Genomic ALK alterations in primary and relapsed neuroblastoma.


Journal

British journal of cancer
ISSN: 1532-1827
Titre abrégé: Br J Cancer
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0370635

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
04 2023
Historique:
received: 04 07 2022
accepted: 08 02 2023
revised: 04 02 2023
medline: 5 4 2023
pubmed: 23 2 2023
entrez: 22 2 2023
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Genomic alterations of the anaplastic lymphoma kinase gene (ALK) occur recurrently in neuroblastoma, a pediatric malignancy of the sympathetic nervous system. However, information on their development over time has remained sparse. ALK alterations were assessed in neuroblastomas at diagnosis and/or relapse from a total of 943 patients, covering all stages of disease. Longitudinal information on diagnostic and relapsed samples from individual patients was available in 101 and 102 cases for mutation and amplification status, respectively. At diagnosis, ALK point mutations occurred in 10.5% of all cases, with highest frequencies in stage 4 patients <18 months. At relapse, ALK alteration frequency increased by 70%, both in high-risk and non-high-risk cases. The increase was most likely due to de novo mutations, frequently leading to R1275Q substitutions, which are sensitive to pharmacological ALK inhibition. By contrast, the frequency of ALK amplifications did not change over the course of the disease. ALK amplifications, but not mutations, were associated with poor patient outcome. The considerably increased frequency of ALK mutations at relapse and their high prevalence in young stage 4 patients suggest surveying the genomic ALK status regularly in these patient cohorts, and to evaluate ALK-targeted treatment also in intermediate-risk patients.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND
Genomic alterations of the anaplastic lymphoma kinase gene (ALK) occur recurrently in neuroblastoma, a pediatric malignancy of the sympathetic nervous system. However, information on their development over time has remained sparse.
METHODS
ALK alterations were assessed in neuroblastomas at diagnosis and/or relapse from a total of 943 patients, covering all stages of disease. Longitudinal information on diagnostic and relapsed samples from individual patients was available in 101 and 102 cases for mutation and amplification status, respectively.
RESULTS
At diagnosis, ALK point mutations occurred in 10.5% of all cases, with highest frequencies in stage 4 patients <18 months. At relapse, ALK alteration frequency increased by 70%, both in high-risk and non-high-risk cases. The increase was most likely due to de novo mutations, frequently leading to R1275Q substitutions, which are sensitive to pharmacological ALK inhibition. By contrast, the frequency of ALK amplifications did not change over the course of the disease. ALK amplifications, but not mutations, were associated with poor patient outcome.
CONCLUSIONS
The considerably increased frequency of ALK mutations at relapse and their high prevalence in young stage 4 patients suggest surveying the genomic ALK status regularly in these patient cohorts, and to evaluate ALK-targeted treatment also in intermediate-risk patients.

Identifiants

pubmed: 36807339
doi: 10.1038/s41416-023-02208-y
pii: 10.1038/s41416-023-02208-y
pmc: PMC10070426
doi:

Substances chimiques

Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase EC 2.7.10.1
Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases EC 2.7.10.1

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

1559-1571

Informations de copyright

© 2023. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Carolina Rosswog (C)

Department of Experimental Pediatric Oncology, University Children's Hospital of Cologne, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Else Kröner Forschungskolleg Clonal Evolution in Cancer, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, University Children's Hospital of Cologne, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

Jana Fassunke (J)

Institute of Pathology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

Angela Ernst (A)

Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, University Children's Hospital of Cologne, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

Birgid Schömig-Markiefka (B)

Institute of Pathology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

Sabine Merkelbach-Bruse (S)

Institute of Pathology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

Christoph Bartenhagen (C)

Department of Experimental Pediatric Oncology, University Children's Hospital of Cologne, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

Maria Cartolano (M)

Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

Sandra Ackermann (S)

Department of Experimental Pediatric Oncology, University Children's Hospital of Cologne, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

Jessica Theissen (J)

Department of Experimental Pediatric Oncology, University Children's Hospital of Cologne, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, University Children's Hospital of Cologne, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

Mirjam Blattner-Johnson (M)

Hopp Children's Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Division of Pediatric Glioma Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Heidelberg, Germany.

Barbara Jones (B)

Hopp Children's Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Division of Pediatric Glioma Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Heidelberg, Germany.
Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology, Immunology and Pulmonology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.

Kathrin Schramm (K)

Hopp Children's Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Division of Pediatric Glioma Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Heidelberg, Germany.

Janine Altmüller (J)

Cologne Center for Genomics (CCG), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Core Facility Genomics, Berlin, Germany.
Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Berlin, Germany.

Peter Nürnberg (P)

Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Cologne Center for Genomics (CCG), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

Monika Ortmann (M)

Institute of Pathology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

Frank Berthold (F)

Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, University Children's Hospital of Cologne, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

Martin Peifer (M)

Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Department of Translational Genomics, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

Reinhard Büttner (R)

Institute of Pathology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

Frank Westermann (F)

Division Neuroblastoma Genomics, B087, German Cancer Research Center and Hopp Children´s Cancer Center at the NCT (KiTZ), Heidelberg, Germany.

Johannes H Schulte (JH)

Department of Paediatric Oncology and Haematology, Charité University Medical Centre Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Thorsten Simon (T)

Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, University Children's Hospital of Cologne, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

Barbara Hero (B)

Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, University Children's Hospital of Cologne, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

Matthias Fischer (M)

Department of Experimental Pediatric Oncology, University Children's Hospital of Cologne, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. matthias.fischer@uk-koeln.de.
Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. matthias.fischer@uk-koeln.de.
Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, University Children's Hospital of Cologne, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. matthias.fischer@uk-koeln.de.

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