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TERT promoter mutations and prognosis in solitary fibrous tumor.


ABSTRACT: Solitary fibrous tumor is a mesenchymal neoplasm exhibiting a broad spectrum of biological behavior and harboring the NAB2-STAT6 fusion. Clinicopathologic parameters are currently used in risk-prediction models for solitary fibrous tumor, but the molecular determinants of malignancy in solitary fibrous tumors remain unknown. We proposed that the activation of telomere maintenance pathways confers a perpetual malignant phenotype to these tumors. Therefore, we investigated telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) reactivation induced by promoter mutations as a potential molecular mechanism for aggressive clinical behavior in solitary fibrous tumor. The retrospective study included tumor samples from 94 patients with solitary fibrous tumor (31 thoracic and 63 extra-thoracic). Follow-up information was available for 68 patients (median, 46 months). TERT promoter mutation analysis was performed by PCR and Sanger sequencing, and TERT mRNA expression was assessed by real-time quantitative reverse transcription PCR. Patients were stratified into clinicopathologic subgroups (high-risk (n=20), moderate-risk (n=28), and low-risk (n=46)) according to the risk-stratification model proposed by Demicco et al. TERT promoter mutations were identified in 26 of 94 (28%) solitary fibrous tumors: -124C>T in 23 tumors (88%), -124C>A in 1 tumor (4%), and -146C>T in 2 tumors (8%). Real-time quantitative reverse transcription PCR revealed that TERT mRNA expression was higher in all solitary fibrous tumors with the mutant TERT promoter than those with the wild-type TERT promoter. TERT promoter mutations were strongly associated with high-risk clinicopathologic characteristics and outcome. An adverse event (relapse, death) occurred in 16 of 68 (24%) patients, 12 with solitary fibrous tumors with TERT promoter mutations and 4 with the wild-type TERT promoter. TERT promoter mutations were strongly associated with older age (P=0.006), larger tumor size (P=0.000002), higher risk classifications (P=2.9 × 10-9), and a worse event-free survival (P=0.0082). Thus, TERT promoter mutations in solitary fibrous tumor influence gene expression and are associated with adverse patient outcome. Integrating TERT promoter mutational status with existing multivariable risk-prediction models might improve risk prediction in patients with solitary fibrous tumor.

SUBMITTER: Bahrami A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5731237 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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TERT promoter mutations and prognosis in solitary fibrous tumor.

Bahrami Armita A   Bahrami Armita A   Lee Seungjae S   Schaefer Inga-Marie IM   Boland Jennifer M JM   Patton Kurt T KT   Pounds Stanley S   Fletcher Christopher D CD  

Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc 20160826 12


Solitary fibrous tumor is a mesenchymal neoplasm exhibiting a broad spectrum of biological behavior and harboring the NAB2-STAT6 fusion. Clinicopathologic parameters are currently used in risk-prediction models for solitary fibrous tumor, but the molecular determinants of malignancy in solitary fibrous tumors remain unknown. We proposed that the activation of telomere maintenance pathways confers a perpetual malignant phenotype to these tumors. Therefore, we investigated telomerase reverse trans  ...[more]

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