Outline Molecular Pathology of Glial Tumors Fausto J. Rodriguez M.D. Associate Professor of Pathology and Oncology Division of Neuropathology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine I Infiltrating astrocytomas/glioblastoma MGMT methylation Gene Expression analysis IDH1/2 mutations II Oligodendroglial Neoplasms 1p19q III Pediatric gliomas BRAF/MAPK alterations H3K27 mutations Distribution of All Primary Brain and CNS Tumors by CBTRUS Histology Groupings and Histology (N = 343,175), CBTRUS Statistical Report: NPCR and SEER, 2007 2011. Distributiona of Spinal Cord, Spinal Meninges, and Cauda Equina Tumors in Children and Adolescents (Ages 0 19), CBTRUS Histology Groupings, and Histology (N = 1,238), CBTRUS Statistical Report: NPCR and SEER, 2007 2011. Quinn T. Ostrom et al. Neuro Oncol 2014;16:iv1-iv63 Quinn T. Ostrom et al. Neuro Oncol 2014;16:iv1-iv63 The Centers for Disease Control. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Neuro-Oncology in cooperation with the Central Brain Tumor Registry 2014. The Centers for Disease Control. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Neuro-Oncology in cooperation with the Central Brain Tumor Registry 2014. Gliomas WHO Classification I Astrocytic Tumors Pilocytic Astrocytoma (WHO grade I) Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma (WHO grade II) Diffuse Astrocytoma (WHO grade II) Anaplastic Astrocytoma (WHO grade III) Glioblastoma (WHO grade IV) II Oligodendroglial tumors Oligodendroglioma and oligoastrocytoma (WHO grade II) Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma and OA (WHO grade III) III Ependymal Tumors Circumscribed Gliomas Diffuse Gliomas I Infiltrating astrocytomas/glioblastoma 1
Infiltrating astrocytomas Glioblastoma Butterfly glioma Multicentric GBM Diffuse Astrocytoma (gr II) Anaplastic Astrocytoma (gr III) Glioblastoma (grade IV) Glioblastoma (grade IV) Pseudopalisading Non pseudopalisading Glioblastoma Microvascular Proliferation Primary vs Secondary Glioblastoma Primary (or de novo) GBM Short clinical history and symptom development Older patients Majority of GBM(>90%) Secondary GBM Longer clinical history/lower grade precursor Younger patients Indistinguishable Pathologically, but Different Genetic Profiles 2
GBM variants Small cell astrocytoma -Monotonous oval cells -May have perinuclear halos -Often GFAP negative -Older patients -Aggressive behavior -Main differential diagnosis: anaplastic oligodendroglioma GBM variants Small Cell astrocytoma EGFR amplification (70%) Chr 10/10q loss (97%) EGFRCEP7 PTENCEP10 GBM variants Giant Cell Glioblastoma p53 -Rare GBM subtype -Almost always of the primary subtype -High frequency of TP53 mutations -Main differential diagnosis: Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma Current Molecular Markers in GBM MGMT methylation O6 methylguanine DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) DNA repair protein that removes alkyl adducts from the O6 position of guanine Most commonly inactivated by epigenetic (e.g. methylation) than genetic mechanisms (approximately 45%) Fig 1. The DNA repair process mediated by O6 methylguanine methyltransferase (MGMT) Current Molecular Markers in GBM MGMT methylation Esteler M et al. NEJM 2000 Hegi M et al. NEJM 2005 Hegi, M. E. et al. J Clin Oncol; 26:4189 4199 2008 Copyright American Society of Clinical Oncology 3
MGMT Immunohistochemical Expression and Promoter Methylation in Human GBM MGMT CD68 MGMT gene methylation testing Why perform it? Oncologists and patients want it Pre requisite for clinical trial enrollment May guide management in the setting of recurrent high grade glioma vs. pseudoprogression GFAP CD31 Rodriguez FJ, Thibodeau SN, Jenkins RB et al. AIMM 2008 Glioblastoma Recurrent/progressive GBM Glioblastoma Radiation Changes 3/2007 5/2009 Glioblastoma Pseudoprogression May be the expression of treatment induced necrosis Daily temozolomide may represent a potent radiosensitizing regimen Significantly (positively) correlated with MGMT methylation status Science 2008 4
An integrated Genomic Analysis of Human GBM Current Molecular Markers in GBM IDH1/2 Isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) IDH1: cytosolic form IDH2: mitochondrial form Converts isocitrate to α ketoglutarate Mutation impairs normal function Gains ability to convert α ketoglutarate to 2HG Mutations frequent in diffuse gliomas, rare in non CNS tumors Parsons et al. Science 2008 Current Molecular Markers in GBM IDH1 Immunohistochemistry -Recognizes most frequent mutation (R132H) -Works well in formalin fixed tissues -Useful diagnostically (gliosis vs. infiltrating glioma) -Useful prognostically (improved prognosis in positive high grade gliomas) Infiltrating astrocytomas Summary MGMT methylation: High grade gliomas IDH1/2 mutation testing High grade gliomas: Prognostic Diagnostically: tumor vs. reactive gliosis EGFRvIII, EGFR amplification, PTEN loss? TCGA Cell 2013 5
II Oligodendroglial Neoplasms Oligodendroglial Neoplasms Pathology Includes oligodendrogliomas (WHO grade II III) Grading based on brisk mitotic activity/endothelial changes/necrosis (grade III) Improved prognosis and treatment sensitivity compared to infiltrating astrocytomas Oligodendroglial Neoplasms Low grade (II) Oligodendroglial Neoplasms Anaplastic (WHO grade III) Oligodendroglial Neoplasms 1p19q codeletion Present in the majority of oligodendrogliomas (up to 90% of grade II, 60% of grade III) Strongly associated with classic oligodendroglial histology Associated with improved prognosis and responsiveness to treatment 1p19q in Oligodendroglial Neoplasms Testing methods Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) Microsatellite Analysis Copy number array analysis Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) 6
1p19q in Oligodendroglial Neoplasms Problems in current assays (FISH, STR) The probes or primers interrogate only small portions of the chromosomes. Small deletions can be missed or misinterpreted as involving the whole arm. STR loci are not always informative; i.e. some of them could be germ line homozygous. STR analysis of normal tissue of the same patient helps to resolve the problem, but not always available. FISH can detect only deletions but not copy neutral LOH STR cannot distinguish CN LOH from deletions 1p19q in Oligodendroglial Neoplasms FISH 1p 1q 19q19p 1p19q in Oligodendroglial Neoplasms FISH 1p19q in Oligodendroglial Neoplasms Mechanism www.abbottmolecular.com Jenkins R B et al. Cancer Res 2006;66:9852-9861 2006 by American Association for Cancer Research 1p19q in Oligodendroglial Neoplasms Copy Number Determination B allele frequency (BAF) / Allele Ratio Discrimination between the A and B alleles performed by a single nucleotide extension step using two dye chemistry Copy Number Log R Ratio (LRR) The sum of the measured intensities compared to normal controls HumanCytoSNP12BeadChip microarray (Illumina iscan System) ~300,000 markers (~13,000 on 1p and ~6000 19q AA AB LRR=0 / CN=2 BB heterozygous two copies 10 260 1p19q deletion Chrom 1 Chrom 19 STR: LOH SNP Array: del 1p12 >pter; del 19q13.11 >qter 7
Molecular Analysis of Pediatric Oligodendrogliomas Highlights Genetic Differences with Adult Counterparts and Other Pediatric Gliomas 1p19q in Oligodendroglial Neoplasms Diagnostic Usefulness Anaplastic oligodendroglioma vs. small cell astrocytoma Oligodendroglioma vs. morphologic mimics (DNET, clear cell ependymoma, central neurocytoma) Exception: extraventricular neurocytoma Brain Pathology 14 AUG 2015 DOI: 10.1111/bpa.12291 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bpa.12291/full#bpa12291-fig-0001 Kaplan-Meier estimates of overall survival by treatment for patients with 1p/19q codeleted anaplastic oligodendroglioma (AO)/anaplastic oligoastrocytoma (AOA). Overall survival in both treatment arms for (A) the patients with 1p/19q-codeleted tumors (n = 80) and (B) the patients with non 1p/19q-codeleted tumors (n = 236). Gregory Cairncross et al. JCO 2013;31:337-343 Martin J. van den Bent et al. JCO 2013;31:344-350 2013 by American Society of Clinical Oncology 2013 by American Society of Clinical Oncology 8
1p19q in Oligodendroglial Neoplasms Summary Historically, one of the strongest prognostic molecular markers in neuropathology Strongly associated with classic oligodendroglial histology Caveat: 1p19q co deletion uncommon in pediatric oligodendroglioma Diffuse Gliomas Recent advances in molecular classification Science 3/2011 Heaphy 10/2011 C et al. 44% of Peds GBM Science 7/2011 14% Adult GBM 01/2012 01/2012 Science 2011 ATRX alterations in high grade gliomas Telomere specific FISH ATRX Distribution of ATRX, TP53, IDH, CIC, and FUBP1 mutations, grade II IV gliomas ATRX mut A Gr II-III 71% OA 68% O 14% Sec GBM 57% CIC mut O 46% OA 8% A II-III 0% 363 brain tumors Nguyen D et al. Brain Pathol 2012 FUBP1 mut O 24% OA 5% A II-III 0% Jiao Y. Oncotarget 2012 9
Lower grade gliomas=astrocytomas, oligodendrogliomas, oligoastrocytomas (grade II and III) Multidimensional analysis of the data DNA methylation, gene expression, DNA/mRNA sequence and DNA copy number analysis Comprehensive, Integrative Genomic Analysis of Diffuse Lower Grade Gliomas 3 molecular subtypes of lower grade gliomas with clinical implications More robust than schemes based on histopathologic analysis alone 1-Tumors with IDH mutations and 1p19q co-deletion (best prognosis, closely associated with oligodendroglioma histology, and also containing CIC, FUBP1, NOTCH1 and TERT promoter mutations) Comprehensive, Integrative Genomic Analysis of Diffuse Lower Grade Gliomas 2-IDH and TP53 mutations (intermediate prognosis, closely associated with astrocytic histology) 3-IDH wild type tumors (worse prognosis, similar to glioblastoma) Mutational Landscape of Somatic Alterations in Lower-Grade Glioma. 1087 gliomas screened for selected alterations Gliomas classified into five main groups based on molecular alterations Independently associated with outcome Distinct clinical associations Associated with specific germline variants The Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network. N Engl J Med 2015;372:2481-2498. 10
Prevalence of the Glioma Molecular Groups in the Combined Sample.? Eckel-Passow JE et al. N Engl J Med 2015;372:2499-2508. III-Pediatric Glioma Neurofibromatosis type 1 Genetic tumorpredisposing syndrome ~1/3000 Caused by germline mutations in the NF1 gene located at 17q11.2 Predisposed to peripheral and CNS tumors Amirsys 2013 Distinctive predilection to involve the optic nerve, chiasm, and hypothalamus. Neurofibromatosis type 1 NF1 associated glioma Pilocytic astrocytoma most frequent subtype Histopathologic study of gliomas from 100 NF1 patients (Mayo Clinic and Washington University) PA most frequent histology (49%), followed by diffuse gliomas (27%) and indeterminate (17%) Rodriguez FJ et al. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2008 11
Pilocytic Astrocytoma WHO Grade I Piloid Area Microcystic area Pilocytic Astrocytoma Rosenthal Fibers EGBs Pilocytic Astrocytoma BRAF duplication Tandem duplication of the BRAF kinase domain resulting in KIAA1549:BRAF fusion Multiple independent publications in 2008: Bar, E.E., et al., JNEN 2008 Jones, D.T., et al., Cancer Res, 2008 Pfister, S., et al., J Clin Invest, 2008 Sievert, A.J., et al., Brain Pathol, 2008 Tandem duplication at 7q34 produces a fusion gene between KIAA1549 and BRAF Tandem duplication at 7q34 produces a fusion gene between KIAA1549 and BRAF ~2MB KIAA1549 (exon 14) BRAF (exon 9) CAACT CA GCCTACA TC GGATGCCCA AC TT GA TTAGAGACCAA GG AT TT CGT GG Jones, D. T.W. et al. Cancer Res 2008;68:8673-8677 Copyright 2008 American Association for Cancer Research Jones et al. 2008 12
KIAA1549 BRAF fusions in paraffin FISH strategy BRAF duplication in paraffin FISH strategy BRAF CEP7 BRAF fusion in paraffin FISH strategy BRAF duplication/fusion in PA BRAFKIAA1549 Rodriguez FJ Schniederjan MJ et al. Acta Neuropathol 2015 Rodriguez FJ, Lim KS, Bowers D, Eberhart CG. Ann Rev Pathol 2013 BRAF point mutations BRAF V600E Frequent in papillary thyroid carcinoma and melanoma Absent to extremely rare in GBM, oligodendroglial tumors, ependymomas Present in a subset of low grade/pediatric gliomas (Schindler G et al. 2011) 66% of pleomorphic xanthoastrocytomas 18% of gangliogliomas 9% of pilocytic astrocytomas BRAF point mutation BRAF V600E Wild Type BRAF V600E T A GCT ACA GT G AAA TC AGCTACAGAGAAATCTCG 13
BRAF V600E IHC Koelshe C et al. Acta Neuropathol 2013 Ida C et al. Acta Neuropathol Comm 2013 Pediatric low grade glioma Whole genome/exome sequencing WGS of 96 pilocytic astrocytomas FGFR1, PTPN11 and NTRK2 fusions MAPK pathway alterations in all tumors analyzed PA predominantly single pathway disease 12 PXAs BRAF mut (6/12) TP53 (3/12) mtor pathway genes (NF1,PIK3R1,TSC2) (4/12) BRAF mut and mtor pathway mut mutually exclusive 39 PLGA and glioneuronal tumors Single non-silent somatic mut in 62% FGFR1 or MYB alterations in grade II diffuse gliomas 44 FFPE diffuse PLGG 8q13.1 gain (28% of DA) Partial MYBL1 duplication with truncation of C- terminal regulatory domain Similar MYB alteration in 2 angiocentric gliomas 14
Glioblastoma 1 week old male 10/2008 11/2008 1/2010 Pediatric Glioblastoma Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma OLIG2 Specific clinicopathologic subset of infiltrating astrocytoma Uniform poor prognosis Preoperative biopsy not always performed in the past, but more often performed in the context of clinical trials Diffuse Instrinsic Pontine Glioma Morphology DIPG Pediatric Glioma Epigenetics pgbm Full spectrum of diffuse WHO grades represented 1 Grade II, 1 grade II-III 4 (17%) Grade III 18 (75%) Grade IV H3K27me3 5mC 5mC Ballester L et al. AJSP 2014 15
Epigenetic and Biologic Subgroups of GBM Pediatric Infiltrating Astrocytoma Alterations in Chromatin Remodeling Proteins NEW MODEL OF GLIOMAGENESIS Specific mutations lead to global alterations in chromatin/epigenetics responsible for specific brain tumor phenotypes Sturm D. Cancer Cell 2012 Conclusions Genetic landscape of glioblastoma increasingly clarified in the past several years Molecular subgroups of diffuse gliomas with distinct biology and prognosis Gliomas in children and adults are biologically and clinically distinct Conclusions Required markers in most neurooncology centers MGMT methylation and IDH mutation (high grade astrocytomas) 1p19q and IDH mutation (oligodendrogliomas) BRAF mutation/duplication (pediatric gliomas) 16
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