Genome-wide analysis of acute leukemia and clonally related histiocytic sarcoma in a series of three pediatric patients

Matthias Bleeke, Pascal Johann, Susanne Gröbner, Julia Alten, Gunnar Cario, Hansjörg Schäfer, Wolfram Klapper, Joseph Khoury, Stefan Pfister, Ingo Müller

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Abstract

Pediatric histiocytic sarcoma (HS) clonally related to anteceding leukemia is a rare malignancy with poor outcome. We performed a molecular characterization of HS and the corresponding leukemia by methylation arrays and whole-exome sequencing and found a variety of aberrations in both entities with deletions of CDKN2A/B as a recurrent finding. Furthermore, data from genome-wide mutation analysis from one patient allowed the reconstruction of a sequence of tumorigenesis of leukemia and HS lesions including the acquisition of a putatively activating KRAS frameshift deletion (p.A66fs). Our results provide an insight into the genetic landscape of pediatric HS clonally related to anteceding leukemia.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numbere28074
JournalPediatric Blood and Cancer
Volume67
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1 2020

Keywords

  • histiocytic sarcoma
  • leukemia
  • pediatric oncology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
  • Hematology
  • Oncology

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