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Anderson CB, Lipsky M, Nandula SV, Freeman CE, Matthews T, Walsh CE, Li G, Szabolcs M, Mansukhani MM, McKiernan JM, Murty VV. Cytogenetic analysis of 130 renal oncocytomas identify three distinct and mutually exclusive diagnostic classes of chromosome aberrations. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2020; 59:6-12. [PMID: 31112346 DOI: 10.1002/gcc.22766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2019] [Revised: 05/15/2019] [Accepted: 05/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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The cytogenetic alterations in renal oncocytoma (RO) are poorly understood. We analyzed 130 consecutive RO for karyotypic alterations. Clonal chromosome abnormalities were identified in 63 (49%) cases, which could be categorized into three classes of mutually exclusive cytogenetic categories. Class 1 (N = 20) RO had diploid karyotypes with characteristic 11q13 rearrangement in balanced translocations with 10 or more different chromosome partners in all cases. We identified recurrent translocation partners at 5q35, 6p21, 9p24, 11p13-14, and 11q23, and confirmed that CCND1 gene rearrangement at 11q13 utilizing fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Class 2 RO (N = 25) exhibited hypodiploid karyotypes with loss of chromosome 1 and/or losses of Y in males and X in females in all cases. The class 3 tumors comprising of 18 cases showed diverse types of abnormalities with the involvement of two or more chromosomes exclusive of abnormalities seen in classes 1 and 2 tumors. Furthermore, karyotypically uninformative cases were subjected to FISH analysis to identify classes 1 and 2 abnormalities. In this group, we found similar frequencies of CCND1 rearrangement, loss of chromosome 1 or Y as with karyotypically abnormal cases. We validated our results against 91 tumors from the Mitelman database. Correlation of clinical data with all the three classes of ROs showed no clear evidence of overall patient survival. Our findings support the hypothesis that RO exhibit three principal cytogenetic categories, which may have different roles in initiation and/or progression. These cytogenetic markers provide a key tool in the diagnostic evaluation of RO.
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- Department of Urology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Urology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
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Anderson CB, Lipsky M, Nandula SV, Christopher FE, Thomas M, Walsh CE, Li G, Szabolcs M, Mansukhani MM, McKiernan JM, Vundavalli MV. Abstract 3415: Cytogenetics of renal oncocytomas identify three distinct and mutually exclusive diagnostic classes of chromosome aberrations. Cancer Res 2018. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2018-3415] [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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Christopher B. Anderson1, Michael Lipsky1, Subhadra V. Nandula2,3, Christopher E. Freeman2, Thomas Matthews2, Catlin Walsh2, Gen Li1, Matthias Szabolcs2, Mahesh M. Mansukhani 2, James M. McKiernan1, Vundavalli V. Murty 2 1Departments of Urology, 2Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York; 3Cancer Genetics Inc, Rutherford, New Jersey
The cytogenetic alterations in renal oncocytoma (RO) are poorly understood. We analyzed 130 consecutive RO for karyotypic alterations. Clonal chromosome abnormalities were identified in 63 (48.5%) cases, which could be categorized into 3 classes of mutually exclusive cytogenetic categories. Class 1 RO had diploid karyotypes with 11q13 rearrangement in balanced translocations with ten or more different chromosome partners in all 20 (31.7%) cases. We identified recurrent translocation partners at 5q35, 6p21, 9p24, 11p13-14 and 11q23, and confirmed that CCND1 gene rearrangement at 11q13 utilizing fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Class 2 RO exhibited hypodiploid karyotypes with loss of chromosome 1 and concurrent losses of Y in males and X in females in 25 (39.7%) cases. The class 3 tumors comprising of 18 (30.2%) cases showed diverse types of abnormalities with the involvement of 2 or more chromosomes exclusive of abnormalities seen in Class 1 and 2 tumors. Furthermore, karyotypically uninformative cases were subjected to FISH analysis to identify class 1 and 2 abnormalities. In this group we found similar frequencies of CCND1 rearrangement, loss of 1 or Y as with karyotypically abnormal cases. We validated our results against 91 tumors from the Mittleman database. Correlation of clinical data with all the 3 classes of RO showed no clear evidence of overall patient survival. Our findings support the hypothesis that RO exhibit 3 principal cytogenetic categories, which may have different roles in initiation and/or progression. These cytogenetic markers provide a key tool in the diagnostic evaluation of RO.
Citation Format: Christopher B. Anderson, Michael Lipsky, Subhadra V. Nandula, Freeman E. Christopher, Matthews Thomas, Caitlin E. Walsh, Gen Li, Matthias Szabolcs, Mahesh M. Mansukhani, James M. McKiernan, Murty V. Vundavalli. Cytogenetics of renal oncocytomas identify three distinct and mutually exclusive diagnostic classes of chromosome aberrations [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2018; 2018 Apr 14-18; Chicago, IL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2018;78(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 3415.
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- 1Columbia Univ. Medical Center, New York, NY
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Gowrishankar B, Przybycin CG, Ma C, Nandula SV, Rini B, Campbell S, Klein E, Chaganti RSK, Magi-Galluzzi C, Houldsworth J. A genomic algorithm for the molecular classification of common renal cortical neoplasms: development and validation. J Urol 2014; 193:1479-85. [PMID: 25498568 DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2014.11.099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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PURPOSE Accurate discrimination of benign oncocytoma and malignant renal cell carcinoma is useful for planning appropriate treatment strategies for patients with renal masses. Classification of renal neoplasms solely based on histopathology can be challenging, especially the distinction between chromophobe renal cell carcinoma and oncocytoma. In this study we develop and validate an algorithm based on genomic alterations for the classification of common renal neoplasms. MATERIALS AND METHODS Using TCGA renal cell carcinoma copy number profiles and the published literature, a classification algorithm was developed and scoring criteria were established for the presence of each genomic marker. As validation, 191 surgically resected formalin fixed paraffin embedded renal neoplasms were blindly submitted to targeted array comparative genomic hybridization and classified according to the algorithm. CCND1 rearrangement was assessed by fluorescence in situ hybridization. RESULTS The optimal classification algorithm comprised 15 genomic markers, and involved loss of VHL, 3p21 and 8p, and chromosomes 1, 2, 6, 10 and 17, and gain of 5qter, 16p, 17q and 20q, and chromosomes 3, 7 and 12. On histological rereview (leading to the exclusion of 3 specimens) and using histology as the gold standard, 58 of 62 (93%) clear cell, 51 of 56 (91%) papillary and 33 of 34 (97%) chromophobe renal cell carcinomas were classified correctly. Of the 36 oncocytoma specimens 33 were classified as oncocytoma (17 by array comparative genomic hybridization and 10 by array comparative genomic hybridization plus fluorescence in situ hybridization) or benign (6). Overall 93% diagnostic sensitivity and 97% specificity were achieved. CONCLUSIONS In a clinical diagnostic setting the implementation of genome based molecular classification could serve as an ancillary assay to assist in the histological classification of common renal neoplasms.
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- Robert J. Tomsich Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio; Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Cancer Genetics, Inc., Rutherford, New Jersey
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- Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Cell Biology and Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Robert J. Tomsich Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio; Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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Narayan G, Xie D, Freddy AJ, Ishdorj G, Do C, Satwani P, Liyanage H, Clark L, Kisselev S, Nandula SV, Scotto L, Alobeid B, Savage D, Tycko B, O'Connor OA, Bhagat G, Murty VV. PCDH10 promoter hypermethylation is frequent in most histologic subtypes of mature lymphoid malignancies and occurs early in lymphomagenesis. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2013; 52:1030-41. [PMID: 23929756 DOI: 10.1002/gcc.22098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2013] [Accepted: 07/07/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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PCDH10 is epigenetically inactivated in multiple tumor types; however, studies in mature lymphoid malignancies are limited. Here, we have investigated the presence of promoter hypermethylation of the PCDH10 gene in a large cohort of well-characterized subsets of lymphomas. PCDH10 promoter hypermethylation was identified by methylation-specific PCR in 57 to 100% of both primary B- and T-cell lymphoma specimens and cell lines. These findings were further validated by Sequenom Mass-array analysis. Promoter hypermethylation was also identified in 28.6% cases of reactive follicular hyperplasia, more commonly occurring in states of immune deregulation and associated with rare presence of clonal karyotypic aberrations, suggesting that PCDH10 methylation occurs early in lymphomagenesis. PCDH10 expression was down regulated via promoter hypermethylation in T- and B-cell lymphoma cell lines. The transcriptional down-regulation resulting from PCDH10 methylation could be restored by pharmacologic inhibition of DNA methyltransferases in cell lines. Both T- and B-cell lymphoma cell lines harboring methylation-mediated inactivation of PCDH10 were resistant to doxorubicin treatment, suggesting that hypermethylation of this gene might contribute to chemotherapy response.
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- Gopeshwar Narayan
- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
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Narayan G, Freddy AJ, Xie D, Liyanage H, Clark L, Kisselev S, Un Kang J, Nandula SV, McGuinn C, Subramaniyam S, Alobeid B, Satwani P, Savage D, Bhagat G, Murty VV. Promoter methylation-mediated inactivation of PCDH10 in acute lymphoblastic leukemia contributes to chemotherapy resistance. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2011; 50:1043-53. [PMID: 21960365 DOI: 10.1002/gcc.20922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2011] [Accepted: 07/22/2011] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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PCDH10 has been implicated as a tumor suppressor, since epigenetic alterations of this gene have been noted in multiple tumor types. However, to date, studies regarding its role in acute and chronic leukemias are lacking. Here, we have investigated the presence of promoter hypermethylation of two CpG islands of the PCDH10 gene by methylation-specific PCR in 215 cases of various subsets of myeloid- and lymphoid-lineage leukemias. We found that PCDH10 promoter hypermethylation was frequent in both B-cell (81.9%) and T-cell (80%) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), while it was present in low frequency in most subtypes of myeloid leukemias (25.9%) and rare in chronic myeloid leukemia (2.2%). PCDH10 expression was downregulated via promoter hypermethylation in primary ALL samples (N = 4) and leukemia cell lines (N = 11). The transcriptional repression caused by PCDH10 methylation could be restored by pharmacologic inhibition of DNA methyltransferases. ALL cell lines harboring methylation-mediated inactivation of PCDH10 were less sensitive to commonly used leukemia-specific drugs suggesting that PCDH10 methylation might serve as a biomarker of chemotherapy response. Our results demonstrate that PCDH10 is a target of epigenetic silencing in ALL, a phenomenon that may impact lymphoid-lineage leukemogenesis, serve as an indicator of drug resistance and may also have potential implications for targeted epigenetic therapy.
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- Gopeshwar Narayan
- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Sevilla DW, Murty VV, Sun XL, Nandula SV, Mansukhani MM, Alobeid B, Bhagat G. Cytogenetic abnormalities in reactive lymphoid hyperplasia: byproducts of the germinal centre reaction or indicators of lymphoma? Hematol Oncol 2010; 29:81-90. [DOI: 10.1002/hon.958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2010] [Revised: 06/11/2010] [Accepted: 06/14/2010] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Lambe JS, Oble DA, Nandula SV, Sevilla DW, Colovai AI, Mansukhani M, Chari A, Murty VV, Alobeid B, Bhagat G. KHSVâEBVâpost-transplant effusion lymphoma with plasmablastic features: variant of primary effusion lymphoma? Hematol Oncol 2009; 27:203-10. [DOI: 10.1002/hon.892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Jiang JG, Roman E, Nandula SV, Murty VVS, Bhagat G, Alobeid B. CongenitalMLL-positive B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) switched lineage at relapse to acute myelocytic leukemia (AML) with persistent t(4;11) and t(1;6) translocations and JH gene rearrangement. Leuk Lymphoma 2009; 46:1223-7. [PMID: 16085566 DOI: 10.1080/10428190500086055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 10/25/2022]
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Congenital acute leukemia is a rare form of childhood leukemia, in which lineage conversion at relapse is very rarely reported. Here we describe a case of congenital B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) with t(4;11) and t(1;6) translocations, which at relapse underwent a switch to monocytic lineage with persistence of the original cytogenetic translocations and clonal rearrangement of the JH gene. Similar to the other described cases of congenital acute leukemia with lineage conversion, our case had a MLL gene rearrangement and followed an aggressive clinical course.
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MESH Headings
- Burkitt Lymphoma/congenital
- Burkitt Lymphoma/diagnosis
- Burkitt Lymphoma/genetics
- Cell Lineage
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6/genetics
- Cytogenetic Analysis
- Disease Progression
- Fatal Outcome
- Female
- Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains/genetics
- Immunoglobulin J-Chains/genetics
- Immunophenotyping
- Infant, Newborn
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/diagnosis
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/genetics
- Myeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein/genetics
- Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/congenital
- Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/diagnosis
- Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/genetics
- Prognosis
- Recurrence
- Translocation, Genetic
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- Jie-Gen Jiang
- Department of Pathology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Novak U, Rinaldi A, Kwee I, Nandula SV, Rancoita PMV, Compagno M, Cerri M, Rossi D, Murty VV, Zucca E, Gaidano G, Dalla-Favera R, Pasqualucci L, Bhagat G, Bertoni F. The NF-{kappa}B negative regulator TNFAIP3 (A20) is inactivated by somatic mutations and genomic deletions in marginal zone lymphomas. Blood 2009; 113:4918-21. [PMID: 19258598 PMCID: PMC2686142 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2008-08-174110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 205] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [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: 08/12/2008] [Accepted: 01/22/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Unique and shared cytogenetic abnormalities have been documented for marginal zone lymphomas (MZLs) arising at different sites. Recently, homozygous deletions of the chromosomal band 6q23, involving the tumor necrosis factor alpha-induced protein 3 (TNFAIP3, A20) gene, a negative regulator of NF-kappaB, were described in ocular adnexal MZL, suggesting a role for A20 as a tumor suppressor in this disease. Here, we investigated inactivation of A20 by DNA mutations or deletions in a panel of extranodal MZL (EMZL), nodal MZL (NMZL), and splenic MZL (SMZL). Inactivating mutations encoding truncated A20 proteins were identified in 6 (19%) of 32 MZLs, including 2 (18%) of 11 EMZLs, 3 (33%) of 9 NMZLs, and 1 (8%) of 12 SMZLs. Two additional unmutated nonsplenic MZLs also showed monoallelic or biallelic A20 deletions by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) and/or SNP-arrays. Thus, A20 inactivation by either somatic mutation and/or deletion represents a common genetic aberration across all MZL subtypes, which may contribute to lymphomagenesis by inducing constitutive NF-kappaB activation.
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- Urban Novak
- Institute for Cancer Genetics, Departments of Pathology and Genetics & Development, and the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Compagno M, Lim WK, Grunn A, Nandula SV, Brahmachary M, Shen Q, Bertoni F, Ponzoni M, Scandurra M, Califano A, Bhagat G, Chadburn A, Dalla-Favera R, Pasqualucci L. Mutations of multiple genes cause deregulation of NF-kappaB in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Nature 2009; 459:717-21. [PMID: 19412164 DOI: 10.1038/nature07968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 828] [Impact Index Per Article: 55.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2008] [Accepted: 03/11/2009] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), the most common form of lymphoma in adulthood, comprises multiple biologically and clinically distinct subtypes including germinal centre B-cell-like (GCB) and activated B-cell-like (ABC) DLBCL. Gene expression profile studies have shown that its most aggressive subtype, ABC-DLBCL, is associated with constitutive activation of the NF-kappaB transcription complex. However, except for a small fraction of cases, it remains unclear whether NF-kappaB activation in these tumours represents an intrinsic program of the tumour cell of origin or a pathogenetic event. Here we show that >50% of ABC-DLBCL and a smaller fraction of GCB-DLBCL carry somatic mutations in multiple genes, including negative (TNFAIP3, also called A20) and positive (CARD11, TRAF2, TRAF5, MAP3K7 (TAK1) and TNFRSF11A (RANK)) regulators of NF-kappaB. Of these, the A20 gene, which encodes a ubiquitin-modifying enzyme involved in termination of NF-kappaB responses, is most commonly affected, with approximately 30% of patients displaying biallelic inactivation by mutations and/or deletions. When reintroduced in cell lines carrying biallelic inactivation of the gene, A20 induced apoptosis and cell growth arrest, indicating a tumour suppressor role. Less frequently, missense mutations of TRAF2 and CARD11 produce molecules with significantly enhanced ability to activate NF-kappaB. Thus, our results demonstrate that NF-kappaB activation in DLBCL is caused by genetic lesions affecting multiple genes, the loss or activation of which may promote lymphomagenesis by leading to abnormally prolonged NF-kappaB responses.
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- Mara Compagno
- Institute for Cancer Genetics and the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Sevilla DW, Nandula SV, Colovai AI, Alexander S, Murty VV, Alobeid B, Bhagat G. Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with TEL/ETV6 translocation. Hum Pathol 2009; 40:588-93. [PMID: 18992913 DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2008.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2008] [Revised: 08/14/2008] [Accepted: 08/19/2008] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Cytogenetic abnormalities of chromosome 12p involving the TEL/ETV6 gene are observed in a variety of hematopoietic neoplasms including acute leukemias, myelodysplastic syndromes, and myeloproliferative disorders. Karyotypic aberrations, including rearrangements, deletions, and amplifications of chromosome 12p, have been documented in B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma; however, rearrangements targeting TEL have rarely been reported. Here we describe a diffuse large B-cell lymphoma that had a complex karyotype including t(9;12)(q22;p13), which was confirmed by fluorescence in situ hybridization to represent rearrangement of TEL. Additional cytogenetic abnormalities included t(3;14)(q27;q32) involving the variant, alternative breakpoint region of the BCL6 gene and del(6)(q13q23), resulting in the loss of 1 allele of BLIMP1. This case reiterates the importance of correlating morphologic and phenotypic findings with the results of cytogenetic analysis to avoid errors in diagnosing hematologic neoplasms and highlights the rare association of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma with aberrations of TEL.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte
- Hodgkin Disease/complications
- Hodgkin Disease/therapy
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/complications
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/genetics
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/pathology
- Neoplasms, Second Primary/genetics
- Neoplasms, Second Primary/pathology
- Neoplasms, Second Primary/therapy
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets/genetics
- Repressor Proteins/genetics
- Translocation, Genetic
- ETS Translocation Variant 6 Protein
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- Deborah W Sevilla
- Department of Pathology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Scotto L, Narayan G, Nandula SV, Subramaniyam S, Kaufmann AM, Wright JD, Pothuri B, Mansukhani M, Schneider A, Arias-Pulido H, Murty VV. Integrative genomics analysis of chromosome 5p gain in cervical cancer reveals target over-expressed genes, including Drosha. Mol Cancer 2008; 7:58. [PMID: 18559093 PMCID: PMC2440550 DOI: 10.1186/1476-4598-7-58] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [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: 06/02/2008] [Accepted: 06/17/2008] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Copy number gains and amplifications are characteristic feature of cervical cancer (CC) genomes for which the underlying mechanisms are unclear. These changes may possess oncogenic properties by deregulating tumor-related genes. Gain of short arm of chromosome 5 (5p) is the most frequent karyotypic change in CC. Methods To examine the role of 5p gain, we performed a combination of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), and gene expression analyses on invasive cancer and in various stages of CC progression. Results The SNP and FISH analyses revealed copy number increase (CNI) of 5p in 63% of invasive CC, which arises at later stages of precancerous lesions in CC development. We integrated chromosome 5 genomic copy number and gene expression data to identify key target over expressed genes as a consequence of 5p gain. One of the candidates identified was Drosha (RNASEN), a gene that is required in the first step of microRNA (miRNA) processing in the nucleus. Other 5p genes identified as targets of CNI play a role in DNA repair and cell cycle regulation (BASP1, TARS, PAIP1, BRD9, RAD1, SKP2, and POLS), signal transduction (OSMR), and mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (NNT, SDHA, and NDUFS6), suggesting that disruption of pathways involving these genes may contribute to CC progression. Conclusion Taken together, we demonstrate the power of integrating genomics data with expression data in deciphering tumor-related targets of CNI. Identification of 5p gene targets in CC denotes an important step towards biomarker development and forms a framework for testing as molecular therapeutic targets.
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- Luigi Scotto
- Department of Pathology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
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Scotto L, Narayan G, Nandula SV, Arias-Pulido H, Subramaniyam S, Schneider A, Kaufmann AM, Wright JD, Pothuri B, Mansukhani M, Murty VV. Identification of copy number gain and overexpressed genes on chromosome arm 20q by an integrative genomic approach in cervical cancer: Potential role in progression. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2008; 47:755-65. [DOI: 10.1002/gcc.20577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 237] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Laufer M, Nandula SV, Modi AP, Wang S, Jasin M, Murty VVVS, Ludwig T, Baer R. Structural requirements for the BARD1 tumor suppressor in chromosomal stability and homology-directed DNA repair. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:34325-33. [PMID: 17848578 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m705198200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The BRCA1 tumor suppressor exists as a heterodimeric complex with BARD1, and this complex is thought to mediate many of the functions ascribed to BRCA1, including its role in tumor suppression. The two proteins share a common structural organization that features an N-terminal RING domain and two C-terminal BRCT motifs, whereas BARD1 alone also contains three tandem ankyrin repeats. In normal cells, the BRCA1/BARD1 heterodimer is believed to enhance chromosome stability by promoting homology-directed repair (HDR) of double strand DNA breaks. Here we have investigated the structural requirements for BARD1 in this process by complementation of Bard1-null mouse mammary carcinoma cells. Our results demonstrate that the ankyrin and BRCT motifs of BARD1 are each essential for both chromosome stability and HDR. Tandem BRCT motifs, including those found at the C terminus of BARD1, are known to form a phosphoprotein recognition module. Nonetheless, the HDR function of BARD1 was not perturbed by synthetic mutations predicted to ablate the phospho-recognition activity of its BRCT sequences, suggesting that some functions of the BRCT domains are not dependent on their ability to bind phosphorylated ligands. Also, cancer-associated missense mutations in the BRCT domains of BARD1 (e.g. C557S, Q564H, V695L, and S761N) have been observed in patients with breast, ovarian, and endometrial tumors. However, none of these was found to affect the HDR activity of BARD1, suggesting that any increased cancer risk conferred by these mutations is not because of defects in this repair mechanism.
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- Marsha Laufer
- Institute for Cancer Genetics, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, 1130 St. Nicholas Avenue, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Narayan G, Bourdon V, Chaganti S, Arias-Pulido H, Nandula SV, Rao PH, Gissmann L, Dürst M, Schneider A, Pothuri B, Mansukhani M, Basso K, Chaganti RSK, Murty VV. Gene dosage alterations revealed by cDNA microarray analysis in cervical cancer: identification of candidate amplified and overexpressed genes. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2007; 46:373-84. [PMID: 17243165 DOI: 10.1002/gcc.20418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [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: 11/07/2022] Open
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Cervical cancer (CC) cells exhibit complex karyotypic alterations, which is consistent with deregulation of numerous critical genes in its formation and progression. To characterize this karyotypic complexity at the molecular level, we used cDNA array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) to analyze 29 CC cases and identified a number of over represented and deleted genes. The aCGH analysis revealed at least 17 recurrent amplicons and six common regions of deletions. These regions contain several known tumor-associated genes, such as those involved in transcription, apoptosis, cytoskeletal remodeling, ion-transport, drug metabolism, and immune response. Using the fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) approach we demonstrated the presence of high-level amplifications at the 8q24.3, 11q22.2, and 20q13 regions in CC cell lines. To identify amplification-associated genes that correspond to focal amplicons, we examined one or more genes in each of the 17 amplicons by Affymetrix U133A expression arrays and semiquantitative reverse-transcription PCR (RT-PCR) in 31 CC tumors. This analysis exhibited frequent and robust upregulated expression in CC relative to normal cervix for genes EPHB2 (1p36), CDCA8 (1p34.3), AIM2 (1q22-23), RFC4, MUC4, and HRASLS (3q27-29), SKP2 (5p12-13), CENTD3 (5q31.3), PTK2, RECQL4 (8q24), MMP1 and MMP13 (11q22.2), AKT1 (14q32.3), ABCC3 (17q21-22), SMARCA4 (19p13.3) LIG1 (19q13.3), UBE2C (20q13.1), SMC1L1 (Xp11), KIF4A (Xq12), TMSNB (Xq22), and CSAG2 (Xq28). Thus, the gene dosage and expression profiles generated here have enabled the identification of focal amplicons characteristic for the CC genome and facilitated the validation of relevant genes in these amplicons. These data, thus, form an important step toward the identification of biologically relevant genes in CC pathogenesis. This article contains Supplementary Material available at http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/1045-2257/suppmat.
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Affiliation(s)
- Gopeshwar Narayan
- Department of Pathology, Columbia University Medical Center, NY 10032, USA
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Vakiani E, Nandula SV, Subramaniyam S, Keller CE, Alobeid B, Murty VV, Bhagat G. Cytogenetic analysis of B-cell posttransplant lymphoproliferations validates the World Health Organization classification and suggests inclusion of florid follicular hyperplasia as a precursor lesion. Hum Pathol 2007; 38:315-25. [PMID: 17134734 DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2006.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2006] [Revised: 08/09/2006] [Accepted: 08/14/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
Abstract
Cytogenetic abnormalities in B-cell posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD) have not been well characterized. We thus performed cytogenetic analysis of 28 cases of B-cell PTLD, 1 infectious mononucleosis (IM)-like lesion, 9 polymorphic PTLD, 17 monomorphic PTLD, and 1 classical Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), and correlated the karyotypic findings with the phenotype, Epstein-Barr virus infection status, and clinical outcome. Karyotypes of 19 cases of posttransplant florid follicular hyperplasia (FFH) were also analyzed. Informative karyotypes were obtained in 20 (71.4%) of 28 PTLDs and 18 (94.7%) of 19 FFHs. Clonal karyotypic abnormalities were detected in 13 (65%) of 20 PTLDs, including 9 (75%) of 12 monomorphic PTLDs, 2 (33.3%) of 6 polymorphic PTLDs, 1 IM-like lesion, and 1 HL, and 2 (11.1%) of 18 FFHs. Recurrent chromosome breaks at 1q11-21 (n = 6, including 1 FFH), 14q32 (n = 3, including 1 FFH), 16p13 (n = 3), 11q23-24 (n = 2), and 8q24 (c-MYC) (n = 2); gains of chromosome 7 (n = 4), X (n = 3), 2 (n = 3), 12 (n = 2); and loss of chromosome 22 (n = 2, including 1 IM-like lesion) were identified. The presence of cytogenetic abnormalities did not correlate with PTLD phenotype, Epstein-Barr virus infection, or clinical outcome. We describe novel karyotypic aberrations in PTLD and report clonal cytogenetic abnormalities in posttransplant FFH and an IM-like lesion for the first time. Our findings provide validation of the current World Health Organization classification of PTLD and also suggest incorporation of FFH as the earliest recognizable precursor of PTLD.
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- Efsevia Vakiani
- Department of Pathology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Monaco S, Tsao L, Murty VV, Nandula SV, Donovan V, Oesterheld J, Bhagat G, Alobeid B. Pediatric ALK+ anaplastic large cell lymphoma with t(3;8)(q26.2;q24) translocation and c-myc rearrangement terminating in a leukemic phase. Am J Hematol 2007; 82:59-64. [PMID: 16955462 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 01/09/2023]
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Pediatric ALK-positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALK+ ALCL) is usually associated with a favorable prognosis. ALK+ ALCL associated with a leukemic phase is uncommon, but has been associated with an aggressive clinical course and unfavorable prognosis. Overexpression of c-myc has been shown to be a consistent finding in ALK+, but not ALK-negative ALCL (ALK- ALCL), and the c-myc gene is considered a downstream target of deregulated ALK signaling. We describe a pediatric ALK+ ALCL with a leukemic phase at relapse. Similar to other rare cases described in the literature, it followed an aggressive clinical course despite multiple regimens of chemotherapy and bone marrow transplantation. Lymphoma cells showed aberrant ALK expression and c-myc overexpression. In addition to the characteristic t(2;5)(p23;q35) translocation, a t(3;8)(q26.2;q24) translocation was also present, and c-myc gene rearrangement was confirmed by FISH analysis. The findings in this case demonstrate the association of peripheral blood leukemic involvement and aggressive clinical course, and suggest that other factors, such as c-myc rearrangement, may be responsible for the aggressive clinical behavior in ALK+ ALCL.
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MESH Headings
- Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/administration & dosage
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8/genetics
- Fatal Outcome
- Gene Rearrangement
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Leukemia/drug therapy
- Leukemia/genetics
- Leukemia/pathology
- Leukemia/physiopathology
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/drug therapy
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/genetics
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/pathology
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/physiopathology
- Male
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc/genetics
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
- Translocation, Genetic
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- Sara Monaco
- Department of Pathology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Subramaniyam S, Nandula SV, Nichols G, Weiner M, Satwani P, Alobeid B, Bhagat G, Murty VV. Do RARA/PML fusion gene deletions confer resistance to ATRA-based therapy in patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia? Leukemia 2006; 20:2193-5. [PMID: 17008891 DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2404406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Pasqualucci L, Compagno M, Houldsworth J, Monti S, Grunn A, Nandula SV, Aster JC, Murty VV, Shipp MA, Dalla-Favera R. Inactivation of the PRDM1/BLIMP1 gene in diffuse large B cell lymphoma. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 203:311-7. [PMID: 16492805 PMCID: PMC2118216 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20052204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 271] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
PR domain containing 1 with zinc finger domain (PRDM1)/B lymphocyte–induced maturation protein 1 (BLIMP1) is a transcriptional repressor expressed in a subset of germinal center (GC) B cells and in all plasma cells, and required for terminal B cell differentiation. The BLIMP1 locus lies on chromosome 6q21-q22.1, a region frequently deleted in B cell lymphomas, suggesting that it may harbor a tumor suppressor gene. We report here that the BLIMP1 gene is inactivated by structural alterations in 24% (8 out of 34) activated B cell–like diffuse large cell lymphoma (ABC-DLBCL), but not in GC B cell–like (n = 0/37) or unclassified (n = 0/21) DLBCL. BLIMP1 alterations included gene truncations, nonsense mutations, frameshift deletions, and splice site mutations that generate aberrant transcripts encoding truncated BLIMP1 proteins. In all cases studied, both BLIMP1 alleles were inactivated by deletions or mutations. Furthermore, most non–GC type DLBCL cases (n = 20/26, 77%) lack BLIMP1 protein expression, despite the presence of BLIMP1 mRNA. These results indicate that a sizable fraction of ABC-DLBCL carry an inactive BLIMP1 gene, and suggest that the same gene is inactivated by epigenetic mechanisms in an additional large number of cases. These findings point to a role for BLIMP1 as a tumor suppressor gene, whose inactivation may contribute to lymphomagenesis by blocking post–GC differentiation of B cells toward plasma cells.
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MESH Headings
- B-Lymphocytes/pathology
- Cell Differentiation/genetics
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Codon, Nonsense
- Frameshift Mutation
- Gene Silencing
- Genes, Tumor Suppressor
- Humans
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/classification
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/genetics
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/metabolism
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/classification
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/genetics
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/metabolism
- Plasma Cells/pathology
- Positive Regulatory Domain I-Binding Factor 1
- RNA Splice Sites/genetics
- Repressor Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- Repressor Proteins/biosynthesis
- Repressor Proteins/genetics
- Transcription Factors/antagonists & inhibitors
- Transcription Factors/biosynthesis
- Transcription Factors/genetics
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Affiliation(s)
- Laura Pasqualucci
- Institute for Cancer Genetics and 2The Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Daly K, Nandula SV, Murty VV, Nichols G. Variant translocation with a deletion of derivative (9q) in a case of Philadelphia chromosome positive (Ph +) essential thrombocythemia (ET), a variant of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) with a poor prognosis. Leuk Lymphoma 2005; 46:1801-6. [PMID: 16263584 DOI: 10.1080/10428190500236890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Patients presenting with thrombocytosis require thorough clinical and laboratory evaluation to determine whether they suffer from essential thrombocythemia or another myeloproliferative disorder. This distinction becomes increasingly relevant as targeted agents become available to treat specific myeloproliferative diseases. Cytogenetic testing plays a major role in this analysis. This study presents a patient with Philadelphia chromosome positive (Ph + ) thrombocytosis and a cryptic der(9q)t(5;9)t(9;22) not found by conventional cytogenetics, whose disease progressed within 2 years to typical myeloblastic crisis of CML. It discusses the entity of Ph + ET, the utility of molecular cytogenetic testing in the diagnosis of this unusual disease entity and the importance of cytogenetic testing in the prognosis of ET.
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MESH Headings
- Aged
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Karyotyping
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/genetics
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/pathology
- Male
- Metaphase
- Prognosis
- Thrombocytosis/genetics
- Translocation, Genetic
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- K Daly
- Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, USA
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Cattoretti G, Pasqualucci L, Ballon G, Tam W, Nandula SV, Shen Q, Mo T, Murty VV, Dalla-Favera R. Deregulated BCL6 expression recapitulates the pathogenesis of human diffuse large B cell lymphomas in mice. Cancer Cell 2005; 7:445-55. [PMID: 15894265 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2005.03.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 279] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [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: 11/26/2004] [Revised: 02/13/2005] [Accepted: 03/24/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
Abstract
Diffuse large B cell lymphomas (DLBCL) derive from germinal center (GC) B cells and display chromosomal alterations deregulating the expression of BCL6, a transcriptional repressor required for GC formation. To investigate the role of BCL6 in DLBCL pathogenesis, we have engineered mice that express BCL6 constitutively in B cells by mimicking a chromosomal translocation found in human DLBCL. These mice display increased GC formation and perturbed post-GC differentiation characterized by a decreased number of post-isotype switch plasma cells. Subsequently, these mice develop a lymphoproliferative syndrome that culminates with the development of lymphomas displaying features typical of human DLBCL. These results define the oncogenic role of BCL6 in the pathogenesis of DLBCL and provide a faithful mouse model of this common disease.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cell Differentiation/genetics
- Chromosome Aberrations
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Disease Models, Animal
- Gene Expression/genetics
- Genes, Immunoglobulin/genetics
- Germinal Center/chemistry
- Germinal Center/metabolism
- Germinal Center/pathology
- Hemagglutinins/genetics
- Humans
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/genetics
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/pathology
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/genetics
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/pathology
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/genetics
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/pathology
- Lymphoproliferative Disorders/genetics
- Lymphoproliferative Disorders/pathology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Plasma Cells/chemistry
- Plasma Cells/metabolism
- Plasma Cells/pathology
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6
- Spleen/chemistry
- Spleen/metabolism
- Spleen/pathology
- Splenomegaly/pathology
- Survival Analysis
- Time Factors
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- Giorgio Cattoretti
- Institute for Cancer Genetics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Jakob J, Nagase S, Gazdar A, Chien M, Morozova I, Russo JJ, Nandula SV, Murty VVVS, Li CM, Tycko B, Parsons R. Two somatic biallelic lesions within and near SMAD4 in a human breast cancer cell line. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2005; 42:372-83. [PMID: 15645498 DOI: 10.1002/gcc.20142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Loss of chromosome arm 18q is a common event in human pancreatic, colon, and breast cancers and is often interpreted as representing loss of one or more tumor-suppressor genes. In this article, we describe two novel biallelic deletions at chromosome band 18q21.1 in a recently characterized human breast cancer cell line, HCC-1428. One lesion deletes a fragment of approximately 300 kb between SMAD4 and DCC that encodes no known genes. The second lesion is an in-frame SMAD4 deletion (amino acids 49-51) that affects the level of SMAD4 protein but not the SMAD4 message. This change accelerates 26S proteasome-mediated degradation of both endogenous and exogenous mutant SMAD4. Examination of normal DNA from the same patient demonstrated that both lesions are somatic and associated with loss of both normal alleles. These data support the concept that two independent tumor-suppressor loci exist at chromosome segment 18q21.1, one at SMAD4 and the other potentially at an enhancer of DCC or an unrelated novel gene.
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- John Jakob
- Institute for Cancer Genetics, Columbia University, Russ Berrie Pavilion, 1150 St. Nicholas Avenue, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Tsao L, Draoua HY, Osunkwo I, Nandula SV, Murty VVS, Mansukhani M, Bhagat G, Alobeid B. Mature B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia with t(9;11) translocation: a distinct subset of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Mod Pathol 2004; 17:832-9. [PMID: 15098014 DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3800128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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]
Abstract
Mature B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is typically associated with the FAB-L3 morphology and rearrangement of the MYC gene, features characteristic of the leukemic phase of Burkitt's lymphoma. However, the term 'mature' has also been used to describe other rare cases of B-ALL with light-chain surface immunoglobulin expression. In contrast, infantile B-cell ALL is generally characterized by rearrangement of the MLL gene, an immature pro-B-cell phenotype, and CD10 negativity. We describe two unusual cases of infantile B-ALL with non-L3 morphology, expressing a mature B-cell phenotype (lambda sIg+, CD19+, CD10-, TdT-, and CD34-), and showing MLL rearrangement without MYC rearrangement at presentation. Both infants relapsed after months of morphologic and genetic remission. At relapse, the t(9;11) translocation was detected in both cases by spectral karyotyping. After the initial relapse, both cases followed a rapid and aggressive course. Literature search identified few similar cases, all expressed lambda surface immunoglobulin and showed MLL rearrangement (majority with the t(9;11) translocation). These cases show that B-ALL with MLL rearrangement, especially the t(9;11) translocation, can express a 'mature' B-cell phenotype and may represent a distinct subset. Identification of additional cases will further clarify the significance of MLL rearrangements in mature B-ALL.
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- Lawrence Tsao
- Department of Pathology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Narayan G, Arias-Pulido H, Nandula SV, Basso K, Sugirtharaj DD, Vargas H, Mansukhani M, Villella J, Meyer L, Schneider A, Gissmann L, Dürst M, Pothuri B, Murty VVVS. Promoter hypermethylation of FANCF: disruption of Fanconi Anemia-BRCA pathway in cervical cancer. Cancer Res 2004; 64:2994-7. [PMID: 15126331 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-04-0245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [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: 11/16/2022]
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Patients with advanced stage invasive cervical cancer (CC) exhibit highly complex genomic alterations and respond poorly to conventional treatment protocols. In our efforts to understand the molecular genetic basis of CC, we examined the role of Fanconi Anemia (FA)-BRCA pathway. Here, we show that FANCF gene is disrupted by either promoter hypermethylation and/or deregulated gene expression in a majority of CC. Inhibition of DNA methylation and histone deacetylases induces FANCF gene re-expression in CC cell lines. FANCF-deregulated CC cell lines also exhibit a chromosomal hypersensitivity phenotype after exposure to an alkylating agent, a characteristic of FA patients. We also show the involvement of BRCA1 gene by promoter hypermethylation or down-regulated expression in a small subset of CC patients. Thus, we have found inactivation of genes in the FA-BRCA pathway by epigenetic alterations in a high proportion of CC patients, suggesting a major role for this pathway in the development of cervical cancer. Thus, these results have important implications in understanding the molecular basis of CC tumorigenesis and clinical management in designing targeted experimental therapeutic protocols.
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- Gopeshwar Narayan
- Department of Pathology, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
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