Alternative lengthening of telomeres in childhood neuroblastoma from genome to proteome

Telomere maintenance by telomerase activation or alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) is a major determinant of poor outcome in neuroblastoma. Here, we screen for ALT in primary and relapsed neuroblastomas (n = 760) and characterize its features using multi-omics profiling. ALT-positive tumors are molecularly distinct from other neuroblastoma subtypes and enriched in a population-based clinical sequencing study cohort for relapsed cases. They display reduced ATRX/DAXX complex abundance, due to either ATRX mutations (55%) or low protein expression. The heterochromatic histone mark H3K9me3 recognized by ATRX is enriched at the telomeres of ALT-positive tumors. Notably, we find a high frequency of telomeric repeat loci with a neuroblastoma ALT-specific hotspot on chr1q42.2 and loss of the adjacent chromosomal segment forming a neo-telomere. ALT-positive neuroblastomas proliferate slowly, which is reflected by a protracted clinical course of disease. Nevertheless, children with an ALT-positive neuroblastoma have dismal outcome.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Nature communications - 12(2021), 1 vom: 24. Feb., Seite 1269

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hartlieb, Sabine A [VerfasserIn]
Sieverling, Lina [VerfasserIn]
Nadler-Holly, Michal [VerfasserIn]
Ziehm, Matthias [VerfasserIn]
Toprak, Umut H [VerfasserIn]
Herrmann, Carl [VerfasserIn]
Ishaque, Naveed [VerfasserIn]
Okonechnikov, Konstantin [VerfasserIn]
Gartlgruber, Moritz [VerfasserIn]
Park, Young-Gyu [VerfasserIn]
Wecht, Elisa Maria [VerfasserIn]
Savelyeva, Larissa [VerfasserIn]
Henrich, Kai-Oliver [VerfasserIn]
Rosswog, Carolina [VerfasserIn]
Fischer, Matthias [VerfasserIn]
Hero, Barbara [VerfasserIn]
Jones, David T W [VerfasserIn]
Pfaff, Elke [VerfasserIn]
Witt, Olaf [VerfasserIn]
Pfister, Stefan M [VerfasserIn]
Volckmann, Richard [VerfasserIn]
Koster, Jan [VerfasserIn]
Kiesel, Katharina [VerfasserIn]
Rippe, Karsten [VerfasserIn]
Taschner-Mandl, Sabine [VerfasserIn]
Ambros, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Brors, Benedikt [VerfasserIn]
Selbach, Matthias [VerfasserIn]
Feuerbach, Lars [VerfasserIn]
Westermann, Frank [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

EC 3.6.4.12
Journal Article
Proteome
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
X-linked Nuclear Protein

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Date Completed 03.03.2021

Date Revised 31.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41467-021-21247-8

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM321859472