PMID- 19901108 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100121 LR - 20211020 IS - 1527-7755 (Electronic) IS - 0732-183X (Print) IS - 0732-183X (Linking) VI - 27 IP - 36 DP - 2009 Dec 20 TI - Mutations of e3 ubiquitin ligase cbl family members constitute a novel common pathogenic lesion in myeloid malignancies. PG - 6109-16 LID - 10.1200/JCO.2009.23.7503 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: Acquired somatic uniparental disomy (UPD) is commonly observed in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasms (MDS/MPN), or secondary acute myelogenous leukemia (sAML) and may point toward genes harboring mutations. Recurrent UPD11q led to identification of homozygous mutations in c-Cbl, an E3 ubiquitin ligase involved in attenuation of proliferative signals transduced by activated receptor tyrosine kinases. We examined the role and frequency of Cbl gene family mutations in MPN and related conditions. METHODS: We applied high-density SNP-A karyotyping to identify loss of heterozygosity of 11q in 442 patients with MDS, MDS/MPN, MPN, sAML evolved from these conditions, and primary AML. We sequenced c-Cbl, Cbl-b, and Cbl-c in patients with or without corresponding UPD or deletions and correlated mutational status with clinical features and outcomes. RESULTS: We identified c-Cbl mutations in 5% and 9% of patients with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) and sAML, and also in CML blast crisis and juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML). Most mutations were homozygous and affected c-Cbl; mutations in Cbl-b were also found in patients with similar clinical features. Patients with Cbl family mutations showed poor prognosis, with a median survival of 5 months. Pathomorphologic features included monocytosis, monocytoid blasts, aberrant expression of phosphoSTAT5, and c-kit overexpression. Serial studies showed acquisition of c-Cbl mutations during malignant evolution. CONCLUSION: Mutations in the Cbl family RING finger domain or linker sequence constitute important pathogenic lesions associated with not only preleukemic CMML, JMML, and other MPN, but also progression to AML, suggesting that impairment of degradation of activated tyrosine kinases constitutes an important cancer mechanism. FAU - Makishima, Hideki AU - Makishima H AD - Taussig Cancer Institute/R40, 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland OH 44195, USA. FAU - Cazzolli, Heather AU - Cazzolli H FAU - Szpurka, Hadrian AU - Szpurka H FAU - Dunbar, Andrew AU - Dunbar A FAU - Tiu, Ramon AU - Tiu R FAU - Huh, Jungwon AU - Huh J FAU - Muramatsu, Hideki AU - Muramatsu H FAU - O'Keefe, Christine AU - O'Keefe C FAU - Hsi, Eric AU - Hsi E FAU - Paquette, Ronald L AU - Paquette RL FAU - Kojima, Seiji AU - Kojima S FAU - List, Alan F AU - List AF FAU - Sekeres, Mikkael A AU - Sekeres MA FAU - McDevitt, Michael A AU - McDevitt MA FAU - Maciejewski, Jaroslaw P AU - Maciejewski JP LA - eng GR - K24 HL077522/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL082983/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - U54 RR019391/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - K24 HL-077522/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01HL-082983/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - S10 RR019391/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20091109 PL - United States TA - J Clin Oncol JT - Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology JID - 8309333 RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-cbl) SB - IM MH - Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11 MH - Frameshift Mutation MH - Humans MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - Karyotyping MH - Multivariate Analysis MH - *Mutation MH - Myeloproliferative Disorders/*enzymology/*genetics/pathology MH - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-cbl/*genetics/metabolism MH - Uniparental Disomy/genetics PMC - PMC3040009 COIS- Authors' disclosures of potential conflicts of interest and author contributions are found at the end of this article. EDAT- 2009/11/11 06:00 MHDA- 2010/01/22 06:00 PMCR- 2010/12/20 CRDT- 2009/11/11 06:00 PHST- 2009/11/11 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/11/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/01/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2010/12/20 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - JCO.2009.23.7503 [pii] AID - 37503 [pii] AID - 10.1200/JCO.2009.23.7503 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Clin Oncol. 2009 Dec 20;27(36):6109-16. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2009.23.7503. Epub 2009 Nov 9.