TY - JOUR
T1 - Acute myeloid leukemia with t(4;12)(q12;p13)
T2 - An aggressive disease with frequent involvement of PDGFRA and ETV6
AU - Li, Jingyi
AU - Xu, Jie
AU - Abruzzo, Lynne V.
AU - Tang, Guilin
AU - Li, Shaoying
AU - You, M. James
AU - Lu, Gary
AU - Jabbour, Elias J.
AU - Deng, Qi
AU - Bueso-Ramos, Carlos E.
AU - Medeiros, L. Jeffrey
AU - Yin, C. Cameron
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Li et al.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - We describe the clinical, morphologic, immunophenotypic and molecular genetic features of 15 cases of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with t(4;12)(q12;p13). There were 9 men and 6 women, with a median age of 50 years (range, 17-76). Most patients had hypercellular bone marrow with a median blast count of 58% and multilineage dysplasia. Flow cytometry analysis showed myeloid lineage with blasts positive for CD13, CD33, CD34, CD38, CD117 and HLA-DR. Interestingly, aberrant CD7 expression was detected in 12/14 cases, and myeloperoxidase was either negative (3/15) or positive in only a small subset of the blasts (12/15). t(4;12)(q12;p13) was detected at time of initial diagnosis in 4 and at relapse or progression in 9 patients. The initial karyotype was unknown in 2 cases. FISH analysis showed PDGFRA-ETV6 rearrangement in all 7 cases assessed. FLT3 ITD was detected in 2/11 cases and IDH2 and JAK2 mutation were each detected in 1/2 cases assessed. There were no mutations of KRAS (0/8), NRAS (0/8), CEBPA (0/3), KIT (0/3), NPM1 (0/3) or IDH1 (0/2). All patients received aggressive multiagent chemotherapy; 7 patients additionally received stem cell transplantation. With a median follow-up of 10 months (range, 6-51), 13 patients died of AML, 1 patient had persistent disease, and 1 patient was lost to follow-up. In summary, AML with t(4;12)(q12;p13) is usually associated with myelodysplasia, aberrant CD7 expression, weak of absent myeloperoxidase expression, frequent PDGFRA-ETV6 fusion, and an aggressive clinical course. The molecular findings suggest that there may be a role for tyrosine kinase inhibitors in patient management.
AB - We describe the clinical, morphologic, immunophenotypic and molecular genetic features of 15 cases of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with t(4;12)(q12;p13). There were 9 men and 6 women, with a median age of 50 years (range, 17-76). Most patients had hypercellular bone marrow with a median blast count of 58% and multilineage dysplasia. Flow cytometry analysis showed myeloid lineage with blasts positive for CD13, CD33, CD34, CD38, CD117 and HLA-DR. Interestingly, aberrant CD7 expression was detected in 12/14 cases, and myeloperoxidase was either negative (3/15) or positive in only a small subset of the blasts (12/15). t(4;12)(q12;p13) was detected at time of initial diagnosis in 4 and at relapse or progression in 9 patients. The initial karyotype was unknown in 2 cases. FISH analysis showed PDGFRA-ETV6 rearrangement in all 7 cases assessed. FLT3 ITD was detected in 2/11 cases and IDH2 and JAK2 mutation were each detected in 1/2 cases assessed. There were no mutations of KRAS (0/8), NRAS (0/8), CEBPA (0/3), KIT (0/3), NPM1 (0/3) or IDH1 (0/2). All patients received aggressive multiagent chemotherapy; 7 patients additionally received stem cell transplantation. With a median follow-up of 10 months (range, 6-51), 13 patients died of AML, 1 patient had persistent disease, and 1 patient was lost to follow-up. In summary, AML with t(4;12)(q12;p13) is usually associated with myelodysplasia, aberrant CD7 expression, weak of absent myeloperoxidase expression, frequent PDGFRA-ETV6 fusion, and an aggressive clinical course. The molecular findings suggest that there may be a role for tyrosine kinase inhibitors in patient management.
KW - Acute myeloid leukemia
KW - ETV6
KW - PDGFRA
KW - T(4;12)(q12;p13)
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U2 - 10.18632/oncotarget.23743
DO - 10.18632/oncotarget.23743
M3 - Article
C2 - 29541391
AN - SCOPUS:85042158118
SN - 1949-2553
VL - 9
SP - 10987
EP - 10994
JO - Oncotarget
JF - Oncotarget
IS - 13
ER -