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Genes identified through genome-wide association studies of osteonecrosis in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients.

ABSTRACT: Aim: To evaluate top-ranking genes identified through genome-wide association studies for an association with corticosteroid-related osteonecrosis in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who received Dana-Farber Cancer Institute treatment protocols. Patients & methods: Lead SNPs from these studies, as well as other variants in the same genes, pooled from whole exome sequencing data, were analyzed for an association with osteonecrosis in childhood ALL patients from Quebec cohort. Top-ranking variants were verified in the replication patient group. Results: The analyses of variants in the ACP1-SH3YL1 locus derived from whole exome sequencing data showed an association of several correlated SNPs (rs11553746, rs2290911, rs7595075, rs2306060 and rs79716074). The rs79716074 defines *B haplotype of the APC1 gene, which is well known for its functional role. Conclusion: This study confirms implication of the ACP1 gene in the treatment-related osteonecrosis in childhood ALL and identifies novel, potentially causal variant of this complication.

SUBMITTER: Gagne V

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7026765 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Genes identified through genome-wide association studies of osteonecrosis in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients.

Gagné Vincent V Aubry-Morin Anne A Plesa Maria M Abaji Rachid R Petrykey Kateryna K St-Onge Pascal P Beaulieu Patrick P Laverdière Caroline C Alos Nathalie N Leclerc Jean-Marie JM Sallan Stephen E SE Neuberg Donna D Kutok Jeffery L JL Silverman Lewis B LB Sinnett Daniel D Krajinovic Maja M

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<b>Aim:</b> To evaluate top-ranking genes identified through genome-wide association studies for an association with corticosteroid-related osteonecrosis in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who received Dana-Farber Cancer Institute treatment protocols. <b>Patients & methods:</b> Lead SNPs from these studies, as well as other variants in the same genes, pooled from whole exome sequencing data, were analyzed for an association with osteonecrosis in childhood ALL patients from Quebe ...[more]

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Project description:Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most frequent childhood cancer. For the last three decades, conventional cytogenetic and molecular approaches allowed the identification of genetic abnormalities having prognostic and therapeutic relevance. Although the current cure rate in pediatric B cell acute leukemia is approximately 90%, it remains one of the leading causes of mortality in childhood. Furthermore, in the contemporary protocols, chemotherapy intensity was raised to the maximal levels of tolerability, and further improvements in the outcome will depend on the characterization and reclassification of the disease, as well as on the development of new targeted drugs. The recent technological advances in genome-wide profiling techniques have allowed the exploration of the molecular heterogeneity of this disease, even though some potentially interesting biomarkers such as conjoined genes have not been deeply investigated yet. In the present study, we performed the transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq) of 10 pediatric B cell precursor (BCP)-ALL cases with different risk (four standard- and six high-risk patients) enrolled in the Italian AIEOP-BFM ALL2000 protocol, in order to characterize the full spectrum of transcriptional events and to identify novel potential genetic mechanisms sustaining their different early response to therapy. Total RNA was extracted from primary leukemic blasts and RNA-seq was performed by Illumina technology. Bioinformatics analysis focused on fusion transcripts, originated from either inter- or intra-chromosomal structural rearrangements. Starting from a raw list of 9001 candidate events, by employing a custom-made bioinformatics pipeline, we obtained a short list of 245 candidate fusions. Among them, 10 events were compatible with chromosomal translocations. Strikingly, 235/245 events were intra-chromosomal fusions, 229 of which involved two contiguous or overlapping genes, resulting in the so-called conjoined genes (CGs). To explore the specificity of these events in leukemia, we performed an extensive bioinformatics meta-analysis and evaluated the presence of the fusions identified in our 10 BCP-ALL cohort in several other publicly available RNA-seq datasets, including leukemic, solid tumor and normal sample collections. Overall, 14/229 (6.1%) CGs were found to be exclusively expressed in leukemic cases, suggesting an association between CGs and leukemia. Moreover, CGs were found to be common events both in standard- and high-risk BCP-ALL patients and it might be suggestive of a novel potential transcriptional regulation mechanism active in leukemic cells.

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Genes identified through genome-wide association studies of osteonecrosis in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients.

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Genes identified through genome-wide association studies of osteonecrosis in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients.

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