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- Title
Pathogenic Variants Associated with Epigenetic Control and the NOTCH Pathway Are Frequent in Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma.
- Authors
Santisteban-Espejo, Antonio; Bernal-Florindo, Irene; Montero-Pavon, Pedro; Perez-Requena, Jose; Atienza-Cuevas, Lidia; Fernandez-Valle, Maria del Carmen; Villalba-Fernandez, Ana; Garcia-Rojo, Marcial
- Abstract
Classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) constitutes a B-cell neoplasm derived from germinal center lymphocytes. Despite high cure rates (80–90%) obtained with the current multiagent protocols, a significant proportion of cHL patients experience recurrences, characterized by a lower sensitivity to second-line treatments. The genomic background of chemorefractory cHL is still poorly understood, limiting personalized treatment strategies based on molecular features. In this study, using a targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) panel specifically designed for cHL research, we compared chemosensitive and chemorefractory diagnostic tissue samples of cHL patients. Furthermore, we longitudinally examined paired diagnosis–relapsesamples of chemorefractory cHL in order to define patterns of dynamic evolution and clonal selection. Pathogenic variants in NOTCH1 and NOTCH2 genes frequently arise in cHL. Mutations in genes associated with epigenetic regulation (CREBBP and EP300) are particularly frequent in relapsed/refractory cHL. The appearance of novel clones characterized by mutations previously not identified at diagnosis is a common feature in cHL cases showing chemoresistance to frontline treatments. Our results expand current molecular and pathogenic knowledge of cHL and support the performance of molecular studies in cHL prior to the initiation of first-line therapies.
- Subjects
HODGKIN'S disease; EPIGENETICS; PATIENT experience; B cells; NUCLEOTIDE sequencing; GERMINAL centers; PHARMACOGENOMICS; CHEMORECEPTORS
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024, Vol 25, Issue 5, p2457
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms25052457