Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase expression in different subtypes of childhood B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Abstract

The lack of expression of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT) is frequently associated with KMT2A-rearranged subtype of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). However, this association has not been investigated extensively in the Asian population. A retrospective analysis of TdT expression in pediatric B-cell ALL (B-ALL) was performed in patients treated using the Taiwan Pediatric Oncology Group (TPOG) ALL 2002 and 2013 protocols. Among the 331 patients with B-ALL, 12 patients showed TdT negativity at initial diagnosis. Among these, eight patients showed KMT2A rearrangement (66.7%). Other patients showing negative TdT expression had ETV6::RUNX1, MEF2D-rearranged, and other B-ALL subtypes. However, in the context of KMT2A-rearranged B-ALL (n = 20), only eight patients showed TdT negativity. The 5-year event-free survival and overall survival of patients with and without TdT expression were 83.8% versus 46.8% (P <0.001) and 86.3% versus 55.4% (P = 0.004), respectively. Moreover, several aberrant markers, such as CD2, CD56, CD7, and CD117, were rarely expressed in the B-ALL samples, and if expressed, they were enriched in specific genetic subtypes. The results of this study indicate that immunophenotypic features are correlated with specific genetic subtypes of childhood B-ALL.

• Authors: Chih-Hsiang Yu, Ying-Hui Su, Shiann-Tarng Jou, Meng-Yao Lu, Chien-Yu Lin, Kai-Hsin Lin, Hsiu-Hao Chang, Shu-Wei Chou, Ya-Hui Huang, Dong-Tsamn Lin, Shu-Wha Lin, Hsuan-Yu Chen, Ya-Hsuan Chang, Yung-Li Yang
• Journal: Pathology, research and practice (Pathol Res Pract) Vol. 256 Pg. 155287 (Apr 2024) ISSN: 1618-0631 [Electronic] Germany
• PMID: 38579576 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2024 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.

Chemical References

• DNA Nucleotidylexotransferase

Topics

• Child
• Humans
• DNA Nucleotidylexotransferase (metabolism)
• Retrospective Studies
• Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma (genetics, diagnosis)