Recurrent SPECC1L-NTRK fusions in pediatric sarcoma and brain tumors

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Khuong-Quang, D-A; Brown, LM; Wong, M; Mayoh, C; Sexton-Oates, A; Kumar, A; Pinese, M; Nagabushan, S; Lau, L; Ludlow, LE; ...Date
2020-12-01Source Title
Cold Spring Harbor molecular case studiesPublisher
COLD SPRING HARBOR LAB PRESS, PUBLICATIONS DEPTUniversity of Melbourne Author/s
Desai, Jayesh; Fox, Stephen; Ekert, Paul; Hansford, Jordan; Kumar, Amit; Ludlow, LouiseAffiliation
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Khuong-Quang, D. -A., Brown, L. M., Wong, M., Mayoh, C., Sexton-Oates, A., Kumar, A., Pinese, M., Nagabushan, S., Lau, L., Ludlow, L. E., Gifford, A. J., Rodriguez, M., Desai, J., Fox, S. B., Haber, M., Ziegler, D. S., Hansford, J. R., Marshall, G. M., Cowley, M. J. & Ekert, P. G. (2020). Recurrent SPECC1L-NTRK fusions in pediatric sarcoma and brain tumors. COLD SPRING HARBOR MOLECULAR CASE STUDIES, 6 (6), https://doi.org/10.1101/mcs.a005710.Access Status
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The identification of rearrangements driving expression of neurotrophic receptor tyrosine kinase (NTRK) family kinases in tumors has become critically important because of the availability of effective, specific inhibitor drugs. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) combined with RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) can identify novel and recurrent expressed fusions. Here we describe three SPECC1L-NTRK fusions identified in two pediatric central nervous system cancers and an extracranial solid tumor using WGS and RNA-seq. These fusions arose either through a simple balanced rearrangement or in the context of a complex chromoplexy event. We cloned the SPECC1L-NTRK2 fusion directly from a patient sample and showed that enforced expression of this fusion is sufficient to promote cytokine-independent survival and proliferation. Cells transformed by SPECC1L-NTRK2 expression are sensitive to a TRK inhibitor drug. We report here that SPECC1L-NTRK fusions can arise in a range of pediatric cancers. Although WGS and RNA-seq are not required to detect NTRK fusions, these techniques may be of benefit when NTRK fusions are not suspected on clinical grounds or not identified by other methods.
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