Alassiri AH,Ali RH,Shen Y,Lum A,Strahlendorf C,Deyell R,Rassekh R,Sorensen PH,Laskin J,Marra M,Yip S,Lee CH,Ng TL
Abstract
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a genetically heterogenous tumor of the viscera and soft tissues, with multiple molecular features having been demonstrated in this tumor type. About 50% of cases harbor an anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene rearrangement, and recent studies have described novel fusions involving the ROS1 and PDGFRβ genes in a subset of ALK-negative cases. However, the molecular features of the remaining subset of cases are not yet defined. We report a case of a large, highly aggressive IMT of the lung in a 17-year-old girl. This case was molecularly characterized through whole-genome and transcriptome sequencing. Subsequently, we investigated a cohort of 15 ALK-negative IMTs of various anatomic sites. All cases were screened using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for rearrangement of the ETV6 locus and with reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for the ETV6-NTRK3 fusion transcript. Whole-genome and transcriptome sequencing revealed an ETV6-NTRK3 fusion transcript in our index case. This was confirmed by FISH studies for ETV6 gene rearrangement, as well as by RT-PCR. In addition, 2 additional cases in our cohort demonstrated ETV6 rearrangement by FISH. The presence of ETV6-NTRK3 fusion transcript was demonstrated by RT-PCR in one of these additional cases. In summary, we demonstrate the expression of the ETV6-NTRK3 fusion oncogene in a small subset of IMTs, lending further support to the role of oncogenic tyrosine kinases in the pathophysiology of this tumor type. Our data also further expand the growing spectrum of tumor types expressing the ETV6-NTRK3 fusion.
摘要
炎性肌纤维母细胞瘤(IMT)是一种发生于内脏和软组织的肿瘤,具有遗传异质性,已证实具有多种分子遗传学改变。
大约50%的IMT具有ALK基因重排,最近研究发现一部分ALK阴性的IMT存在ROS1 和 PDGFRβ基因融合,但是仍有部分病例没有阐明其分子遗传学特征。
我们通过全基因组和转录组测序,报道了一例发生于17岁女孩的具有高度侵袭性的肺IMT分子遗传学特征。随后,我们对不同解剖部位的15例ALK阴性IMT运用FISH方法检测ETV6基因重排、RT-PCR检测ETV6-NTRK3融合基因。全基因组和转录组测序表明这组病例中有一例ETV6-NTRK3基因融合的病例,通过FISH和RT-PCR方法证实了存在存在ETV6基因重排。除此之外,另外两例FISH证实存在ETV6基因重排。其中RT-PCR仅检测出1例存在ETV6-NTRK3基因融合。
总之,我们证实了一小部分IMT存在ETV6-NTRK3基因融合,更加支持致癌酪氨酸激酶在IMT发病中起着作用。我们的结果还扩展了具有ETV6-NTRK3基因融合的肿瘤谱。
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