| Literature DB >> 34493325 |
Paul G Ekert1,2,3,4, David S Ziegler5,6,7, Neevika Manoharan8,9, Pamela Ajuyah1, Akanksha Senapati8, Marie Wong1, Anna Mullins10, Michael Rodriguez11, Helen Doyle12, Geoff McCowage10, Loretta M S Lau8,1,9.
Abstract
Diffuse leptomeningeal glioneuronal tumours (DLGNT) represent rare enigmatic CNS tumours of childhood. Most patients with this disease share common radiological and histopathological features but the clinical course of this disease is variable. A radiological hallmark of this disease is widespread leptomeningeal enhancement that may involve the entire neuroaxis with predilection for the posterior fossa and spine. The classic pathologic features include low- to moderate-density cellular lesions with OLIG2 expression and evidence of 'oligodendroglioma-like' appearance. The MAPK/ERK signaling pathway has recently been reported as a potential driver of tumourigenesis in up to 80% of DLGNT with KIAA1549:BRAF fusions being the most common event seen. Until now, limited analysis of the biological drivers of tumourigenesis has been undertaken via targeted profiling, chromosomal analysis and immunohistochemistry. Our study represents the first examples of comprehensive genomic sequencing in DLGNT and shows that it is not only feasible but crucial to our understanding of this rare disease. Moreover, we demonstrate that DLGNT may be more genomically complex than single-event MAPK/ERK signaling pathway tumours.Entities:
Keywords: Brain tumour; Childhood malignancy; Diffuse leptomeningeal glioneuronal tumour; Paediatrics
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Year: 2021 PMID: 34493325 PMCID: PMC8422739 DOI: 10.1186/s40478-021-01248-w
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Acta Neuropathol Commun ISSN: 2051-5960 Impact factor: 7.801
Fig. 1Radiological features of DLGNT on sagittal, T2-weighted images (a, c), T1 post-gadolinium imaged (b, d) and histopathological features of DLGNT (e, f, g): Radiology demonstrating a intramedullary C1-2 and T7-9 lesions. b ‘sugar coating’ leptomeningeal spread with nodular disease at cavernous sinus. c Intramedullary C2-T1 lesion with solid and cystic components. d ‘sugar coating’ leptomeningeal spread. Pathology of intramedullary tumour of case 2 demonstrating e. high power of H&E sections (400×) of dysplastic ganglionic type neurons with admixed neoplastic glial cells, f Neu-N positive dysplastic ganglionic type neurons, g diffuse positive staining of GFAP
Molecular profiling of DLGNT cases from the PRISM clinical trial
| Case 1 | Case 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tumour purity % | 71 | 79 |
| Ploidy | Diploid | Diploid |
| Tumour mutational burden (mutations/Mb) | 0.68 (low) | 0.98 (low) |
| Mutational signatures | NIL | NIL |
| Somatic mutations | BCOR:c.1555G > T (p.Glu519Ter) | RET:c.2755G > C (p.Ala919Pro) |
| Fusions | KIAA1549-BRAF | KIAA1549-BRAF |
| Reportable copy number alterations | 1p/19q loss, 1q gain | 1p loss, 1q gain, chr8 gain |
| Germline mutations | NIL | NIL |
| RNA Expression | Degraded sample | Insufficient sample |
| Methylation | Match: methylation class diffuse leptomeningeal glioneuronal tumor (0.97) | No match: methylation class family Glioblastoma, IDH wildtype (0.78) |
Molecular alterations from WGS, RNAseq and methylome data as curated and discussed at a Multidisciplinary Tumour Board
Fig. 2Molecular alterations within DLGNT case 1. a Schematic of the BCOR gene demonstrating protein domains and the location of the E519* variant. Synonymous mutations have been excluded and data from PeCan incorporated. b CIRCOS plot illustrating the somatic alterations in the tumour and labelling of common tumour suppressor genes (brown) and oncogenes (black) in the MAPK pathway. The CIRCOS plot can be interpreted as follows: The outer first circle demonstrates the 22 autosomal chromosomes and the sex chromosomes. The dark band within the chromosome represents the centrosomes with the p arm to the left of the band and the q arm to the right. The dark bands can also be representative of heterochromatin or missing p arms. The following circle (light purple) illustrates the somatic single nucleotide variants with each dot representing a missense change (C > A blue, C > G black, C > T red, T > A grey, T > A grey, T > C green, T > G pink) and the location of the dot within the circle is associated with its corrected allele frequency (0% at the bottom edge of the ring to 100% at the top edge of the ring). The next ring consists of short insertions and deletions (yellow and red, respectively). The third circle consisting of red and green shading shows the copy number alterations in the tumour with red indicating loss and green indicating gains/amplifications (with the scale ranging from a complete loss of 0 up to gains and above of 6). The fourth circle (orange and blue shading) demonstrates the ‘minor allele copy numbers’ ranging from 0 to 3. Loss of heterozygosity is indicated in orange and is for values below 1, whereas amplification of both alleles is shown in blue and it will be any value above 1. The innermost circle represents different types of structural variants in the tumour (translocations (blue), deletions (red), insertions (yellow), tandem duplications (green) and inversions (black). c LINX plot demonstrating the KIAA1549-BRAF dup in this case. The outer edge shows the chromosomes affected by structural variants (SVs) in the tumour and the position of their breakends. The KIAA1549 and BRAF genes are shown in blue and brown, respectively with their exons numbered. The internal circle shows the derivative chromosome segments with breakends shown as shaded circles and the same event united with the same coloured line. The inner green and pink circles show copy number gain or loss, respectively and the inner blue and orange circles show the minor allele ploidy. The innermost circle demonstrates the break junctions of the SVs
Fig. 3Molecular alterations within DLGNT case 2. a Schematic of the RET gene demonstrating protein domains and the location of the A919P variant in this tumour along with the most commonly seen missense variant M918T (COSMIC) and mutations from PeCan. b CIRCOS plot indicating various copy number alterations from the tumour in case 2. c LINX plot demonstrating the complex KIAA1549-BRAF dup in case 2