Mutational patterns and clonal evolution from diagnosis to relapse in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia

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Title: Mutational patterns and clonal evolution from diagnosis to relapse in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Authors: Shumaila Sayyab, Anders Lundmark, Malin Larsson, Markus Ringnér, Sara Nystedt, Yanara Marincevic-Zuniga, Katja Pokrovskaja Tamm, Jonas Abrahamsson, Linda Fogelstrand, Mats Heyman, Ulrika Norén-Nyström, Gudmar Lönnerholm, Arja Harila-Saari, Eva C. Berglund, Jessica Nordlund, Ann-Christine Syvänen
Source: Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-17 (2021)
Publisher Information: Nature Portfolio, 2021.
Publication Year: 2021
Collection: LCC:Medicine
LCC:Science
Subject Terms: Medicine, Science
More Details: Abstract The mechanisms driving clonal heterogeneity and evolution in relapsed pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are not fully understood. We performed whole genome sequencing of samples collected at diagnosis, relapse(s) and remission from 29 Nordic patients. Somatic point mutations and large-scale structural variants were called using individually matched remission samples as controls, and allelic expression of the mutations was assessed in ALL cells using RNA-sequencing. We observed an increased burden of somatic mutations at relapse, compared to diagnosis, and at second relapse compared to first relapse. In addition to 29 known ALL driver genes, of which nine genes carried recurrent protein-coding mutations in our sample set, we identified putative non-protein coding mutations in regulatory regions of seven additional genes that have not previously been described in ALL. Cluster analysis of hundreds of somatic mutations per sample revealed three distinct evolutionary trajectories during ALL progression from diagnosis to relapse. The evolutionary trajectories provide insight into the mutational mechanisms leading relapse in ALL and could offer biomarkers for improved risk prediction in individual patients.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2045-2322
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-95109-0
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/df7f00d635d847359cec38029b48a552
Accession Number: edsdoj.f7f00d635d847359cec38029b48a552
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:20452322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-021-95109-0
Published in:Scientific Reports
Language:English