Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA.
Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA.
Cold Spring Harb Mol Case Stud. 2023 May 9;9(2). doi: 10.1101/mcs.a006277. Print 2023 Apr.
Infantile fibrosarcoma is the most common soft-tissue sarcoma in children under the age of 1 yr and is defined molecularly by fusion proteins. This tumor is known to be locally invasive; however, although rare, metastases can occur. The fusion acts as a driver for tumor formation, which can be targeted by first- and second-generation inhibitors. Although gatekeeper mutations have been well-described as mechanisms of resistance to these agents, alternative pathway mutations are rare. Here, we report the case of a patient with infantile fibrosarcoma treated with chemotherapy and inhibition that developed metastatic, progressive disease with multiple acquired mutations, including , , and an F617L gatekeeper mutation. Alterations in pathways of and have been widely described in the literature in other tumors; however, not yet in infantile fibrosarcoma. Although most patients have a sustained response to inhibitors, a subset will go on to develop mechanisms of resistance that have implications for clinical management, such as in our patient. We hypothesize this constellation of mutations contributed to the patient's aggressive clinical course. Taken together, we report the first case of infantile fibrosarcoma with and acquired , , and F617L gatekeeper mutation along with detailed clinical course and management. Our report highlights the importance of genomic profiling in recurrent infantile fibrosarcoma to reveal actionable mutations, such as gatekeeper mutations, that can improve patient outcomes.
婴儿型纤维肉瘤是 1 岁以下儿童中最常见的软组织肉瘤,其分子定义为融合蛋白。这种肿瘤已知具有局部侵袭性;然而,尽管罕见,仍可发生转移。融合蛋白作为肿瘤形成的驱动因素,可以被第一代和第二代 抑制剂靶向。虽然已充分描述了 门控突变作为这些药物耐药的机制,但替代途径突变很少见。在这里,我们报告了一例婴儿型纤维肉瘤患者的病例,该患者接受了化疗和 抑制治疗,但出现了转移性、进行性疾病,并有多个获得性突变,包括 、 、和 F617L 门控突变。在其他肿瘤中, 和 通路的改变在文献中被广泛描述;然而,在婴儿型纤维肉瘤中尚未被描述。尽管大多数患者对 抑制剂有持续的反应,但有一部分患者会产生耐药机制,这对临床管理有影响,如我们的患者。我们假设这种突变组合导致了患者侵袭性的临床过程。总之,我们报告了首例伴有获得性 、 、 和 F617L 门控突变的婴儿型纤维肉瘤病例,并详细描述了其临床过程和管理。我们的报告强调了在复发性婴儿型纤维肉瘤中进行基因组分析以揭示可操作突变(如门控突变)的重要性,这些突变可以改善患者的预后。