Clinical and Biological Implications of Mutational Spectrum in Acute Myeloid Leukemia of FAB Subtypes M0 and M1

Zhiheng Cheng, Yifeng Dai, Yifan Pang, Yang Jiao, Hongmian Zhao, Sun Wu, Lingxiu Zhang, Yuan Zhang, Xiufeng Wang, Lihua Wang, Dong Ma, Tong Qin, Ning Hu, Yijie Zhang, Kai Hu, Qingyi Zhang, Jinlong Shi, Lin Fu*

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    Abstract

    Background/Aims: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) of French-American-British (FAB) subtypes M0 and M1 are both poorly differentiated AML, but their mutational spectrum and molecular characteristics remain unknown. This study aimed to explore the mutational spectrum and prognostic factors of AML-M0 and M1. Methods: Sixty-five AML patients derived from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database were enrolled in this study. Whole-genome sequencing was performed to depict the mutational spectrum of each patient. Clinical characteristics at diagnosis, including peripheral blood (PB) white blood cell counts (WBC), blast percentages in PB and bone marrow (BM), FAB subtypes and the frequencies of known recurrent genetic mutations were described. Survival was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier methods and log-rank test. Univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazard models were constructed procedure. Results: Forty-six patients had more than five recurrent genetic mutations. FLT3 had the highest mutation frequency (n=20, 31%), followed by NPM1 (n=18, 28%), DNMT3A (n=16, 25%), IDH1 (n=14, 22%), IDH2 (n=12, 18%), RUNX1 (n=11, 17%) and TET2 (n=7, 11%). Univariate analysis showed that age >= 60 years and TP53 mutations had adverse effect on EFS (P=0.015, P=0.036, respectively) and OS (P=0.003, P=0.004, respectively), WBC count >= 50x10(9)/L and FLT3-ITD negatively affected EFS (P=0.003, P=0.034, respectively), whereas NPM1 mutations had favorable effect on OS (P=0.035) and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) on EFS and OS (all P= 50x10(9)/L was an independent risk factor for EFS (P=0.002) and TP53 mutations for OS (P=0.043). Conclusions: Our study provided new insights into the mutational spectrum and molecular signatures of AML-M0 and M1. We proposed that FLT3-ITD, NPM1 and TP53 be identified as markers for risk stratification of AML-M0 and M1. Patients with AML-M0 and M1 would likely benefit from allo-HSCT. (C) 2018 The Author(s) Published by S. Karger AG, Basel

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1853-1861
    Number of pages9
    JournalCellular physiology and biochemistry
    Volume47
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2018

    Keywords

    • Acute myeloid leukemia
    • M0 and M1
    • Next generation sequencing
    • Mutational spectrum
    • Prognosis
    • PREDICTS FAVORABLE PROGNOSIS
    • GENE-MUTATIONS
    • CLASSIFICATION
    • IMPACT
    • NPM1
    • AML
    • INTERMEDIATE
    • KARYOTYPE
    • RELEVANCE
    • PARADIGM

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