Sánchez Silvia, García-de-Teresa Benilde, Mejía-Barrera Marco A, Reyes-Jiménez Pedro V, Paz-Martínez Antonio, Martínez Miguel A, Fiesco-Roa Moisés Ó, Monsiváis-Orozco Angélica, Molina Bertha, Torres Leda, Rodríguez Alfredo, Frias Sara
Laboratorio de Citogenética, Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, Insurgentes Sur 3700-C, Ciudad de México CP 04530, Mexico.
Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México CP 04510, Mexico.
Cancers (Basel). 2025 May 28;17(11):1805. doi: 10.3390/cancers17111805.
Fanconi anemia (FA) is an inherited bone marrow failure syndrome characterized by chromosome instability and predisposition to develop myelodysplastic neoplasm (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Clonal chromosome aberrations (CCAs) in chromosomes 1, 3, and 7 frequently appear in the bone marrow (BM) of patients with FA and are associated with MDS/AML progression. Given the underlying DNA repair defect that characterizes FA, non-clonal chromosomal abnormalities (NCCAs) are expected to be common events in the FA BM; in this study, we investigated the presence and significance of NCCA and CCA in the bone marrow (BM) of patients with FA. Here, we transversally examined the BM karyotypes of 43 non-transplanted patients with FA, 41 with non-clinically detectable hematologic neoplasia and two with diagnosed MDS. We searched for the presence of NCCAs, complex karyotypes (CKs), and CCAs as well as their association with the natural history of the disease, including age, degree of BM failure, and neoplastic transformation. NCCAs were observed in the metaphase spreads of 41/43 FA patients; CKs were observed in 25/43 patients; CCAs were found in 15/43 patients; CCAs involving chromosomes 1, 3 and/or 7 were found in four patients; and other autosomes were found in the remaining 11 patients. Overall, we observed a baseline large karyotypic heterogeneity in the BM of FA patients, demonstrated by the ubiquitous presence of NCCA; such karyotypic heterogeneity precedes the eventual emergence of CKs and selection of cells carrying fitness-improving CCAs. Finally, CCAs involving chromosomes 1, 3 and 7, well-known drivers of hematological malignancy in FA, become established. Overall, we observed that the frequency of NCCAs and CCAs increased with age, even though a significant correlation was not found. These observations fit the model of evolution towards cancer that comprises a first phase of macroevolution represented by NCCAs and karyotypic heterogeneity, followed by the establishment of clones with CCAs, leading to microevolution and cancer. NCCAs are the most frequent chromosomal alterations in the bone marrow of patients with AF and constitute a genome with extensive karyotypic heterogeneity that evolves into clones with more complex genomes and can eventually progress to cancer.
范可尼贫血(FA)是一种遗传性骨髓衰竭综合征,其特征为染色体不稳定以及易发展为骨髓增生异常肿瘤(MDS)和急性髓系白血病(AML)。1号、3号和7号染色体上的克隆性染色体畸变(CCA)经常出现在FA患者的骨髓(BM)中,并与MDS/AML进展相关。鉴于FA的潜在DNA修复缺陷,非克隆性染色体异常(NCCA)预计是FA骨髓中的常见事件;在本研究中,我们调查了FA患者骨髓中NCCA和CCA的存在情况及意义。在此,我们横向检查了43例未接受移植的FA患者、41例无临床可检测血液肿瘤的患者以及2例诊断为MDS的患者的骨髓核型。我们寻找NCCA、复杂核型(CK)和CCA的存在情况,以及它们与疾病自然史的关联,包括年龄、骨髓衰竭程度和肿瘤转化。在41/43例FA患者的中期分裂相中观察到了NCCA;在25/43例患者中观察到了CK;在15/43例患者中发现了CCA;4例患者中发现了涉及1号、3号和/或7号染色体的CCA;其余11例患者中发现了涉及其他常染色体的CCA。总体而言,我们在FA患者的骨髓中观察到了基线时较大的核型异质性,这通过NCCA的普遍存在得以证明;这种核型异质性先于CK的最终出现以及携带适应性增强的CCA的细胞的选择。最后,涉及1号、3号和7号染色体的CCA(FA中血液系统恶性肿瘤的著名驱动因素)得以确立。总体而言,我们观察到NCCA和CCA的频率随年龄增加,尽管未发现显著相关性。这些观察结果符合癌症进化模型,该模型包括以NCCA和核型异质性为代表的宏观进化的第一阶段,随后是具有CCA的克隆的建立,导致微观进化和癌症。NCCA是FA患者骨髓中最常见的染色体改变,构成了一个具有广泛核型异质性的基因组,该基因组进化为具有更复杂基因组的克隆,并最终可能发展为癌症。