Clonal origins of relapse in ETV6-RUNX1 acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Frederik W. Van Delft, Sharon Horsley, Sue Colman, Kristina Anderson, Caroline Bateman, Helena Kempski, Jan Zuna, Cornelia Eckert, Vaskar Saha, Lyndal Kearney, Anthony Ford, Mel Greaves

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    Abstract

    B-cell precursor childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia with ETV6-RUNX1 (TELAML1) fusion has an overall good prognosis, but relapses occur, usually after cessation of treatment and occasionally many years later. We have investigated the clonal origins of relapse by comparing the profiles of genomewide copy number alterations at presentation in 21 patients with those in matched relapse (12-119 months). We identified, in total, 159 copy number alterations at presentation and 231 at relapse (excluding Ig/ TCR). Deletions of CDKN2A/B or CCNC (6q16.2-3) or both increased from 38% at presentation to 76% in relapse, suggesting that cell-cycle deregulation contributed to emergence of relapse. A novel observation was recurrent gain of chromosome 16 (2 patients at presentation, 4 at relapse) and deletion of plasmocytoma variant translocation 1 in 3 patients. The data indicate that, irrespective of time to relapse, the relapse clone was derived from either a major or minor clone at presentation. Backtracking analysis by FISH identified a minor subclone at diagnosis whose genotype matched that observed in relapse ∼ 10 years later. These data indicate subclonal diversity at diagnosis, providing a variable basis for intraclonal origins of relapse and extended periods (years) of dormancy, possibly by quiescence, for stem cells in ETV6-RUNX1+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia. © 2011 by The American Society of Hematology.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)6247-6254
    Number of pages7
    JournalBlood
    Volume117
    Issue number23
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 9 Jun 2011

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