SPOTLIGHT Kinase Is Constitutively Activated As a Consequence of Fusion to a Marrow with Granulocytic Hyperplasia
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Leukemia (2005) 19, 27–30 & 2005 Nature Publishing Group All rights reserved 0887-6924/05 $30.00 www.nature.com/leu KIAA1509 is a novel PDGFRB fusion partner in imatinib-responsive myeloproliferative disease associated with a t(5;14)(q33;q32) RL Levine1,2,5, M Wadleigh2,5, DW Sternberg3, I Wlodarska4, I Galinsky2, RM Stone2, DJ DeAngelo2, D Gary Gilliland1 and J Cools4 1Division of Hematology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; 2Division of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA; 3Division of Hematology/ Oncology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; and 4Department of Human Genetics – Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium We report the cloning of a novel PDGFRB fusion gene partner in translocations involving PDGFRB in MPDs where the fusion a patient with a chronic myeloproliferative disorder character- partner is not yet known.13 ized by t(5;14)(q33;q32), who responded to treatment with imatinib mesylate. Fluorescence in situ hybridization demon- Imatinib mesylate (Gleevec; Novartis, Basel, Switzerland) is a strated that PDGFRB was involved in the translocation. Long specific tyrosine kinase inhibitor with clinical activity in chronic distance inversion PCR identified KIAA1509 as the PDGFRB myelogenous leukemia, hypereosinophilic syndrome, and gas- fusion partner. KIAA1509 is an uncharacterized gene with a trointestinal stromal tumors.2,14,15 Based on the observation that predicted coiled-coil oligomerization domain with homology to imatinib inhibits the growth of ETV6-PDGFRB transformed cells, the HOOK family of proteins. The predicted KIAA1509-PDGFRb imatinib has been administered to three CMML patients with the fusion protein contains the KIAA1509 coiled-coil domain fused ETV6-PDGFRB fusion; durable responses were seen in all three to the cytoplasmic domain of PDGFRb that includes the 16 tyrosine kinase domain. Imatinib therapy resulted in rapid cases. Similar responses to imatinib have been reported in normalization of the patient’s blood counts, and subsequent patients with the PDE4DIP-PDGFRB and NIN-PDGFRB fusion bone marrow biopsies and karyotypic analysis were consistent genes, and in a patient with the RABEP1-PDGFRB fusion gene with sustained complete remission. with a molecular relapse after allogeneic bone marrow Leukemia (2005) 19, 27–30. doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403548 transplantation.8,9,17 Published online 21 October 2004 Keywords: translocation; imatinib; myeloproliferative disorder In this report we describe a patient with a myeloproliferative disorder characterized by the chromosomal abnormality t(5;14)(q33;q32). The consequence of the chromosomal trans- location is fusion of the coiled-coil domain of KIAA1509 to the tyrosine kinase domain of PDGFRb. Imatinib therapy resulted in Introduction a rapid, complete, and durable hematologic and cytogenetic response. Fusion genes that result in constitutive activation of tyrosine kinases characterize a subset of chronic myeloproliferative disorders. These fusion genes are the result of chromosomal Materials and methods translocations or interstitial deletions.1,2 In chronic myelomo- nocytic leukemia (CMML), a subset of patients have balanced Study design translocations involving the platelet-derived growth factor receptor beta (PDGFRB) gene. To date, eight PDGFRB fusion In July 2002, a 42-year-old man was incidentally noted to partners (ETV6, CEV14, HIP1, H4/D10S170, RABEP1, Myome- m 3– have a white blood cell count of 64 900/ l with 41% galin/PDE4DIP, NIN, and HCMOGT-1) have been identified. bands, 21% neutrophils, 7% lymphocytes, 5% eosinophils, 10 In each case, chromosomal translocation results in fusion of 12% monocytes, and 4% metamyelocytes. His platelet 0 0 the 3 region of PDGFRB encoding the kinase domain to a 5 count was 176 000/ml and his hemoglobin was 9.0 g/dl. fusion partner with a putative oligomerization domain. It has Physical examination revealed no lymphadenopathy or been demonstrated in most of these that the PDGFRb tyrosine splenomegaly. Bone marrow biopsy revealed a hypercellular SPOTLIGHT kinase is constitutively activated as a consequence of fusion to a marrow with granulocytic hyperplasia. Cytogenetic analysis dimerization or oligomerization motif in the amino-terminal revealed t(5;14)(q31;q32) in 14 of 16 metaphases analyzed partner. For example, fusion of the ETV6 PNT oligomerization and inv(9)(p23;q13) in all metaphases analyzed. The BCR-ABL domain to PDGFRb results in self-association and constitutive fusion gene was not detected. The patient was enrolled tyrosine kinase activity, and both the oligomerization and kinase 11 in a clinical trial using imatinib mesylate in patients domains are required for transformation of hematopoetic cells. with CMML, which was defined as a t(9;22) negative Mice engineered to express the ETV6-PDGFRb fusion protein myeloproliferative disorder associated with a peripheral blood using a lymphoid-specific promoter developed T and B cell monocytosis greater than 1000/ml. Patients on this trial were lymphomas, and treatment with imatinib results in prolonged 11,12 treated with a daily oral dose of 400 mg imatinib and survival in these mice. There are additional reports of were monitored with weekly blood counts and bone marrow examinations every 3 months. Correspondence: Dr D Gary Gilliland, Division of Hematology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Fax: þ 1 617 355 9093; E-mail: [email protected] Fluorescence in situ hybridization 5These authors contributed equally to this work. Received 20 July 2004; accepted 25 August 2004; Published online Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) was performed as 21 October 2004 described previously.18 Cosmid probes c4-6, c4-1, and c12 KIAA1509 is a novel fusion partner to PDGFRB RL Levine et al 28 spanning the PDGFRB gene were kindly provided by Dr M WBC Positive Metaphases Dixon (University of Manchester, Manchester, UK). Start Imatinib 180000 100% Molecular cloning of the genomic breakpoint 160000 140000 80% Rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) was performed as 120000 19 60% previously described. Long distance inversion PCR (LDI-PCR) 100000 was performed as previously described.20 EcoRV was chosen for 80000 digestion based on the identification of a single EcoRV 40% restriction site within the kinase domain of the PDGFRB gene WBC (th/ul) 60000 40000 without additional restriction sites within 10Kb of upstream 20% %Positive Metaphases genomic sequence. LDI-PCR was performed using primers 20000 0 0 PDGFRB-LDI1 (5 cctcaatgctaggcagttcc) and PDGFRB-RV1 (5 - 0 0% 0 28 54 90 -35 -16 461 201 231 115 145 173 315 343 545 259 ctgtggccaactgggtctat) in the first PCR and PDGFRB-LDI2 284 0 0 -108 (5 ccaacttgagtccccacact) and PDGFRB-RV2 (5 tcctcagcattat Day gcaacca) in the nested PCR. The sequence of the LDI-PCR Positive 14 13 16 0 0 0 0 product was analyzed using the BLAST program (http:// Metaphases Metaphases www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/BLAST). The genomic breakpoint was 16 13 16 12 6 20 20 SPOTLIGHT Analyzed amplified from patient DNA using primers KIAA1509-F3 (50- cttatttgggatggagccct) and PDGFRB-R1 (50-accaggtagggtact Figure 1 White blood cell count of patient with t(5;14)(q33;q32) cggct). The fusion transcript was amplified using primers before and after initiation of imatinib therapy. The graph shows the KIAA1509-RTF1 (50-ccgggacacagataaga) and PDGFRB-RTR1 patient’s total peripheral white blood cell count and percentage of 0 metaphases positive for t(5;14)q33;q32), measured at the time of (5 -catgatcttcagctccgaca). diagnosis and then subsequently while enrolled in a clinical trial of imatinib therapy in chronic myelomonocytic leukemia. The table specifies the number of positive metaphases and total number of Results and discussion metaphases analyzed for each timepoint where cytogenetic analysis was performed. Response to imatinib The patient initiated treatment with imatinib in October 2002; by that time his white blood cell count had increased to 168 000/ml, his spun hematocrit had decreased to 25%, and his der(5) der(5) platelet count was 178 000/ml. After 1 month of therapy, he was in a hematologic remission with a normal complete blood count and differential (Figure 1). After 3 months of therapy a bone marrow biopsy showed a hypocellular marrow with one focus of 5 5 hypercellularity and fibrosis. Cytogenetic analysis did not identify the t(5;14)(q33;q32) in any cells analyzed, though inv(9)(p23;q13) was again identified in all cells analyzed, der(14) der(14) suggesting a constitutional origin of inv(9). At 18 months of follow-up, the patient remains in a cytogenetic remission; his most recent bone marrow examination revealed a normo- cellular marrow with a normal myeloid to erythroid ratio. He Figure 2 Fluorescence in situ hybridization demonstrates a breakpoint within the PDGFRB locus in a patient with has tolerated therapy well with only grade 1 periorbital edema, t(5;14)(q33;q32). Three-color FISH analysis with three cosmid probes and he continues on imatinib 400 mg daily. (c4-6: yellow; c4-1: green; c12-a: red) spanning the PDGFRB gene were used to document a break within PDGFRB. Molecular cloning of the t(5;14)(q33;q32) FISH analysis (Figure 2) confirmed that the breakpoint involved mRNA encodes a 1935 amino-acid protein with 73% amino- the PDGFRB locus. Initial attempts to identify the fusion partner acid homology to the mouse 0610010D24Rik (Daple) protein. using RACE were unsuccessful, presumably due to a paucity of Daple was identified based on its interaction with Dvl, and RNA. We then used LDI-PCR to amplify the translocation Daple has been shown to inhibit Wnt-3a-dependent accumula- breakpoint in genomic DNA. A 3Kb PCR product was identified, tion of b-catenin.22 and sequence analysis of this PCR product revealed a fusion The in-frame fusion transcript encodes a 934 amino-acid between intron 9 of KIAA1509 and intron 10 of PDGFRB.