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- Title
A deep analysis using panel-based next-generation sequencing in an Ecuadorian pediatric patient with anaplastic astrocytoma: a case report.
- Authors
García-Cárdenas, Jennyfer M.; Zambrano, Ana Karina; Guevara-Ramírez, Patricia; Guerrero, Santiago; Runruil, Gabriel; López-Cortés, Andrés; Torres-Yaguana, Jorge P.; Armendáriz-Castillo, Isaac; Pérez-Villa, Andy; Yumiceba, Verónica; Leone, Paola E.; Paz-y-Miño, César
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Anaplastic astrocytoma is a rare disorder in children from 10 to 14 years of age, with an estimated 0.38 new cases per 100,000 people per year worldwide. Panel-based next-generation sequencing opens new possibilities for diagnosis and therapy of rare diseases such as this one. Because it has never been genetically studied in the Ecuadorian population, we chose to genetically characterize an Ecuadorian pediatric patient with anaplastic astrocytoma for the first time. Doing so allows us to provide new insights into anaplastic astrocytoma diagnosis and treatment.<bold>Case Presentation: </bold>Our patient was a 13-year-old Mestizo girl with an extensive family history of cancer who was diagnosed with anaplastic astrocytoma. According to ClinVar, SIFT, and PolyPhen, the patient harbored 354 genomic alterations in 100 genes. These variants were mostly implicated in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) repair. The top five most altered genes were FANCD2, NF1, FANCA, FANCI, and WRN. Even though TP53 presented only five mutations, the rs11540652 single-nucleotide polymorphism classified as pathogenic was found in the patient and her relatives; interestingly, several reports have related it to Li-Fraumeni syndrome. Furthermore, in silico analysis using the Open Targets Platform revealed two clinical trials for pediatric anaplastic astrocytoma (studying cabozantinib, ribociclib, and everolimus) and 118 drugs that target the patient's variants, but the studies were not designed specifically to treat pediatric anaplastic astrocytoma.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Next-generation sequencing allows genomic characterization of rare diseases; for instance, this study unraveled a pathogenic single-nucleotide polymorphism related to Li-Fraumeni syndrome and identified possible new drugs that specifically target the patient's variants. Molecular tools should be implemented in routine clinical practice for early detection and effective preemptive intervention delivery and treatment.
- Subjects
ASTROCYTOMAS; NUCLEOTIDE sequencing; SINGLE nucleotide polymorphisms; ANAPLASTIC thyroid cancer; DNA; LI-Fraumeni syndrome; OLIGODENDROGLIOMAS
- Publication
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2020, Vol 14, Issue 1, pN.PAG
- ISSN
1752-1947
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/s13256-020-02451-4