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JOURNAL OF NEURO-ONCOLOGY
Volume 139, Issue 3, Pages 713-720Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-018-2917-2
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Medulloblastoma; Molecular profiling; Targeted therapy
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- NIH [P30CA16672, CA1208113]
- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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IntroductionMedulloblastoma is an aggressive but potentially curable central nervous system tumor that remains a treatment challenge. Analysis of therapeutic targets can provide opportunities for the selection of agents.MethodsUsing multiplatform analysis, 36 medulloblastomas were extensively profiled from 2009 to 2015. Immunohistochemistry, next generation sequencing, chromogenic in situ hybridization, and fluorescence in situ hybridization were used to identify overexpressed proteins, immune checkpoint expression, mutations, tumor mutational load, and gene amplifications.ResultsHigh expression of MRP1 (89%, 8/9 tumors), TUBB3 (86%, 18/21 tumors), PTEN (85%, 28/33 tumors), TOP2A (84%, 26/31 tumors), thymidylate synthase (TS; 80%, 24/30 tumors), RRM1 (71%, 15/21 tumors), and TOP1 (63%, 19/30 tumors) were found in medulloblastoma. TOP1 was found to be enriched in metastatic tumors (90%; 9/10) relative to posterior fossa cases (50%; 10/20) (p=0.0485, Fisher exact test), and there was a positive correlation between TOP2A and TOP1 expression (p=0.0472). PD-1+T cell tumor infiltration was rare, PD-L1 tumor expression was uncommon, and TML was low, indicating that immune checkpoint inhibitors as a monotherapy should not necessarily be prioritized for therapeutic consideration based on biomarker expression. Gene amplifications such as those of Her2 or EGFR were not found. Several unique mutations were identified, but their rarity indicates large-scale screening efforts would be necessary to identify sufficient patients for clinical trial inclusion.ConclusionsTherapeutics are available for several of the frequently expressed targets, providing a justification for their consideration in the setting of medulloblastoma.
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