Exome sequencing of desmoplastic melanoma identifies recurrent NFKBIE promoter mutations and diverse activating mutations in the MAPK pathway. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Desmoplastic melanoma is an uncommon variant of melanoma with sarcomatous histology, distinct clinical behavior and unknown pathogenesis. We performed low-coverage genome and high-coverage exome sequencing of 20 desmoplastic melanomas, followed by targeted sequencing of 293 genes in a validation cohort of 42 cases. A high mutation burden (median of 62 mutations/Mb) ranked desmoplastic melanoma among the most highly mutated cancers. Mutation patterns strongly implicate ultraviolet radiation as the dominant mutagen, indicating a superficially located cell of origin. Newly identified alterations included recurrent promoter mutations of NFKBIE, encoding NF-κB inhibitor ɛ (IκBɛ), in 14.5% of samples. Common oncogenic mutations in melanomas, in particular in BRAF (encoding p.Val600Glu) and NRAS (encoding p.Gln61Lys or p.Gln61Arg), were absent. Instead, other genetic alterations known to activate the MAPK and PI3K signaling cascades were identified in 73% of samples, affecting NF1, CBL, ERBB2, MAP2K1, MAP3K1, BRAF, EGFR, PTPN11, MET, RAC1, SOS2, NRAS and PIK3CA, some of which are candidates for targeted therapies.

publication date

  • September 7, 2015

Research

keywords

  • Exome
  • I-kappa B Proteins
  • MAP Kinase Signaling System
  • Melanoma
  • Mutation
  • Promoter Regions, Genetic
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC4589486

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84942988862

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1038/ng.3382

PubMed ID

  • 26343386

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 47

issue

  • 10