Robert E Gallagher,
Barry K Moser,
Janis Racevskis,
Xavier Poiré,
Clara D Bloomfield,
Andrew J Carroll,
Rhett P Ketterling,
Diane Roulston,
Esther Schachter-Tokarz,
Da-Cheng Zhou, [......], Greg Koval,
Dorie A Sher,
James H Feusner,
Martin S Tallman,
Richard A Larson,
Bayard L Powell,
Frederick R Appelbaum,
Elisabeth Paietta,
Cheryl L Willman,
Wendy Stock
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ABSTRACT: Mutations in the all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA)-targeted ligand binding domain of PML-RARα (PRα/LBD(+)) have been implicated in the passive selection of ATRA-resistant acute promyelocytic leukemia clones leading to disease relapse. Among 45 relapse patients from the ATRA/chemotherapy arm of intergroup protocol C9710, 18 patients harbored PRα/LBD(+) (40%), 7 of whom (39%) relapsed Off-ATRA selection pressure, suggesting a possible active role of PRα/LBD(+). Of 41 relapse patients coanalyzed, 15 (37%) had FMS-related tyrosine kinase 3 internal tandem duplication mutations (FLT3-ITD(+)), which were differentially associated with PRα/LBD(+) depending on ATRA treatment status at relapse: positively, On-ATRA; negatively, Off-ATRA. Thirteen of 21 patients (62%) had additional chromosome abnormalities (ACAs); all coanalyzed PRα/LBD mutant patients who relapsed off-ATRA (n = 5) had associated ACA. After relapse Off-ATRA, ACA and FLT3-ITD(+) were negatively associated and were oppositely associated with presenting white blood count and PML-RARα type: ACA, low, L-isoform; FLT3-ITD(+), high, S-isoform. These exploratory results suggest that differing PRα/LBD(+) activities may interact with FLT3-ITD(+) or ACA, that FLT3-ITD(+) and ACA are associated with different intrinsic disease progression pathways manifest at relapse Off-ATRA, and that these different pathways may be short-circuited by ATRA-selectable defects at relapse On-ATRA. ACA and certain PRα/LBD(+) were also associated with reduced postrelapse survival.
Blood 06/2012; 120(10):2098-108. · 9.90 Impact Factor
