Genetic basis for iMCD-TAFRO

TAFRO syndrome, a clinical subtype of idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease (iMCD), consists of a constellation of symptoms/signs including thrombocytopenia, anasarca, fever, reticulin fibrosis/renal dysfunction, and organomegaly. The etiology of iMCD-TAFRO and the basis for cytokine hypersecretion commonly seen in iMCD-TAFRO patients has not been elucidated. Here, we identified a somatic MEK2P128L mutation and a germline RUNX1G60C mutation in two patients with iMCD-TAFRO, respectively. The MEK2P128L mutation, which has been identified previously in solid tumor and histiocytosis patients, caused hyperactivated MAP kinase signaling, conferred IL-3 hypersensitivity and sensitized the cells to various MEK inhibitors. The RUNX1G60C mutation abolished the transcriptional activity of wild-type RUNX1 and functioned as a dominant negative form of RUNX1, resulting in enhanced self-renewal activity in hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells. Interestingly, ERK was heavily activated in both patients, highlighting a potential role for activation of MAPK signaling in iMCD-TAFRO pathogenesis and a rationale for exploring inhibition of the MAPK pathway as a therapy for iMCD-TAFRO. Moreover, these data suggest that iMCD-TAFRO might share pathogenetic features with clonal inflammatory disorders bearing MEK and RUNX1 mutations such as histiocytoses and myeloid neoplasms.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:39

Enthalten in:

Oncogene - 39(2020), 15 vom: 13. Apr., Seite 3218-3225

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yoshimi, Akihide [VerfasserIn]
Trippett, Tanya M [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Nan [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Xueyan [VerfasserIn]
Penson, Alexander V [VerfasserIn]
Arcila, Maria E [VerfasserIn]
Pichardo, Janine [VerfasserIn]
Baik, Jeeyeon [VerfasserIn]
Sigler, Allison [VerfasserIn]
Harada, Hironori [VerfasserIn]
Fajgenbaum, David C [VerfasserIn]
Dogan, Ahmet [VerfasserIn]
Abdel-Wahab, Omar [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Wenbin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Case Reports
Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit
EC 2.7.1.-
EC 2.7.12.2
Journal Article
MAP Kinase Kinase 2
MAP2K2 protein, human
RUNX1 protein, human
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

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Date Completed 07.12.2020

Date Revised 29.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41388-020-1204-9

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM306458438