Germline SDHA mutations in children and adults with cancer

Marianne Dubard Gault, Diana Mandelker, Deborah Delair, Carolyn R. Stewart, Yelena Kemel, Margaret R. Sheehan, Beth Siegel, Jennifer Kennedy, Vanessa Marcell, Angela Arnold, Hikmat Al-Ahmadie, Shakeel Modak, Mark Robson, Neerav Shukla, Stephen Roberts, Joseph Vijai, Sabine Topka, Alex Kentsis, Karen Cadoo, Maria CarloAlicia Latham Schwark, Ed Reznik, Renzo Dinatale, Jaclyn Hechtman, Ester Borras Flores, Sowmaya Jairam, Ciyu Yang, Yirong Li, Erol Can Bayraktar, Ozge Ceyhan-Birsoy, Liying Zhang, Wendy Kohlman, Joshua Schiffman, Zsofia Stadler, Kivanc Birsoy, Andrew Kung, Kenneth Offit, Michael F. Walsh

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

31 Scopus citations

Abstract

Mutations in succinate dehydrogenase complex genes predispose to familial paraganglioma-pheochromocytoma syndrome (FPG) and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST). Here we describe cancer patients undergoing agnostic germline testing at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and found to harbor germline SDHA mutations. Using targeted sequencing covering the cancer census genes, we identified 10 patients with SDHA germline mutations. Cancer diagnoses for these patients carrying SDHA germline mutations included neuroblastoma (n = 1), breast (n = 1), colon (n = 1), renal (n = 1), melanoma and uterine (n = 1), prostate (n = 1), endometrial (n = 1), bladder (n = 1), and gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) (n = 2). Immunohistochemical staining and assessment of patient tumors for second hits and loss of heterozygosity in SDHA confirmed GIST as an SDHA-associated tumor and suggests SDHA germline mutations may be a driver in neuroblastoma tumorigenesis.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numbera002584
JournalCold Spring Harbor Molecular Case Studies
Volume4
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2018
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Germline SDHA mutations in children and adults with cancer'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this