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Cancers (Basel). 2021 Dec 07;13(24). doi: 10.3390/cancers13246174.

RNA Sequencing of Primary Cutaneous and Breast-Implant Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphomas Reveals Infrequent Fusion Transcripts and Upregulation of PI3K/AKT Signaling via Neurotrophin Pathway Genes.

Cancers

Arianna Di Napoli, Davide Vacca, Giorgio Bertolazzi, Gianluca Lopez, Maria Piane, Aldo Germani, Evelina Rogges, Giuseppina Pepe, Fabio Santanelli Di Pompeo, Marzia Salgarello, Vaidehi Jobanputra, Susan Hsiao, Kazimierz O Wrzeszczynski, Emilio Berti, Govind Bhagat

Affiliations

  1. Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University, 00189 Rome, Italy.
  2. Department of Surgical, Oncological and Oral Sciences, Palermo University, 90134 Palermo, Italy.
  3. Tumour Immunology Unit, Human Pathology Section, Department of Health Science, Palermo University, 90134 Palermo, Italy.
  4. Plastic Surgery Unit, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University, 00189 Rome, Italy.
  5. Department of Plastic Surgery, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, University Hospital Agostino Gemelli, 00168 Roma, Italy.
  6. Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY 10032, USA.
  7. New York Genome Center, New York, NY 10013, USA.
  8. Department of Dermatology, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy.

PMID: 34944796 PMCID: PMC8699465 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13246174

Abstract

Cutaneous and breast implant-associated anaplastic large-cell lymphomas (cALCLs and BI-ALCLs) are two localized forms of peripheral T-cell lymphomas (PTCLs) that are recognized as distinct entities within the family of ALCL. JAK-STAT signaling is a common feature of all ALCL subtypes, whereas DUSP22/IRF4, TP63 and TYK gene rearrangements have been reported in a proportion of ALK-negative sALCLs and cALCLs. Both cALCLs and BI-ALCLs differ in their gene expression profiles compared to PTCLs; however, a direct comparison of the genomic alterations and transcriptomes of these two entities is lacking. By performing RNA sequencing of 1385 genes (TruSight RNA Pan-Cancer, Illumina) in 12 cALCLs, 10 BI-ALCLs and two anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive sALCLs, we identified the previously reported TYK2-NPM1 fusion in 1 cALCL (1/12, 8%), and four new intrachromosomal gene fusions in 2 BI-ALCLs (2/10, 20%) involving genes on chromosome 1 (EPS15-GNG12 and ARNT-GOLPH3L) and on chromosome 17 (MYO18A-GIT1 and NF1-GOSR1). One of the two BI-ALCL samples showed a complex karyotype, raising the possibility that genomic instability may be responsible for intra-chromosomal fusions in BI-ALCL. Moreover, transcriptional analysis revealed similar upregulation of the PI3K/Akt pathway, associated with enrichment in the expression of neurotrophin signaling genes, which was more conspicuous in BI-ALCL, as well as differences, i.e., over-expression of genes involved in the RNA polymerase II transcription program in BI-ALCL and of the RNA splicing/processing program in cALCL.

Keywords: ALCL; NTRK signaling; PI3K/Akt pathway; fusion transcripts; transcriptome

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