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Alvarez-Twose I, Matito A, Morgado JM, Sánchez-Muñoz L, Jara-Acevedo M, García-Montero A, Mayado A, Caldas C, Teodósio C, Muñoz-González JI, Mollejo M, Escribano L, Orfao A. Imatinib in systemic mastocytosis: a phase IV clinical trial in patients lacking exon 17 KIT mutations and review of the literature. Oncotarget 2016; 8:68950-68963. [PMID: 28978170 PMCID: PMC5620310 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.10711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2016] [Accepted: 05/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Resistance to imatinib has been recurrently reported in systemic mastocytosis (SM) carrying exon 17 KIT mutations. We evaluated the efficacy and safety of imatinib therapy in 10 adult SM patients lacking exon 17 KIT mutations, 9 of which fulfilled criteria for well-differentiated SM (WDSM). The World Health Organization 2008 disease categories among WDSM patients were mast cell (MC) leukemia (n = 3), indolent SM (n = 3) and cutaneous mastocytosis (n = 3); the remainder case had SM associated with a clonal haematological non-MC disease. Patients were given imatinib for 12 months -400 or 300 mg daily depending on the presence vs. absence of > 30% bone marrow (BM) MCs and/or signs of advanced disease-. Absence of exon 17 KIT mutations was confirmed in highly-purified BM MCs by peptide nucleic acid-mediated PCR, while mutations involving other exons were investigated by direct sequencing of purified BM MC DNA. Complete response (CR) was defined as resolution of BM MC infiltration, skin lesions, organomegalies and MC-mediator release-associated symptoms, plus normalization of serum tryptase. Criteria for partial response (PR) included ≥ 50% reduction in BM MC infiltration and improvement of skin lesions and/or organomegalies. Treatment was well-tolerated with an overall response rate of 50%, including early and sustained CR in four patients, three of whom had extracellular mutations of KIT, and PR in one case. This later patient and all non-responders (n = 5) showed wild-type KIT. These results together with previous data from the literature support the relevance of the KIT mutational status in selecting SM patients who are candidates for imatinib therapy.
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Affiliation(s)
- Iván Alvarez-Twose
- Instituto de Estudios de Mastocitosis de Castilla La Mancha (CLMast), Hospital Virgen del Valle, Toledo, Spain.,Spanish Network on Mastocytosis (REMA), Toledo and Salamanca, Spain
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- Instituto de Estudios de Mastocitosis de Castilla La Mancha (CLMast), Hospital Virgen del Valle, Toledo, Spain.,Spanish Network on Mastocytosis (REMA), Toledo and Salamanca, Spain
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- Instituto de Estudios de Mastocitosis de Castilla La Mancha (CLMast), Hospital Virgen del Valle, Toledo, Spain.,Spanish Network on Mastocytosis (REMA), Toledo and Salamanca, Spain
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- Instituto de Estudios de Mastocitosis de Castilla La Mancha (CLMast), Hospital Virgen del Valle, Toledo, Spain.,Spanish Network on Mastocytosis (REMA), Toledo and Salamanca, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación del Cáncer/IBMCC (USAL/CSIC) and IBSAL, Departamento de Medicina and Servicio General de Citometría, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.,Spanish Network on Mastocytosis (REMA), Toledo and Salamanca, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación del Cáncer/IBMCC (USAL/CSIC) and IBSAL, Departamento de Medicina and Servicio General de Citometría, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.,Spanish Network on Mastocytosis (REMA), Toledo and Salamanca, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación del Cáncer/IBMCC (USAL/CSIC) and IBSAL, Departamento de Medicina and Servicio General de Citometría, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.,Spanish Network on Mastocytosis (REMA), Toledo and Salamanca, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación del Cáncer/IBMCC (USAL/CSIC) and IBSAL, Departamento de Medicina and Servicio General de Citometría, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.,Spanish Network on Mastocytosis (REMA), Toledo and Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Erasmus Medical Center, University of Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Centro de Investigación del Cáncer/IBMCC (USAL/CSIC) and IBSAL, Departamento de Medicina and Servicio General de Citometría, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.,Spanish Network on Mastocytosis (REMA), Toledo and Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Hospital Virgen de la Salud, Toledo, Spain.,Spanish Network on Mastocytosis (REMA), Toledo and Salamanca, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación del Cáncer/IBMCC (USAL/CSIC) and IBSAL, Departamento de Medicina and Servicio General de Citometría, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.,Spanish Network on Mastocytosis (REMA), Toledo and Salamanca, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación del Cáncer/IBMCC (USAL/CSIC) and IBSAL, Departamento de Medicina and Servicio General de Citometría, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.,Spanish Network on Mastocytosis (REMA), Toledo and Salamanca, Spain
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Orfao A, Garcia-Montero AC, Sanchez L, Escribano L. Recent advances in the understanding of mastocytosis: the role of KIT mutations. Br J Haematol 2007; 138:12-30. [PMID: 17555444 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2007.06619.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Mastocytosis is a heterogeneous disorder characterised by the expansion and accumulation of mast cells in different organs and tissues. Mast cell physiology is closely dependent on activation of the stem cell factor/Kit signalling pathways and accumulating evidences confirm the physiopathological key role of activating KIT mutations (typically D816V) in mastocytosis and their relationship with the clinical manifestations of the disease. This paper reviews the most recent advances in the understanding of the molecular mechanisms associated with KIT mutations in mastocytosis, including recent data about the use of new therapies targeting the Kit molecule and its associated downstream signalling pathways.
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- Alberto Orfao
- Centro de Investigación del Cáncer/IBMCC, Departamento de Medicina and Servicio General de Citometría, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
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