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Jain P, Surrey LF, Straka J, Russo P, Womer R, Li MM, Storm PB, Waanders AJ, Hogarty MD, Resnick AC, Picarsic J. BRAF fusions in pediatric histiocytic neoplasms define distinct therapeutic responsiveness to RAF paradox breakers. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2021; 68:e28933. [PMID: 33565241 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.28933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2020] [Accepted: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
Abstract
Pediatric histiocytic neoplasms are hematopoietic disorders frequently driven by the BRAF-V600E mutation. Here, we identified two BRAF gene fusions (novel MTAP-BRAF and MS4A6A-BRAF) in two aggressive histiocytic neoplasms. In contrast to previously described BRAF fusions, MTAP-BRAF and MS4A6A-BRAF do not respond to the paradox breaker RAF inhibitor (RAFi) PLX8394 due to stable fusion dimerization mediated by the N-terminal fusion partners. This highlights a significant and clinically relevant shift from the current dogma that BRAF-fusions respond similarly to BRAF-inhibitors. As an alternative, we show suppression of fusion-driven oncogenic growth with the pan-RAFi LY3009120 and MEK inhibition.
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Affiliation(s)
- Payal Jain
- Center for Data Driven Discovery in Biomedicine (D3B), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
| | - Lea F Surrey
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
| | - Joshua Straka
- Center for Data Driven Discovery in Biomedicine (D3B), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
| | - Pierre Russo
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
| | - Richard Womer
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
| | - Marilyn M Li
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
| | - Phillip B Storm
- Center for Data Driven Discovery in Biomedicine (D3B), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.,Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.,Division of Neurosurgery, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
| | - Angela J Waanders
- Department of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
| | - Michael D Hogarty
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
| | - Adam C Resnick
- Center for Data Driven Discovery in Biomedicine (D3B), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
| | - Jennifer Picarsic
- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.,Department of Pathology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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