The subclonal complexity of STIL-TAL1+ T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
Caroline L FurnessMarcela Braga MansurVictoria J WestonLuca ErminiFrederik W van DelftSarah JenkinsonRosemary E GaleChristine J HarrisonMaria S Pombo-de-OliveiraMarta Sanchez-MartinAdolfo A FerrandoPamela KearnsIan TitleyAnthony M FordNicola E PotterMel GreavesPublished in: Leukemia (2018)
Single-cell genetics were used to interrogate clonal complexity and the sequence of mutational events in STIL-TAL1+ T-ALL. Single-cell multicolour FISH was used to demonstrate that the earliest detectable leukaemia subclone contained the STIL-TAL1 fusion and copy number loss of 9p21.3 (CDKN2A/CDKN2B locus), with other copy number alterations including loss of PTEN occurring as secondary subclonal events. In three cases, multiplex qPCR and phylogenetic analysis were used to produce branching evolutionary trees recapitulating the snapshot history of T-ALL evolution in this leukaemia subtype, which confirmed that mutations in key T-ALL drivers, including NOTCH1 and PTEN, were subclonal and reiterative in distinct subclones. Xenografting confirmed that self-renewing or propagating cells were genetically diverse. These data suggest that the STIL-TAL1 fusion is a likely founder or truncal event. Therapies targeting the TAL1 auto-regulatory complex are worthy of further investigation in T-ALL.
Keyphrases
- copy number
- mitochondrial dna
- single cell
- genome wide
- cell proliferation
- high throughput
- rna seq
- dna methylation
- induced apoptosis
- pi k akt
- cell cycle arrest
- liver failure
- transcription factor
- gene expression
- hepatitis b virus
- respiratory failure
- oxidative stress
- big data
- intensive care unit
- aortic dissection
- endoplasmic reticulum stress
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation