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Lateralized overgrowth with vascular malformation caused by a somatic PTPN11 pathogenic variant: Another piece added to the puzzle of mosaic RASopathies.


ABSTRACT: Lateralized/segmental overgrowth disorders (LOs) encompass a heterogeneous group of congenital conditions with excessive body tissue growth. Documented molecular alterations in LOs mostly consist of somatic variants in genes of the PI3KCA/AKT/mTOR pathway or of chromosome band 11p15.5 imprinted region anomalies. In some cases, somatic pathogenic variants in genes of the RAS/MAPK pathway have been reported. We present the first case of a somatic pathogenic variant (T507K) in PTPN11 causing a LO phenotype characterized by severe lateralized overgrowth, vascular proliferation, and cerebral astrocytoma. The T507K variant was detected in DNA from overgrown tissue in a leg with capillary malformation. The astrocytoma tissue showed a higher PTPN11 variant allele frequency. A pathogenic variant in FGFR1 was also found in tumor tissue, representing a second hit on the RAS/MAPK pathway. These findings indicate that RAS/MAPK cascade overactivation can cause mosaic overgrowth phenotypes resembling PIK3CA-related overgrowth disorders (PROS) with cancer predisposition and are consistent with the hypothesis that RAS/MAPK hyperactivation can be involved in the pathogenesis of astrocytoma. This observation raises the issue of cancer predisposition in patients with RAS/MAPK pathway gene variants and expands genotype spectrum of LOs and the treatment options for similar cases through inhibition of the RAS/MAPK oversignaling.

SUBMITTER: Mussa A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9542063 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Lateralized overgrowth with vascular malformation caused by a somatic PTPN11 pathogenic variant: Another piece added to the puzzle of mosaic RASopathies.

Mussa Alessandro A   Turchiano Antonella A   Cardaropoli Simona S   Coppo Paola P   Pantaleo Antonino A   Bagnulo Rosanna R   Ranieri Carlotta C   Iacoviello Matteo M   Garganese Antonella A   Stella Alessandro A   Vallero Stefano Gabriele SG   Bertin Daniele D   Santoro Federica F   Carli Diana D   Ferrero Giovanni Battista GB   Resta Nicoletta N  

Genes, chromosomes & cancer 20220716 11


Lateralized/segmental overgrowth disorders (LOs) encompass a heterogeneous group of congenital conditions with excessive body tissue growth. Documented molecular alterations in LOs mostly consist of somatic variants in genes of the PI3KCA/AKT/mTOR pathway or of chromosome band 11p15.5 imprinted region anomalies. In some cases, somatic pathogenic variants in genes of the RAS/MAPK pathway have been reported. We present the first case of a somatic pathogenic variant (T507K) in PTPN11 causing a LO p  ...[more]

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