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Taïeb D, Wanna GB, Ahmad M, Lussey-Lepoutre C, Perrier ND, Nölting S, Amar L, Timmers HJLM, Schwam ZG, Estrera AL, Lim M, Pollom EL, Vitzthum L, Bourdeau I, Casey RT, Castinetti F, Clifton-Bligh R, Corssmit EPM, de Krijger RR, Del Rivero J, Eisenhofer G, Ghayee HK, Gimenez-Roqueplo AP, Grossman A, Imperiale A, Jansen JC, Jha A, Kerstens MN, Kunst HPM, Liu JK, Maher ER, Marchioni D, Mercado-Asis LB, Mete O, Naruse M, Nilubol N, Pandit-Taskar N, Sebag F, Tanabe A, Widimsky J, Meuter L, Lenders JWM, Pacak K. Clinical consensus guideline on the management of phaeochromocytoma and paraganglioma in patients harbouring germline SDHD pathogenic variants. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 2023; 11:345-361. [PMID: 37011647 PMCID: PMC10182476 DOI: 10.1016/s2213-8587(23)00038-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Revised: 01/27/2023] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023]
Abstract
Patients with germline SDHD pathogenic variants (encoding succinate dehydrogenase subunit D; ie, paraganglioma 1 syndrome) are predominantly affected by head and neck paragangliomas, which, in almost 20% of patients, might coexist with paragangliomas arising from other locations (eg, adrenal medulla, para-aortic, cardiac or thoracic, and pelvic). Given the higher risk of tumour multifocality and bilaterality for phaeochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PPGLs) because of SDHD pathogenic variants than for their sporadic and other genotypic counterparts, the management of patients with SDHD PPGLs is clinically complex in terms of imaging, treatment, and management options. Furthermore, locally aggressive disease can be discovered at a young age or late in the disease course, which presents challenges in balancing surgical intervention with various medical and radiotherapeutic approaches. The axiom-first, do no harm-should always be considered and an initial period of observation (ie, watchful waiting) is often appropriate to characterise tumour behaviour in patients with these pathogenic variants. These patients should be referred to specialised high-volume medical centres. This consensus guideline aims to help physicians with the clinical decision-making process when caring for patients with SDHD PPGLs.
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- David Taïeb
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Aix-Marseille University, La Timone University Hospital, Marseille, France
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Université Paris Cité, Inserm, PARCC, Equipe Labellisée par la Ligue contre le Cancer, Paris, France; Department of Nuclear Medicine, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Svenja Nölting, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology, and Clinical Nutrition, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Université Paris Cité, Inserm, PARCC, Equipe Labellisée par la Ligue contre le Cancer, Paris, France; Unité d'hypertension artérielle, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, UTHealth Houston, McGovern Medical School, Memorial Hermann Hospital Heart and Vascular Institute, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine and Research Center, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Medical Genetics, NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Endocrinology, Aix-Marseille University, Conception University Hospital, Marseille, France; INSERM U1251, Aix-Marseille University, Conception University Hospital, Marseille, France
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- Department of Endocrinology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Cancer Genetics Laboratory, Kolling Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Endocrinology, Center of Endocrine Tumors Leiden, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Developmental Therapeutics Branch, Rare Tumor Initiative, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Malcom Randall VA Medical Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Université Paris Cité, Inserm, PARCC, Equipe Labellisée par la Ligue contre le Cancer, Paris, France; Département de Médecine Génomique des Tumeurs et des Cancers, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; NET Unit, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Institut de Cancérologie de Strasbourg Europe, IPHC, UMR 7178, CNRS, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Section on Medical Neuroendocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Endocrinology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Dutch Academic Alliance Skull Base Pathology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands; Department of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Dutch Academic Alliance Skull Base Pathology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurosurgical Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Department of Medical Genetics, NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Surgery, University of Santo Tomas Hospital, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Endocrine Pathology Society, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Medical Center and Endocrine Center, Ijinkai Takeda General Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Surgical Oncology Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Molecular Imaging and Therapy Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Endocrine Surgery, Aix-Marseille University, Conception University Hospital, Marseille, France
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- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Third Department of Medicine, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism of the First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physician Assistant Studies, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine ΙΙI, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Section on Medical Neuroendocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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Mendelian inheritance revisited: dominance and recessiveness in medical genetics. Nat Rev Genet 2023:10.1038/s41576-023-00574-0. [PMID: 36806206 DOI: 10.1038/s41576-023-00574-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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Understanding the consequences of genotype for phenotype (which ranges from molecule-level effects to whole-organism traits) is at the core of genetic diagnostics in medicine. Many measures of the deleteriousness of individual alleles exist, but these have limitations for predicting the clinical consequences. Various mechanisms can protect the organism from the adverse effects of functional variants, especially when the variant is paired with a wild type allele. Understanding why some alleles are harmful in the heterozygous state - representing dominant inheritance - but others only with the biallelic presence of pathogenic variants - representing recessive inheritance - is particularly important when faced with the deluge of rare genetic alterations identified by high throughput DNA sequencing. Both awareness of the specific quantitative and/or qualitative effects of individual variants and the elucidation of allelic and non-allelic interactions are essential to optimize genetic diagnosis and counselling.
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Snezhkina A, Fedorova M, Kobelyatskaya A, Markova D, Lantsova M, Ikonnikova A, Emelyanova M, Kalinin D, Pudova E, Melnikova N, Dmitriev A, Krasnov G, Pavlov V, Kudryavtseva A. The SDHD:p.H102R Variant Is Frequent in Russian Patients with Head and Neck Paragangliomas and Associated with Loss of 11p15.5 Region and Hypermethylation of H19-DMR. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 24:ijms24010628. [PMID: 36614070 PMCID: PMC9820527 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24010628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2022] [Revised: 12/26/2022] [Accepted: 12/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Head and neck paragangliomas (HNPGLs) are rare neuroendocrine neoplasms derived from the parasympathetic paraganglia of the head and neck. At least 30% of HNPGLs are linked to germline mutations, predominantly in SDHx genes. In this study, we analyzed an extended cohort of Russian patients with HNPGLs using whole-exome sequencing and found a highly frequent missense variant p.H102R in the SDHD gene. We determined this variant in 34% of the SDHD mutation carriers. This variant was associated with somatic loss of the gene wild-type allele. Data from the B allele frequency method and microsatellite and microdeletion analysis indicated evident LOH at the 11p15.5 region and potential loss of the whole of chromosome 11. We found hypermethylation of H19-DMR in all tumors, whereas differential methylation of KvDMR was mostly retained. These findings do not support the paternal transmission of SDHD:p.H102R but are in agreement with the Hensen model. Using targeted sequencing, we also studied the variant frequency in a control cohort; we found SDHD:p.H102R in 1.9% of cases, allowing us to classify this variant as pathogenic. The immunohistochemistry of SDHB showed that the SDHD:p.H102R mutation, even in combination with wild-type allele loss, does not always lead to SDH deficiency. The obtained results demonstrate the frequent variant associated with HNPGLs in a Russian population and support its pathogenicity. Our findings help with understanding the mechanism of tumorigenesis and are also important for the development of cost-effective genetic screening programs.
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- Anastasiya Snezhkina
- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
- Correspondence:
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow 117997, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
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Loughrey PB, Roncaroli F, Healy E, Weir P, Basetti M, Casey RT, Hunter SJ, Korbonits M. Succinate dehydrogenase and MYC-associated factor X mutations in pituitary neuroendocrine tumours. Endocr Relat Cancer 2022; 29:R157-R172. [PMID: 35938916 PMCID: PMC9513646 DOI: 10.1530/erc-22-0157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 08/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Pituitary neuroendocrine tumours (PitNETs) associated with paragangliomas or phaeochromocytomas are rare. SDHx variants are estimated to be associated with 0.3-1.8% of PitNETs. Only a few case reports have documented the association with MAX variants. Prolactinomas are the most common PitNETs occurring in patients with SDHx variants, followed by somatotrophinomas, clinically non-functioning tumours and corticotrophinomas. One pituitary carcinoma has been described. SDHC, SDHB and SDHA mutations are inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion and tumorigenesis seems to adhere to Knudson's two-hit hypothesis. SDHD and SDHAF2 mutations most commonly have paternal inheritance. Immunohistochemistry for SDHB or MAX and loss of heterozygosity analysis can support the assessment of pathogenicity of the variants. Metabolomics is promising in the diagnosis of SDHx-related disease. Future research should aim to further clarify the role of SDHx and MAX variants or other genes in the molecular pathogenesis of PitNETs, including pseudohypoxic and kinase signalling pathways along with elucidating epigenetic mechanisms to predict tumour behaviour.
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- Paul Benjamin Loughrey
- Patrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research, Queen’s University, Belfast, UK
- Regional Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast Health & Social Care Trust, Belfast, UK
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- Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre, Division of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology, School of Medicine, Manchester University, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Cellular Pathology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast Health & Social Care Trust, Belfast, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast Health & Social Care Trust, Belfast, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Endocrinology, Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Regional Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast Health & Social Care Trust, Belfast, UK
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- Centre for Endocrinology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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Moog S, Favier J. [Succinate dehydrogenase in cancer]. Med Sci (Paris) 2022; 38:255-262. [PMID: 35333162 DOI: 10.1051/medsci/2022024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) is a mitochondrial enzyme that participates in both the tricarboxylic acid cycle and the electron transport chain. Mutations in genes encoding SDH are responsible for a predisposition to pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas, and more rarely, to gastrointestinal stromal tumors or renal cell carcinomas. A decrease in SDH activity, not explained by genetics, has also been observed in more common cancers. One of the consequences of the inactivation of SDH is the excessive production of its substrate, succinate, which acts as an oncometabolite by promoting a pseudohypoxic status and an extensive epigenetic rearrangement. Understanding SDH-related oncogenesis now makes it possible to develop innovative diagnostic methods and to consider targeted therapies for the management of affected patients.
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- Sophie Moog
- Université de Paris, PARCC, Inserm UMR970, Équipe labellisée par la Ligue contre le cancer, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, PARCC, Inserm UMR970, Équipe labellisée par la Ligue contre le cancer, Paris, France
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Jhawar S, Arakawa Y, Kumar S, Varghese D, Kim YS, Roper N, Elloumi F, Pommier Y, Pacak K, Del Rivero J. New Insights on the Genetics of Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma and Its Clinical Implications. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:cancers14030594. [PMID: 35158861 PMCID: PMC8833412 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14030594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Revised: 01/19/2022] [Accepted: 01/20/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Simple Summary Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma (together PPGL) are rare neuroendocrine tumors that arise from chromaffin tissue and produce catecholamines. Approximately 40% of cases of PPGL carry a germline mutation, suggesting that they have a high degree of heritability. The underlying mutation influences the PPGL clinical presentation such as cell differentiation, specific catecholamine production, tumor location, malignant potential and genetic anticipation, which helps to better understand the clinical course and tailor treatment accordingly. Genetic testing for pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma allows an early detection of hereditary syndromes and facilitates a close follow-up of high-risk patients. In this review article, we present the most recent advances in the field of genetics and we discuss the latest guidelines on the surveillance of asymptomatic SDHx mutation carriers. Abstract Pheochromocytomas (PHEOs) and paragangliomas (PGLs) are rare neuroendocrine tumors that arise from chromaffin cells. PHEOs arise from the adrenal medulla, whereas PGLs arise from the neural crest localized outside the adrenal gland. Approximately 40% of all cases of PPGLs (pheochromocytomas/paragangliomas) are associated with germline mutations and 30–40% display somatic driver mutations. The mutations associated with PPGLs can be classified into three groups. The pseudohypoxic group or cluster I includes the following genes: SDHA, SDHB, SDHC, SDHD, SDHAF2, FH, VHL, IDH1/2, MHD2, EGLN1/2 and HIF2/EPAS; the kinase group or cluster II includes RET, NF1, TMEM127, MAX and HRAS; and the Wnt signaling group or cluster III includes CSDE1 and MAML3. Underlying mutations can help understand the clinical presentation, overall prognosis and surveillance follow-up. Here we are discussing the new genetic insights of PPGLs.
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- Sakshi Jhawar
- Life Bridge Health Center, Internal Medicine Program, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD 21215, USA
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- Developmental Therapeutics Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Developmental Therapeutics Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Developmental Therapeutics Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Developmental Therapeutics Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Developmental Therapeutics Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Developmental Therapeutics Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Developmental Therapeutics Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Section on Medical Neuroendocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Developmental Therapeutics Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Kuo MJM, Nazari MA, Jha A, Pacak K. Pediatric Metastatic Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma: Clinical Presentation and Diagnosis, Genetics, and Therapeutic Approaches. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2022; 13:936178. [PMID: 35903274 PMCID: PMC9314859 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2022.936178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2022] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Although pediatric pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PPGLs) are rare, they have important differences compared to those in adults. Unfortunately, without timely diagnosis and management, these tumors have a potentially devastating impact on pediatric patients. Pediatric PPGLs are more often extra-adrenal, multifocal/metastatic, and recurrent, likely due to these tumors being more commonly due to a genetic predisposition than in adults. This genetic risk results in disease manifestations at an earlier age giving these tumors time to advance before detection. In spite of these problematic features, advances in the molecular and biochemical characterization of PPGLs have heralded an age of increasingly personalized medicine. An understanding of the genetic basis for an individual patient's tumor provides insight into its natural history and can guide clinicians in management of this challenging disease. In pediatric PPGLs, mutations in genes related to pseudohypoxia are most commonly seen, including the von Hippel-Lindau gene (VHL) and succinate dehydrogenase subunit (SDHx) genes, with the highest risk for metastatic disease associated with variants in SDHB and SDHA. Such pathogenic variants are associated with a noradrenergic biochemical phenotype with resultant sustained catecholamine release and therefore persistent symptoms. This is in contrast to paroxysmal symptoms (e.g., episodic hypertension, palpitations, and diaphoresis/flushing) as seen in the adrenergic, or epinephrine-predominant, biochemical phenotype (due to episodic catecholamine release) that is commonly observed in adults. Additionally, PPGLs in children more often present with signs and symptoms of catecholamine excess. Therefore, children, adolescents, and young adults present differently from older adults (e.g., the prototypical presentation of palpitations, perspiration, and pounding headaches in the setting of an isolated adrenal mass). These presentations are a direct result of genetic determinants and highlight the need for pediatricians to recognize these differences in order to expedite appropriate evaluations, including genetic testing. Identification and familiarity with causative genes inform surveillance and treatment strategies to improve outcomes in pediatric patients with PPGL.
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- Mickey J. M. Kuo
- Medical Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
- Section on Medical Neuroendocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Section on Medical Neuroendocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Section on Medical Neuroendocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Section on Medical Neuroendocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
- *Correspondence: Karel Pacak,
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Garrett A, Loveday C, King L, Butler S, Robinson R, Horton C, Yussuf A, Choi S, Torr B, Durkie M, Burghel GJ, Drummond J, Berry I, Wallace A, Callaway A, Eccles D, Tischkowitz M, Tatton-Brown K, Snape K, McVeigh T, Izatt L, Woodward ER, Burnichon N, Gimenez-Roqueplo AP, Mazzarotto F, Whiffin N, Ware J, Hanson H, Pesaran T, LaDuca H, Buffet A, Maher ER, Turnbull C. Quantifying evidence toward pathogenicity for rare phenotypes: The case of succinate dehydrogenase genes, SDHB and SDHD. Genet Med 2021; 24:41-50. [PMID: 34906457 PMCID: PMC8759765 DOI: 10.1016/j.gim.2021.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2021] [Revised: 03/26/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The weight of the evidence to attach to observation of a novel rare missense variant in SDHB or SDHD in individuals with the rare neuroendocrine tumors, pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PCC/PGL), is uncertain. METHODS We compared the frequency of SDHB and SDHD very rare missense variants (VRMVs) in 6328 and 5847 cases of PCC/PGL, respectively, with that of population controls to generate a pan-gene VRMV likelihood ratio (LR). Via windowing analysis, we measured regional enrichments of VRMVs to calculate the domain-specific VRMV-LR (DS-VRMV-LR). We also calculated subphenotypic LRs for variant pathogenicity for various clinical, histologic, and molecular features. RESULTS We estimated the pan-gene VRMV-LR to be 76.2 (54.8-105.9) for SDHB and 14.8 (8.7-25.0) for SDHD. Clustering analysis revealed an SDHB enriched region (ɑɑ 177-260, P = .001) for which the DS-VRMV-LR was 127.2 (64.9-249.4) and an SDHD enriched region (ɑɑ 70-114, P = .000003) for which the DS-VRMV-LR was 33.9 (14.8-77.8). Subphenotypic LRs exceeded 6 for invasive disease (SDHB), head-and-neck disease (SDHD), multiple tumors (SDHD), family history of PCC/PGL, loss of SDHB staining on immunohistochemistry, and succinate-to-fumarate ratio >97 (SDHB, SDHD). CONCLUSION Using methodology generalizable to other gene-phenotype dyads, the LRs relating to rarity and phenotypic specificity for a single observation in PCC/PGL of a SDHB/SDHD VRMV can afford substantial evidence toward pathogenicity.
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- Alice Garrett
- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, United Kingdom
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, United Kingdom
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, United Kingdom
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- Central and South Genomic Laboratory Hub, Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- North East and Yorkshire Genomic Laboratory Hub, Central Lab, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, United Kingdom
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, United Kingdom
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- North East and Yorkshire Genomic Laboratory Hub, Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- The Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine and North West Genomic Laboratory Hub, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- East Genomic Laboratory Hub, Cambridge University Hospitals Genomic Laboratory, Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- North East and Yorkshire Genomic Laboratory Hub, Central Lab, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- The Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine and North West Genomic Laboratory Hub, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Central and South Genomics Laboratory Hub, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Salisbury Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Salisbury District Hospital, Salisbury, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; Human Genetics and Genomic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom; East Anglian Medical Genetics Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- St. George's University, London, United Kingdom; Department of Clinical Genetics, St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- St. George's University, London, United Kingdom; Department of Clinical Genetics, St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Genetics Unit, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Genetics, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre (MAHSC), Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom; Division of Evolution and Genomic Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre (MAHSC), University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- University of Paris, PARCC, INSERM, Equipe Labellisée par la Ligue contre le Cancer, Paris, France; Genetics Department, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
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- University of Paris, PARCC, INSERM, Equipe Labellisée par la Ligue contre le Cancer, Paris, France; Genetics Department, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
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- National Heart and Lung Institute and MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, London, United Kingdom
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- The Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; The Centre for Personalised Medicine, St Anne's College, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- National Heart and Lung Institute and MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, United Kingdom; Department of Clinical Genetics, St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- University of Paris, PARCC, INSERM, Equipe Labellisée par la Ligue contre le Cancer, Paris, France; Genetics Department, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, United Kingdom; Cancer Genetics Unit, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
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Amar L, Pacak K, Steichen O, Akker SA, Aylwin SJB, Baudin E, Buffet A, Burnichon N, Clifton-Bligh RJ, Dahia PLM, Fassnacht M, Grossman AB, Herman P, Hicks RJ, Januszewicz A, Jimenez C, Kunst HPM, Lewis D, Mannelli M, Naruse M, Robledo M, Taïeb D, Taylor DR, Timmers HJLM, Treglia G, Tufton N, Young WF, Lenders JWM, Gimenez-Roqueplo AP, Lussey-Lepoutre C. International consensus on initial screening and follow-up of asymptomatic SDHx mutation carriers. Nat Rev Endocrinol 2021; 17:435-444. [PMID: 34021277 PMCID: PMC8205850 DOI: 10.1038/s41574-021-00492-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Approximately 20% of patients diagnosed with a phaeochromocytoma or paraganglioma carry a germline mutation in one of the succinate dehydrogenase (SDHx) genes (SDHA, SDHB, SDHC and SDHD), which encode the four subunits of the SDH enzyme. When a pathogenic SDHx mutation is identified in an affected patient, genetic counselling is proposed for first-degree relatives. Optimal initial evaluation and follow-up of people who are asymptomatic but might carry SDHx mutations have not yet been agreed. Thus, we established an international consensus algorithm of clinical, biochemical and imaging screening at diagnosis and during surveillance for both adults and children. An international panel of 29 experts from 12 countries was assembled, and the Delphi method was used to reach a consensus on 41 statements. This Consensus Statement covers a range of topics, including age of first genetic testing, appropriate biochemical and imaging tests for initial tumour screening and follow-up, screening for rare SDHx-related tumours and management of elderly people who have an SDHx mutation. This Consensus Statement focuses on the management of asymptomatic SDHx mutation carriers and provides clinicians with much-needed guidance. The standardization of practice will enable prospective studies in the near future.
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- Laurence Amar
- Paris University, Hypertension unit, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, AP-HP, Paris, France.
- INSERM, PARCC, Equipe Labellisée par la Ligue contre le Cancer, Paris, France.
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- Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Sorbonne University, Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Tenon, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- St Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Gustave Roussy Institute and Paris Saclay University, Villejuif, France
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- INSERM, PARCC, Equipe Labellisée par la Ligue contre le Cancer, Paris, France
- Genetics Department, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- INSERM, PARCC, Equipe Labellisée par la Ligue contre le Cancer, Paris, France
- Genetics Department, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Department of Endocrinology, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW, Australia
- Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, Mays Cancer Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, University Hospital, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK
- NET Unit, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
- Centre for Endocrinology, Barts and the London School of Medicine, London, UK
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- ENT unit, Lariboisière Hospital, AP-HP, University of Paris, Paris, France
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Hypertension, National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Endocrine Neoplasia and Hormonal Disorders, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of ENT, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Endocrine Center, Ijinkai Takeda General Hospital and Clinical Research Institute, NHO Kyoto Medical Center, Kyoto, Japan
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- Hereditary Endocrine Cancer Group. Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO), Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras, Madrid, Spain
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- Aix-Marseille University, La Timone university hospital, European Center for Research in Medical Imaging, Marseille, France
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- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland
- Faculty of Biomedical sciences, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland
- Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- St Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- INSERM, PARCC, Equipe Labellisée par la Ligue contre le Cancer, Paris, France
- Genetics Department, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- INSERM, PARCC, Equipe Labellisée par la Ligue contre le Cancer, Paris, France.
- Sorbonne University, Nuclear medicine department, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France.
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Koenighofer M, Parzefall T, Frohne A, Frei E, Schoefer C, Laccone F, Feil P, Frei K, Lucas T. Incomplete penetrance of a novel SDHD variation causing familial head and neck paraganglioma. Clin Otolaryngol 2021; 46:1044-1049. [PMID: 33851515 PMCID: PMC8453574 DOI: 10.1111/coa.13782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2018] [Revised: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Objective Identification of variations in tumour suppressor genes encoding the tetrameric succinate dehydrogenase (SDHx) mitochondrial enzyme complex may lead to personalised therapeutic concepts for the orphan disease, familial paraganglioma (PGL) type 1‐5. We undertook to determine the causative variation in a family suffering from idiopathic early‐onset (22 ± 2 years) head and neck PGL by PCR and Sanger sequencing. Design Prospective genetic study. Setting Tertiary Referral Otolaryngology Centre. Participants Twelve family members. Main outcome measures Main outcomes were clinical analysis and SDH genotyping Results and Conclusions A novel heterozygous c.298delA frameshift variation in exon 3 of SDH subunit D (SDHD) was associated with a paternal transmission pattern of PGL in affected family members available to the study. Family history over five generations in adulthood indicated a variable penetrance for PGL inheritance in older generations. The c.298delA variant would cause translation of a 34‐residue C‐terminus distal to lysine residue 99 in the predicted transmembrane domain II of the full‐length sequence p.(Thr100LeufsTer35) and would affect the translation products of all protein‐coding SDHD isoforms containing transmembrane topologies required for positional integration in the inner mitochondrial membrane and complex formation. These results underly the importance of genetic screening for PGL also in cases of unclear inheritance, and variation carriers should benefit from screening and lifelong follow‐up.
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- Martin Koenighofer
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Center of Anatomy and Cell biology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Center of Anatomy and Cell biology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Center of Anatomy and Cell biology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Center of Anatomy and Cell biology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Papathomas TG, Suurd DPD, Pacak K, Tischler AS, Vriens MR, Lam AK, de Krijger RR. What Have We Learned from Molecular Biology of Paragangliomas and Pheochromocytomas? Endocr Pathol 2021; 32:134-153. [PMID: 33433885 DOI: 10.1007/s12022-020-09658-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Recent advances in molecular genetics and genomics have led to increased understanding of the aetiopathogenesis of pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PPGLs). Thus, pan-genomic studies now provide a comprehensive integrated genomic analysis of PPGLs into distinct molecularly defined subtypes concordant with tumour genotypes. In addition, new embryological discoveries have refined the concept of how normal paraganglia develop, potentially establishing a developmental basis for genotype-phenotype correlations for PPGLs. The challenge for modern pathology is to translate these scientific discoveries into routine practice, which will be based largely on histopathology for the foreseeable future. Here, we review recent progress concerning the cell of origin and molecular pathogenesis of PPGLs, including pathogenetic mechanisms, genetic susceptibility and molecular classification. The current roles and tools of pathologists are considered from a histopathological perspective, including differential diagnoses, genotype-phenotype correlations and the use of immunohistochemistry in identifying hereditary predisposition and validating genetic variants of unknown significance. Current and potential molecular prognosticators are also presented with the hope that predictive molecular biomarkers will be integrated into risk stratification scoring systems to assess the metastatic potential of these intriguing neoplasms and identify potential drug targets.
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- Thomas G Papathomas
- Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
- Gloucestershire Cellular Pathology Laboratory, Cheltenham General Hospital, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cheltenham, UK
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- Department of Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Section on Medical Neuroendocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- School of Medicine, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.
- Pathology Queensland, Gold Coast University Hospital, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.
- Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
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- Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
- Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Alexopoulos G, Sappington J, Mercier P, Bucholz R, Coppens J. Glomus jugulare tumor presenting as mastoiditis in a patient with familial paraganglioma syndrome: A case report and review of the literature. INTERDISCIPLINARY NEUROSURGERY 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inat.2019.100657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Sciacovelli M, Schmidt C, Maher ER, Frezza C. Metabolic Drivers in Hereditary Cancer Syndromes. ANNUAL REVIEW OF CANCER BIOLOGY-SERIES 2020. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-cancerbio-030419-033612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Cancer is a multifaceted disease in which inherited genetic variants can be important drivers of tumorigenesis. The discovery that germline mutations of metabolic genes predispose to familial forms of cancer caused a shift in our understanding of how metabolism contributes to tumorigenesis, providing evidence that metabolic alterations can be oncogenic. In this review, we focus on mitochondrial enzymes whose mutations predispose to familial cancer, and we fully appraise their involvement in cancer formation and progression. Elucidating the molecular mechanisms that orchestrate transformation in these diverse tumors may answer key biological questions about tumor formation and evolution, leading to the identification of new therapeutic targets of intervention.
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- Marco Sciacovelli
- MRC (Medical Research Council) Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, United Kingdom;,
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- MRC (Medical Research Council) Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, United Kingdom;,
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- Department of Medical Genetics, NIHR (National Institute of Health Research) Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, and Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
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- MRC (Medical Research Council) Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, United Kingdom;,
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Buffet A, Burnichon N, Favier J, Gimenez-Roqueplo AP. An overview of 20 years of genetic studies in pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma. Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab 2020; 34:101416. [PMID: 32295730 DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2020.101416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Paragangliomas and pheochromocytomas (PPGL) are rare neuroendocrine tumours characterized by a strong genetic determinism. Over the past 20 years, evolution of PPGL genetics has revealed that around 40% of PPGL are genetically determined, secondary to a germline mutation in one of more than twenty susceptibility genes reported so far. More than half of the mutations occur in one of the SDHx genes (SDHA, SDHB, SDHC, SDHD, SDHAF2), which encode the different subunits and assembly protein of a mitochondrial enzyme, succinate dehydrogenase. These susceptibility genes predispose to early forms (VHL, RET, SDHD, EPAS1, DLST), syndromic (RET, VHL, EPAS1, NF1, FH), multiple (SDHD, TMEM127, MAX, DLST, MDH2, GOT2) or malignant (SDHB, FH, SLC25A11) PPGL. The discovery of a germline mutation in one of these genes changes the patient's follow-up and allows genetic screening of affected families and the presymptomatic follow-up of relatives carrying a mutation.
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- Alexandre Buffet
- Université de Paris, PARCC, INSERM, Equipe Labellisée par la Ligue contre le Cancer, F-75015, Paris, France; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Service de Génétique, F-75015, Paris, France.
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- Université de Paris, PARCC, INSERM, Equipe Labellisée par la Ligue contre le Cancer, F-75015, Paris, France; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Service de Génétique, F-75015, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, PARCC, INSERM, Equipe Labellisée par la Ligue contre le Cancer, F-75015, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, PARCC, INSERM, Equipe Labellisée par la Ligue contre le Cancer, F-75015, Paris, France; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Service de Génétique, F-75015, Paris, France
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Castinetti F, Barlier A, Sebag F, Taieb D. Diagnostic des phéochromocytomes et paragangliomes. ONCOLOGIE 2020. [DOI: 10.3166/onco-2019-0050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Les phéochromocytomes et les paragangliomes sont des tumeurs rares responsables d’une surmorbidité et d’une surmortalité. Au cours de ces 20 dernières années, de nombreuses avancées ont permis de mieux les caractériser sur le plan phénotypique (via l’imagerie métabolique) et génotypique (avec la mise en évidence de nombreux gènes de prédisposition). La prise en charge d’un phéochromocytome ou d’un paragangliome nécessite désormais le recours à un centre expert dès la phase diagnostique. L’objectif de cette revue est de souligner les principales caractéristiques de ces tumeurs, et ce, afin de sensibiliser le clinicien aux différentes étapes permettant d’aboutir à une prise en charge optimale.
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Gómez AM, Soares DC, Costa AAB, Pereira DP, Achatz MI, Formiga MN. Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma: implications of germline mutation investigation for treatment, screening, and surveillance. ARCHIVES OF ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM 2019; 63:369-375. [PMID: 31365623 PMCID: PMC10528659 DOI: 10.20945/2359-3997000000145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2018] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Paraganglioma (PGL) and pheochromocytoma (PCC) are rare neuroendocrine tumors that were considered to be predominantly sporadic. However, with the identification of novel susceptibility genes over the last decade, it is currently estimated that up to 40% of cases can occur in the context of a hereditary syndrome. We aimed to characterize PGL/PCC families to exemplify the different scenarios in which hereditary syndromes can be suspected and to emphasize the importance for patients and their families of making an opportune genetic diagnosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Retrospective analysis of patients diagnosed with PGL/PCC. Germline mutations were studied using next-generation sequencing panels including SDHA, SDHB, SDHC and SDHD. Clinical data were collected from clinical records, and all patients received genetic counseling. RESULTS We describe 4 families with PGL/PCC and germline mutations in SDH complex genes. 2 families have SDHB mutations and 2 SDHD mutations. The clinical presentation of the patients and their families was heterogeneous, with some being atypical according to the literature. CONCLUSIONS PGL/PCC are more commonly associated with a germline mutation than any other cancer type, therefore, all individuals with these types of tumors should undergo genetic risk evaluation. NGS multigene panel testing is a cost-effective approach given the overlapping phenotypes. Individuals with germline mutations associated with PGL/PCC should undergo lifelong clinical, biochemical and imaging surveillance and their families should undergo genetic counseling. For all these reasons, it is critical that all medical staff can suspect and diagnose these inherited cancer predisposition syndromes.
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- Ana Milena Gómez
- Hospital Universitario San IgnacioBogotáColombiaHospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Departamento de OncogenéticaA.C. Camargo Cancer CenterSão PauloSPBrasilDepartamento de Oncogenética, A.C. Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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- Departamento de OncogenéticaA.C. Camargo Cancer CenterSão PauloSPBrasilDepartamento de Oncogenética, A.C. Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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- Departamento de OncogenéticaA.C. Camargo Cancer CenterSão PauloSPBrasilDepartamento de Oncogenética, A.C. Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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- Hospital Sírio-LibanêsCentro de OncologiaHospital Sírio-LibanêsSão PauloSPBrasilCentro de Oncologia, Hospital Sírio-Libanês, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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- Departamento de OncogenéticaA.C. Camargo Cancer CenterSão PauloSPBrasilDepartamento de Oncogenética, A.C. Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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Pheochromocytomas and Paragangliomas: Bypassing Cellular Respiration. Cancers (Basel) 2019; 11:cancers11050683. [PMID: 31100940 PMCID: PMC6562521 DOI: 10.3390/cancers11050683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2019] [Revised: 05/08/2019] [Accepted: 05/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PPGL) are rare neuroendocrine tumors that show the highest heritability of all human neoplasms and represent a paradoxical example of genetic heterogeneity. Amongst the elevated number of genes involved in the hereditary predisposition to the disease (at least nineteen) there are eleven tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle-related genes, some of which are also involved in the development of congenital recessive neurological disorders and other cancers such as cutaneous and uterine leiomyomas, gastrointestinal tumors and renal cancer. Somatic or germline mutation of genes encoding enzymes catalyzing pivotal steps of the TCA cycle not only disrupts cellular respiration, but also causes severe alterations in mitochondrial metabolite pools. These latter alterations lead to aberrant accumulation of “oncometabolites” that, in the end, may lead to deregulation of the metabolic adaptation of cells to hypoxia, inhibition of the DNA repair processes and overall pathological changes in gene expression. In this review, we will address the TCA cycle mutations leading to the development of PPGL, and we will discuss the relevance of these mutations for the transformation of neural crest-derived cells and potential therapeutic approaches based on the emerging knowledge of underlying molecular alterations.
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Vermalle M, Tabarin A, Castinetti F. [Hereditary pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma: screening and follow-up strategies in asymptomatic mutation carriers]. ANNALES D'ENDOCRINOLOGIE 2018; 79 Suppl 1:S10-S21. [PMID: 30213301 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4266(18)31234-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The management of pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma has deeply evolved over the last years due to the discovery of novel genes of susceptibility, especially SDHx, MAX and TMEM127. While the modalities of diagnosis and management of patients presenting with hereditary pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma are now well defined, screening and follow-up strategies for asymptomatic mutation carriers remain a matter of debate. This raises major questions as these asymptomatic patients will require a lifelong follow-up. The aim of this review is an attempt to give insights on the optimal screening and follow-up strategies of asymptomatic carriers of SDHx, MAX and TMEM127 mutations, with additional thoughts on the forensic and psychological aspects of the management of such patients with rare diseases.
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- Marie Vermalle
- Aix-Marseille université, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM), U1251, Marseille Medical Genetics (MMG), Marseille, France; Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille (AP-HM), département d'endocrinologie, hôpital de la Conception, centre de référence des maladies rares de l'hypophyse HYPO, 13005, Marseille, France.
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- Service d'endocrinologie, diabète et nutrition, USN Haut-Leveque, 33000 CHU Bordeaux, université Bordeaux, France
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- Aix-Marseille université, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM), U1251, Marseille Medical Genetics (MMG), Marseille, France; Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille (AP-HM), département d'endocrinologie, hôpital de la Conception, centre de référence des maladies rares de l'hypophyse HYPO, 13005, Marseille, France.
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Neumann HP, Young WF, Krauss T, Bayley JP, Schiavi F, Opocher G, Boedeker CC, Tirosh A, Castinetti F, Ruf J, Beltsevich D, Walz M, Groeben HT, von Dobschuetz E, Gimm O, Wohllk N, Pfeifer M, Lourenço DM, Peczkowska M, Patocs A, Ngeow J, Makay Ö, Shah NS, Tischler A, Leijon H, Pennelli G, Villar Gómez de Las Heras K, Links TP, Bausch B, Eng C. 65 YEARS OF THE DOUBLE HELIX: Genetics informs precision practice in the diagnosis and management of pheochromocytoma. Endocr Relat Cancer 2018; 25:T201-T219. [PMID: 29794110 DOI: 10.1530/erc-18-0085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2018] [Accepted: 05/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Although the authors of the present review have contributed to genetic discoveries in the field of pheochromocytoma research, we can legitimately ask whether these advances have led to improvements in the diagnosis and management of patients with pheochromocytoma. The answer to this question is an emphatic Yes! In the field of molecular genetics, the well-established axiom that familial (genetic) pheochromocytoma represents 10% of all cases has been overturned, with >35% of cases now attributable to germline disease-causing mutations. Furthermore, genetic pheochromocytoma can now be grouped into five different clinical presentation types in the context of the ten known susceptibility genes for pheochromocytoma-associated syndromes. We now have the tools to diagnose patients with genetic pheochromocytoma, identify germline mutation carriers and to offer gene-informed medical management including enhanced surveillance and prevention. Clinically, we now treat an entire family of tumors of the paraganglia, with the exact phenotype varying by specific gene. In terms of detection and classification, simultaneous advances in biochemical detection and imaging localization have taken place, and the histopathology of the paraganglioma tumor family has been revised by immunohistochemical-genetic classification by gene-specific antibody immunohistochemistry. Treatment options have also been substantially enriched by the application of minimally invasive and adrenal-sparing surgery. Finally and most importantly, it is now widely recognized that patients with genetic pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma syndromes should be treated in specialized centers dedicated to the diagnosis, treatment and surveillance of this rare neoplasm.
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- Hartmut P Neumann
- Section for Preventive MedicineUniversity Medical Center, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany
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- Division of EndocrinologyDiabetes, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, New York, USA
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- Department of RadiologyMedical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Human GeneticsLeiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Familial Cancer Clinic and OncoendocrinologyVeneto Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Padova, Italy
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- Familial Cancer Clinic and OncoendocrinologyVeneto Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Padova, Italy
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- Department of OtorhinolaryngologyHELIOS Hanseklinikum Stralsund, Stralsund, Germany
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- Sackler Faculty of MedicineTel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of EndocrinologyAix-Marseille Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), U1251, Marseille Medical Genetics (MMG), Marseille, France
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille (AP-HM)Hôpital de la Conception, Centre de Référence des Maladies Rares Hypophysaires HYPO, Marseille, France
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- Department of Nuclear MedicineFaculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Surgery and Center of Minimally-Invasive SurgeryKliniken Essen-Mitte, Essen, Germany
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- Section of Endocrine SurgeryClinic of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, Krankenhaus Reinbek, Academic Teaching Hospital University of Hamburg, Reinbek, Germany
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental MedicineFaculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
- Department of SurgeryRegion Östergötland, Linköping, Sweden
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- Endocrine SectionUniversidad de Chile, Hospital del Salvador, Santiago de Chile, Chile
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- Department of EndocrinologyUniversity Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Endocrine Genetics UnitEndocrinology Division, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo School of Medicine (FMUSP), Endocrine Oncology Division, Institute of Cancer of the State of São Paulo, FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil
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- HSA-SE 'Lendület' Hereditary Endocrine Tumor Research GroupHungarian Academy of Sciences and Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Lee Kong Chian School of MedicineNanyang Technological University Singapore and Cancer Genetics Service, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Division of Endocrine SurgeryDepartment of General Surgery, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of EndocrinologySeth G S Medical College, K.E.M. Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory MedicineTufts Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of PathologyUniversity of Helsinki, and HUSLAB, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medicine (DIMED)Surgical Pathology Unit, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of EndocrinologyUniversity of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medicine IIMedical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Genomic Medicine InstituteLerner Research Institute and Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Andrews KA, Ascher DB, Pires DEV, Barnes DR, Vialard L, Casey RT, Bradshaw N, Adlard J, Aylwin S, Brennan P, Brewer C, Cole T, Cook JA, Davidson R, Donaldson A, Fryer A, Greenhalgh L, Hodgson SV, Irving R, Lalloo F, McConachie M, McConnell VPM, Morrison PJ, Murday V, Park SM, Simpson HL, Snape K, Stewart S, Tomkins SE, Wallis Y, Izatt L, Goudie D, Lindsay RS, Perry CG, Woodward ER, Antoniou AC, Maher ER. Tumour risks and genotype-phenotype correlations associated with germline variants in succinate dehydrogenase subunit genes SDHB, SDHC and SDHD. J Med Genet 2018; 55:384-394. [PMID: 29386252 PMCID: PMC5992372 DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2017-105127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2017] [Revised: 01/05/2018] [Accepted: 01/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Germline pathogenic variants in SDHB/SDHC/SDHD are the most frequent causes of inherited phaeochromocytomas/paragangliomas. Insufficient information regarding penetrance and phenotypic variability hinders optimum management of mutation carriers. We estimate penetrance for symptomatic tumours and elucidate genotype-phenotype correlations in a large cohort of SDHB/SDHC/SDHD mutation carriers. METHODS A retrospective survey of 1832 individuals referred for genetic testing due to a personal or family history of phaeochromocytoma/paraganglioma. 876 patients (401 previously reported) had a germline mutation in SDHB/SDHC/SDHD (n=673/43/160). Tumour risks were correlated with in silico structural prediction analyses. RESULTS Tumour risks analysis provided novel penetrance estimates and genotype-phenotype correlations. In addition to tumour type susceptibility differences for individual genes, we confirmed that the SDHD:p.Pro81Leu mutation has a distinct phenotype and identified increased age-related tumour risks with highly destabilising SDHB missense mutations. By Kaplan-Meier analysis, the penetrance (cumulative risk of clinically apparent tumours) in SDHB and (paternally inherited) SDHD mutation-positive non-probands (n=371/67 with detailed clinical information) by age 60 years was 21.8% (95% CI 15.2% to 27.9%) and 43.2% (95% CI 25.4% to 56.7%), respectively. Risk of malignant disease at age 60 years in non-proband SDHB mutation carriers was 4.2%(95% CI 1.1% to 7.2%). With retrospective cohort analysis to adjust for ascertainment, cumulative tumour risks for SDHB mutation carriers at ages 60 years and 80 years were 23.9% (95% CI 20.9% to 27.4%) and 30.6% (95% CI 26.8% to 34.7%). CONCLUSIONS Overall risks of clinically apparent tumours for SDHB mutation carriers are substantially lower than initially estimated and will improve counselling of affected families. Specific genotype-tumour risk associations provides a basis for novel investigative strategies into succinate dehydrogenase-related mechanisms of tumourigenesis and the development of personalised management for SDHB/SDHC/SDHD mutation carriers.
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- Katrina A Andrews
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre and Cancer Research UK Cambridge Cancer Centre and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Instituto René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- West Midlands Regional Genetics service, Birmingham Women's Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre and Cancer Research UK Cambridge Cancer Centre and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK
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- Yorkshire Regional Genetics Service, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Endocrinology, King's College Hospital, London, UK
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- Northern Genetics Service, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Peninsula Clinical Genetics Service, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK
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- West Midlands Regional Genetics service, Birmingham Women's Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Sheffield Children's Hospital, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, St Michael's Hospital, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Medical Genetics, St. George's University of London, London, UK
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- Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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- Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, St Mary's Hospital, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- East of Scotland Regional Genetics Service, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK
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- Northern Ireland Regional Genetics Service, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast Health & Social Care Trust, Belfast, UK
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- Northern Ireland Regional Genetics Service, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast Health & Social Care Trust, Belfast, UK
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Addenbrooke's Treatment Centre, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- The Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Medical Genetics, St. George's University of London, London, UK
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- West Midlands Regional Genetics service, Birmingham Women's Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, St Michael's Hospital, Bristol, UK
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- West Midlands Regional Genetics service, Birmingham Women's Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Guy's Hospital, London, UK
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- East of Scotland Regional Genetics Service, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
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- Institute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
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- Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, St Mary's Hospital, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre and Cancer Research UK Cambridge Cancer Centre and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
- The Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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Multifocal Paraganglioma and Pheochromocytoma Due to Truncated SDHD Mutation. Urology 2018; 116:63-67. [PMID: 29545045 DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2018.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2017] [Revised: 12/24/2017] [Accepted: 01/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma (PPGL) are rare autosomal dominant disorders derived from the neural crest chromaffin tissues of the autonomic nervous system. The succinate dehydrogenase complex subunit D (SDHD) gene has been implicated as one of the pathogenic genes. Although more than 100 SDHD mutations have been reported, the phenotype-genotype association remains unclear. METHODS We reported a case of a patient who presented with multifocal PPGLs and with a rare SDHD mutation, and reviewed the phenotype-genotype association of SDHD. RESULTS We identified a pathogenic variant of SDHD (c.170-1G>T, NM_003002.3), which caused the complete deletion of exon 3 in the transcript and resulted in a shorter and unstable SDHD mRNA. And truncated SDHD mutations were prone to cause multifocal PPGL, whereas missense SDHD mutations usually caused unifocal lesions. CONCLUSION This is the first report linking the c.170-1G>T variant to multifocal tumors. We recommend whole-body imaging examinations and close, regular follow-up for these patients, given the risk of multifocal tumor development.
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Dias Pereira B, Nunes da Silva T, Bernardo AT, César R, Vara Luiz H, Pacak K, Mota-Vieira L. A Clinical Roadmap to Investigate the Genetic Basis of Pediatric Pheochromocytoma: Which Genes Should Physicians Think About? Int J Endocrinol 2018; 2018:8470642. [PMID: 29755524 PMCID: PMC5884154 DOI: 10.1155/2018/8470642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2017] [Accepted: 01/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Pheochromocytoma is very rare at a pediatric age, and when it is present, the probability of a causative genetic mutation is high. Due to high costs of genetic surveys and an increasing number of genes associated with pheochromocytoma, a sequential genetic analysis driven by clinical and biochemical phenotypes is advised. The published literature regarding the genetic landscape of pediatric pheochromocytoma is scarce, which may hinder the establishment of genotype-phenotype correlations and the selection of appropriate genetic testing at this population. In the present review, we focus on the clinical phenotypes of pediatric patients with pheochromocytoma in an attempt to contribute to an optimized genetic testing in this clinical context. We describe epidemiological data on the prevalence of pheochromocytoma susceptibility genes, including new genes that are expanding the genetic etiology of this neuroendocrine tumor in pediatric patients. The clinical phenotypes associated with a higher pretest probability for hereditary pheochromocytoma are presented, focusing on differences between pediatric and adult patients. We also describe new syndromes, as well as rates of malignancy and multifocal disease associated with these syndromes and pheochromocytoma susceptibility genes published more recently. Finally, we discuss new tools for genetic screening of patients with pheochromocytoma, with an emphasis on its applicability in a pediatric population.
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- Bernardo Dias Pereira
- Serviço de Endocrinologia e Nutrição, Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo de Ponta Delgada (EPER), Av. D. Manuel I, 9500-370 Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal
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- Serviço de Endocrinologia e Diabetes, Hospital Garcia de Orta (EPE), Av. Torrado da Silva, 2851-951 Almada, Setúbal, Portugal
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- Serviço de Cirurgia Geral, Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo de Ponta Delgada (EPER), Av. D. Manuel I, 9500-370 Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal
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- Serviço de Endocrinologia e Nutrição, Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo de Ponta Delgada (EPER), Av. D. Manuel I, 9500-370 Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal
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- Serviço de Endocrinologia e Diabetes, Hospital Garcia de Orta (EPE), Av. Torrado da Silva, 2851-951 Almada, Setúbal, Portugal
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- Section on Medical Neuroendocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD, NIH, Building 10 CRC 1E-3140 10 Center Drive MSC-1109, Bethesda, MD 20892-1109, USA
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- Unidade de Genética e Patologia Moleculares, Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo de Ponta Delgada (EPER), Av. D. Manuel I, 9500-370 Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal
- Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute (BioISI), Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal
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Neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) are a heterogenous group of tumours arising from neuroendocrine cells in several sites around the body. They include tumours of the gastroenteropancreatic system, phaeochromocytoma and paraganglioma and medullary thyroid cancer. In recent years, it has become increasingly apparent that a number of these tumours arise as a result of germline genetic mutations and are inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern. The number of genes implicated is increasing rapidly. Identifying which patients are likely to have a germline mutation enables clinicians to counsel patients adequately about their future disease risk, and allows for earlier detection of at-risk patients through family screening. The institution of screening and surveillance programmes may in turn lead to a major shift in presentation patterns for some of these tumours. In this review, we examine the features which may lead a clinician to suspect that a patient may have an inherited cause of a NET and we outline which underlying conditions should be suspected. We also discuss what type of screening may be appropriate in a variety of situations.
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- Triona O'Shea
- Centre of Endocrinology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK.
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- Centre of Endocrinology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
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