PMID- 37595638 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231120 LR - 20231124 IS - 1530-0285 (Electronic) IS - 0893-3952 (Linking) VI - 36 IP - 11 DP - 2023 Nov TI - Comprehensive Molecular Characterization of Polymorphous Adenocarcinoma, Cribriform Subtype: Identifying Novel Fusions and Fusion Partners. PG - 100305 LID - S0893-3952(23)00210-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.modpat.2023.100305 [doi] AB - Polymorphous adenocarcinoma (PAC) is a common, usually low-grade salivary gland carcinoma. While conventional PACs are most associated with PRKD1 p.E710D hotspot mutations, the cribriform subtype is often associated with gene fusions in PRKD1, PRKD2, or PRKD3. These fusions have been primarily identified by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis, with a minority evaluated by next-generation sequencing (NGS). Many of the reported fusions were detected by break-apart FISH probes and therefore have unknown partners or were negative by FISH altogether. In this study, we aimed to further characterize the fusions associated with PAC with NGS. Fifty-four PACs (exclusively cribriform and mixed/intermediate types to enrich the study for fusion-positive cases) were identified and subjected to NGS. Fifty-one cases were successfully sequenced, 28 of which demonstrated gene fusions involving PRKD1, PRKD2, or PRKD3. There were 10 cases with the PRKD1 p.E710D mutation. We identified a diverse group of fusion partners, including 13 novel partners, 3 of which were recurrent. The most common partners for the PRKD genes were ARID1A and ARID1B. The wide variety of involved genes is unlike in other salivary gland malignancies and warrants a broader strategy of sequencing for molecular confirmation for particularly challenging cases, as our NGS study shows. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Hahn, Elan AU - Hahn E AD - Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: elan.hahn@sinaihealth.ca. FAU - Xu, Bin AU - Xu B AD - Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York. FAU - Katabi, Nora AU - Katabi N AD - Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York. FAU - Dogan, Snjezana AU - Dogan S AD - Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York. FAU - Smith, Stephen M AU - Smith SM AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Laboratory Medicine Program, University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. FAU - Perez-Ordonez, Bayardo AU - Perez-Ordonez B AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Laboratory Medicine Program, University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. FAU - Patel, Paras B AU - Patel PB AD - ProPath, Dallas, Texas. FAU - MacMillan, Christina AU - MacMillan C AD - Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. FAU - Lubin, Daniel J AU - Lubin DJ AD - Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia. FAU - Gagan, Jeffrey AU - Gagan J AD - Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. FAU - Weinreb, Ilan AU - Weinreb I AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Laboratory Medicine Program, University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. FAU - Bishop, Justin A AU - Bishop JA AD - Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. LA - eng GR - P30 CA008748/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20230817 PL - United States TA - Mod Pathol JT - Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc JID - 8806605 SB - IM MH - Humans MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence MH - *Adenocarcinoma/genetics/pathology MH - *Salivary Gland Neoplasms/genetics/pathology MH - Mutation MH - Gene Fusion OTO - NOTNLM OT - PRKD OT - cribriform OT - gene fusions OT - head and neck pathology OT - molecular pathology OT - polymorphous adenocarcinoma OT - salivary gland tumors EDAT- 2023/08/19 11:42 MHDA- 2023/11/20 06:55 CRDT- 2023/08/18 19:22 PHST- 2023/04/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/07/12 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/08/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/11/20 06:55 [medline] PHST- 2023/08/19 11:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/08/18 19:22 [entrez] AID - S0893-3952(23)00210-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.modpat.2023.100305 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mod Pathol. 2023 Nov;36(11):100305. doi: 10.1016/j.modpat.2023.100305. Epub 2023 Aug 17.