High EVI1 Expression due to NRIP1/EVI1 Fusion in Therapy-related Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Description of the First Pediatric Case.
High EVI1 Expression due to NRIP1/EVI1 Fusion in Therapy-related Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Description of the First Pediatric Case.
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DOI:
10.1097/hs9.0000000000000471
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发表时间:
2020-10
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6.6
通讯作者:
Cazzaniga G
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D'Angiò M;Fazio G;Grioni A;Palamini S;Sala S;Galbiati M;Biondi A;Balduzzi A;Rizzari C;Cazzaniga G
Disruption of chromosome 3 at band 3q26 has been well-documented in acute myeloid leukemia (AML), chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). 1 Clinically, 3q26. 2 rearrangements correlate with elevated platelet counts, marked hyperplasia with dysplasia of megakaryocytes, aggressive clinical course and unfavorable prognosis with conventional therapy. 2, 3 Chromosome 3q26 abnormalities have been reported to activate the aberrant expression of the human Ecotropic Virus Integration site-1 gene (EVI1 known as MECOM-MDS1 and EVI1 complex locus), a transcriptional factor with an essential role in proliferation and maintenance of hematopoietic stem cells. 4, 5 Although the exact role of EVI1 in leukemogenesis is not completely known, a recent study revealed that it may be involved in leukemic cell proliferation and apoptosis via the regulation of miR-9 promoter methylation, thus suggesting the possible role of hypomethylating agents in EVI1 over-expressed leukaemia. 6–8 EVI1 up regulation occurs in approximately 8% to 10% of human adult AML and, strikingly, up to 27% of pediatric KMT2A (MLL) rearranged leukemia cases. 9, 10 The most frequent abnormalities resulting in inappropriate activation of EVI1 are the inversion inv (3)(q21q26) and the translocation t (3; 3)(q21; q26. 2). However, EVI1 can be rearranged with a variety of other partner genes [1q41 (DUSP10), 7q21 (CDK6), 7q34 (TCRB), 12p34 (ETV6), 21q22 (RUNX1)]. 3, 11–12 Its increased expression can also be detected in cytogenetically normal AML, in aberrant cytogenetic subgroups, such as monosomy 7 and 11q23/MLL translocations, as well as in patients with cryptic 3q26 rearrangements. 3, 12 In particular, the cryptic t (3; 21)(q26; q11) rearrangement, resulting in NRIP1/EVI1 fusion, has been identified using FISH analyses in 9 adults, 4 AML and 5 MDS so far. 12 All patients showed a high EVI1 expression and an adverse prognosis with a median overall survival (OS) of 9.4 months.