z., M.R.W., X.C., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W.), Oncology (M.F.W., T.A.G., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., A.G., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N.), and Pathology (T.A.G., M.R.W., S.A.S., D.W.E., C.-H.P., J.R.D.) and the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (J.Z., M.F.W., G.W., M.N.E., T.A.G., J.E., X.M., D.A.Y., B.V., X.C., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., S.A.S., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W., M.S.W., A.G., D.W.E., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N., J.R.D.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and the Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (L.D., E.R.M., R.K.W.)
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- Departments of Computational Biology (J.Z., G.W., M.N.E., D.H., X.M., X.Z., M.R.W., X.C., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W.), Oncology (M.F.W., T.A.G., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., A.G., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N.), and Pathology (T.A.G., M.R.W., S.A.S., D.W.E., C.-H.P., J.R.D.) and the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (J.Z., M.F.W., G.W., M.N.E., T.A.G., J.E., X.M., D.A.Y., B.V., X.C., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., S.A.S., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W., M.S.W., A.G., D.W.E., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N., J.R.D.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and the Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (L.D., E.R.M., R.K.W.)
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- Departments of Computational Biology (J.Z., G.W., M.N.E., D.H., X.M., X.Z., M.R.W., X.C., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W.), Oncology (M.F.W., T.A.G., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., A.G., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N.), and Pathology (T.A.G., M.R.W., S.A.S., D.W.E., C.-H.P., J.R.D.) and the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (J.Z., M.F.W., G.W., M.N.E., T.A.G., J.E., X.M., D.A.Y., B.V., X.C., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., S.A.S., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W., M.S.W., A.G., D.W.E., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N., J.R.D.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and the Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (L.D., E.R.M., R.K.W.)
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- Departments of Computational Biology (J.Z., G.W., M.N.E., D.H., X.M., X.Z., M.R.W., X.C., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W.), Oncology (M.F.W., T.A.G., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., A.G., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N.), and Pathology (T.A.G., M.R.W., S.A.S., D.W.E., C.-H.P., J.R.D.) and the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (J.Z., M.F.W., G.W., M.N.E., T.A.G., J.E., X.M., D.A.Y., B.V., X.C., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., S.A.S., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W., M.S.W., A.G., D.W.E., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N., J.R.D.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and the Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (L.D., E.R.M., R.K.W.)
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- Departments of Computational Biology (J.Z., G.W., M.N.E., D.H., X.M., X.Z., M.R.W., X.C., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W.), Oncology (M.F.W., T.A.G., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., A.G., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N.), and Pathology (T.A.G., M.R.W., S.A.S., D.W.E., C.-H.P., J.R.D.) and the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (J.Z., M.F.W., G.W., M.N.E., T.A.G., J.E., X.M., D.A.Y., B.V., X.C., R.B.M., S.H.-D., R.N., E.Q., S.A.S., M.R., A.P., J.B.B., S.W., M.S.W., A.G., D.W.E., A.S.P., C.-H.P., K.E.N., J.R.D.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and the Department of Genetics and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (L.D., E.R.M., R.K.W.)
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Diamond EL, Durham BH, Haroche J, Yao Z, Ma J, Parikh SA, Wang Z, Choi J, Kim E, Cohen-Aubart F, Lee SCW, Gao Y, Micol JB, Campbell P, Walsh MP, Sylvester B, Dolgalev I, Aminova O, Heguy A, Zappile P, Nakitandwe J, Ganzel C, Dalton JD, Ellison DW, Estrada-Veras J, Lacouture M, Gahl WA, Stephens PJ, Miller VA, Ross JS, Ali SM, Briggs SR, Fasan O, Block J, Héritier S, Donadieu J, Solit DB, Hyman DM, Baselga J, Janku F, Taylor BS, Park CY, Amoura Z, Dogan A, Emile JF, Rosen N, Gruber TA, Abdel-Wahab O. Diverse and Targetable Kinase Alterations Drive Histiocytic Neoplasms. Cancer Discov 2015; 6:154-65. [PMID: 26566875 DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-15-0913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 318] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2015] [Accepted: 11/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
UNLABELLED Histiocytic neoplasms are clonal, hematopoietic disorders characterized by an accumulation of abnormal, monocyte-derived dendritic cells or macrophages in Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) and non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis (non-LCH), respectively. The discovery of BRAF(V600E) mutations in approximately 50% of these patients provided the first molecular therapeutic target in histiocytosis. However, recurrent driving mutations in the majority of patients with BRAF(V600E)-wild-type non-LCH are unknown, and recurrent cooperating mutations in non-MAP kinase pathways are undefined for the histiocytic neoplasms. Through combined whole-exome and transcriptome sequencing, we identified recurrent kinase fusions involving BRAF, ALK, and NTRK1, as well as recurrent, activating MAP2K1 and ARAF mutations in patients with BRAF(V600E)-wild-type non-LCH. In addition to MAP kinase pathway lesions, recurrently altered genes involving diverse cellular pathways were identified. Treatment of patients with MAP2K1- and ARAF-mutated non-LCH using MEK and RAF inhibitors, respectively, resulted in clinical efficacy, demonstrating the importance of detecting and targeting diverse kinase alterations in these disorders. SIGNIFICANCE We provide the first description of kinase fusions in systemic histiocytic neoplasms and activating ARAF and MAP2K1 mutations in non-Langerhans histiocytic neoplasms. Refractory patients with MAP2K1- and ARAF-mutant histiocytoses had clinical responses to MEK inhibition and sorafenib, respectively, highlighting the importance of comprehensive genomic analysis of these disorders.
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- Eli L Diamond
- Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Internal Medicine Service, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Genome Technology Center, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Genome Technology Center, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Genome Technology Center, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Genome Technology Center, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Hematology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Foundation Medicine, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders, Levine Cancer Institute, Charlotte, North Carolina
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- Hematopathology, Carolinas Pathology Group, Charlotte, North Carolina
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- French Reference Center for Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis, Trousseau Hospital, Paris, France. EA4340, Versailles University, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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- French Reference Center for Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis, Trousseau Hospital, Paris, France. EA4340, Versailles University, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Developmental Therapeutics, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Developmental Therapeutics, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York. Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Internal Medicine Service, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Hematopathology, Carolinas Pathology Group, Charlotte, North Carolina. Pathology Service, Hôpital universitaire Ambroise Paré, APHP, Boulogne, France
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- Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York. Leukemia Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
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Eckfeldt CE, Lee RDW, Pomeroy EJ, Temiz AN, Rathe SK, Ma J, Gruber TA, Diaz-Flores E, Downing JR, Shannon KM, Largaespada DA. Abstract B01: Mechanisms of treatment resistance following Ras targeted therapy in acute myeloid leukemia. Clin Cancer Res 2015. [DOI: 10.1158/1557-3265.hemmal14-b01] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Ras proto-oncogenes and numerous effectors of Ras signaling are recurrently mutated in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). While Ras represents an attractive therapeutic target, attempts at targeting oncogenic Ras directly have not been successful. To evaluate potential mechanisms of resistance to Ras targeted treatment in AML, our group leveraged a robust genetically-engineered mouse model in which AML is driven by expression of a tetracycline-repressible, constitutively active NRAS oncogene, tre-NRAS(V12), and a Mll-AF9 “knock-in” leukemogenic fusion gene (tre-NRAS(V12) & Mll-AF9 or tNM AML). The leukemia cells in this model are “addicted” to NRAS(V12), and mimicking Ras targeted treatment by doxycycline (Dox)-mediated suppression of the tre-NRAS(V12) oncogene expression results in rapid eradication of AML cells in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, prolonged suppression of NRAS(V12) expression in NRAS(V12)-dependent (NRD) AML leads to the spontaneous development of NRAS(V12)-independent (NRI), “relapsed/refractory”, AML in about half of Dox treated mice. To elucidate the mechanism(s) that lead to the development of “relapsed/refractory” NRI AML following suppression of NRAS(V12) we performed transcriptome-wide next generation RNA-sequencing and comprehensive flow cytometric analysis of cancer signaling pathways comparing the parental NRD AML and two NRI AMLs. We confirmed that the NRAS(V12) oncogene is not aberrantly re-expressed. Furthermore, endogenous Ras gene expression is not up-regulated, and there is no evidence of reactivation of canonical Ras effector signaling pathways in either of the NRI AMLs by phospho-flow cytometry. Our preliminary analysis of cancer signaling pathways and transcriptome-wide RNA sequencing have identified candidate mediators of NRAS(V12)-independent AML growth and survival including the Myb proto-oncogene and anti-apoptotic Bcl2 that are enriched in both NRI AMLs relative to NRD AML at both the transcript and protein level. Furthermore, Myc protein is enriched in both NRI AMLs compared to NRD AML. We are currently performing a more comprehensive analysis of our next-generation RNA sequencing data to refine our list of candidate genes, and investigating the potential functional roles of Bcl2, Myb, and Myc in the development of NRI AML. In our initial functional studies, inhibition of Bcl2 activity suppresses NRI AML leukemic colony formation in vitro, and we are currently evaluating the ability of enforced expression of Bcl2, Myb, or Myc in NRD AML cells to render them NRAS(V12)-independent. To further investigate the translational potential of our findings, we are also evaluating the anti-leukemic effect of clinically relevant inhibitors of Bcl2 with inhibitors of canonical Ras effector pathways (RAF-MEK-ERK and PI3K-AKT-mTOR) in preclinical AML models. In this way we hope to gain a better understanding of mechanisms of treatment resistance to Ras targeted therapies, and thereby provide a foundation for the rational development of novel targeted treatment approaches for AML.
Citation Format: Craig E. Eckfeldt, Robin DW Lee, Emily J. Pomeroy, Alpay N. Temiz, Susan K. Rathe, Jing Ma, Tanja A. Gruber, Ernesto Diaz-Flores, James R. Downing, Kevin M. Shannon, David A. Largaespada. Mechanisms of treatment resistance following Ras targeted therapy in acute myeloid leukemia. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the AACR Special Conference on Hematologic Malignancies: Translating Discoveries to Novel Therapies; Sep 20-23, 2014; Philadelphia, PA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Clin Cancer Res 2015;21(17 Suppl):Abstract nr B01.
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- 2St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN,
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Pui CH, Pei D, Coustan-Smith E, Jeha S, Cheng C, Bowman WP, Sandlund JT, Ribeiro RC, Rubnitz JE, Inaba H, Bhojwani D, Gruber TA, Leung WH, Downing JR, Evans WE, Relling MV, Campana D. Clinical utility of sequential minimal residual disease measurements in the context of risk-based therapy in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: a prospective study. Lancet Oncol 2015; 16:465-74. [PMID: 25800893 DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(15)70082-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND The level of minimal residual disease during remission induction is the most important prognostic indicator in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). We aimed to establish the clinical significance of minimal residual disease in a prospective trial that used sequential minimal residual disease measurements to guide treatment decisions. METHODS Between June 7, 2000, and Oct 24, 2007, 498 assessable patients with newly diagnosed ALL were enrolled in a clinical trial at St Jude Children's Research Hospital. We provisionally classified the risk of relapse as low, standard, or high according to patients' baseline clinical and laboratory features. Final risk assignment to establish treatment intensity was based mainly on minimal residual disease levels measured on days 19 and 46 of remission induction, and on week 7 of maintenance treatment. Additional measurements of minimal residual disease were made on weeks 17, 48, and 120 (end of treatment). The primary aim was to establish the association between event-free survival and patients' minimal residual disease levels during remission induction and sequentially post-remission. This trial was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT00137111. FINDINGS Irrespective of the provisional risk classification, 10-year event-free survival was significantly worse for patients with 1% or greater minimal residual disease levels on day 19 compared with patients with lower minimal residual disease levels (69·2%, 95% CI 49·6-82·4, n=36 vs 95·5%, 91·7-97·5, n=244; p<0·001 for the provisional low-risk group and 65·1%, 50·7-76·2, n=56 vs 82·9%, 75·6-88·2, n=142; p=0·01 for the provisional standard-risk group). 12 patients with provisional low-risk ALL and 1% or higher minimal residual disease levels on day 19 but negative minimal residual disease (<0·01%) on day 46 were treated for standard-risk ALL and had a 10-year event-free survival of 88·9% (43·3-98·4). For the 280 provisional low-risk patients, a minimal residual disease level of less than 1% on day 19 predicted a better outcome, irrespective of the minimal residual disease level on day 46. Of provisional standard-risk patients with minimal residual disease of less than 1% on day 19, the 15 with persistent minimal residual disease on day 46 seemed to have an inferior 10-year event-free survival compared with the 126 with negative minimal residual disease (72·7%, 42·5-88·8 vs 84·0%, 76·3-89·4; p=0·06) after receiving the same post-remission treatment for standard-risk ALL. Of patients attaining negative minimal residual disease status after remission induction, minimal residual disease re-emerged in four of 382 studied on week 7, one of 448 at week 17, and one of 437 at week 48; all but one of these six patients died despite additional treatment. By contrast, relapse occurred in only two of the 11 patients who had decreasing minimal residual disease levels between the end of induction and week 7 of maintenance therapy and were treated with chemotherapy alone. INTERPRETATION Minimal residual disease levels during remission induction treatment have important prognostic and therapeutic implications even in the context of minimal residual disease-guided treatment. Sequential minimal residual disease monitoring after remission induction is warranted for patients with detectable minimal residual disease. FUNDING National Institutes of Health and American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities.
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- Ching-Hon Pui
- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA; Department of Pathology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA; University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
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- Department of Biostatistics, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA; University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA; University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA; University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA; University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA; University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA; University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA; Department of Pathology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA; University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA; University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA; University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA; University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA; University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Andersson AK, Ma J, Wang J, Chen X, Gedman AL, Dang J, Nakitandwe J, Holmfeldt L, Parker M, Easton J, Huether R, Kriwacki R, Rusch M, Wu G, Li Y, Mulder H, Raimondi S, Pounds S, Kang G, Shi L, Becksfort J, Gupta P, Payne-Turner D, Vadodaria B, Boggs K, Yergeau D, Manne J, Song G, Edmonson M, Nagahawatte P, Wei L, Cheng C, Pei D, Sutton R, Venn NC, Chetcuti A, Rush A, Catchpoole D, Heldrup J, Fioretos T, Lu C, Ding L, Pui CH, Shurtleff S, Mullighan CG, Mardis ER, Wilson RK, Gruber TA, Zhang J, Downing JR. The landscape of somatic mutations in infant MLL-rearranged acute lymphoblastic leukemias. Nat Genet 2015; 47:330-7. [PMID: 25730765 PMCID: PMC4553269 DOI: 10.1038/ng.3230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 355] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.4] [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: 07/02/2014] [Accepted: 02/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) with MLL rearrangements (MLL-R) represents a distinct leukemia with a poor prognosis. To define its mutational landscape, we performed whole genome, exome, RNA and targeted DNA sequencing on 65 infants (47 MLL-R and 18 non-MLL-R) and 20 older children (MLL-R cases) with leukemia. Our data demonstrated infant MLL-R ALL to have one of the lowest frequencies of somatic mutations of any sequenced cancer, with the predominant leukemic clone carrying a mean of 1.3 non-silent mutations. Despite the paucity of mutations, activating mutations in kinase/PI3K/RAS signaling pathways were detected in 47%. Surprisingly, however, these mutations were often sub-clonal and frequently lost at relapse. In contrast to infant cases, MLL-R leukemia in older children had more somatic mutations (a mean of 6.5/case versus 1.3/case, P=7.15×10−5) and contained frequent mutations (45%) in epigenetic regulators, a category of genes that with the exception of MLL was rarely mutated in infant MLL-R ALL.
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- Anna K Andersson
- 1] Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. [2] Department of Clinical Genetics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Pediatric Cancer Genome Project Laboratory, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Pediatric Cancer Genome Project Laboratory, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Pediatric Cancer Genome Project Laboratory, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Pediatric Cancer Genome Project Laboratory, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Pediatric Cancer Genome Project Laboratory, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Pediatric Cancer Genome Project Laboratory, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Children's Cancer Institute Australia, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Children's Cancer Institute Australia, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Tumor Bank, Children's Cancer Research Unit, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Tumor Bank, Children's Cancer Research Unit, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Tumor Bank, Children's Cancer Research Unit, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Pediatrics, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- 1] Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. [2] Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- 1] Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. [2] Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- 1] Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. [2] Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- 1] Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. [2] Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- 1] Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. [2] Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- 1] Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. [2] Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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Pui CH, Pei D, Campana D, Cheng C, Sandlund JT, Bowman WP, Hudson MM, Ribeiro RC, Raimondi SC, Jeha S, Howard SC, Bhojwani D, Inaba H, Rubnitz JE, Metzger ML, Gruber TA, Coustan-Smith E, Downing JR, Leung WH, Relling MV, Evans WE. A revised definition for cure of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Leukemia 2014; 28:2336-43. [PMID: 24781017 PMCID: PMC4214904 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2014.142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2014] [Accepted: 04/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
With improved contemporary therapy, we re-assess long-term outcome in patients completing treatment for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia to determine when cure can be declared with a high degree of confidence. In 6 successive clinical trials between 1984 and 2007, 1291(84.5%) patients completed all therapy in continuous complete remission. The post-therapy cumulative risk of relapse or development of a second neoplasm and the event-free survival rate and overall survival were analyzed according to the presenting features and the three treatment periods defined by relative outcome. Over the three treatment periods, there has been progressive increase in the rate of event-free survival (65.2% vs. 74.8% vs. 85.1% [P<0.001]) and overall survival (76.5% vs. 81.1% vs. 91.7% [P<0.001]) at 10 years. The most important predictor of outcome after completion of therapy was the type of treatment. In the most recent treatment period, which omitted the use of prophylactic cranial irradiation, the post-treatment cumulative risk of relapse was 6.4%, death in remission 1.5%, and development of a second neoplasm 2.3% at 10 years, with all relapses except one occurring within 4 years off therapy. None of the 106 patients with the t(9;22)/BCR-ABL1, t(1;19)/TCF3-PBX1 or t(4;11)/MLL-AFF1 had relapsed after 2 years from completion of therapy. These findings demonstrate that with contemporary effective therapy that excludes cranial irradiation, approximately 6% of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia may relapse after completion of treatment, and those who remain in remission at 4 years post-treatment may be considered cured (i.e., less than 1 % chance of relapse).
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- C H Pui
- 1] Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA [2] Department of Pathology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Centre for Translational Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biostatistics, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Centre for Translational Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Pathology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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Kim Y, Schulz VP, Satake N, Gruber TA, Teixeira AM, Halene S, Gallagher PG, Krause DS. Whole-exome sequencing identifies a novel somatic mutation in MMP8 associated with a t(1;22)-acute megakaryoblastic leukemia. Leukemia 2013; 28:945-8. [PMID: 24157583 PMCID: PMC3981934 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2013.314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Y Kim
- 1] Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA [2] Yale Stem Cell Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Davis, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- 1] Departments of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA [2] Department of Pathology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- 1] Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA [2] Yale Stem Cell Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA [3] Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center, Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- 1] Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA [2] Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- 1] Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA [2] Yale Stem Cell Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA [3] Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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Gruber TA, Gedman AL, Zhang J, Koss CS, Marada S, Ta HQ, Chen SC, Su X, Ogden SK, Dang J, Wu G, Gupta V, Andersson AK, Pounds S, Shi L, Easton J, Barbato MI, Mulder HL, Manne J, Wang J, Rusch M, Ranade S, Ganti R, Parker M, Ma J, Radtke I, Ding L, Cazzaniga G, Biondi A, Kornblau SM, Ravandi F, Kantarjian H, Nimer SD, Döhner K, Döhner H, Ley TJ, Ballerini P, Shurtleff S, Tomizawa D, Adachi S, Hayashi Y, Tawa A, Shih LY, Liang DC, Rubnitz JE, Pui CH, Mardis ER, Wilson RK, Downing JR. An Inv(16)(p13.3q24.3)-encoded CBFA2T3-GLIS2 fusion protein defines an aggressive subtype of pediatric acute megakaryoblastic leukemia. Cancer Cell 2012; 22:683-97. [PMID: 23153540 PMCID: PMC3547667 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2012.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2012] [Revised: 09/05/2012] [Accepted: 10/17/2012] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
Abstract
To define the mutation spectrum in non-Down syndrome acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (non-DS-AMKL), we performed transcriptome sequencing on diagnostic blasts from 14 pediatric patients and validated our findings in a recurrency/validation cohort consisting of 34 pediatric and 28 adult AMKL samples. Our analysis identified a cryptic chromosome 16 inversion (inv(16)(p13.3q24.3)) in 27% of pediatric cases, which encodes a CBFA2T3-GLIS2 fusion protein. Expression of CBFA2T3-GLIS2 in Drosophila and murine hematopoietic cells induced bone morphogenic protein (BMP) signaling and resulted in a marked increase in the self-renewal capacity of hematopoietic progenitors. These data suggest that expression of CBFA2T3-GLIS2 directly contributes to leukemogenesis.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Bone Morphogenetic Proteins/metabolism
- Child
- Chromosome Inversion
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16
- Drosophila/genetics
- Drosophila/growth & development
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Humans
- Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors/genetics
- Leukemia, Megakaryoblastic, Acute/classification
- Leukemia, Megakaryoblastic, Acute/diagnosis
- Leukemia, Megakaryoblastic, Acute/genetics
- Mice
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/genetics
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/metabolism
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/physiology
- Prognosis
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/physiology
- Repressor Proteins/genetics
- Sequence Analysis, RNA
- Signal Transduction
- Tumor Suppressor Proteins/genetics
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- Tanja A. Gruber
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital – Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, Memphis, TN, USA and St. Louis, MO, USA
- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital – Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, Memphis, TN, USA and St. Louis, MO, USA
- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Hartwell Center for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital – Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, Memphis, TN, USA and St. Louis, MO, USA
- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital – Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, Memphis, TN, USA and St. Louis, MO, USA
- Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital – Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, Memphis, TN, USA and St. Louis, MO, USA
- Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital – Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, Memphis, TN, USA and St. Louis, MO, USA
- Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital – Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, Memphis, TN, USA and St. Louis, MO, USA
- Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital – Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, Memphis, TN, USA and St. Louis, MO, USA
- Information Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital – Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, Memphis, TN, USA and St. Louis, MO, USA
- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital – Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, Memphis, TN, USA and St. Louis, MO, USA
- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital – Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, Memphis, TN, USA and St. Louis, MO, USA
- Hartwell Center for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital – Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, Memphis, TN, USA and St. Louis, MO, USA
- Washington University School of Medicine, Siteman Cancer Center, St. Louis, MO, USA, The Genome Institute at Washington University, St Louis, MO, USA
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- Centro Ricerca Tettamanti, Pediatric Clinic, Univ. Milan Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Pediatric Unit, University of Milan-Bicocca, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Leukemia, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Leukemia, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program, Sloan Kettering Institute , New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital – Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, Memphis, TN, USA and St. Louis, MO, USA
- Washington University School of Medicine, Siteman Cancer Center, St. Louis, MO, USA, The Genome Institute at Washington University, St Louis, MO, USA
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- Laboratoire d'Hématologie, Hôpital A. Trousseau, Paris, France
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital – Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, Memphis, TN, USA and St. Louis, MO, USA
- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Haematology/Oncology, Gunma Children's Medical Center, Shibukawa, Japan
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- Dept. of Pediatrics, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei Taiwan
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital – Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, Memphis, TN, USA and St. Louis, MO, USA
- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital – Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, Memphis, TN, USA and St. Louis, MO, USA
- Washington University School of Medicine, Siteman Cancer Center, St. Louis, MO, USA, The Genome Institute at Washington University, St Louis, MO, USA
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital – Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, Memphis, TN, USA and St. Louis, MO, USA
- Washington University School of Medicine, Siteman Cancer Center, St. Louis, MO, USA, The Genome Institute at Washington University, St Louis, MO, USA
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital – Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, Memphis, TN, USA and St. Louis, MO, USA
- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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Gruber TA, Gedman AL, Ta H, Zhang J, Koss C, Marada S, Chen SC, Su X, Ogden S, Gupta V, Andersson A, Pounds S, Shi L, Easton J, Wang J, Rusch M, Ding L, Cazzaniga G, Biondi A, Kornblau S, Ravandi-Kashani F, Kantarjian H, Nimer SD, Doehner K, Doehner H, Ley TJ, Ballerini P, Mercher T, Shurtleff S, Shih LY, Liang DC, Rubnitz J, Pui CH, Mardis E, Wilson RK, Downing JR. Abstract 4867: Identification of an inv(16)-encoded CBFA2T3-GLIS2 fusion protein in 34% of non-infant acute megkaryoblastic leukemias: A report from the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project. Cancer Res 2012. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2012-4867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Acute Megakaryoblastic Leukemia (AMKL) accounts for ∼10% of childhood acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Although AMKL patients with Down syndrome (DS-AMKL) have an excellent 5 year event-free survival (EFS), non-DS-AMKL patients have an extremely poor outcome with a 3 year EFS < 40%. To define the landscape of mutations that occur in non-DS-AMKL, we performed transcriptome sequencing on diagnostic blasts from 14 cases. Our results identified chromosomal rearrangements resulting in the expression of novel fusion transcripts in 12/14 cases. Remarkably, in 7/14 cases, we detected an inversion on chromosome 16 [inv(16)(p13.3;q24.3)] that resulted in the juxtaposition of CBFA2T3, a member of the ETO family of transcription factors, next to GLIS2 resulting in a CBFA2T3-GLIS2 chimeric gene encoding an in frame fusion protein. GLIS2 is a member of the GLI family of transcription factors that mediate sonic hedgehog (SHH) signaling and has been demonstrated to play a role in regulating expression of GLI target genes. Evaluation of a recurrency cohort of 52 samples including 24 additional pediatric cases and 28 adult cases revealed 6 additional pediatric samples carrying the fusion for an overall frequency of 34% in pediatric AMKL. To gain insight into the mechanism whereby CBFA2T3-GLIS2 promotes leukemogenesis, we introduced the fusion into murine hematopoietic cells and assessed its effect on in vitro colony replating as a surrogate measure of self-renewal. Cells transduced with a mCherry expressing retrovirus failed to form colonies after the 2nd replating. By contrast, expression of either wild-type GLIS2 or CBFA2T3-GLIS2 resulted in a marked increase in the self-renewal capacity, with colony formation persisting through 12 replatings. Immunophenotypic analysis of the CBFA2T3-GLIS2 expressing colonies revealed evidence of megakaryocytic differentiation. GLI transcription factors modulate expression of multiple downstream targets including components of BMP, WNT, and SHH pathways. To interrogate these pathways as potential contributors to the enhanced self-renewal capacity, we conducted luciferase reporter assays and found that CBFA2T3-GLIS2 functioned as a strong activator of the BMP responsive element. Furthermore, expression of CBFA2T3-GLIS2 in Drosophila resulted in ectopic expression of endogenous dpp, the fly homolog of BMP4, and conferred a dpp gain of function phenotype. Taken together these data identify a novel inv(16)-encoded CBFA2T3-GLIS2 fusion protein as a recurrent driver mutation in ∼35% of non-infant pediatric non-DS-AMKLs. The alteration of a key transcriptional regulator within the SHH signaling pathways in a substantial percentage of pediatric AMKL raises the possibility that inhibition of this pathway or downstream activated pathways may have a therapeutic benefit in this aggressive form of AML.
Citation Format: {Authors}. {Abstract title} [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 103rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2012 Mar 31-Apr 4; Chicago, IL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2012;72(8 Suppl):Abstract nr 4867. doi:1538-7445.AM2012-4867
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- 1St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- 1St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- 1St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- 1St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- 1St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- 1St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- 1St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- 3Washington University, St. Louis, MO
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Gruber TA, Shah AJ, Hernandez M, Crooks GM, Abdel-Azim H, Gupta S, McKnight S, White D, Kapoor N, Kohn DB. Clinical and genetic heterogeneity in Omenn syndrome and severe combined immune deficiency. Pediatr Transplant 2009; 13:244-50. [PMID: 18822103 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2008.00970.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OS has been described as a clinical phenotype in infants characterized by SCID, diffuse erythroderma, and other distinct features. The pathogenesis is secondary to autologous, auto-reactive T cells produced as rare escapees from the SCID blockade. Mutations in either the RAG1 or RAG2 gene that lead to partial recombinase activity are responsible for many of the patients with these clinical features. We report on two patients, one with an atypical phenotype of OS (absence of rash but presence of other typical features) who harbored a previously undescribed mutation in RAG1, and a second who had many of the classic features of OS but was found to have a mutation in the common gamma chain (gamma(c)) cytokine receptor gene. These cases highlight the clinical and genetic heterogeneity of OS.
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- Tanja A Gruber
- Divisions of Hematology and Oncology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, 4650 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
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Gruber TA, Skelton DC, Kohn DB. Recombinant murine interleukin-12 elicits potent antileukemic immune responses in a murine model of philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cancer Gene Ther 2005; 12:818-24. [PMID: 15877085 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cgt.7700839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Despite the success of chemotherapy regimens in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), certain subsets of patients have a high rate of induction failure and subsequent relapse. One of these subsets of patients carry a translocation between chromosomes 9 and 22, the so called Philadelphia chromosome (Ph+). The result of this translocation is the fusion oncogene, Bcr-Abl, which is uniquely expressed in the leukemia clone, and as such has the potential to initiate antileukemic immune responses against the leukemia blasts. We utilized a murine model of Ph+ ALL to look at the ability of systemic interleukin 12 (IL-12) treatments to initiate antileukemic immune responses, and studied the mechanisms by which it does so. We found that IL-12 was able to eliminate pre-established leukemia, and that this protection was mediated by CD4, CD8, and NK cells in combination. While IL-12 was able to eliminate pre-established leukemia, it did not elicit immunologic memory. Consistent with previous work, vaccination with irradiated leukemia cells transduced with immunomodulator genes was able to establish long-term memory, and, when used with IL-12, was able to eradicate pre-existing disease and induce resistance to subsequent leukemia challenge. These studies demonstrate the feasibility of an immunotherapeutic approach towards the treatment of Ph+ ALL.
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- Tanja A Gruber
- Division of Research Immunology/Bone Marrow Transplantation, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles 90027, USA
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Gruber TA, Skelton DC, Kohn DB. Requirement for NK cells in CD40 ligand-mediated rejection of Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells. J Immunol 2002; 168:73-80. [PMID: 11751948 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.168.1.73] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We have previously developed a murine model of Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia by i.v. injection of a pre-B ALL cell line (BM185) derived from Bcr-Abl-transformed BALB/c bone marrow. We are studying the potential to elicit autologous antileukemic immune responses by introducing genes encoding immunomodulators (CD40 ligand (CD40L), CD80, and GM-CSF) into leukemia cells. BM185 cells expressing CD40L or CD80 alone, when injected into BALB/c mice, were rejected in approximately 25% of mice, whereas cohorts receiving BM185 cells expressing two or more immunomodulator genes rejected challenge 50-76% of the time. The greatest protection was conferred in mice receiving BM185 cells expressing all three immunomodulators. Addition of murine rIL-12 treatments in conjunction with BM185/CD80/CD40L/GM-CSF vaccination allowed rejection of preestablished leukemia. BM185 cell lines expressing CD40L were rejected in BALB/c nu/nu (nude) mice, in contrast to cell lines expressing CD80 and/or GM-CSF. Nude mice depleted of NK cells were no longer protected when challenged with BM185/CD40L, demonstrating a requirement for NK cells. Similarly, NK cell depletion in immunocompetent BALB/c mice resulted in a loss of protection when challenged with BM185/CD40L, confirming the data seen in nude mice. The ability of CD40L to act in a T cell-independent manner may be important for clinical applications in patients with depressed cellular immunity following chemotherapy.
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- Tanja A Gruber
- Division of Research Immunology/Bone Marrow Transplantation, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, 4650 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
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Mohnen D, Eberhard S, Marfà V, Doubrava N, Toubart P, Gollin DJ, Gruber TA, Nuri W, Albersheim P, Darvill A. The control of root, vegetative shoot and flower morphogenesis in tobacco thin cell-layer explants (TCLs). Development 1990; 108:191-201. [PMID: 2351064 DOI: 10.1242/dev.108.1.191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Thin cell-layer explants (TCLs) have been proposed as favorable tissues for the study of root, vegetative shoot and flower formation. We tested the effects of pH, light quality, light quantity, and IBA and kinetin concentrations on the morphogenesis of TCLs cultured individually on a liquid medium. Alterations of the amounts of exogenously supplied IBA and kinetin were sufficient to induce the formation of roots, vegetative shoots and flowers on TCLs cultured on otherwise identical media. The type and number of organs formed were sensitive to the intensity of light (55, 75, 100 and 120 muEinsteins m-2 sec-1) under which TCLs were grown. Evidence was obtained that the effects of light on TCL morphogenesis were associated with photochemical degradation of IBA in the medium. Evaluation of the organogenesis that occurred in TCLs cultured on a medium containing a range of IBA and kinetin concentrations showed that the number and type of organs formed, and overall growth, were dependent upon the initial concentrations of auxin and cytokinin. We have developed the TCL culture system into a sensitive and reproducible bioassay for the study of morphogenesis. The advantages of using the TCL morphogenesis bioassay for the identification and study of molecules (e.g. cell wall oligosaccharides) that may regulate morphogenesis are discussed.
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- D Mohnen
- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens 30602
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The mercury levels in 69 muscle samples from fish weighing from 0.3 to 200 kg caught in Moreton Bay, Queensland, in the latter half of 1976 ranged from less than 10 to 2,030 ng/g. Mercury levels in blood samples from 53 humans and 100 dogs in Brisbane almost all contained less than 10 ng/ml while the level in 162 cats sampled ranged from less than 10 to 329 ng/ml. Chronic methylmercurialism developed in 2 cats dosed daily with methylmercury, bound to cysteine, at the rate of 0.6 mg/kg body weight for 74 and 77 days respectively. Terminal clinical signs included anorexia, weight loss, knuckling over at the carpus and tarsus, hypermetria initially involving the forelegs and later the hindlegs, sluggish reflexes, paresis involving all limbs, persistent crying, apparent blindness, tonic and clonic convulsions and salivation. Pathological changes were confined to the nervous system and included degeneration of neurones and perivascular cuffing in the cerebrocortical grey matter, focal atrophy of the granular layer, focal spongiosus of the molecular layer and degeneration and loss of Purkinje cells in the cerebellum and demyelination in the fibre tracts of the dorsal funiculus, mainly the fasciculus cuneatus and in the lateral and ventral corticospinal tracts. Terminal blood methylmercury levels were in excess of 18 microgram/ml, while brain methylmercury levels ranged from 21.0 to 28.4 microgram/g. The liver and kidney contained the highest total levels of mercury of 50 to 80 microgram/g, of which 23 to 37% was inorganic.
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