Evolution of DNA repair defects during malignant progression of low-grade gliomas after temozolomide treatment

Hinke F. van Thuijl, Tali Mazor, Brett E. Johnson, Shaun D. Fouse, Koki Aihara, Chibo Hong, Annika Malmström, Martin Hallbeck, Jan J. Heimans, Jenneke J. Kloezeman, Marie Stenmark-Askmalm, Martine L.M. Lamfers, Nobuhito Saito, Hiroyuki Aburatani, Akitake Mukasa, Mitchell S. Berger, Peter Söderkvist, Barry S. Taylor, Annette M. Molinaro, Pieter WesselingJaap C. Reijneveld, Susan M. Chang, Bauke Ylstra, Joseph F. Costello

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Temozolomide (TMZ) increases the overall survival of patients with glioblastoma (GBM), but its role in the clinical management of diffuse low-grade gliomas (LGG) is still being defined. DNA hypermethylation of the O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) promoter is associated with an improved response to TMZ treatment, while inactivation of the DNA mismatch repair (MMR) pathway is associated with therapeutic resistance and TMZ-induced mutagenesis. We previously demonstrated that TMZ treatment of LGG induces driver mutations in the RB and AKT–mTOR pathways, which may drive malignant progression to secondary GBM. To better understand the mechanisms underlying TMZ-induced mutagenesis and malignant progression, we explored the evolution of MGMT methylation and genetic alterations affecting MMR genes in a cohort of 34 treatment-naïve LGGs and their recurrences. Recurrences with TMZ-associated hypermutation had increased MGMT methylation compared to their untreated initial tumors and higher overall MGMT methylation compared to TMZ-treated non-hypermutated recurrences. A TMZ-associated mutation in one or more MMR genes was observed in five out of six TMZ-treated hypermutated recurrences. In two cases, pre-existing heterozygous deletions encompassing MGMT, or an MMR gene, were followed by TMZ-associated mutations in one of the genes of interest. These results suggest that tumor cells with methylated MGMT may undergo positive selection during TMZ treatment in the context of MMR deficiency.

Originele taal-2Engels
Pagina's (van-tot)597-607
Aantal pagina's11
TijdschriftActa Neuropathologica
Volume129
Nummer van het tijdschrift4
DOI's
StatusGepubliceerd - 1 apr. 2015
Extern gepubliceerdJa

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