TY - JOUR
T1 - KANK1-NTRK3 fusions define a subset of BRAF mutation negative renal metanephric adenomas
AU - Catic, Aida
AU - Kurtovic-Kozaric, Amina
AU - Sophian, Ardis
AU - Mazur, Lech
AU - Skenderi, Faruk
AU - Hes, Ondrej
AU - Rohan, Stephen
AU - Rakheja, Dinesh
AU - Kogan, Jillene
AU - Pins, Michael R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Author(s).
PY - 2020/10/12
Y1 - 2020/10/12
N2 - Background: Metanephric adenoma (MA) is a rare benign renal neoplasm. On occasion, MA can be difficult to differentiate from renal malignancies such as papillary renal cell carcinoma in adults and Wilms-tumor in children. Despite recent advancements in tumor genomics, there is limited data available regarding the genetic alterations characteristic of MA. The purpose of this study is to determine the frequency of metanephric adenoma cases exhibiting cytogenetic aberration t (9;15)(p24;q24), and to investigate the association between t (9,15) and BRAF mutation in metanephric adenoma. Methods: This study was conducted on 28 archival formalin fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) specimens from patients with pathologically confirmed MA. Tissue blocks were selected for BRAF sequencing and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis for chromosomal rearrangement between KANK1 on chromosome 9 (9p24.3) and NTRK3 on chromosome 15 (15q25.3), which was previously characterized and described in two MA cases. Results: BRAF V600E mutation was identified in 62% of our cases, 9 (38%) cases were BRAF WT, and 4 cases were uninformative. Of the 20 tumors with FISH results, two (10%) were positive for KANK1-NTRK3 fusion. Both cases were BRAF WT suggesting mutual exclusivity of BRAF V600E and KANK1-NTRK3 fusion, the first such observation in the literature. Conclusions: Our data shows that BRAF mutation in MA may not be as frequent as suggested in the literature and KANK-NTRK3 fusions may account for a subset of BRAF WT cases in younger patients. FISH analysis for KANK1-NTRK3 fusion or conventional cytogenetic analysis may be warranted to establish the diagnosis of MA in morphologically and immunohistochemically ambiguous MA cases lacking BRAF mutations.
AB - Background: Metanephric adenoma (MA) is a rare benign renal neoplasm. On occasion, MA can be difficult to differentiate from renal malignancies such as papillary renal cell carcinoma in adults and Wilms-tumor in children. Despite recent advancements in tumor genomics, there is limited data available regarding the genetic alterations characteristic of MA. The purpose of this study is to determine the frequency of metanephric adenoma cases exhibiting cytogenetic aberration t (9;15)(p24;q24), and to investigate the association between t (9,15) and BRAF mutation in metanephric adenoma. Methods: This study was conducted on 28 archival formalin fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) specimens from patients with pathologically confirmed MA. Tissue blocks were selected for BRAF sequencing and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis for chromosomal rearrangement between KANK1 on chromosome 9 (9p24.3) and NTRK3 on chromosome 15 (15q25.3), which was previously characterized and described in two MA cases. Results: BRAF V600E mutation was identified in 62% of our cases, 9 (38%) cases were BRAF WT, and 4 cases were uninformative. Of the 20 tumors with FISH results, two (10%) were positive for KANK1-NTRK3 fusion. Both cases were BRAF WT suggesting mutual exclusivity of BRAF V600E and KANK1-NTRK3 fusion, the first such observation in the literature. Conclusions: Our data shows that BRAF mutation in MA may not be as frequent as suggested in the literature and KANK-NTRK3 fusions may account for a subset of BRAF WT cases in younger patients. FISH analysis for KANK1-NTRK3 fusion or conventional cytogenetic analysis may be warranted to establish the diagnosis of MA in morphologically and immunohistochemically ambiguous MA cases lacking BRAF mutations.
KW - BRAF
KW - Chromosomal translocations
KW - Cytogenetics
KW - KANK1-NTRK3 fusion
KW - Metanephric adenoma
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U2 - 10.1186/s12881-020-01143-6
DO - 10.1186/s12881-020-01143-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 33046021
AN - SCOPUS:85092594693
SN - 1471-2350
VL - 21
JO - BMC Medical Genetics
JF - BMC Medical Genetics
IS - 1
M1 - 202
ER -