Ellin Berman1, Suresh Jhanwar2, Cyrus Hedvat3, Maria E Arcila3, Omar Abdel- Wahab4, Ross Levine4, Molly Maloy5, Wanlong Ma6, Maher Albitar6. 1. Leukemia Service, Department of Medicine, USA. Electronic address: bermane@mskcc.org. 2. Cytogenetics Laboratory, USA. 3. Department of Pathology, New York University Langone Medical Center, USA. 4. Leukemia Service, Department of Medicine, USA; Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, USA. 5. Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service, all Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. 6. NeoGenomic Laboratories, Irvine, CA, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: In patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), point mutations in the BCR-ABL1 kinase domain are the most common cause of treatment failure with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI). It is not clear whether the splice variant BCR-ABL1(35INS) is also associated with treatment failure. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We reviewed all CML patients who had BCR-ABL1 kinase mutation analysis performed between August 1, 2007, and January 15, 2014. Patients who had BCR-ABL1(35INS) detected had their medical records reviewed to determine response to TKI therapy. RESULTS: Two hundred and eighty four patients had kinase mutation testing performed; of these, 64 patients (23%) had BCR-ABL1(35INS) detected. Forty-five patients were in chronic phase (70%), 10 were in accelerated phase (16%), 6 were in blastic phase (9%), and 3 were in other settings (5%). Of the 34 chronic phase patients who began therapy with imatinib, 23 patients (68%) failed therapy: 8 patients (24%) had primary refractory disease, 11 patients (32%) progressed, and 4 patients (12%) had disease progression after dose interruption. In contrast to the patients with disease progression or lack of response, none of 23 patients who were responding to imatinib had BCR-ABL1(35INS) detected. DNA sequencing of commonly mutated spliceosomal genes SF3B1, U2AF1, SRSF2, ZRSR2, SFA31, PRPF408, U2A565, and SF1 did not reveal mutations in seven BCR-ABL1(35INS) -positive patients tested. CONCLUSIONS: The splice variant BCR-ABL1(35INS) is frequently found in patients who are resistant to imatinib. Mutations in the commonly mutated spliceosomal proteins do not contribute to this association.
PURPOSE: In patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), point mutations in the BCR-ABL1 kinase domain are the most common cause of treatment failure with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI). It is not clear whether the splice variant BCR-ABL1(35INS) is also associated with treatment failure. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We reviewed all CMLpatients who had BCR-ABL1 kinase mutation analysis performed between August 1, 2007, and January 15, 2014. Patients who had BCR-ABL1(35INS) detected had their medical records reviewed to determine response to TKI therapy. RESULTS: Two hundred and eighty four patients had kinase mutation testing performed; of these, 64 patients (23%) had BCR-ABL1(35INS) detected. Forty-five patients were in chronic phase (70%), 10 were in accelerated phase (16%), 6 were in blastic phase (9%), and 3 were in other settings (5%). Of the 34 chronic phase patients who began therapy with imatinib, 23 patients (68%) failed therapy: 8 patients (24%) had primary refractory disease, 11 patients (32%) progressed, and 4 patients (12%) had disease progression after dose interruption. In contrast to the patients with disease progression or lack of response, none of 23 patients who were responding to imatinib had BCR-ABL1(35INS) detected. DNA sequencing of commonly mutated spliceosomal genes SF3B1, U2AF1, SRSF2, ZRSR2, SFA31, PRPF408, U2A565, and SF1 did not reveal mutations in seven BCR-ABL1(35INS) -positive patients tested. CONCLUSIONS: The splice variant BCR-ABL1(35INS) is frequently found in patients who are resistant to imatinib. Mutations in the commonly mutated spliceosomal proteins do not contribute to this association.
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