FLT3 mutations, either internal tandem duplications (ITDs) or aspartate residue 835 (113835) point mutations, are present in approximately one third of patients with acute myelold leukemia (AML) and have been associated with an increased relapse rate. We have studied FLT3 mutations in paired presentation and relapse samples to ascertain the biology of these mutations and to evaluate whether they can be used as markers of minimal residual disease. At diagnosis, 24 patients were wild-type FLT3, and 4 acquired a FLT3 mutation at relapse (2 D835(+), 2 ITD+), with a further patient acquiring an ITD at second relapse. Of 20 patients positive at diagnosis (18 ITD+, 2 D835(+)), 5 who were all originally ITD+ had no detectable mutation at relapse, as determined by a sensitive radioactive polymerase chain reaction. One of these patients had acquired an N-Ras mutation not detectable at presentation. Furthermore, another patient had a completely different ITD at relapse, which could not be detected In the presentation sample. These results indicate that FLT3 mutations are secondary events In leukemogenesis, are unstable, and thus should be used cautiously for the detection of minimal residual disease. (C) 2002 by The American Society of Hematology.
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