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Lynch syndrome-associated ultra-hypermutated pediatric glioblastoma mimicking a constitutional mismatch repair deficiency syndrome.


ABSTRACT: Pediatric glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) has a poor prognosis as a result of recurrence after treatment of surgery and radiochemotherapy. A small subset of pediatric GBMs presenting with an ultra-high tumor mutational burden (TMB) may be sensitive to immune checkpoint inhibition. Here we report a 16-yr-old male with an ultra-hypermutated GBM. After incomplete surgical resection, molecular analysis of the tumor identified unusually high numbers of mutations and intratumor heterogeneity by a hotspot next-generation sequencing (NGS) panel. Further comprehensive molecular profiling identified a TMB of 343 mutations/Mb. An ultra-hypermutation genotype in pediatric GBMs is suggestive of a constitutive mismatch repair deficiency syndrome (CMMRD), which often acquires additional somatic driver mutations in replicating DNA polymerase genes. Tumor sequencing identified two MSH6 nonsense variants, a hotspot POLE mutation and a mutational signature supportive of a germline MMR deficiency with a somatic POLE mutation. However, constitutional testing identified only one nonsense MSH6 variant consistent with a Lynch syndrome diagnosis. This case represents the first confirmed Lynch syndrome case mimicking CMMRD by manifesting as an ultra-hypermutated pediatric GBM, following somatic mutations in MSH6 and POLE These findings permitted the patient's enrollment in an anti-PD-1 clinical trial for children with ultra-hypermutated GBM. Immunotherapy response has resulted in the patient's stable condition for over more than 1 year postdiagnosis.

SUBMITTER: Yang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6824252 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Lynch syndrome-associated ultra-hypermutated pediatric glioblastoma mimicking a constitutional mismatch repair deficiency syndrome.

Yang Chen C   Austin Frances F   Richard Hope H   Idowu Michael M   Williamson Vernell V   Sabato Fernanda F   Ferreira-Gonzalez Andrea A   Turner Scott A SA  

Cold Spring Harbor molecular case studies 20191023 5


Pediatric glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) has a poor prognosis as a result of recurrence after treatment of surgery and radiochemotherapy. A small subset of pediatric GBMs presenting with an ultra-high tumor mutational burden (TMB) may be sensitive to immune checkpoint inhibition. Here we report a 16-yr-old male with an ultra-hypermutated GBM. After incomplete surgical resection, molecular analysis of the tumor identified unusually high numbers of mutations and intratumor heterogeneity by a hotspo  ...[more]

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