Journal
TUMOR BIOLOGY
Volume 37, Issue 8, Pages 10107-10114Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1007/s13277-015-4716-0
Keywords
SRSF2 mutation; High-resolution melting analysis; Acute myeloid leukemia; Prognosis
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- National Natural Science foundation of China [81172592, 81270630]
- Six major talent summit project in Jiangsu Province [WSN-112]
- Science and Technology Special Project in Clinical Medicine of Jiangsu Province [BL2012056]
- 333 Project of Jiangsu Province [BRA2013136]
- Science and Technology Infrastructure Program of Zhenjiang [SS2012003]
- Social Development Foundation of Zhenjiang [SH2013042, SH2014044, SH2014086]
- Medical Key Talent Project of Zhenjiang
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Recently, somatic mutations in SRSF2 gene have been discovered in a proportion of hematologic malignancies including acute myeloid leukemia (AML). This study was aimed to investigate SRSF2 mutations in Chinese AML patients. High-resolution melting analysis (HRMA) was developed to screen SRSF2 mutations in 249 cases with AML, and then direct DNA sequencing was used to verify the results of HRMA. In this study, 3.6 % (9/249) of Chinese AML patients were found with heterozygous SRSF2 mutations. Patients with SRSF2 mutations were older than those with wild-type SRSF2 (P = 0.014). No differences in the sex, blood parameters, French-American-British classification (FAB) subtypes, and karyotypes were observed between AML patients with and without SRSF2 mutations. Although the overall survival (OS) of SRSF2-mutated patients was inferior to those without mutations in both whole AML patients (median 4 vs. 11 months, respectively; P = 0.006) and cytogenetically normal patients (median 2 vs. 12 months, respectively; P = 0.008), multiple analysis disclosed that SRSF2 mutation was not an independent prognostic factor in AML patients. These results suggest that SRSF2 mutation occurs at a low frequency in aged AML patients and might not be associated with adverse prognosis in Chinese AML patients.
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