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Recurring mutations found by sequencing an acute myeloid leukemia genome

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Mardis, Elaine R., Ding, Li, Dooling, David J., Larson, David E., McLellan, Michael D., Chen, Ken, Koboldt, Daniel C., Fulton, Robert S. +50 more·2009·New England Journal of Medicine

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BACKGROUND: The full complement of DNA mutations that are responsible for the pathogenesis of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is not yet known. METHODS: We used massively parallel DNA sequencing to obtain a very high level of coverage (approximately 98%) of a primary, cytogenetically normal, de novo genome for AML with minimal maturation (AML-M1) and a matched normal skin genome. RESULTS: We identified 12 acquired (somatic) mutations within the coding sequences of genes and 52 somatic point mutations in conserved or regulatory portions of the genome. All mutations appeared to be heterozygous and present in nearly all cells in the tumor sample. Four of the 64 mutations occurred in at least 1 additional AML sample in 188 samples that were tested. Mutations in NRAS and NPM1 had been identified previously in patients with AML, but two other mutations had not been identified. One of these mutations, in the IDH1 gene, was present in 15 of 187 additional AML genomes tested and was strongly associated with normal cytogenetic status; it was present in 13 of 80 cytogenetically normal samples (16%). The other was a nongenic mutation in a genomic region with regulatory potential and conservation in higher mammals; we detected it in one additional AML tumor. The AML genome that we sequenced contains approximately 750 point mutations, of which only a small fraction are likely to be relevant to pathogenesis. CONCLUSIONS: By comparing the sequences of tumor and skin genomes of a patient with AML-M1, we have identified recurring mutations that may be relevant for pathogenesis.

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Mardis, E. R., Ding, L., Dooling, D. J., Larson, D. E., McLellan, M. D., Chen, K., Koboldt, D. C., Fulton, R. S., Delehaunty, K. D., McGrath, S. D., Fulton, L. A., Locke, D. P., Magrini, V. J., Abbott, R. M., Vickery, T. L., Reed, J. S., Robinson, J. S., Wylie, T., Smith, S. M., Carmichael, L., Eldred, J. M., Harris, C. C., Walker, J., Peck, J. B., Du, F., Dukes, A. F., Sanderson, G. E., Brummett, A. M., Clark, E., McMichael, J. F., Meyer, R. J., Schindler, J. K., Pohl, C. S., Wallis, J. W., Shi, X., Lin, L., Schmidt, H., Tang, Y., Haipek, C., Wiechert, M. E., Ivy, J. V., Kalicki, J., Elliott, G., Ries, R. E., Payton, J. E., Westervelt, P., Tomasson, M. H., Watson, M. A., Baty, J., Heath, S., Shannon, W. D., Nagarajan, R., Link, D. C., Walter, M. J., Graubert, T. A., DiPersio, J. F., Wilson, R. K., & Ley, T. J.
Affiliations
  • Washington University in St. Louis (US)
  • Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center (US)
Venue
New England Journal of Medicine
Published
2009-09-10
Volume
361
Issue
11
Pages
1058-1066
ISSN
  • 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
  • 1533-4406
OpenAlex
W2134061682
Cited by
2,219
References
30
Citations by year
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FWCI
154.84
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • New England Journal of Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (U54HG003079)
  • National Cancer Institute (P01CA101937)
  • National Center for Research Resources (UL1RR024992)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer
Keywords
acute myeloid leukemia, somatic mutations, IDH1 mutation, NPM1 mutation, NRAS mutation, cytogenetically normal AML, tumor genome sequencing
MeSH terms
Nucleophosmin, Adult, DNA Mutational Analysis, Female, Gene Frequency, Humans, Isocitrate Dehydrogenase, Male, Middle Aged, Mutation, Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute, Genome, Human, Point Mutation, Sequence Analysis, DNA

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