Identification of the NUP98-PHF23 fusion gene in pediatric cytogenetically normal acute myeloid leukemia by whole-transcriptome sequencing

Marco Togni, Riccardo Masetti, Martina Pigazzi, Annalisa Astolfi, Daniele Zama, Valentina Indio, Salvatore Serravalle, Elena Manara, Valeria Bisio, Carmelo Rizzari, Giuseppe Basso, Andrea Pession, Franco Locatelli

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Abstract

The genomic landscape of children with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who do not carry any cytogenetic abnormality (CN-AML) is particularly heterogeneous and challenging, being characterized by different clinical outcomes. To provide new genetic insights into this AML subset, we analyzed through RNA-seq 13 pediatric CN-AML cases, corroborating our findings in an independent cohort of 168 AML patients enrolled in the AIEOP AML 2002/01 study. We identified a chimeric transcript involving NUP98 and PHF23, resulting from a cryptic t(11;17)(p15;p13) translocation, demonstrating, for the first time, that NUP98-PHF23 is a novel recurrent (2.6 %) abnormality in pediatric CN-AML.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)1-3
Numero di pagine3
RivistaJOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY & ONCOLOGY
Volume8
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2015

Keywords

  • NUP98 gene fusions
  • PHD domain
  • Pediatric acute myeloid leukemia

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