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Basal Cell Carcinosarcoma With PTCH1 Mutations in Both Epithelial and Sarcomatoid Primary Tumor Components and in the Sarcomatoid Metastasis.

原发肿瘤具有上皮样和肉瘤样成分、且具有肉瘤样成分转移的伴PTCH1突变的基底细胞癌肉瘤

Kiuru M,McDermott G,Coit DC,Berger MF,Busam KJ

Abstract

Basal cell carcinosarcoma is a rare biphenotypic malignant skin tumor, in which one tumor component has light microscopic features of basal cell carcinoma, whereas the other has features of sarcoma. Clinical experience with this tumor is limited, and associated molecular genetic alterations are unknown. Herein, we report a unique case of metastatic basal cell carcinosarcoma, in which we analyzed the 2 components of the primary tumor as well as the metastasis by next-generation sequencing. The patient was a 72-year-old man who presented with a 7-year history of a large tumor of the left forearm. The tumor showed mixed features of basal cell carcinoma and undifferentiated sarcoma. The patient underwent a wide local excision and sentinel lymph node biopsy, which revealed microscopic subcapsular deposits of metastatic sarcomatoid tumor. One year later, intra-abdominal metastatic tumor was detected and resected. It had sarcomatoid features by light microscopy and failed to stain for epithelial markers by immunohistochemistry. DNA was extracted separately from the epithelial and sarcomatoid component of the primary tumor, intra-abdominal metastasis, and normal tissue. All exons of 230 cancer-associated genes were sequenced to an average read depth of >500-fold. This revealed multiple identical mutations in epithelial and sarcomatoid tumor compartments. Both compartments harbored 2 identical mutations, a truncating and a missense mutation, in the patched gene (PTCH1). This finding is not only of interest for a shared heritage of different subpopulations in a biphenotypic tumor, but also relevant clinically. It provides a rationale for the clinical use of hedgehog pathway inhibitors for treatment of patients affected by this tumor. Unfortunately, the patient reported herein died of metastatic disease before targeted therapy could be initiated.

摘要

基底细胞癌肉瘤是一种罕见的具有双向分化特征的皮肤恶性肿瘤,肿瘤的部分区域表现为基底细胞癌的光镜特征,而其它区域具有肉瘤的光镜特征。这种肿瘤的临床资料有限,与其相关的分子遗传学改变也还不清楚。我们报道的唯一一例转移性基底细胞癌肉瘤病例,并对原发肿瘤的两种成分及转移成分进行了第二代基因测序。患者是一个72岁的老年男性,左前臂出现巨大肿物7年。这个肿瘤混合了基底细胞癌和未分化肉瘤两种成分。对其实施扩大局部切除术及前哨淋巴结活检术后,我们在光镜下发现了淋巴结被膜下的转移性肉瘤样成分。术后1年,患者腹腔内查出转移性肿瘤并切除。在光镜下,肿瘤具有肉瘤样特征,免疫组织化学显示上皮性标记为阴性。我们从原发肿瘤的上皮样及肉瘤样两种成分、腹腔内转移灶和正常组织中分别提取出DNA,对230个癌症相关基因的所有外显子进行测序,平均测序深度大于500倍。结果表明在上皮样和肉瘤样的肿瘤成分中存在大量相同的突变。这两种肿瘤成分在PTCH1基因中有2个完全相同的突变,分别是截断突变和错义突变。这个发现不仅对双向分化性肿瘤的分类研究提供了重要的资料,而且对于该肿瘤的临床研究也有重大意义。它为临床使用hedgehog信号通路抑制剂进行该肿瘤的临床治疗提供了理论依据。令人遗憾的是,在使用靶向治疗之前本研究中的患者就死于肿瘤转移。

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