Silent genetic alterations identified by targeted next-generation sequencing in pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma: A clinicopathological correlations

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• 作者：Suja Pillai^a ; Vinod Gopalan^a ; Chung Y. Lo^b ; Victor Liew^c ; Robert A. Smith^a ; ^d ; Alfred King Y. Lam^a ; ^{a.lam@griffith.edu.au}
• 关键词：Phaeochromocytoma ; Paraganglioma ; Next generation sequencing
• 刊名：Experimental and Molecular Pathology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：102
• 期：1
• 页码：41-46
• 全文大小：246 K
• 卷排序：102

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The goal of this pilot study was to develop a customized, cost-effective amplicon panel (Ampliseq) for target sequencing in a cohort of patients with sporadic phaeochromocytoma/paraganglioma.MethodsPhaeochromocytoma/paragangliomas from 25 patients were analysed by targeted next-generation sequencing approach using an Ion Torrent PGM instrument. Primers for 15 target genes (NF1, RET, VHL, SDHA, SDHB, SDHC, SDHD, SDHAF2, TMEM127, MAX, MEN1, KIF1Bβ, EPAS1, CDKN2 & PHD2) were designed using ion ampliseq designer. Ion Reporter software and Ingenuity® Variant Analysis™ software (www.ingenuity.com/variants) from Ingenuity Systems were used to analysis these results.ResultsOverall, 713 variants were identified. The variants identified from the Ion Reporter ranged from 64 to 161 per patient. Single nucleotide variants (SNV) were the most common. Further annotation with the help of Ingenuity variant analysis revealed 29 of these 713variants were deletions. Of these, six variants were non-pathogenic and four were likely to be pathogenic. The remaining 19 variants were of uncertain significance. The most frequently altered gene in the cohort was KIF1B followed by NF1. Novel KIF1B pathogenic variant c.3375 + 1G > A was identified. The mutation was noted in a patient with clinically confirmed neurofibromatosis. Chromosome 1 showed the presence of maximum number of variants.ConclusionsUse of targeted next-generation sequencing is a sensitive method for the detecting genetic changes in patients with phaeochromocytoma/paraganglioma. The precise detection of these genetic changes helps in understanding the pathogenesis of these tumours.