The genomic and transcriptional landscape of primary central nervous system lymphoma

Abstract Primary lymphomas of the central nervous system (PCNSL) are mainly diffuse large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCLs) confined to the central nervous system (CNS). Despite extensive research, the molecular alterations leading to PCNSL have not been fully elucidated. In order to provide a comprehensive description of the genomic and transcriptional landscape of PCNSL, we here performed whole-genome and transcriptome sequencing and integrative analysis of 51 lymphomas presenting in the CNS, including 42 EBV-negative PCNSL, 6 secondary CNS lymphomas (SCNSL) and 3 EBV+ CNSL and matched controls. The results were compared to an independent validation cohort of 31 FFPE CNSL specimens (PCNSL, n = 19; SCNSL, n = 9; EBV+ CNSL, n = 3) as well as 39 FL and 36 systemic DLBCL cases outside the CNS. Somatic genomic alterations in PCNSL mainly affect the JAK-STAT, NFkB, and B-cell receptor signaling pathways, with hallmark recurrent mutations including MYD88 L265P (67%) and CD79B (63%), CDKN2A deletions (83%) and also non-coding RNA genes such as MALAT1 (70%), NEAT (60%), and MIR142 (80%). Kataegis events, which affected 15 of 50 identified driver genes and 21 of the top 50 mutated ncRNAs, played a decisive role in shaping the mutational repertoire of PCNSL. Compared to systemic DLBCL, PCNSLs exhibited significantly more focal deletions in 6p21 targeting the HLA-D locus that encodes for MHC class II molecules as a potential mechanism of immune evasion. Mutational signatures correlating with DNA replication and mitosis (SBS1, ID1 and ID2) were significantly enriched in PCNSL (SBS1: p = 0.0027, ID1/ID2: p < 1×10−4). Furthermore, TERT gene expression was significantly higher in PCNSL compared to ABC-DLBCL (p = 0.027). Although PCNSL share many genetic alterations with systemic ABC-DLBCL in the same signaling pathways, transcriptome analysis clearly distinguished both into distinct molecular subtypes. EBV+ CNSL cases may be distinguished by lack of recurrent mutational hotspots apart from IG and HLA-DRB loci..

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Preprint

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2021

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2021

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bioRxiv.org - (2021) vom: 09. Aug. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2021

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Englisch

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Radke, Josefine [VerfasserIn]
Ishaque, Naveed [VerfasserIn]
Koll, Randi [VerfasserIn]
Gu, Zuguang [VerfasserIn]
Schumann, Elisa [VerfasserIn]
Sieverling, Lina [VerfasserIn]
Uhrig, Sebastian [VerfasserIn]
Hübschmann, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Toprak, Umut H. [VerfasserIn]
López, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Hostench, Xavier Pastor [VerfasserIn]
Borgoni, Simone [VerfasserIn]
Juraeva, Dilafruz [VerfasserIn]
Pritsch, Fabienne [VerfasserIn]
Paramasivam, Nagarajan [VerfasserIn]
Balasubramanian, Gnana Prakash [VerfasserIn]
Schlesner, Matthias [VerfasserIn]
Sahay, Shashwat [VerfasserIn]
Pehl, Debora [VerfasserIn]
Radbruch, Helena [VerfasserIn]
Osterloh, Anja [VerfasserIn]
Korfel, Agnieszka [VerfasserIn]
Misch, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Onken, Julia [VerfasserIn]
Faust, Katharina [VerfasserIn]
Vajkoczy, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Moskopp, Dag [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yawen [VerfasserIn]
Jödicke, Andreas [VerfasserIn]
Trümper, Lorenz [VerfasserIn]
Anagnostopoulos, Ioannis [VerfasserIn]
Lenze, Dido [VerfasserIn]
Hummel, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Schmitt, Clemens A. [VerfasserIn]
Wiestler, Otmar D. [VerfasserIn]
Wolf, Stephan [VerfasserIn]
Unterberg, Andreas [VerfasserIn]
Eils, Roland [VerfasserIn]
Herold-Mende, Christel [VerfasserIn]
Brors, Benedikt [VerfasserIn]
Siebert, Reiner [VerfasserIn]
Wiemann, Stefan [VerfasserIn]
Heppner, Frank L. [VerfasserIn]

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10.1101/2021.07.30.21261280

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XBI032336500