Biallelic inactivation of the NF1 tumour suppressor gene in juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia: Genetic evidence of driver function and implications for diagnostic workup


Por: Ramamoorthy S, Lebrecht D, Schanze D, Schanze I, Wieland I, Andrieux G, Metzger P, Hess M, Albert MH, Borkhardt A, Bresters D, Buechner J, Català-Temprano A, De Haas V, Dworzak M, Erlacher M, Hasle H, Jahnukainen K, Locatelli F, Masetti R, Stary J, Turkiewicz D, Vinci L, Wlodarski MW, Yoshimi A, Boerries M, Niemeyer CM, Zenker M and Flotho C

Publicada: 1 feb 2024 Ahead of Print: 1 nov 2023
Resumen:
Juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia (JMML) is characterized by gene variants that deregulate the RAS signalling pathway. Children with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1) carry a defective NF1 allele in the germline and are predisposed to JMML, which presumably requires somatic inactivation of the NF1 wild-type allele. Here we examined the two-hit concept in leukaemic cells of 25 patients with JMML and NF-1. Ten patients with JMML/NF-1 exhibited a NF1 loss-of-function variant in combination with uniparental disomy of the 17q arm. Five had NF1 microdeletions combined with a pathogenic NF1 variant and nine carried two compound-heterozygous NF1 variants. We also examined 16 patients without clinical signs of NF-1 and no variation in the JMML-associated driver genes PTPN11, KRAS, NRAS or CBL (JMML-5neg) and identified eight patients with NF1 variants. Three patients had microdeletions combined with hemizygous NF1 variants, three had compound-heterozygous NF1 variants and two had heterozygous NF1 variants. In addition, we found a high incidence of secondary ASXL1 and/or SETBP1 variants in both groups. We conclude that the clinical diagnosis of JMML/NF-1 reliably indicates a NF1-driven JMML subtype, and that careful NF1 analysis should be included in the genetic workup of JMML even in the absence of clinical evidence of NF-1.

Filiaciones:
Ramamoorthy S:
 Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

 Institute of Medical Bioinformatics and Systems Medicine, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Lebrecht D:
 Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Schanze D:
 Human Genetics, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

Schanze I:
 Human Genetics, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

Wieland I:
 Human Genetics, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

Andrieux G:
 Institute of Medical Bioinformatics and Systems Medicine, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Metzger P:
 Institute of Medical Bioinformatics and Systems Medicine, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Hess M:
 Institute of Medical Bioinformatics and Systems Medicine, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

 Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Albert MH:
 Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Dr. v. Hauner Children's Hospital, University Hospital, LMU, Munich, Germany

Borkhardt A:
 Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Immunology, University of Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany

Bresters D:
 Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, Netherlands

Buechner J:
 Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Català-Temprano A:
 Department of Hematology and Oncology, Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, Barcelona, Spain

De Haas V:
 Diagnostic Laboratory/DCOG Laboratory, Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, Netherlands

Dworzak M:
 St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute, Vienna, Austria

 Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, St. Anna Children's Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Erlacher M:
 Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

 German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), partner site Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Hasle H:
 Department of Pediatrics, Aarhus University Hospital Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark

Jahnukainen K:
 Division of Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Children's Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

Locatelli F:
 Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy

Masetti R:
 Pediatric Oncology and Hematology Unit "Lalla Seràgnoli", IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Stary J:
 Department of Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology, Charles University and Univ Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic

Turkiewicz D:
 Department of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden

Vinci L:
 Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Wlodarski MW:
 Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Yoshimi A:
 Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Boerries M:
 Institute of Medical Bioinformatics and Systems Medicine, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

 German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), partner site Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Niemeyer CM:
 Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

 German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), partner site Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Zenker M:
 Human Genetics, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

Flotho C:
 Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

 German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), partner site Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
ISSN: 00071048





BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY
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Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 204 Número: 2
Páginas: 595-605
WOS Id: 001102414300001
ID de PubMed: 37945316
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