Department of Health Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale, 28100, Novara, Italy.
Pathology Unit, Maggiore Della Carità Hospital, 28100, Novara, Italy.
J Neurooncol. 2019 Nov;145(2):241-245. doi: 10.1007/s11060-019-03306-9. Epub 2019 Oct 31.
Circumscribed gliomas -pilocytic astrocytomas (PA), gangliogliomas (GG), ependymomas (EP)- are mostly low-grade tumours but may progress to anaplasia and sometimes surgery can be challenging due to deep anatomical localization. Because of the high frequency of MAPK-pathway alterations and availability of targeted therapies for FGFR1 and BRAF-mutated tumors, we investigated these mutational hotspots in a cohort of adult circumscribed gliomas.
Adult patients (>15 years) with diagnosis of PA, GG, EP and DNET were retrospectively identified from two institutions databases. Genomic DNA was extracted from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded or frozen samples and exons including codons 546 and 656 of FGFR1 and V600 of BRAF were sequenced.
FGFR1 mutations were identified in 15/108 PA and were particularly frequent in optic pathway (6/9 vs. 9/108; p = 10). FGFR1 was mutated in 3/75 grade II versus 2/7 grade III GG (p = 0.05), 1/7 DNET, 1/100 EP grade II. We found 3/108 PA with BRAF pVal600Glu and 6/108 with p.Thr599_Val600insThr. The p.Val600Glu was found in 14/75 grade II GG. No EP were BRAF mutated.
We report actionable targets, including frequent FGFR1 mutation in optic-pathway PA that makes them excellent candidates to anti-FGFR therapies, and BRAF non-canonical mutations in PA.
局灶性神经胶质瘤——毛细胞型星形细胞瘤(PA)、神经节细胞瘤(GG)、室管膜瘤(EP)——多为低级别肿瘤,但可能进展为间变,有时由于解剖位置深,手术可能具有挑战性。由于 MAPK 通路改变的高频率以及针对 FGFR1 和 BRAF 突变肿瘤的靶向治疗的可用性,我们在一组成人局灶性神经胶质瘤中研究了这些突变热点。
从两个机构的数据库中回顾性确定诊断为 PA、GG、EP 和 DNET 的成年患者(>15 岁)。从福尔马林固定石蜡包埋或冷冻样本中提取基因组 DNA,并对包括 FGFR1 的外显子 546 和 656 以及 BRAF 的 V600 在内的密码子进行测序。
在 108 例 PA 中有 15 例发现 FGFR1 突变,在视神经通路中尤为常见(6/9 与 9/108;p=10)。FGFR1 在 75 例 2 级 GG 中有 3 例突变,在 7 例 3 级 GG 中有 2 例突变(p=0.05),在 1 例 DNET 中有 1 例,在 100 例 EP 中有 2 例。我们发现 3 例 PA 存在 BRAF pVal600Glu 突变,108 例中存在 6 例 p.Thr599_Val600insThr 突变。p.Val600Glu 突变见于 14 例 75 例 2 级 GG 中。没有 EP 存在 BRAF 突变。
我们报告了可采取行动的靶点,包括视神经通路中常见的 FGFR1 突变,这使它们成为抗 FGFR 治疗的理想候选物,以及 PA 中的 BRAF 非典型突变。